***Austin***
The overwhelming sadness and grief seeping through the incomplete bond I share with Ella made it nearly impossible to concentrate in my morning politics class. I was still adjusting to the way I can sense her emotions, and today, it was more challenging than ever. The frustration of knowing there’s nothing I can do to ease her pain, truly gnaws at me. An unfamiliar anger smolders deep inside me, directed at the hybrid—not just for what he did to Fern River, but for what he intends to do to Ella.
If he gets what he wants from her… then what?
What does he plan to do?
Could he really be her biological father?
How could a father want to hurt his own daughter?
What was his endgame? Why was he like this? What had happened in his past to shape him into what he was now?
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