“Please, arrest me. I’d rather go to jail than go back to that house…”

mine, flashing with a dark, infinitely dangerous glint—a silent, chilling promise that the real war was only just beginning.

Chapter 3: The War in the Shadows

The immediate fallout of that stormy night was a bureaucratic, soul-crushing nightmare of epic proportions. Child Protective Services was immediately, unavoidably involved, and Leo was temporarily continue reading …