With that, Henry is restored and with his new body. She steals a micro-chip with Henry inside, mutilates the Agent on her case and forces the chip into his arm. Lydia has been in her prison cell for too long and she's grown restless. Because she imprisoned her mother in a car).įast-forward.

(No, not because of the child pornography or the extreme violence. To leak a minor's nudes *applause for originality* and while they're at it, why not incapacitate another child to claim his body as Henry's new vessel.īut, what's this? The police are here, and they're here for Lydia. Oh, so we're just going with the incest then?Īfter a little more ghost-fondling and a healthy dose of PewDiePie references, they set their plan in motion. His touch is a current in my veins lighting me up from the inside out. He repeats the word over and over like surf beating sand: I want you. A hand clasps mine and a thumb grazes my lips. He traces the outline of my jaw and I surrender to his exploring touch. They move to the back of my neck, stroke the skin there, making my hair prickle and my skin pebble. His chip buzzes as he slides his invisible fingers up and down my arm to comfort me. So what will she do? Break his heart? Re-program him? The AI Lydia made in memory of her very young, very related, and very dead, younger brother. They can share thoughts, plot revenge and Henry can voice all of his desires. Lydia transfers Henry's consciousness into her own brain.

*Cue 'When Two Become One' by the Spice Girls*. With Henry's help she'll be unstoppable, but Henry is currently trapped inside a phone where his abilities are limited. So when Henry suggests they plan revenge against her bully, Lydia doesn't think twice. 'Lydia Chlamydia, always in places you're not wanted.'

Since she built a brand new Henry.įrom the moment Henry died Lydia has been plagued with flashbacks of his death, worsened by the relentless taunting she faces at school. It has been two years since the car crash that killed Lydia's 10-year-old brother, and 18 months since she replaced him with code. (TWs: Incest, Adult-Minor Relationship, Rape, Toxic Relationship, Child Death, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Bullying, Sexual Assault, Violence, Forced Institutionalisation, Confinement) Spoilers ahead, but I promise I'm doing you a favour.

Every Line of You by Naomi Gibson