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.

radius of our house by midnight.” I pulled her through a section of the iron fence where the rusted bars had been pried apart by local trespassers years ago. “If we attempt to cross the state line in a civilian vehicle or on foot along the highway, their automated license plate readers will flag us within seconds.”

She nodded silently, her small hand continue reading …