“I just need to find her and make sure she’s okay,” I say. He must’ve heard something in the way I said it or read something on my face because his eyes narrow and his ears perk up. “What’s this girl mean to you?” I feel my brothers’ eyes on me, all of them asking the same question, though only Cy and Lucky know our connection. Telling them she’s my stepsister feels wrong on all accounts, but there’s nothing else I can say. Maybe if I had dealt with last night differently and forced her to listen, I could proudly announce that she’s mine. I could stake my claim on her, and she’d become part of
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