Amelia As the door shuts behind them, I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding. Conrad stays where he is, chest rising and falling, his knuckles still white from the fury he carried in.Watching him cautiously, I swallow slowly. “Conrad, thank you. But, you didn’t have to—”“I did.”He turns to me, and the storm behind his eyes gentles, just a little.“Amelia, I will never let them take anything from you again,” he says, and my heart stumbles in a way that feels like coming alive.But I shake my head, because the ache inside me pushes upward. “We know that this won’t be the end. They won’t stop,” I whisper. “Simion, the elders, everyone…they hate me. Conrad, they will never accept me or give us a chance.“They definitely won’t accept Sage. They already see us as a threat to…everything.” I swallow hard.“And, maybe they’re right. Maybe it’s better if we don’t stir up trouble.”instead, he steps closer and cups my cheek with a hand that trembles ever so slightly.“Listen to me,”
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