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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.

some shady deal. And Hayden? No way he'd hurt Lena unless

slap. But instead of getting

said, his tone eerily calm. "Call me

you

him, to let every awful thing fly out of my mouth, but...

wasn't always this way." His voice shifted, quieter, almost haunted. "Do you remember what I was like when you first came to live

but that

and 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 the one running to make things easier for

than I ever cared about Jace. But no matter what I did, your heart-and your eyes-were always on him." Wayne's voice dropped.

me. Do you know what that

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

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they didn't have to say it outright, I knew. They

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