The door to the boy's dormitory was locked, but she made short work of that. She hoped they hadn't thought to put trip wires in the dormitories like that cave. I should have brought Molly along, she thought. No, this was definitely not the kind of mission for sweet, innocent Molly.
She climbed down the stairs from the parlor into the sleeping area. Among the rows of snoring boys she found her prey fast asleep, completely unsuspecting. She could kill him right now too without any trouble. Or she could have as an adult; she couldn't be sure her flabby five-year-old body possessed the necessary strength. For the moment she needed him alive at any rate.
She covered his mouth with one chubby hand. With the other she took out a smaller knife, one that couldn't do a lot of damage unless it hit the right areas, though she knew all those areas. She ran the tip of the blade along his throat, not deep enough to draw blood, but deep enough for him to know she was serious. "Wake up, Davy," she said.
David's eyes opened then widened at the sight of the knife. "I'm not going to hurt you, yet," Veronica said. "I'm here to make you a business proposal. Are you listening?"
He nodded. "Good. You and I want the same thing. If we pool our resources we have a much better chance to succeed."
She took her hand away from his mouth so he could ask, "What are you talking about? How did you get in here?"
"That's not important. What's important is I can help you get the one thing you want most: power." She pulled the knife back now, balancing the tip on the end of one finger. "I can help you get rid of Samantha Young once and for all. Then you'll be the king of the island."
"I don't need a little girl's help," David hissed.
"If you didn't need help you would have already done it. I need your strength and you need my will. It's a perfect match." A smile spread across her face as she added, "Unless you want to be Samantha's errand boy the rest of your life."
"Tell me more," he said. She whispered the plan into his ear. When she finished, he said, "Let's do it."
"You won't regret it." She leaned down to kiss him on the lips. Then she disappeared down the row of beds, into the darkness.