Chapter 44

"You have to run. They've targeted you as the new fall man. Nothing personal, they got plenty. Shit, real talk, It was supposed to be me. That call to the abandoned school wasn't meant to go through. The kid...kids are something called...imperfect replicas. Planned obsolescence, their organs will melt from the inside. You need to treat them to a mercy kill. I seen it first hand, Rook. Halo will bleed...bleed out."

"I know I'm a drunk, but this is a stretch, even for me."

"Take Halo, run, kill her, and join me in District 5."

"There's a District 5?" somehow I overlooked the 'kill her' part.

"...I'll tell you more when you've done what I asked. There's a vanilla folder inside the box. Read it for yourself. The kids were designed to replace the High...High Priestess. She is a perfect replica, the first High Priestess was a m...man. Inauguration Day is when they switch the old with the new...They've planned to remove all mankind eventually. It's bigger than us."