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And when I tugged my fingers from hers, I swear those warning bells in my head stopped ringing.
They stopped ringing because they already knew it was too late.
Chapter Nine
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Aslan
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(Moon in Japanese: Tsuki)
“WHERE IS HE?”
I clutched Melike closer, wedged beneath our parents’ bed where our mother had shoved us the moment the front door flew inward, and five men dragged our father into the living room by his hair.
“Tell us!”
“We don’t know,” my mother yelled. “We haven’t seen him for weeks!”
My father bellowed, “You have no right to barge into our home and—”
“Oh, we have every fucking right. Blood comes with consequences. You are liable for what he’s done.” Something smashed, and Melike buried herself deeper into my arms, doing her best to stifle her sobs.
“What has my brother done?” my father asked. “Tell me and—”
“We shall give you one chance. Tell him to face us. Tell him to confess. Tell him to give back what he stole from Kara, or all of you will pay instead.”
“We’ve done nothing wrong!” my mother screamed.
“Yet you’ll still die.” Heavy footfalls sounded on our wooden floors. “You have until tomorrow night. Find him.”
The door slammed.
A hand grabbed my shoulder.
Reflexes kicked in to protect my sobbing sister.
I swung—
“Ouch! Ow, ow, ow!”
The dream-memory dissolved.
I shot upright in bed, wincing as a flash of pain worked through my casted wrist.
Where the fuck am I?
My heart rate galloped as my gaze swung to all four corners of the homely room with a chest of drawers, seashell-bordered mirror, and white curtains that I hadn’t drawn. The faintest tinge of sunrise made everything glow a dark orange.
A whimper came from the floor.
My heart stopped galloping and froze.
Melike.
Throwing myself out of bed, I collapsed to my knees with a grunt.
