She stopped pacing, turning to face him fully. “We are a family. We choose each other. We claim each other. You said something. Now we face it together. You taught me that, Cyrus.” He swallowed thickly before nodding his head, eyes falling to his lap. “You deserve a family, Cyrus,” Cass said before the voices could start up in his mind again. “You deserve people who fight for you.”
SO GLAD this didn't go as south as I thought it was going to go.
