Mayhem for Suckers by Lacey Carter Andersen

Author:Lacey Carter Andersen [Andersen, Lacey Carter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 53607640
Published: 2020-10-06T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Reid

Hel is screaming within me, and I don’t know what to do. I help bring them some first aid supplies I find in a bathroom. Izzy sets to work cleaning and tending to her sister’s wounds, all the time with tears running down her face, and Van, Wilder, and Aiden hover around her, providing silent support for her. I want to be there for her too, but Hel is too loud. I’m afraid I’ll just make it worse.

So, I leave. I go outside and walk along the clifftop, kicking rocks over the edge and trying to regain control. Hel is usually not this aggressive. I think sometimes she likes sitting back and seeing the world through my eyes after so much time in the dark, alone.

But not now. Now she tells me to kill Thea.

My mind is overwhelmed with information about the goddess within her. Ran is a goddess of the sea. She is cruel, taking special pleasure in drowning sailors. She warns me that the goddess liked to walk the line between life and death. That she liked humans to fear and respect her. But with the goddess reborn inside someone who also had a cruel streak, she was too dangerous to keep alive.

I’m not sure if it’s because of how loud Hel is, or if it’s just a warning inside of me, but I believe her. The only reason I’m not speaking my worries aloud is because Thea is Izzy’s sister. In any other circumstance, I think I would’ve taken this opportunity to figure out how to kill a god.

Up ahead, I see a dark car approaching the castle. I stiffen, eyeing it with suspicion, but it slows as it approaches me, then stops. The window unrolls, and Mr. Time is there. I have half a second to breathe a sigh of relief when he says, “Get in.”

I feel nervous, but I do as he says.

Opening the passenger side door, I climb in and close the door, relieved to feel the heat turned up all the way. I could never get used to the cold here.

“What’s going on?”

I don’t even bother to try to hide my surprise that he already knows something is up. “Thea just arrived, badly injured, and passed out. Izzy wants to give her a chance to see if she can be good.”

Mr. Time lets out a low sigh and settles back in his chair. “The goodness inside of Izzy is what’s saved her, but it could also be her downfall.”

“You don’t trust Thea either?”

Mr. Time takes a long minute to answer. “Have you read the stories of the backgrounds of different serial killers?”

I shake my head. Who the hell researched serial killers?

“Most of them had troubled pasts. They went through horrible things, abuse and neglect that few people could relate with. Yes, there are still the people who had perfectly happy childhoods and still turned out to be psychotic, and so many people who have had horrible childhoods turn out to be good. But once someone is so steeped in darkness….

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