MY STEPFATHER’S SON IS MY FATED ENEMY
Footsteps approached behind Lily, Derek, Renna, Elowen, but they stayed back, silent.
“I don’t want to be owned,” Mara said, voice breaking. “But I don’t want to be alone.”
“You don’t have to be,” Lily replied.
Mara swallowed. “Will they let me return?”
Lily didn’t hesitate. “Yes.”
Mara let out a sob that sounded like something breaking and healing, at the same time.
From the treeline, unseen, Alaric watched the exchange unfold, fingers curling slowly.
Because Lily Morgan had just done the one thing his philosophy could not allow.
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