Vicious

Sydney burns the pages as Victor instructed. She suspects he gave her the task to keep her busy, but she doesn’t mind because it is distracting. Serena arrives and orders Sydney to come with her for a walk. Serena leads Sydney and Dol to the parking garage, where she presses a gun between Sydney’s eyes, but can’t bring herself to pull the trigger as Sydney seems even more “alive” as an EO than in her previous life. Serena gives the gun to Sydney’s and tells her to go somewhere safe. Sydney takes Dol and leaves, and Serena goes to meet Eli.

Sydney runs to the meeting place for the confrontation because “safe had become Victor” (340). Inside, Sydney hears a car door slam. She and Dol run to find a hiding place.

Meanwhile, Mitch lets himself into the building and takes his place in an open area. Serena, on her way, gets a call from Stell. He reports that there was no body at the place Eli specified. Serena asks why he called her instead of Eli and Stell says “I trust you” (344). Serena reaches the building, sees Mitch, and disconnects the call.