00:00My brother hadn't come once while I was fighting for my life.
00:03Not once in all those days.
00:05But the moment he heard I'd made Celeste cry,
00:07Marcus Hale was standing at the foot of my bed within the hour.
00:10I looked at him, and felt something between a laugh and a scream pressing against my ribs.
00:15Did the Hale Arn come to collect his sister's corpse?
00:18Showing up this late, should I say you're too early or too late?
00:22Marcus frowned at me the way you'd frown at a child throwing the tantrum in public.
00:26Like I was the problem.
00:27Like I had always been the problem.
00:29My voice dropped.
00:30You're the one who told me to kneel and apologize to Celeste?
00:33He raised an eyebrow, and the rage I'd been holding cracked wide open.
00:37Marcus Hale, you wanted me to kneel and apologize to the animal who killed killed Mom and smashed her urn?
00:43Marcus Hale, well done.
00:46Can you really face Mom in peace after this?
00:50A slap came with his full strength behind it.
00:52My head snapped sideways.
00:54A high-pitched ringing flooded my skull and wouldn't stop.
00:56Through blurred vision, I saw Adrian lift his hand, then lower it again.
01:02He stood there, watching, eyes cold and flat as glass.
01:05The
01:06the
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