I pulled back to see his face. Vin still held me close, but I could see his brown colored eyes staring back at me. Biting the inside of my mouth, I quietly muttered to him. "Was that all you saw in the headmistress' office?" I had to make sure Vin didn't lie right in front of me. I couldn't tell in the office due to us being in a rush to leave the orphanage and how dark it was at the moment, but now that we were nowhere near the orphanage this was the best time.
His right hand came up close to my face, Vin continued to reply back at the same as he moved a strand of my hair behind my left ear. "I have no other reason to lie to you, Lu."
"You're like a little sister to me." There was honesty in his tone, "I can't lie to someone I care as family."
Family, the one word I constantly heard at the orphanage. The only word the children at the orphanage hoped for.
The one I lost the need for. What was the point in wanting a family when every single one of them rejected you?
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Clock Work (Book 1)
FanfictionIt was not a mere accident. I was supposed to head home like all of the other good children, but I saw bad men picking on a dog while leaving with my earnings. I tried to save the dog, but I ended up getting hurt in the process. When I woke up, I fo...
