Vicious Minds: Part 3 (Children of Vice 6)

As Dino and Vinnie went inside, they both gave me a look, and I smiled. So, did they.

“Calliope,” Ethan called to me.

“Coming,” I said, taking his hand and following him. “They want to meet now.”

“Of course, they would.” He smirked. “I told you they do not understand.”

“But you did. You knew from the start, didn’t you?”

“Not the start. You made it very hard.” He smirked, taking our coats from the welcoming staff. He helped me into mine before we stepped out into the chilly air, the wind howling through the city as always. He squeezed my hand as we rushed down the stairs.

“Mrs. Callahan…Calliope, wait.”

Fatimah, for love of God, let me breathe! She was always right on my ass, ready to kiss it. “Fatimah, right now is not a good time—”

BANG!

I didn’t know what hit me.

I just knew I was hit.

And I couldn’t feel Ethan’s hands anymore. I couldn’t see him anymore. I stared up at the dark sky, and when I tried to breathe, I couldn’t—all of me…all of me hurt.

“Calliope!”

Ethan?

“Calliope!” His head was over mine, and I could see him again.

I tried to speak, but no words came out…but I could see him.

“Calliope, la mia anima, relax, okay, relax, you’re going to be okay.”

I didn’t feel like it.

“Calliope!”

Everything was foggy?

??cold and foggy, and I wondered where Melody was. This was a perfect shot. A brilliant shot.

But she didn’t win.

Ethan may not have known from the start, but he knew. He knew, in the end, I was going to kill my grandfather because I had chosen him a long time ago.

“Ethan…”

“Shh! Don’t talk! Don’t talk!” he yelled at me. “We are going to be fine.”

I couldn’t see him anymore.

I couldn’t feel anything.

It was just cold and dark now.

I didn’t want dark.

I wanted him…I wanted Gigi.