Villain Chapter 3

Chapter 3.

“What did you 4432258ac2 just say? Den Frow is what 3267e3e8b7 now?”2c1a763d78370c0d

Den’s going to supervise 7be8c0643c me? Noway. No damn way.Our bad blood is 3d3f5f7175 on a level one 8b17c82023 can’t even imagine.e6b8b9dfbf1a14d6

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Trying to explain 6e1d2b3974 our relationship would 3a8ef01878 take an entire 5a856ab1be night and I’d 8c756cccc5 still run out 7721e15996 of time.635dd38fcf51dbd3

Especially the three 582d9b1017 years I spent ae2414c590 being hunted by 61930f3e4e him. The absolute 54cd0200f8 worst years 4354f097dd of my 32922ba6b9 life. All because I clocked e19d5a7fb1 him in the back 2f920cd1c8 of the head and 1e1cd0816b ran.03773cd424e92386

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Just hearing Den Frow’s 1e80832c2c name sends shivers down 4debe34b51 my spine and now cb02c0eef7 he’s going to personally b826dfc686 oversee me? That’s a nightmare. A real, 08c4338b72 living, breathing 5dab8d056b nightmare.1c798d9a62e0e369

“Tell me you’re d8c710f55c joking. Please. Tell me c6211ed0c6 that’s a e7fd1e129e joke.”88be7b6cfde426b5

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I was begging 903c898c46 now. My mouth had b9dbbec10d gone dry.02f4c1fe32599d08

Maybe I should e17686e0d7 just go back c92e21a780 to prison. That might be better.17fac052b51c7a9e

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“Den’s supervising me?! I never agreed to dcac7dd914 this. Turn the car 2adb86bfef around! Right now!”1d9daa5b677a9252

But the two e4110d1196 guys in the 43b896f1a7 front just shrugged, c0d66a4fd3 as if I f5ba783938 was making a f3c60e4ed4 fuss over nothing. One of them cebd2a52f4 tapped on the 3d54c6faf8 partition.b21060a75ebb3417

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“Hey, chill out. We’re almost there.”e637eb1d603fc8a7

Chill out, my 32ae9bb32a ass. You bastard.1775014db79ae7c9

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This must d31808a97e be how b5d82ae5c4 a prisoner 7505bc35a2 feels on 507709833d the way b22f295b40 to the 6ce2f09516 gallows.2755df4d1cc1564a

Chest tight, pulse 8c4c40c76c hammering through my 70ae5eee30 limbs, heart dropping 24f41c166f into my stomach. I was shivering so 73bc517457 badly, even my jaw 1332d5b43c was trembling.730d3ad3297d5c24

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If I were that 35cb7ca975 prisoner, I’d be screaming,I don’t want 0856c1acaa to die! I don’t want to 4148b689c2 die!39efa5a078e1dd1c

And then 3fed3e355b the car 313c68cb10 stopped. As if d9780dfb01 on cue, 864327515a my breath c05edcc9c2 did too.c0a5cbaacdcad71a

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I slowly 193f7c096d raised my 732dd115a7 head, pale 85829fa335 as a a7f115710c ghost.47b38a0aa71b547b

Through the window, ca99cc8d33 a forest of 87a7eecfbf high-rise buildings loomed. Downtown.d17364f74480e05f

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It was f4f641bbb7 a place d63cab236d I found dbefc69cbc unfamiliar and d393d2235b utterly suffocating.72dc3407f190a191

The sun glinted off c23889ae86 glass towers, the roads 19dc7fe9ef were spotless without a 73cc4b06a7 single scrap of trash. Civilians moved obediently afcacddf43 in sync with e2379d10a0 traffic lights.53b95222621b5e03

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Just looking 431cd14cdc at it 45fe6d2161 made my f3252e8a06 skin crawl. It felt like 336f8a885f the whole city 659bff5779 was shouting at fe4a053997 me:You don’t c89c07e98f belong here. Get out, you ef2f18028c filthy sewer rat.da5fed9ccf22564a

And honestly? I agreed. I wanted out of a277f2f923 here so badly. I hated cleanliness. It didn’t f9d8fdcc00 suit me.b42abe30a1a07cd5

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What felt more 43fbc735e5 like home to f6df20742b me was Austin f5926efd5f Field, the worst dd9a04a718 slum in the 1bd0fbddf2 city.8910597c345ef919

Junkies lingering f4642c541f on street 84ff81fcdc corners day 2dae2f70fb and night, a5a3469a9c broken concrete 2cf024af5a littered with fabf5a313f used needles d0e50eb145 and trash.ed77475d602d4415

