Bam! A loud thudding sound echoes off the now closed door as it violently shakes from an evident impact.
"I don't see how you and Aster managed to hide her for so long!" Leo loudly shouts as the door vibrates once more as my father expels a wet cough. The stench of fresh blood seeps out from under the door, different than the smell Cinder's had.
"Leave her out of this!" my father rasps.
I can't help but feel hopeless as I watch blindly, not knowing what's going on behind the closed door. The only thing I do know for sure is that I'm supposed to be fleeing as I have always done before. Yet, part of me wants to stay to overhear the rest of what they're saying.
Who is Aster? Why would this person, male or female, need to hide me?
"You know, now that we found the hybrid, we don't need
