See No Evil

“Well, no offense to you or Colt, but maybe you two aren’t looking in the right places. I can get down in the dirt if I need to. We’ve all seen how The Society likes to play dirty, so they must resort to some unsavory characters from time to time, if you get my drift.”

“I never thought of it that way,” Linc mumbles in deep thought.

“Of course you wouldn’t know the first thing about being sleazy and underhanded. That’s because you’re the good guy in our quartet,” East tries to joke, hoping to lighten the tense atmosphere.

“Oh, I think these past months have taught me a few things,” Linc laments.

I don’t hear any more of their conversation because I’m too busy looking for a box that seems to have gone missing. My head begins to get dizzy, my stomach churning on end with each passing second that I can’t locate it. I’m deep in my freak-out, throwing stuff over my shoulder while trying to find the damn thing, when Easton and Lincoln join me in my meltdown.

“It’s not here! It’s not fucking here!” I shout, losing my goddamn mind.

“Are you sure this is where you stashed it?” Easton interrogates harshly as he joins in throwing things left and right, looking for The Society’s time bomb.

“Yes, I’m sure! It’s gone. It’s fucking gone!”

“Easy, Fi

He grabs my trembling shoulders, trying to calm me down, but his composed voice and steady touch aren’t enough.

“They must have taken it when they left me that fucking message in the bathroom. Fuck! What does this mean, Linc? What’s does this fucking mean?!” I spit out, clinging to Lincoln’s shirt to prevent me from falling to the floor.

“It means we’re shit out of luck, Fi

“East is right,” Lincoln agrees stoically. “If they took the box, it means they know you had no intention of giving it to Stone. We just have to wait and see how they’ll react. There’s nothing we can do now, Fi

I stare at my two best friends with my mouth agape, as they both pretend to act prepared—just so they can ease my anxious, frantic state—for the shitstorm that is about to come. Even as they try their best to comfort me without losing their own shit, it still does nothing to lighten my weary heart. I feel the walls continue to close in on me, making me realize that my time has run out.

‘We warned you.’

I recollect the words written in black lettering on my bathroom mirror, left there for all to see. And it’s true. They did warn me. I simply didn’t follow through as they expected, which means they are now coming for us.

But most terrifyingly, it also means they are going after Stone themselves, which is the real reason why I feel my world is suddenly coming undone.

What are those fuckers going to do with you?

And how can I fucking stop it?