CHAPTER 200
KATYA POV
The response was immediate and brutal. The metal hand came up fast, faster than I could react.
Something sharp flashed and pain tore across my face.
Hot. Burning. Wet. I felt the impact more than the injury itself, my head snapping to the side as blood splattered warm against my cheek.
But I didn't stop. I barely even felt it.
All I could think was run. I shoved forward again, sobbing, fighting like something feral, fingers raking, body twisting, refusing to be controlled.
My hands tangled in the mask once more, and this time, It came off.
The world seemed to pause. Her face was inches from mine.
Adelasia.
The cold, sharp planes of her features. The green eyes I recognized instantly. The metal hand gleaming under the hallway lights.
Shit.
"HELP!" I screamed, the sound ripping out of me raw and desperate as I stumbled back. "HELP—PLEASE!"
My head whipped toward the end of the hallway.
Romeo's door. Closed. Dark. Unmoving.
