Clementine:
"Okay, everyone, get to the second floor!" I shouted, clapping my hands to pull their attention away from the man.
But no one moved. Everyone stood frozen, staring toward the door, except for my three mates.
As for Oriana, she started to panic. I watched her stumble to the floor while rushing upstairs.
"You three, Yorick, Troy, Haiden, come with me!" she called, and they turned around, walking away easily as if the whispers didn’t affect them.
I covered my ears and looked at my squadmates.
"I have a confession to make."
After a brief silence, Mira spoke, and my heart stopped.
"I’m guilty of sleeping with Sebastian, even when I knew Renee liked him too," she confessed.
Gasps filled the air. But that wasn’t the worst part.
The worst part was realizing ’why’ she was saying it. It was the game the whisperer played. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
"No," I muttered under my breath, just as Mira pulled out the knife Miss Lenora had given us.
The moment she did, I lunged at her.
The others hesitated, they all seemed too shocked to react.
I grabbed the knife from her hand.
"No! I must die. I must sacrifice myself for the truth!" she screamed, her eyes rolling back.
She fought me hard, refusing to let go of the blade.
"No, Mira, you don’t have to sacrifice yourself!" I shouted, forcing her back against the wall.
I grabbed her wrist, prying her fingers open.
She scratched me as I tried to disarm her.
Every time I pulled the knife away, she came at me again like a madwoman.
When she realized I wouldn’t let her end her life, she bolted toward the kitchen.
I ran after her, grabbing her around the waist.
She elbowed me in the face, but I dodged the next blow, spun her around, and slammed her to the floor.
I pinned her hands down.
"No! I have to die!" she screamed again.
"Somebody get that man away from the door!" I yelled to the others.
I knew the whisperer had already found one victim.
For now, he wouldn’t attack anyone else. That much I was sure of.
The others didn’t seem affected by the whispers, neither did I.
The victim was Mira. Maybe her guilt had made her vulnerable.
That’s when Ranee and Sebastian rushed in. Ranee grabbed Mira’s hands to help me hold her down.
She was strong, stronger than I had ever seen before.
"Mira, stop this! I already know you slept with Sebastian. He told me, and I’ve forgiven him. You were both scared and stressed, it’s okay. I wasn’t even that serious about him back then and I knew that you liked him too," Ranee said gently, pressing her hand to Mira’s forehead to calm her.
Meanwhile, Joshua and Jack opened the door to attack the man outside.
I heard shouts and a loud scuffle before they slammed the door shut again.
Mira’s eyes slowly lost their wild look. Instead of fighting back, she went limp and then she passed out.
Sebastian carried Mira to the side room, and Renee went with him.
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