Benny
The second Millie said Nixx had come to kill her, every bad feeling I’d had about the property snapped into focus.
Nixx didn’t move toward her. He stayed crouched several feet away, hands visible, while Millie clung to the stuffed rabbit and watched him like he was something dragged out of a nightmare her father had spent weeks building for her.
I wanted to tell her Havoc was full of s**t.
I wanted to tell her Nixx had nearly destroyed himself trying to find her, that her mother had spent every waking minute since she opened her eyes asking about her, that nobody in this house was here to hurt her.
None of that mattered if she was too scared to believe us.
Nixx kept his voice low. “Millie, I know your dad told you things about me. You don’t have to trust me right now. I’m still