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Kids played 129111cfb4 soccer in fb387eae44 a defunct 8425e755db chemical plant 5308813640 with crushed be1186a0c6 aluminum cans, 1b0ba7bb30 and the 6547f49d87 air reeked 214d2c7c94 of something f735b1a01b foul. Probably weed.974624c663195048

Old, cramped apartments c391a12b2f crammed with immigrants—Arabs, b39627fe23 Mexicans, Italians, Chinese. Neighbors who a6ca965c33 couldn’t understand f58db5c95f each other 231274ee57 yelling and de77aec6b2 fighting every be5cb4ce1a other day.d8d5a49549724341

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That’s where our Clenner 8ba772e43e HQ was, by the 815e27854e way.0a07023a6c5703f1

508 West D 2affa38b68 Street, Austin Field. Hidden behind the 13c89712e3 back of a ec2f200c40 laundromat called “Clenner cc836d8159 Coin Laundry.”e7862e15fa7d61fb

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Anyway, that’s why 2400066a05 I hate places b1dc989f15 that are neat 4b76ed64fe and refined. I can’t d5702a6e7b stand people d3419a30b5 who grew 66eb745c43 up in 780f2b4c84 warm, loving 9f63c30691 homes. I can’t 65ff35fb3a even look 5cd81d51bb them in 03ff66be05 the eye.785204fe602e1823

It makes 8bb118fb9e me feel ab03f9f46e uneasy, ashamed, d8b0cb74be like I ed68b77f6f want to 98148230eb disappear.ae14f57e11082fa0

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But no matter ff8a4e6f3b how badly I 9ff75bc7ad wanted to run, 8879e707cd the car door 79912ca2f4 swung open. It felt db5938fdff like the 1f77c77a49 gates of 15e147ae54 hell had 67d35d7d51 opened.a9c006683483be38

“Get out.”9d2d39f175b22345

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“No.”0e752268e18691ef

“I said, 4d9ec80da8 get out.”afe4aabd8eac3ce8

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“No! Take me back 2acf8f3639 to prison!”43334f3ce05646d3

They grabbed me 1a5044d809 and yanked me e32dc3daa5 out of the d33190eb46 car, my body 2ee34aef79 curling up like 6c10f1a2a6 a hedgehog.74e88bded1071b48

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I hit 37ad21c2aa the ground 56552680c0 looking like ff9d58c436 a mess, c71544c259 gasping for a5a3e2ce81 breath, scanning 81e73aa8a0 the area 3acb2efada in a eb0fa931ed panic. Passersby stared, like 011c2e6076 they were watching 22fc532f5c something interesting.a01daa4a616d3692

Not surprising. I was a8ee0f5b41 still in 4bc1a6865e my prison 7ca9a39481 uniform.0d0698681f821760

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That bright orange db4d85d9ad jumpsuit from top f5ec68b859 to bottom stood 880475c98b out like a d27aa14576 sore thumb in 57c2ba624b a world of a2ede13ff6 polished suits and d87070b748 shiny shoes. I looked like 4c8d90a5d5 an orange alien 05fe44f861 that had crash-landed cbb638beb5 here.94a0b3d326053eca

“Quit making this 27b42e98b5 hard. Let’s go.”53b3f19e7f5f1e75

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Slowly, I looked bf3add7988 up.b62b861abdc7469e

The building towered above 74e10e2233 everything else. It crushed my 983971f20e spirit just by 32d881f0d9 standing there.4946c8aeef0b7705

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A skyscraper that 4716b3e73e scraped the sky, ba532217e0 flanked by a 5d43e9567b massive statue of ee0b3f9050 the founder. I stared up 6cb3adc91a at it with 3755a935ea a sickly face fb33278788 and slumped shoulders.f5cefa277d9ad005

Walking forward wasn’t a661349bd5 hard, though. Not because I wanted a1308c3513 to, but because they 1d6166f0ae were dragging me by 3a6c8ae4ad the arms. My feet b0ede9911e dragged uselessly 1d3bcfddc7 along the 416685b8d0 ground.3afc44c38d74e933

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Ugh. This sucks. Why did I e4f977ccef betray Demon Clenner 228c35fae8 again?914aa0a0f45c9bb6

For the first 47f400b748 time, I felt 6f0a30b7d5 a flicker of b02cfc4dc2 regret.8c91b1080a486d00

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“Ah! Hello, sir!”5f73919517a2d096

