“I don’t by it,” Jake said, cutting off whatever weak lie I had been working myself up to saying. “You are absolutely getting sucked into Damien’s orbit, and I forbid it. You will not suffer the same fate as Amelia, I don’t care if I have to lock you in your room for the rest of your life.”
“Jake…” Dad said, but Jake was too far into his own rage now to listen.
No, I could see clearly. It wasn’t just rage that drove him, it was fear. Fear that he would lose me the same way he had lost Amelia. Seeing this raw emotion, I knew there was very little I could say in this moment that would help me.
The passion was too fierce. He wouldn’t be willing to listen to anything I had to say. And the guards everywhere would ensure that I had to follow whatever orders he laid down.
Mom and Dad were pow
