Kevin sucked on his lower lip and kept his eyes focused on the ground. “I was just apologizing,” he said, backing away. “The alien device is gone now. Your daughter is in no danger.”
“She's in plenty of danger if you're around.”
That was when Melissa began to understand. It wasn't Amanda's racism that made the girl afraid to admit her feelings for Kevin. No, that bigotry came from the girl's father. But what to do about it?
Three months spent training with the Keepers had given her plenty of role models to look up to. Anna would launch into a fiery tirade, exposing the man's vile attitudes the way one might peel off a bandage to reveal a festering wound. Jack would employ a well-timed comeback, deflating the man's ego with razor wit. Jena would probably find some way to entrap him, but
