For three years they called me a freak—and I stayed silent—until they touched my little sister in front of everyone, and the truth I buried finally came out and changed everything.

scent instantly—it was a high-concentration neuro-paralytic gas designed by the Horizon research wing to instantly disable a subject’s voluntary muscle control within three inhalations.

“Hold your breath, Lily! Don’t take a single sip of this air!” I roared, grabbing her collar and violently dragging her toward the burning wreckage of the diesel engine.continue reading …