13/05/2026 12:17

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I needed not to be held when I was this angry. he made that sound again, wordless, frustrated. He looked surprised. Someday Nathaniel would need to find a new place to live, a new life, because I wouldn't always need him the way I did now.

Then some sound made me turn. If I wasn't going to keep Nathaniel forever, like almost death-do-you-part ever, then he needed a bigger social circle. His name is Damian, I said. Maybe, or maybe they know we're coming, and they're just trying to rush us, so we will come in at night when they've got the upper hand.