Swallowing down the complicated emotions, I obliged him, and soon as I stepped into the house it was like a wave of nostalgia hit me.Immediately, I felt the seal in my mind… perk up. There was no other way to describe the sense of alertness that seemed to roll off it. I was repulsed at how it seem

It was the first time we were meeting since my return, and as I seized her up I realised that her hair was dishevelled. Like she could read my mind, Lu immediately started to pat down her errant locks—but the damage was already done.Now, I knew that she had heard I was here and scrammed over as soo

In fact, and as the memory unfurled in front of me, I tried to remind myself that everything had already happened. It was only news to ME, and as I convinced myself of this, I got so deep in my head that I didn’t notice the change as it fell over my mother until it was too late. My six-year-old he

A split-second passed, and then I watched her shoulders tense as her head whipped back in a double take. As I came to stand beside my mother, I saw the blood drain out of Reno’s face as she took in the full extent of my features—because I may have been clearly Elaine’s, but in plenty of ways especi

I saw red.“You.”The word was a guttural announcement as it trembled out of my lips this time, and I saw dad flinch away from me in my periphery. He seemed to realise what he was doing, because he recovered immediately and started to speak.“Layla, what—”I shrugged off the hand he’d rested gingerl