Twelve (The Naturals, #4.5)

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

But in my defense, a person cannot, by definition, defuse a bomb unless it’s operational to begin with.”

He took everything away from you. He locked you up. He hurt you. You danced.

“You won’t ever be normal, Mackenzie, but you’ll be okay.” “Personally,” Lia commented, “I find normal overrated.”

I knew and accepted that Behavior, Personality, Environment wasn’t a one-time calculation, that everything we did and experienced became a part of us. I knew that the things that happened when we were young had the longest to burrow in.