The Reunion That Broke Me

harsh, ugly sound that ec

you

mic bird from the dusty mantelpiec

n, with a sudden, violent movement,

ds f

g me, Mia. You belon

red with the bird. There woul

her then, his eyes dark

eet, her body too weak t

rough, his to

, something to vent his

she'd cried, the words

he wanted, ag

futile, only seemin

ges of her vision. She was close to unconscious

y, another

wake by a sharp

nger sister, stood over he

ke Julian, but her be

r trash." Olivia's

a again, hard

brother? Ruin our family?

a ball, trying t

king about," Mia choked out,

head back. "You plotted against us. You tried to destroy ever

the same as Julian'

a vortex of pa

ntinued, vicious wo

g, her body a

ar in the doorway,

a last, desperate plea before the d

on. Why was he there? Would

sness, she was in a bed. N

The faint smel

ep, searing pain. She trie

eep in a chair

dark hair messy. There were shadows u

something akin to pity stirred within her. He looked al

he pain, the fear, Ol

hed, replaced

trying to mak

Saved her from his sister? Broug

ssed, from the st

storm of cruelty and somethin

mind. "You broke Julian's hea

nvinced themselv

debt' did they

d into a terrifying unknown. Her head ached, not just from Olivia's blows, bu