MAXINE

"Oh, I know. Thanks." I smiled and stepped around her. I hurried to my room and closed the door. Weird children. Dear goddess…

The next day, Cinder woke me up for breakfast. Not a lot of the kids were downstairs, mostly the younger ones because they didn't need to be at the table.

Magpie was very sweet and she tried to share every single thing she was having with me.

After breakfast, she took me out of the house and we walked along the edge of the mountain, taking the steps ...