Chapter 43

The guard narrowed her eyes at him and the fury burned and sizzled in her glare. She slowly raised both her hands and the next poisonous words that spilled from her lips made my heart writhe in despair. "Release the Nightshade gas." *°* Nightshade gas? My body went taut at those words. There was already enough Nightshade floating around in my system that made it so I could barely even move properly. Any more of it, and I didn't have to think much about what the worst-case scenario would be for me. Then, there was the matter of the other Origins. Most of them were in no condition to fight and were probably recovering somewhere while the stronger ones faced the guards. I couldn't help but wonder if there was another Angeles among them-some fortunate survivor that Luca could call his family. As if everyone else could somehow sense the impending danger, a deathly lull came over the compound. The sounds of fighting had mostly ceased. Again