Life or death—an impossible choice.

Thea compared the methods of Noah, Jessica, and Chelsea, recalling everything they had done to her. No matter how she looked at it, Chelsea seemed the most terrifying. And yet, for some reason, she still wanted to choose Chelsea.

After all, as the saying goes, "Better a bad life than no life at all."

Besides, with Grandpa around, no matter how cruel Chelsea might be, she wouldn’t go too far… right? She wouldn’t actually make her life worse than death, would she?

Chelsea’s patience was running thin. “You have three seconds to decide.”

“I’ll go with you!”

Before Chelsea could even start the countdown, Thea...