Seven Years of Poison

ead of her, her foster brother, Jake Stone, held her close, his hands on her waist. For seven years, he had been her se

onfession to his friends: she was merely a "convenient distraction," a "placeholder" until th

" hit her like a physical blow. The seven years of whispered

r legs unsteady as she stumbled away from the b

ithout Borders," an acceptance to a conflict zone in the Middle East. It

promised to erase him and everyt