For three years they called me a freak—and I stayed silent—until they touched my little sister in front of everyone, and the truth I buried finally came out and changed everything.

of tactical boots and the barking of tracking dogs began to echo through the trees, closing the distance with terrifying speed. I looked down at Lily, who was staring at me with a face completely devoid of hope, her small hand shaking inside my grip as the hunters closed the trap. We were trapped in a dark forest, an aerial drone tracking our every continue reading …