Six: let's make a deal

Temperance

I sit in the car with the five boys, the bulletproof vest Alec made me wear is making me feel claustrophobic.

While Connor drives, Alec is in the passenger seat. Zander and Ethan are sitting on either side of me with Damien in the back.

Alec and Connor are having their own conversation in the front while me and the boys have ours in the back. Although it’s mostly just them talking and me listening I still find it comforting.

After about thirty minutes of driving in the dark Connor stops the car.

Everyone gets out of the car with their guns and I follow blindly like a lamb to its slaughter.

If I am being fully honest I would tell you I'm scared. But I'm a liar so I'll say I'm brave.

"If anything goes south shoot to kill. And Flower. Remember what I told you."

He refers to me staying beside him or Zander. I nod, the nickname of flower still irking me.

Alec leans closer to me and whispers in my ear, "Stop trembling. I won't let anything happen to you."

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