Chapter 101
“Oppaw Sewuhi... awe you a Gnosis?”
A dry swallow scraped down her parched throat. Serhi’s Adam’s apple bobbed up, then down.
She thought this ridiculous play would soon be over.
That once they entered the Contaminated Zone, it would all dissolve like a mirage.
Because just like the beastkin’s foolish delusions, they weren’t a real family—they were just a group itching to kill one another.
But not now.
She wasn’t going to end it now.
After a long silence, the only thing Serhi managed to utter was a stupid question.
“Why... why?”
Because if he knew the reason? Because he was afraid it was just a misunderstanding? Afraid it couldn’t be undone?
“Why’d you ask something like that all of a sudden?”
The anxious voice that came out of her felt so unfamiliar. Serhi clamped his mouth shut so tightly his molars touched.