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.

I had sacrificed my pride, my dignity, and my reputation, letting the entire town call me a pathetic freak, just to give Lily a chance at a normal, peaceful life. But a single moment of protective rage had ruined everything, throwing our location into the digital ether and alerting every hunter in the country.

“Alex,” Lily whispered softly, her voice continue reading …