Rebel (17 page)
Authors: Francine Pascal
But Ella's insight only went so far. True, Gaia was unstable--but that was only because her environment was unstable. Every aspect of her life needed to be controlled. Rigidly.
Certain volatile factors needed to be eliminated.
Loki couldn't risk another outburst like that. Gaia was slipping further out of control. Too many secrets were at stake. Too many revelations were pending. So. There was no other possible course of action. He'd postponed the inevitable long enough.
Mary Moss had to be neutralized.
Immediately.
It's
a shame, actually.
I know I am not what you wanted me to be. You would consider me heartless. And for that, I am a little bit sorry. But unfortunately, it was inevitable that I would become who I am.
Almost
inevitable.
Once there was a chance that I could have been more. That chance was you, my love.
Katia.
Katia.
Even now my lips tremble as I speak your name.
Katia.
I would have sacrificed it all for you.
But that is not quite how things turned out. Instead you were stolen from me. And you went willingly, though I don't blame
you
. We both know who is really to blame.
That night. The last night I could still feel my heart beating in my chest. If only I had seen you there a moment earlier than I did. If only I could take back that one bullet that was meant
for someone else. If only you had let me destroy Tom Moore instead of trading your own life for his.
How I wanted to hold you as you lay in that pool of blood. I wanted to kiss those lips and pull your soul into my own. And how I've spent hundreds of nights, playing it over and over again in my head, thinking what I should have done differently.
But as I have learned, there is no time for regret. And there is no time to chide you for loving my brother instead of me. There is only time for revenge.
And believe me, Katia, revenge is what I do best.
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