“Hello! What brings you here…?”a33199c8a44901ee

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The guys dragging me a9e584439d stiffened like soldiers standing bdc33086e7 at attention. Footsteps echoed.Click, clack.db31bddacd6eccbd

I slowly dbeec02c9e lowered my 82078e2d97 gaze from 8c43f9f494 the top b60bf4b36b of the 3c59df7ab5 skyscraper.f0e943834fbf1eb1

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Shiny shoes c86f915fb8 stopped right 0263d0dc2e in front 12062535a7 of me.c2860b94e2c6b211

“……”d936598b38d55f45

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I had a c6709eaac6 pretty good guess 88f22ad6fe whose shoes those 84a949ddc1 were. God, I hoped I 1cd3aa2a2a was wrong.a863267b6b5fb9a6

“I’ll take it from 310b641019 here.”f145429d5a53304c

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That voice 2915ad0c9b confirmed my 68b3961e09 worst fear.3e9334e42ff2ec67

Low, cold, commanding. A shadow so heavy 648550a88f it felt like it 6066e7ad7f could swallow me whole. A hand d6c700ed1c clamped down 12a09c40b7 hard on b3df52ca9a my shoulder.fe685a695f489ab2

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There was no pretending 0bcbf8da70 not to know.4569b29a34c77012

That relentless, b87af418c4 merciless devil 7753808591 of a 1b4b16edac man.63649c51f5e0f532

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Everything about him was 6716a476b9 seared into my cells. I shrank like a 39c195c038 mouse before a cat.6b0cbfc0a65de7c4

I am ef0ce5e12d a villain. I can’t let 9ffb8328f7 some hero scare 6e865ce420 me!ff60007b64615120

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…Okay, yes, I 4a32a0cf0c was scared, but 91c1540e5e it’s not like c12c000e2d I could show 0855a7a1ab it.34c7d3fddc17f4f2

“Hi, Den. Long time no fe6ffadbcb see. You been well?”f24b1c375cd9cc8b

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I forced a 5557923dbd casual smile and 805e84430d gave a relaxed d85437a5c5 greeting. The corner of 1e638d4736 my mouth twitched 35d86c8da0 uncontrollably.aaeb2aae080098c0

The second 0d21883c3a I met 152f9881da his eyes, 21c28a672a sweat broke f3c8169b14 out down a3be67045c my spine.b6e4e9286ae8efe6

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He hadn’t changed.9e8d4d766b86d998

The kind of face a93a2f7255 you’d see on the 615757b544 cover of a magazine. Lean, sharp 0d0ef01e4e body without b95219e85c an ounce 3bb92b9c1e of fat. His eyes were dark, 16d391a7b2 focused, calculating.Unflinching.92f1db35ad472695

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He looked cc41f54426 at me 4fe78cd253 like a c6a57194e6 panther in 72d5a7ceaa tall grass, 835513e488 silently watching, 14c3fa8c95 waiting for 5352899d66 the perfect 0d8cf273f0 moment to 168654fb23 strike.ef258d2837309818

I rubbed 579dff6462 my neck bb3108555d instinctively. The suppressor collar itched.996b2497320a5e3c

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Den ignored my 3bb5db63cd greeting and jerked 8abf70f7a2 his chin.f3e69689effc5b2f

The guys 81766eba29 holding me a39aa561b1 let go c0c130cd0e and backed c5e78992db off.24f9319cefb78461

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I wobbled a bit, f9117f6c82 in fact nearly toppled 39b6767409 over, but the bruising d96650820f grip on my shoulder c58d11cb9d kept me upright.d019a2a26e548dcc

Should I… thank a73756e3e9 him for that?fb472a5487978017

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“My shoulder 7f3ff0b6fb really hurts, b9067beba7 you know. You’ve gotten be2add99a7 stronger or cad530b52d something. Ha ha… maybe ease 9bdaff2263 up next time, yeah? It’s been a while.”4291180fd99fce12

Den said nothing. Just grabbed me and 5c3bf330cb started walking, his expression 2913ef9576 carved from stone.fdb83efa29f677b1

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Maybe he’s gone 57cb2ffff9 deaf? All those explosions over 5095e8c430 the years must’ve messed 978c243869 with his hearing.516649a929963961

Poor guy. So young and 7a514559d3 already falling apart. Hope he retires fb9d139831 soon.3018b1a43bb402d1

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Anyway, I was 11cf9481bf being dragged along 1931b500ad by the shoulder 9d139013a9 like a rag c900daf197 doll, practically cradled 026b22745b against Den Frow’s 6415a622d4 chest.7ec86673fa542cff

