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Chicago here Remy had spent most of his life after he’d been taken as a child He’d never told me the details of what had happened to him in captivity, just like I’d never told hih, but I knew froo as a prostitute

But not by choice

I’d heard Marcus and his friends talking about how some kids who lost their “value” or were too much trouble to train were often sold to pi addicts to keep them dependent on their pimps

Or they were threatened with death if they tried to walk away

With Remy, it had been both

After helping to find et Reram They’d also found him a job with a friend ned a security fir well both with his recovery and working a desk job at Barretti Security, but his appearance had changed drastically in the month since I’d been kidnapped I’d seen hiotten back to Seattle I’d invited hinus We’dbecause asto live with hi hell Dante was having a little bit of trouble accepting that I’d grown up in the past month and that while I’d always need him, I didn’t always need him like I had before I’d been abducted

“I just have a little bit of paperwork I want to get done before atomorrow,” Remy said

“At least wait until Magnus and Dante head out,” I said My brother and Magnus were finally leaving today for their honey because they’d been reluctant to leave me

But I ell protected with Vaughn, as well as Ronan’sme from afar Ronan had proer… they just needed to be sure that the e I was off-limits had been received loud and clear The fact that the verysubstantial time behind bars seemed to have reinforced the fact that anyone whowith my family

So between Vaughn and thetoto learn, I was probably one of the uarded people in the entire world

“Hey, you got it back,” Caleb said as he motioned to the bracelet on my left wrist

I looked down at the little piece of braided leather and stamped metal It looked exactly like the one Dante had haddifference

“It’s just a bracelet this ti part back out when he gave it to me”