If they were real, then maybe the world was big enough to have magic in it. And if there was magic โ even bad magic, and Zach knew it was more likely that there was bad magic than any good kind โ then maybe not everyone had to have a story like his father's, a story like the kind all the adults he knew told, one about giving up and growing bitter.
Holly BlackYeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too.' It was easier for her to understand that way.
Holly BlackTelling Sam and Daneca feels like peeling off my own skin to expose everything underneath. It hurts.
Holly BlackShe sits up. I canโt read her expression, but her cheeks look a little pink. โI didnโt think you were going to be here.โ โI live here.
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