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Gideon, Dante, Williarounded

Releasing a breath, I pulled a hand froh my hair

“My …While I was in the hospital, I had this dream that wasto leave uys’ dads, and well, it turns out ood man” I snorted “Not that they needed e,my mom to keep her in some kind of sedated state” I didn’t kno they found out the truth, but all it had really taken was a raid at our home The bottles of pills were proof Only they hadn’t been the kind prescribed by any doctor, but produced

My dad was into all kinds of crazy shit He’d been giving her so Fro about, he knew a scientist friend as producing and supplying them

All kinds of fucked up, but it made sense why there were days my mom acted like she didn’t even know I existed The reality of it was she didn’t

“Now, I’ at Dante’s place,” I said “Gideon asked for me to stay with him No, Gideon’s dad, Lucas, he asked me to stay, but I didn’t want to be around hiht and the crap that went down, I’d been pulling away from them

With the attacks against The Society and my parents’ disappearances, there had been no requests or instructions In fact, I got a personal apology in writing from the very society that had turned my life to complete shit

“Anyway, you know all about that”

I had no parents No income

The Society had frozenat their ho like a ticking ti to explode I hated it

So I kept my distance

I’d also opted to take a year out of college With everything that happened, my application was put on hold

“Sian?” Dante said

I glanced overPast him were Gideon, William, and Mateo

All four waiting for me

They had been so kind and considerate even though they’d done as expected of them Their initiation process had started They didn’t need me anymore

I turned back to Heather and pressed ers to my lips, kissed them, and placed them on her stone “I love you so much and I miss you” This time, as the tears fell, I didn’t wipe them away I wanted them to last The tears reoodness that surrounded us

“Are you okay?” Dante asked