I clutched my son tightly to my chest as I focused solely on Ryland's voice as it danced off the walls in a broken tune and vibrated through my bones. I stilled my heartbeat as I struggled to focus more on his voice, he was on the other side of the house by now but I was connected to everything that existed around me.
“I don’t care about that!” Ryland said angrily in hushed tones.
He must be on the phone, I thought to myself as I pressed my back against the cool wall, only now I couldn’t help but wonder who was on the other end.
“I don’t care how much you care about her, we're modifying the plan, his entire bloodline must die for me to enact my revenge,” Ryland said as he practically spat hatred.
My back stiffened at his words and yet a part of me didn’t want to believe them.
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