Chapter 17: Four More To Go
"Wait... no! No! Do not do that. I will tell you more. I know a secret." The nurse struggled again but could not free herself from Nora's tight grip. Her knees buckled beneath her, the searing pain clouding her thoughts. All she wanted was for the agony to stop.
Nora looked at the woman with cold, calculated eyes. The nurse's desperate struggles seemed to entertain her. Was she so wicked now that she relished the small screams and pain?
"Tell me what you know and I will decide." Nora repeated, her voice icy and indifferent. "No one would know what happened to you since you shouldn't be here in the first place." She pulled the nurse's arm sharply, causing her to moan and gasp as her bones felt like they were shattering.
"I... they haven't sent me alone. My boss told me they have called three more organizations to get rid of you. That's why he wanted me to be the first. The one who kills you will get a bigger reward." Nora's eyes narrowed, the coldness in them intensifying until they turned completely indifferent.
Instead of feeling fear or disgust, she laughed, a sound that shocked the nurse.
"Hahaha! And here I thought my revenge would be a long and slow process that would not give me satisfaction." Her laughter sent goosebumps across the nurse's skin. She had been told Nora was a sick and weak child, but the girl before her looked nothing less than a demon. She regretted coming unprepared.
If she had been more discreet...
"Fine! I will spare you," Nora said suddenly, her tone shifting to mockery. "But you will tell them that you have completed the task. I have been injected with poison and I am in a critical condition."
The nurse's eyes widened in fear and confusion. "You... you can't mean that. They will kill me once they know that I lied."