hand, heavier than metal should have been.
People occasionally ask whether I regret not telling Marcus earlier who I once was.
I do not.
Had he known, he might have hidden his actions more carefully.
He might have selected another place.
He might have controlled his smile.
Instead, he revealed exactly who he was because he believed no powerful person stood behind Chloe.
He was wrong.
She had evidence.
She had a mother.
And when the world tried to make my daughter small enough to disappear, I made certain every
