“You can still run,” he taunted. “Maybe after this.” I did a little dance in my stained jeans and dirty face. “When you’re legally required to come after me, that is.” Martin drifted through my mind, as well as my parents, Grand-Mère, and how I didn’t have a single person of my own here whom I was bringing into this family. I came alone, without much else to offer these people, but I was starting tomorrow with everything I ever wanted. I had brothers who cared about me now. Aydin, Rory, and the beautiful Micah, his gentleness and presence that put me at ease at Blackchurch almost immediately.
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