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The Protector’s Daughter

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by Susie McIver

“Sage.”

“What?”

“You’re avoiding the question.”

“I learned from you.”

He folds his arms.

“I don’t avoid questions.”

I look at him.

He looks back.

Neither of us speaks.

Finally, he releases a breath.

“Why are you awake?”

“I don’t know what happens now.”

The truth leaves me before I can stop it.

Sean’s expression softens.

“Now you live.”

“Where?”

“With me.”

“What if I want to live with Hayley?”

“She lives with me too.”

“Did you tell her that?”

“Yes.”

“What did she say?”

“That I was moving too fast.”

I return to the scones.

“That sounds like her.”

“Then she said she wasn’t leaving.”

I smile.

“That also sounds like her.”

Sean stands.

He walks around the island but stops before he reaches me.