Chapter 23: Mandy
For the first time in nearly a week, I stepped into the sun.
I looked up and closed my eyes, letting the warmth settle on my skin. When we escaped the rift, it was nighttime on Earth. I was arrested on the spot—in front of everyone—and accused of sabotaging the mission.
Me.
The one who saved them from the Blood Thorns.
Before today, I never thought a Limitless could be labeled an outlaw. I never imagined there’d be a reason to defect from America. But now? I was starting to see things differently.
Most people would take it personally—being locked up for three days, fed crap, treated like a criminal. But I wasn’t most people.
I’d relived my first life dozens of times. Dozens of timelines where I got locked up for domestic abuse because I refused to follow the "correct" path the heavens set up for me. I’ve spent over a hundred years in jail across lifetimes. Detention was familiar.
But that didn’t mean I’d accept it.
Yes, I killed the vampire Lord and his queen for personal gain.
But I also stopped her from escaping and slaughtering what’s left of the Limitless team still in the castle as of the time.
I destroyed the Blood Thorn formation.