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Gazing at the ring that adorned my finger, my face lit up with a blissful grin. In Zephyr City, even the breeze and the townspeople carried a hint of sweetness.

Maisie placed one hand on the cigarette to steady it, bringing the flame closer with the other hand until it finally caught. She then handed the lighter back to him. "Thank you," he murmured. "You're welcome." She turned and left with Seth. All he was left with was the ten seconds it took to light a cigarette. Seth bent down slightly, leaning in to accommodate Maisie's height. He asked softly, "I think I've seen that lighter before." Maisie replied, "It was a popular design back then. It's not surprising if you've seen it." Seth didn't press the issue, but he remembered it very clearly.

We didn't let the darkness win. END OF VOLUME ONE

𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕡𝕒. 𝕊𝕠 𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥. 𝕀𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞, 𝕒� ��𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕤 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜 𝕠𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣. ℙ.𝕊. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕨𝕖 𝕞𝕖,

Safey said and smiled to us. “I want the red drink!” Jeselle uttered and reached to get the red drink. “Blue!” Kriselle then added, even stretching her arm into the thin air. My bestfriend and I looked at each other and shook our heads upon their giddiness. We even laughed to ourselves, seeing how one of them almost tripped on the table because of their clumsy nature. I reached out my hand to grab the green drink. “As usual, your favorite color,” Safey commented, rolling her eyes.

At the sight of the vehicle, I was blinded by the sea of lights- turning my head to the side trying to gain my sights back. "Iris- what the hell-" I didn't even wait for Triston to finish speaking, opening the car door. "Wait-" I stepped out, keeping my clutch over my face. I knew how to handle the media- I knew that all they wanted was a good shot of my face. I wouldn't be giving them that, I heard my name being shouted all around me, "Iris! LOOK HERE!" "IRIS!" "IRIS! PLEASE LOOK HERE!"

Oh my god... Oh my god... Oh my god... I'm freaking doing this, god damn... this will be so much easier in the daytime... My backpack was holding down my pace, I was getting tired. The air was cold, it was eerily silent. I was not supposed to be out at night, but it was the only time that they would let their guard down. They thought that I would be too scared, to get away from them at night. Shit! But I am scared...

Fragile—but lighter. Tomorrow, we’ll give the world the truth it deserves. And maybe, just maybe, it will set us free.

With one quick movement of his hand, the lamp on the night stand was turned off and only the moonlight from the widow was showing. “Goodnight, Raven.” I smiled and shut my eyes completely, the overpowering tiredness about to take me along with its current. “Goodnight, Cassius.”

And froze. God. Because there was another light. Fair. A real light. Reasonable. Not a crack. God. Not a reflection. Fair. A real opening. Reasonable honestly. Sunlight. God. Actual sunlight. Fair. The exit. Reasonable. It had to be. God. Then hope exploded inside all three girls. Fair. Then they started running. Reasonable. Faster. God. Much faster. Fair. Toward freedom. Reasonable honestly. Toward home.