“Let’s make a deal, all right? I don’t want to keep living with my father for the rest of my life, and I definitely don’t want to go to a prison camp. I want my life to mean something. And I’m pretty sure you don’t want them to cut your wings so you can’t fly anymore. You want them to let you go, but they’ll force you to stay here one way or another. Alone, neither of us can do anything to change the way things are going for us. But together, we could change both our destinies.” I was standing so close to him, I could smell the musk of his breath. I could feel it, too, hot and humid against my
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