Chapter 56: Explosive
Orchid
I blinked, stunned. I turned around slowly, whilst keeping the corner of my eyes trained on a dumbfounded Jaack. Ellie was walking towards us slowly. The way she moved was distinctly different to how I remembered her. I looked at her feet and saw that her stilettos were gone. She was barefoot. Her eyes were coal black. Her features seemed sharper, more angular than before and they were growing less human by the second. Jaack laughed humourlessly.
“Number twelve and thirteen are not so lucky,” said Jaack, shaking his head.
“I’m feeling lucky,” said Ellie or perhaps her “sister.”
“Ellie?” I asked.
“Not quite, almost,” said Ellie’s alter-ego with a sly smile.
Clearly, this self was much more aware. I watched her nails lengthen into talons as fur crept up h
