POV: Ben
"What are we going to say? That some beast attacked us?"
Yuki's voice echoes, distant, as if muffled by the thick fog of my consciousness.
I can't move. I can't open my eyes.
But I hear them.
"We don't have a choice, anyway."
Footsteps. Ragged breaths. Carter moaning, Hassan muttering something. He was going to take Carter to the hospital.
And then… that question.
"What are we going to do with Ben? The police are looking for him as a victim… when he's the culprit."
Culprit.
The word pierces me like a blade.
No. No, no, no…
But it's true.
I killed.
Innocents.
People who didn't deserve it.
And yet…
"Simple. Sabrina takes him with her."
Kaiser's voice, as detached as if he were talking about a package to be mailed.
"What?!"