Thorne
Blood means nothing. It does not define family, does not merit the love or nurturing needed to establish a relationship. Blood means little to me, in fact, I despise it. My family is not my blood.
Blaze and Ryder are my brothers, no doubt about it. I've long since claimed them as such. In fact, Ryder tried to get his parents to adopt me when he gleaned at my home life. It wasn't the lack of money or material things. He never cared that I wasn't rich neither of them did. What Ryder cared about was the fact my father was hurting me, in more ways than one.
When it legally couldn't be done, Ryder would have me over at his house every time his parents were out of town. He was my shield, my buffer, between my father and myself. So to say that Ryder is just my friend would be to rip m
