a physical force

her from me?" he snarl

his face grim. "She's go

nyone!" Ethan sh

thetic giving way. He cr

ria rushed

arm, his fingers diggi

ng to push him, to scream, anything.

struggled to get up, hi

e, or I

d, his voice raw with desperation and p

ing slightly. He stared at her, then

n I was a kid. Nice try, cripple. Anoth

ed it, jus

oded back, shar

easing" in high school, that I was "too sensitive," "

acility. Ethan's signature on the commit

, frightened, abandoned years ago by Ethan's wealthy, estr

of kindred suffering. We under

Ethan turned back to D

e where Sarah is, or I'