ELENA’S POV

A few moments later, the others filed out of the car and joined me in the other private van. They quietly got in, Casperall taking a seat beside me. She took my hand and gave it a squeeze.

“We didn’t tell you that because we knew that you wouldn’t like it. I know that you feel it’s wrong but you’ll understand why. You’re new to this world. To protect people, you have to learn to make hard choices. I hope you can forgive them,” she said it so quietly that I was sure I ...