Chapter One Hundred & Thirty Three

~ Zora

The rain eventually ceased by the time Lana dropped me at my preferred destination. But in order to maintain secrecy, I made sure she and the patrolmen at the gates forget I was ever there.

The last thing I needed was distraction or someone interrupting my plans.

I had to disappear.

No. I needed to.

It was for my own sanity and the only place I could do that was the Underground. I decided it was time I did the cleansing. I hadn't wanted to do it but it took seeing my sister with Roman to convince me.

Witnessing them together did something dark and sinister to me. It felt like Hailey had taken something of mine and in that moment, I wanted to hurt her. I wanted to reach for her throat and rip it apart.

The thought alone scared me and that was why I had to leave so quickly, and yet the urge to harm her continued to linger on like the scent of Nox lingered on me.

Having the cleansing was the right thing to do. If not for myself, then for Hailey because the way the rage with