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“You’re a funny one,” I told her.
“Why?” she asked.
“Because if you think I have any power over my brother, you’re mistaken,” I replied.
“He cares for you. Everyone knows this,” she insisted.
Did they? I looked at her, somewhat surprised to hear her say this. Even a rebel like her, a liberator, as I knew she would rather be referred to, acknowledged that my brother cared. In a way, I knew he did, but I also kind of wished he would stop.
He wanted to know why I was different. I could see it in his eyes. He wanted to know as much as he wanted me to return to The Golden City. To be honest, when I said I wanted to live with Carter and Mefan, I had no idea if that would be forever or not. I knew my brother hoped it wouldn’t be forever, but the longer I stayed with them, the less I
