Chapter 40

"Ha ha ha!" He doubled over laughing, his eyes crinkling at the edges. "Of course not. You're my guest here. Don't worry, I'll treat you good. You don't need to leave-you won't want to leave." *°* Blue shuffled the papers in front of him and then met my eyes. "Okay, it's time for the first question. If you lie to me, I'll know, and Red won't be happy about that. Since when did you know that you were an Origin?" That question seemed easy enough to answer, and the answer was pretty obvious. "A few days ago," I responded. "Nice." He smiled. "Your first reward will be..." He stroked his chin as he thought about it. "I'll allow you to go five minutes without NightShade being pumped into the room. Let's see how much you recover your strength in these five minutes." I arched a brow at him. If I did manage to recover even half of my strength, did he really think he would be able to stop me? Was he underestimating me? No... it was