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“I don’t want to.”
“Why not?” Nico asked her.
Wasn’t it obvious?
“I’m ashamed.”
Liam crouched once more and reached for her chin, turning her face to his. “There’s no shame between us. Only truth. Show us.”
She didn’t know what it was about him that made her want to be better, do better, to make him proud. She felt that way with her brothers, but not like this.
She drew back the arm of her nightgown. It had elastic at the wrists so it couldn’t accidentally ride up. Chosen on purpose.
When she drew it back, she heard Liam let out a hiss while Nico tensed against her.
“Nico,” Liam said in a voice that sounded almost pained.
“I know,” Nico replied.
“This is completely fucking unacceptable!”
She jumped, startled at this reaction.
“Liam,” Nico replied sharply. “Calm down.”
“Why? Look at her arm.” It was almost a wail. “Look what they let her do.”
“I don’t understand. Who let me do this? If you’re talking about my brothers, then they didn’t let me do this. They don’t know.” She didn’t like the implied criticism. They were her brothers. She was loyal to them. Always.
Whether they were in the right or not.
But this time, there was no reason for anyone to be upset with them.
“This is all on me. It has nothing to do with my brothers.”
“They should have been taking care of you,” Liam countered.
“Liam,” Nico warned. “You need to quieten down. Do you want to alert someone that we’re in here?”
“I don’t care,” Liam said with a snarl. “Fuck it. We’re taking her with us. Pack up anything with sentimental attachment and get her dressed. I’ll call for a car and get the plane prepped. We’re going.”
He headed toward the door.
“Shit,” Nico muttered.
“Has he lost his mind? I’m not going anywhere.”
“I’m not certain he ever had his mind to begin with. Liam, we can’t just take her with us.” Nico put her gently down and jumped up, striding toward Liam.
“We can. We will.” Liam had reached the door. “Why is there no lock on this?” He turned back to her.
She drew her legs up, putting her arms around them. “So, I couldn’t lock myself in here.”
Shame flooded her. She didn’t care what they said. This wasn’t normal. She wasn’t normal.
Nico said something in Greek, then he came back to her, sitting and drawing her back into his lap. “Liam, calm down and think because we can’t just take her.”
“I don’t understand what’s going on. Take me where? Why would you want to? Why do you even care what I do?”
