Bug Extermination

7.

Ace

I wasn’t used to having to wait; I wanted to immediately run out of the room and talk to my siblings. I didn’t want to leave Winnie without saying goodnight. Fuck, I have a cute kid. I know Tess and I have many things to cover, but I feel there is much more to the story that we both don’t know. We must focus on the threat and then get my family in order. They were never going to be taken from me ever again.

I texted the team when I read Winnie her book to tell them I had news. Now I walk down the halls of the Deck Fortress with purpose. I am dreading the extermination. We tried almost three years ago and failed. I didn’t think this was how that bitch would come after us. I figured we would have more time before she got enough resources to come after us. Hell, maybe she didn’t think Tess would return, or maybe that’s exactly her plan.

I worry about Queenie’s headspace after I tell her whom we are going after. It took us so long to get her back, I was dreading losing her, but I w