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Chapter 44

Author: B. H. Wood
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-19 12:23:35

Only it never came.

Peaking out from behind my backpack, I was met with numerous confused faced. One of the mother’s laughed when she figured out what was going on.

“I’m sorry, Ayla,” she said, stepping forward before squatting down a few feet in front of me. Her hands were up, showing she didn’t mean me any harm. “I guess I can’t blame you for reacting this way after yesterday. What with us rushing over here like that?”

The other parents started to laugh too and one of the fathers came forward next to the first woman. It took me a moment to regconzine them.

“Mr. and Mrs. Lecter,” I said, still hiding behind my bag. They were Duncan’s parents. As if to further prove it, Duncan barged through the crowd to stand between his parents and me.

“I won’t let you hurt our Luna again,” he shouted, glaring at them.

I groaned. “Duncan, you can’t call me that outside of the cage. You shouldn’t even call me that inside either.”

His mother and several others chuckled as his antics. He wasn’t backing
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