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.”

was before I spoke, “You protect me,

smiled as he pulled me

left in the cabin while they went back to the search. Much Like a disobedient puppy, 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 and I wondered what she was

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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

to wrap myself in. I Lay on a chaise curled into a ball and sobbing. It was the first time since Hannah had left I’d had time to mire myself in the sadness.

the door broke into my gloomy

gallon of ice cream and you’d be

and I wasn’t alone. Hannah rushed into my arms before I said her name. Instead,

God, you’ve

a shaky Laugh. “Thanks, Mama, is that a compliment or an

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