I shoved Clara so hard she staggered back several steps.
The pain shooting through the bones in my leg nearly made me collapse, but I still charged into the kitchen.
I grabbed a kitchen knife, and the moment I rushed out the door, the whole world turned blood red.
My eyes locked onto Nathaniel like prey fixed on a target.
He saw the knife in my hand, and his expression finally changed.
“Aria, what are you doing with that? Are you out of your mind?”
“Crazy?” I screamed, my throat tearing apart. “Yes, I’m crazy. You all drove me to it!”
I raised the knife,
Without hesitation, without fear, without a shred of the instinct to retreat.
I swung it at him.
At that moment, I truly meant to kill him.
Nathaniel’s face drained of color. Instinct kicked in and he lunged sideways.
CRACK!
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