Chapter 34

“Look at this,” said Xander, showing my arms to the men. “And this,” he said, lifting the back of my shirt, showing the skin there. “And that.” He moved my head around showing the bruises on my neck. “You’ve seen the bloody fucking statue, you can’t say there is nothing happening, or that this is not an emergency. She’s trying to kill her. She’s terrifying my son. This has to stop.”

Eloim was sleeping on a sofa not too far from us, with a blanket covering...