Allison
"I'm not asking you to stay for me," Daniel adds. "I'm telling you that me staying honest is easier if you don't run. You make this place tell the truth by existing in it, that helps more people than you think."
"Your father will cut you for it," I say. "If not now, later."
He nods. "He will try but he won't win. I have a Luna who knows where her spine is, and Alpha's who will find who they are in the end. No mic, no camera, no corners. They will all be honest at some point, Allison. Elijah and I are just first to reach the right verdict."
I rub my thumb over a corner of the badge until the pad goes warm. "I don't want to be a symbol," I say.
"You're a person," he says. "The work you do turns into a symbol for people who need one. You don't have to carry the symbol
