Chapter 148. The Undead

COLTON’S POV

Veronica didn’t kill me, and I have no idea why. She cleaned the wound on my thigh and had the bullet removed from my shoulders, and then she cleaned me up and locked me up in a cell right next to Naomi, Adeline’s friend. My wounds have been treated, but my body still aches. Turns out the bullet didn’t sink that far into my shoulder, so the wound isn’t all that bad. I guess most of it was just in my head. I have no idea why it is I am alive, but I don’t want to be.

Not after what I saw and not after what I experienced. There is no one in the room with Naomi and me, but these cages are locked up so well that no one even has to be in here with us. I am sure, though, that there are guards on the other side of the door. Veronica won’t just leave me unprotected. I did kill a lot of her guards anyway.

“I keep wondering what they’re going to do to me. Why is she still keeping me here if she won’t kill me? What purpose do I serve her?” Naomi, Adeline’s