“Your sister is the one you killed?” Grayson staggered.
“I had no other choice. I guess I should explain.” I took a deep breath.
Flashback, two years ago
Courtney carried me on her back. She was the faster one and we were being chased by low-classes. I was also tired from sharing my energy with a few of the members of our community so they could get away. All the running I had to do before only made me more tired. If she didn’t have to worry about me slowing her down she would have been able to get away.
She found a closed-off cave. She moved the boulder blocking it and pushed it back in place. There was light seeping in through cracks the bounder didn’t cover.
“f**k, talk about persistent,” Courtney laughed.
“Yeah, that was loads of fun.” I dropped off of her back onto my feet. I
