Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

“Oh, excuse me,” she said, finally noticing someone was
here.
Her mother inhaled, darting toward us. “Um, actually,
Charles, we’ll wait with Winter in the library.” She came up
and grabbed Winter, pulling her away from me. “If you could
send Erika there when she arrives…”
“Of course.”
Margot, Arion, and Winter filtered into the corridor, and
my head started swimming with all the possibilities now
laying in front of me. I wasn’t sure if she thought about me or
what she thought about me, but I knew she wouldn’t forget
me. She would never be able to forget.
The door closed behind them, and I saw GGriffin Ashby, our
city mayor, start to follow, but then he stopped as he reached
me.
I stared at his profile, his dark gray suit and blue tie
perfectly pressed as he focused ahead, refusing to spare me
any eye contact.
“Someday you’ll be in a cage,” he said. “And hopefully
sooner rather than later, so you can’t do any more damage. Mr.
Kincaid will fill you in on the do’s and don’ts while my
youngest is in attendance at this school.” And then he finally
turned his head to look at me with disdain “Mark my words, if
you fail to behave, I will end you, and it’ll be for good.”
Turning away, he left the office, and my lips twitched with
a smile. Six years ago, his little girl and I changed each other,
and while I couldn’t change her back, I could certainly give
her some new memories of me.
Now that… I could do.
It was settled, then.
I heard Mr. Kincaid clear his throat as he held his office
door open for me. “Mr. Torrance, if you please?”