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I woke up to frantic knocking on my door. I jackknifed in bed as the door opened. My older brother, Jay, burst in, closing and locking the door behind him. He had tears in his eyes as he ran to my bedside. 

"Wha-" he hugged me, cutting me off. 

"Dad... He has to have lost his damn mind. He..." Jay hugged me tighter. "He sold you... To the leader of the Tigers."

I pulled away, looking him in the eyes. "Jay... Don't joke like that..." My eyes began to tear up, knowing he wasn't kidding. 

A single, sharp knock at the door. Jay and I both looked towards it. The sound of a key in the door. The doorknob turned. The door opened. There were two men in the doorway. 

My dad, leader of the Hawks. 

And the Tiger King. 

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