MIA POV
Finally, someone is willing to tell me more about this place. My mother had always kept secrets, refusing to say much about where my father came from. But I needed to know. If this was where I belonged, I had to understand it.
Leila didn’t seem dangerous—she was my age, after all. How harmful could she be?
So, I made up my mind. After dinner, when my mom thought I was going to bed, I slipped out into the night and went to meet her.
At first, everything felt normal. We talked for a while, and that’s when I learned that Leila's parents were council members. I had no idea what that meant, but she explained that the council members were the ones who protected the city. That was enough to put me at ease. If her family’s job was to protect people, then I was safe with her, right?
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