Despite how tired I was I woke up once in the night. Evan escorted me to the bathroom. When I was done he threw his arms around me and hugged me tight. I returned the sudden affection.

“The others are not bonded to you,” he said quietly in my ear. “They don’t feel you anymore, but I can still sense you. Sometimes I would sense where you were, but then it would blur out. I did not like it at all. It is better now that you are close.”

“I love you, too, Evan,” I whispered into his ear with a smile. He walked me back to bed and tucked me in before finding his place. I fell back to sleep with a smile on my face.

“They are really the Masters of a whole planet?” I heard a strange voice say.

I snuggled deeper into the warm bed and tried to block out the annoying voices.

“They will sleep any time,” Evan said shaking a shoulder, “with no thought to their own protection.”

and remembered where I was before

Evan smiled as he pulled me

I was tethered in the main room by a cord around my neck. While the other family was present Damien firmly informed me I could not break or

I tried to sleep, but soon realized I was wide awake staring out the tiny window. My mind drifted to Hannah

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my thoughts turned tearful and I realized how much I missed her. She was so full of wit and spunk, I was sure she’d do fine. How I wished I had been able to offer her more in the

chaise curled into a ball and sobbing. It

voice from the door broke

Mama, all you need is a gallon of ice cream and you’d

stood up suddenly realizing I wasn’t dreaming and I wasn’t alone. Hannah rushed into my arms before I said her name. Instead, I said

God, you’ve

she uttered a shaky Laugh. “Thanks, Mama,

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