Book 9 – Chapter Three
Eralia’s POV When I come out of our room the next morning, I find the living room empty of both men and my mother, though the proof of their night still litters the floor around the space. ‘Rali? Can we come out?’ Austin’s voice calls out uncertainly from the bedroom I just left. I hurry back to the door to find my three siblings huddled together on Liberty’s bed, still in their wrinkled sleepwear, waiting for me. Another wave of unbridled anger washes over me at how these tiny kids are all so well trained by our mother’s lifestyle that they won’t leave the bedroom without my confirmation that it’s safe. ‘Hey guys, yeah, you can come out’ I reply, pasting a smile onto my face as they scramble off the mattress and hurry toward me, now grinning. ‘Can we have breakfast?’ Tanner asks me as
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