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"Let go!" I snapped.

But Wayne? He didn't even flinch.

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This everything-was his fault. Fury burned through me, and before I could think twice, I slapped him. Hard.

The sound snapped through the air.

"You're scum," I hissed, my voice shaking with fury.

he even used his parents' coffin to pull off some shady deal. And Hayden? No way he'd hurt Lena unless

there, his cheek burning red from the slap. But instead of getting mad, he looked like

eerily calm. "Call me scum, a bastard-I

you

scream at him, to let every awful thing fly out of my mouth, but... I didn't. Not because I forgave him, but because he wasn't even

can call me scum, a bastard. Fine. But I wasn't always this way." His voice shifted, quieter, almost haunted. "Do you remember what I was like when you first came to live with

but that didn't stop

Jace the best food, the best toys, even if it meant I got stuck with nothing. When either of you messed up, I took the heat. Mom and Dad would snap their fingers, and I'd be

ever cared about Jace. But no matter what I did, your heart-and your eyes-were always on him." Wayne's voice dropped. "I told myself it was because Jace was closer

choose, you picked him. You didn't even look at me. Do you know what that did

hurt myself just to feel something-my arms, my legs. The scars are still there. And if that wasn't enough, our parents made it

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have to say it outright, I knew. They wanted

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