Mabel’s POV"Good evening, everyone," Zane said as he strode into the dining room with me still in his arms.I froze. My squirming stopped because fighting him only made things worse. He was acting like nothing about this was strange."Put me down," I whispered, though I already knew he wouldn’t listen. If I snapped at him here, he might do something even more outrageous in front of everyone.Zane’s grip tightened, not rough, but firm enough to remind me I wasn’t going anywhere. His hand shifted from my hip to a safer spot, and I told myself that was progress."Sorry for being late," Zane announced as he lowered me into my chair, careful as if I were fragile glass. "We got caught up at the hospital."Tyler gave him a small nod. "We’re just glad you made it. If you’d stayed overnight, Tina would have sent food over.""The food there isn’t great," Tina added quickly. "I was read
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