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.

could confirm the order, a series of sharp, metallic pops echoed from the top of the embankment, and four gray canisters came sailing through the smoke, landing precisely around our position. A dense, pale yellow vapor began to hiss from the cylinders, expanding with incredible speed across the gravel piles. I recognized the distinct, sweet chemical continue reading …