Chapter 56. Sweet, Perfect Revenge

Polinel points at Mellow. “I’m not going down with that fool,” she swears, “but I also can’t stand her alive, as I’d die anyway.”

I trap her between the wall and my torso. Now she has nowhere to escape to. “Then you would really end up buried here.”

“You and me both,” she laughs before looking towards Mellow, “and her, and Ery—”

A thudding sound echoes out of nowhere, startling Polinel but making me utterly wary.

We look around the room just as Mama Tia’s voice reverberates through the room, “did you really think I was so blind that I did not oversee you come in?”

Polinel looks at me with an unvoiced question.

“It’s my grandmother,” I tell her.

“Fuck!” she swears, palming her forehead while placing the other hand on her waist.

“The doors automatically locked you in, but now you’re well trapped. You might as well die here.” Mama Tia’s laugh booms through the speakers. “But don’t worry, Zeath, dear, I’ll make sure to organize a