Chapter 75 Questions

***Hazel***

Silence stretches between us.

Gideon’s voice is low when he speaks again. "Did they ever actually see you?"

I shake my head. "Not really. They liked what I could do. What I made easier. Not… me."

His gaze darkens. Not with anger at me. At them.

"And when you stopped giving?" he says.

"They got angry," I reply. "Confused. Like a machine had malfunctioned."

I glance up at him then. "That