4 Cyra No matter how sure I tried to sound when I said that I needed the contracts out there to show how my parents were lying, I actually had no idea if it would be a good idea. But it felt like this was the only chance I’d get, and the longer my parents were the only ones to tell the story, the harder it would be to get out from under all of it later. When I talked to Audrey earlier, I realised that our running away didn’t just make it seem like we had something to hide, but also that without telling our side of the story, without telling what was going on, how would anyone know any better? My parents’ story was over the top, sure, but it was close enough to some of the persistent prejudices against ‘too independent’ Omegas, how they’re liars who are going against their ‘natural’ inc

