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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.

used his parents' coffin to pull off some shady deal. And Hayden? No

just stood there, his cheek burning red from the slap. But instead of

tone eerily

whatever you

at him, to let every awful thing fly out of my mouth, but... I didn't.

voice shifted, quieter, almost haunted.

silent, but that didn't

then, I was the elder brother who had to be everything. I gave you 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

it made me want to do more for you. I cared about you more than I ever cared about Jace. But no matter what I did, your heart-and your eyes-were always on him." Wayne's voice

a shaky breath. "But when it came time to choose, you picked him. You didn't even look at me. Do you know what that did to me? I told myself I'd be fine as

to feel something-my arms, my legs. The scars are still there. And if that wasn't

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have to say it outright, I knew. They wanted me out of

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