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.

beneath the tight pressure tape, but the adrenaline pulsing through my system completely neutralized the physiological feedback. I crawled through the gravel mounds toward the eastern concrete pillar where Lily had escaped just moments before, my eyes tracking the movements of the conflict above.

Through the smoke and the flashing neon glare of the continue reading …