Chapter 10Malik didn’t know where to go. Zev had told him to go in the opposite direction, slowly jog as soon as he’d gotten out of the yard, but where too? He’d done something to get their attention. He’d heard the growls and the snarls and had wanted to stay to make sure they didn’t hurt Zev.
His heart was beating fast as he ran down the street, away from the block of apartment buildings. He could keep going. Could run and never come back. There was no stake in his heart, no chains around his wrists. He could leave, disappear, grow out his hair and try to blend in as a human. He could…but it would mean leaving Ivan. He couldn’t. Phantasm or not, he had to stay with Ivan.
Ivan was his.
“Why are you slowing down? Come on.” Zev slapped his shoulder and he ran out in front of a car.
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