Trying to control what I did. Trying to keep me home so he could have complete control over me. “You have to be strong,” Lily said in my head. “You don’t feel it?” I asked. “Of course I do. The wolfsbane is burning. I can feel it. But you can’t give up. That’s what they want. They want you to give up. They want you to surrender. As long as you are still out there living your life, spending time with Gage and Arlo, it means that they don’t have complete control over you.” She said. “And I talked back to him last night,” I said. “I loved it.” She said. “Do you still love it now?” I asked. “Yes. I will never hate what you said because of the pain that we are in now.” She said. “You’re insane,” I said. “Trinny. You stood up for yourself. You were the same girl that you used to

