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.

who had spent the last three years hunting for the weapon that got away.

— CHAPTER 3 —

The heavy glass doors of the administrative building clicked shut behind us, cutting off the distant, chaotic murmurs of the courtyard. The sudden transition to the air-conditioned silence of the main hallway felt like stepping into an isolation chamber. My boots made continue reading …