TWENTY FOUR: JESSICA'S POVThose words, those words from Lucian yesterday still haunted me. It left me wondering what he meant by his words and how Willow got mixed up in everything. My gaze swiped to Willow's who was smiling from where she was. My heart clenched, stomach twisting into knots I couldn't explain. Oh, she didn't know. My poor sister had no idea that the man she loved, and adored, was nothing but a beast, a monster, and right now, he was scheming whatever it was in his dark mind. I sighed, then took my gaze away from her. Maybe, I could stay strong for her, maybe I could try. Even if I didn't want to, even if I hated Lucian, I have to be strong for my sister, I really have to be. I won't let Lucian's words affect me, I won't let my sister get affected either. We were going to be fine, just fine enough to survive this. “We're not leaving again, right?!” Willow's sharp voice snapped me out of my thoughts, and I turned to her with a smile. Sh
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