Chapter Seven
After sneaking me out and back home in the middle of the night, Liam waited for me to be safe inside.
Father seemed displeased to see me, refusing to talk to me for a whole month. I had purposefully gone against his wishes, and for that he acted as if I didn’t even exist.
Jared was the most pleased to see me, refusing to let me out of his sight for the first few days I was back. Finally he let his guard down.
For weeks I could barely sleep, and when I did, I felt the presence of being watched. The darkness would suffocate me until I walked outside in the cool comforting air.
One night as I faced the forest behind my home, I saw a figure amidst the trees. I hadn’t forgotten about Liam, and sometimes my heart ached to see him. In that little time of knowing him, something
