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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.

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

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

he said, his tone eerily calm. "Call me scum, a

whatever you want

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

Fine. But I wasn't always this way." His voice shifted, quieter, almost haunted. "Do you remember what I was like when you

silent, but that didn't

meant I got stuck with nothing. When either of

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 to your age. That's

You didn't even look at me. Do you know what that did to me? I told myself I'd be fine as long as you were happy, but... letting go? It's not noble.

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

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they didn't have to say it outright,

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