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.

Group from the inside out. A profound, icy calm settled over my entire consciousness as the software of Number Seven achieved absolute synchronization with my physical body.

Through the flashing lights at the top of the overpass, a sleek, silver government sedan pulled slowly to the edge of the concrete barrier, its rear door opening with a soft, mechanical continue reading …