The Executioner at the Institute for Contaminated Children by Margaret Alexander

Author:Margaret Alexander [Alexander, Margaret]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-03T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE—Letter

A scream shook the entire Institute. Guess I should get used to that. Eva, who I told to discover the bodies of Lauraline and Tasia, ran to find Von, in the wake of which other students woke up and everyone now crowded in the hall outside their bedroom. In the mean time, I took care of Aaron. By morning, all three were considered dead.

There was just one kink in the plan, and it would work in my favor. Eva would remember what I told her, and she’d think I was the one who killed them. She’d spread the word, and ignite the entire school. I’d go on trial…and then I could testify to everything, reveal the truth to the entire school. But in my rush of guilt last night I completely forgot about the explosives. They could blow up the institute as soon as I opened my mouth.

Too late now. I cursed. I always thought things through. How could I have been so stupid?

I looked through the shrill crowd for any sign of Eva, but she wasn’t there. Neither was Donna.

Time to return to my dorm. The insanity would die down soon after Von took the bodies away. If only I knew where.

I lay on my bed, staring at the ceiling for hours. Waiting. For what? Did I expect a knock any minute that would result in a call to trial? Or would the message just spread through our watches again like a virus?

A rattle came at the door and my eyes shot open. Guess I got my answer.

I opened the door with a ready scowl only to see Donna stand there, a piece of paper clutched in one hand, her body rigid and staring at the floor.

Her right hand ran up the side of her left arm. “I…I didn’t know who else to go to.”

I looked at her strangely. Something was wrong. She burst right into my room.

“Come right in,” I said with sarcasm. This had to be big if she was breaking the rules at a time like this. Would the Executioner take it this far? After all, Hailie had yet to get in trouble. But maybe that’s because I was the only one who knew she was in my dorm. Ah. Then Donna would be fine as well, even if she didn’t know it.

She paced the room, flustered. Finally, she stopped and said, “Eva’s gone.”

“What?” I stared at her in disbelief.

Donna shook her head fervently. “She left this note, but this…this isn’t her. I know she wouldn’t do this. No…I can feel it. She was forced to leave. I don’t know what’s going on but…everything is wrong. This place…is wrong…the Executioner…”

“Donna, stop.” I held her by the shoulder and she paused for breath. “What are you talking about?”

She shoved the note in my face. “This, Dan! Read this!”

My eyes skimmed over it and widened. No…No, this couldn’t be… Eva wouldn’t have…

“She couldn’t have done this,” I said, my face red with rage.

“No duh, Brainiac, that’s what I just said.

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