“If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?” “Disney World,” he answered immediately. I smiled, glad he was teasing me to lighten the mood. “No, seriously. Where would you go?” “Disney World,” he repeated. My smile dropped. “Why?” He had promised to take me there when the Federovs were no longer a threat. Was it because he wanted to see me again? Would he miss me too after I was gone? “Because that means you’re safe from the Federovs,” he said, “and this whole mess will be over.” Right. He didn’t want to see me again. He wanted to be done with this mess. The hope I’d felt
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