Page 27 of Silver Elite

She’s trying to read my mind. She must be.

The General is a fool if he thinks he can trust her. I don’t care how long she’s been working for him. You can’t trust those people.

I meet her gaze head-on now.

I. Don’t. Trust. You.

Do you hear me, you toxic bitch?

She stares.

Unblinking.

She would’ve reacted if she was in my head, right? I would react to that.

These people are out of their minds. Why do they think I’m Aberrant?

I didn’t do anything wrong.

Fucking prickholes killed Uncle Jim.

There’s no way he’s who they say he is.

He can’t be.

What if he is?

“I know what you’re doing and it’s a waste of time.” My frustration accelerates my heartbeat. “Can you please just say something?”

She stares.

What does she think is about to happen? Her silence will scare me into confessing to crimes I didn’t commit? I wonder if people actually do that.

But what if hewasAberrant?

They said his arms were glowing at the execution. I didn’t see anything glowing, damn it!

If he was defected, then that means he lied to me this whole time. It means I waslivingwith one of them.

What if he could read my mind, too?

I choke down a strangled noise.

Was Jim a goddamn ’fect?

“Say something!” I snap at her.

She stares.

I glance at the door again. This time I’m not reprimanded for it.

He might be a total prick, but that Xavier guy is smoke. I wonder if he’s going with anybody. They probably don’t fraternize in Command. Or maybe he’s gay. I don’t know. I just want to get out of here.

I want to go home.

What if Jim lied to me?

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