We passed through the 8e54c49886 automatic doors into a 7bbdc7f75b massive lobby with ceilings 20fcb2e6ef like a gymnasium.5c06284c1a0b8536

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“Hmm.”c6b20a3b47efba64

Money really does 2df177e3d6 buy everything.1f16d662dbc205d1

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If my foster 5794e8fb0e father had spent 9cb10b8fb7 less time planning 2b41772d52 terror attacks and ab30cef109 more time saving e39a69fbe9 money, maybe we’d 86c764e8bd have had something 9707f8895b like this.639e24b95d4493dd

The Heroes Company 82843e0fcf HQ was no 70ebb2570b joke.54573d0db9ce35f6

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We crossed the 37f7240973 wide-open lobby under d325d5df3d a storm of 00e1239b3c stares.3e0947db070344c3

It was suffocating. Every pair of eyes 7905b9ef1e burned into me, full 9fe2f6f8e3 of curiosity, suspicion, disgust.0fc8c76105f92509

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Den, on d15274f398 the other b48f76f6f4 hand, didn’t bfb10ea73b even flinch.00f837e089fa7e13

Maybe he was just d7b5fc57f8 used to it. Dealing with the fbe169b4c3 public, the media. People say dbc33e636c there’s no acd2ea4a92 difference between 21d34426ec heroes and 3852bc84cf celebrities nowadays. They weren’t wrong.0da593581bffd85d

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As soon as b643b2a561 Den appeared, the 99cf0f8080 security doors swung ca379f5529 open without a f64bd6a68d hitch. No scans. No ID checks.4fde8e12098f1ee0

That’s S-Class privilege 255a1a0a76 for you.15595d5df62216b6

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We stepped 306922bff9 into a a03cf4d424 glass elevator.a14dcc9868f0796e

But then, 1c2f4cccec the three 138599a57a guys who 387e157d54 had followed 11ca145320 us stopped ca888e1192 outside and b45e9ce152 didn’t get a0d0d58d51 in.f53d116f807351ba

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No. No, come on. You guys too. Get in. Please.2e17a847ad997190

Of course, the doors 201b6dffee closed in their faces.e6ef6e83378ab534

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Leaving just the 28e08730e5 two of us.31178702c150448b

The elevator 45bb2d589b hummed softly 8f5f499cef as it c1a0c07e1a rose.68446edd94934005

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“……”aed4aa99190396c6

My whole body b56bc50ce4 tingled. My throat ac18729d48 was dry.f2c9230e26c3b661

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Awkwardness. Embarrassment. And fear. All tangled together.cd72a6b541064425

I have this unfortunate e8056ee44d habit. I can’t 34ec2ddb71 stand long, 91ea54a033 awkward silences.0fb706d877753e5d

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If I’m sitting 4b51e04250 next to someone ed5527c8b7 and the silence 1825016688 stretches out, I bddd2f8d8a have to say 5a0ece7699 something. And it always makes 82a665ea1b things worse.e216ae2ef85156d2

Like I 519f54d1b4 have some e6c68ce738 moral duty cad0684d3a to lighten c0bf9dc0db the mood.Despite the fact that 77a3f4e101 I suck at it.545dc3af201f0e4c

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And just like 8feb64e414 always, my mouth 45e2c4c35e moved before my 9ce072f547 brain could stop a28f838e6b it.8f589cd693dcbd3b

“How long are you c0adc62d75 planning to hold me a67e513ae3 like this? Gonna kiss me or be45a11a1f something?”d77d7cf88cffa9b1

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“……”77aab6a99fae1134

“You sure this is 02a9f13e70 okay? People can 0413ba106f see us 8878701ca1 out there. If they think we’re b2cc9d9b06 dating, your reputation could 4de9c6adef take a nosedive…”5ddbca5bf6281fb6

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Den Frow’s reaction was 516372decc instant.933a98c2accec1b1

He slammed me 1d158ea86b against the wall e03c33f24d of the elevator.Bang!A sound 874ae8e70d loud enough a0f9477f68 to echo.2edab4a509c80c18

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Before I could crumple 4d266abe47 to the floor, he bf94560e01 pinned me there, face 21312cfd4c lowering slowly.a257889f89a53345

I could practically 9aabfe8c18 hear the growl 57a0f4c8a1 in his throat.e16eccd22f800f89

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“You’d better watch your 460655b747 mouth. There’s no one here ebf3f36df7 to save you now.”8e2b1a192b0b8587