Page 214 of Forever Rebel
The sun warmed my face, and despite the fleeting urge I’d felt to be alone, as my brothers and my sister, myfamilymade the climb to join me, I latched on to the contentment they brought with them, no longer scared of what the future held for us all.
Rubi and Nash reached me as the festival began to wake up proper, bringing clarity, bringinglife.As much as Ranger and Viktor leaving had felt like the end of the world, for us I knew it was just the beginning.
My dad used to wonder,“What the fuck is it all for, boyo?”
The noise.
The violence.
The responsibility of running an organisation that could take our lives at any given moment if we didn’t risk it all for real change. For a fucking future.
What the fuck was it all for?
The question echoed in my head as Saint filled the space beside me, his silence wrapping around my heart, his arm around my waist, his gentle touch finding bare skin. Alexei kissed my cheek and dropped his chin on my shoulder, and the answer manifested clearer than it had ever fucking been.
Them.
Forever and always.
It was them.
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