“Yeah, I’m pretty sure it is,” he mutters.
“What are you not telling me?”
I know there’s something.
He’s quiet for a few moments as we walk on through the forest.
“Do you know anything about astral projection, or possession of another soul’s body?”
“Uh, did you just turn into one of theGhostbusters?”
He laughs and shakes his head. “Good one, but no.”
“Then, what?” I ask, needing to hear it out loud.
“Ortega wasn’t like this when he came out here and cut that hole in the fence,” he starts. “He’s been broken down mentally by Corvina. I’m guessing because it made it easy to use him.”
“You think Corvina brainwashed him into breaking in?”
“I think Corvina was in his body a few minutes ago. Using it to break into the academy.”
He’s being completely serious.
It’s a wild theory, but given the circumstances, I can’t discount it out of hand.
“Corvina’s soul was inside Ortega’s body?”
Saying it out loud doesn’t force it to make sense.
All it does is make me shudder.
The man is evil.
He used his wealth and power to abuse Omegas.
The thought that he has what amounts to a supernatural ability is beyond fucking terrifying.
“How do you stop someone who can do that?”
Owen shakes his head. “He deserves a cruel and unusual death, but considering what he’s capable of, I don’t think that would stop him.”
“Yeah, I guess not,” I mutter.
The whole thing is crazy, and this isn’t how I expected my day to end up.
We walk in silence for a while, with only Ortega’s sobs to accompany us.
I can’t help but worry about Robin.
She’s not as safe as I thought she was.
Not while this is an ongoing threat.
“What does Corvina want, exactly?”
Owen hesitates to answer, while Ortega whispers the name of his daughter.
“You don’t know, or you don’t want me to know?”
