The word she just said resounded in my head like two metals clanking against each other. It felt like a dream, but it was real because I could feel her tight grip on my arms this time. The way she held me showed how serious she was about not letting me save Lena from those boys that wanted to rape her.

"I am not allowing you to save that riffraff. You should be sensible enough to know that she isn't worth all those things you are doing for her! For real, you want to be an enemy to Torian? Just because of that good-for-nothing girl?" Sophia's voice resonated in my...