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[Protect Her]

SEBASTIAN

Sierra pulled out of my arms and slid to the opposite side of the bed, turning her face away from me. Did I do or say something to cause this? Folding her arms, she grew a cute lil' pout, pushing her full lips upwards. It was nearly impossible to believe that the behavior she displayed a minute ago had changed so dramatically.

I heaved a sigh and stepped away from the bed, putting space between us against my desire to do so. "What’s the matter?”

"I want to go home," she mumbled. "I don't belong here."

Stunned, I glanced at my mother, silently begging for any hint as to what I had done wrong. Panic rose in my chest. What happened from the time she spoke to my mother to the time she disappeared for an entire hour and a half?

My mother glanced between Sierra and me with a look that I couldn’t quite read. "You are home, dear," she stated matter-of-factly, approaching the other side of the bed. "Darling, this is your home now. Why would you want to leave?"

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