Chapter 46: Defiance

Nixon Walker froze. The world looked far too lovely on the surface. Girls dolled themselves up, bright as blossoms, yet there were always beasts lurking in the corners, watching like predators, eager to ruin them. Girls are wonderful, but they still get treated like this. There was too much darkness in the world. "I won't ask how it happened-that feels too personal. Just know you don't have to carry yourself this way. Don't think what happened took anything away from you." For all his learning,...