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“Bravo, Leah. Bravo.” He turned to Liam. “You idiot. Don’t you see? She’s not here to kill you, she’s here to kill me and replace me. Aren’t you, Leah?”
“It’s your eyes. When I first looked into them as a little girl, I saw the darkness of a monster lurking within. All you monsters have it—a mark placed upon you at birth. When I gazed into your eyes at the funeral, the mark was still there.”
“You were testing him, weren’t you?” Agent Richter asked me, stunned. “To see if he’d really changed.”
“In time, I will reach out to you. I expect you will have made your decision by then.” “What decision?” I looked into Agent Richter’s eyes. “Whether I’m a monster or just the villain who kills them. One you can work with. The other you need to kill.”
I realized that I was experiencing an unfamiliar emotion, one that I had never felt before. It was as if I had swallowed pieces of glass that were cutting me from the inside. Pain. I felt pain.
He had been given Tony’s position, and the whole office knew it was because he’d begged his uncle to make it happen. Something about serial killers seemed more appealing to him—most likely the publicity and press the fucked-up cases got.
Was she the evil hero whom a fractured and unjust world needed?
“If we don’t see to his justice, God will.” Agent Rose’s voice pulled Liam back from his thoughts.
He had to see her. His villain. His nightmare. His salvation. His doom. His promise of a new beginning or worthy end.
The man stared at Emanuel for a moment, then leaned in to whisper into his ear: “It’s your message from beyond.” His low voice churned like gravel. “Lēros.” Before Emanuel could react, the man pushed him in front of the oncoming train.
Omg nooo what?! So the other guy was not the train track killer? wth poor Emmanuel. I actually liked him and his strange bond with Leah.