Twelve

Malaki Crescent

I took her back to her dorm room. When we got there, my sister Dawn was on the couch, her legs crossed and reading a magazine. She looked up at the two of us, a smirk on her face. “Well, I see that everyone’s in one piece.” Her gaze went to Iris’s. “Are you okay? He wasn’t a complete brute, was he? I can still scare him. I might be the little sister, but I do still have some power.”

Iris, to my surprise, smiled. “We’re fine. I ...