"Dad, this is the crystal hair clip you gave me the first time I brought an award home. Back then, you told me that I was the most beautiful princess in the world, and that I deserved the brightest gift."
After saying that, Robin loosened her fingers and lifted her foot while everyone stared at her in shock.
The crystal clip that had been gleaming only a second earlier shattered beneath her foot.
She did not even seem to notice. Instead, she reached into the box again.
"Jayden, this is the snow globe you gave me when you were ten. You told me that crystal was fragile, but that you would protect me the way you would protect something breakable. You told me that as long as you were there, no one would ever hurt me."
In the next instant, the globe hit the polished floor. Water splashed e
