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The Snake I Saved Loved My Best Friend HD
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00:00Five years ago, my best friend and I took a trip out to Arizona and got caught in a dust
00:04storm.
00:05We ducked into a cave where we found a badly wounded little snake curled up in the dry grass.
00:10Is it hibernating? I'd never seen a snake before. Scared but curious,
00:15Chloe smacked the back of my head and pointed at the wounds.
00:17In the middle of summer? Are you serious? Look at it. It's dying. Hot weather like this,
00:24it's brutal out there for wild animals. Snakes will eat their own kind when they're starving.
00:28Survival of the fittest. Look at the bite marks. That's another snake for sure.
00:32I stopped hearing her after that. One sentence kept echoing in my head.
00:36They eat their own kind. So you got thrown out by your family too, huh?
00:40Yeah, same here. Tell you what, come home with me. I'll take care of you.
00:46Chloe tried to talk me out of it. I picked up the half-dead snake and brought it home anyway.
00:50Then I blew a month of my paycheck on the best heated terrarium I could find and spent hours
00:55setting it up just right. Why are you wasting your money on this thing? Even if it shifts someday,
01:01it's going to be a lesser shifter. If you want a shifter that bad, just go to the black market
01:05and
01:05buy an alpha tier one. I traced my finger along the glass, over the snake still recovering inside.
01:12It's not the same. I want this one. When I look at him, I see myself. Maybe what I'd saved
01:20wasn't the
01:20snake. Maybe it was the version of me from years ago. The one my family had broken into pieces.
01:26The second I mentioned my biological family, Chloe went quiet.
01:31Okay. Whatever makes you happy.
01:34Then she changed into a tight little dress and went out to have her fun.
01:37I stayed home alone and looked after the snake. Every day after work, I stopped at the butcher and
01:42brought home fresh poultry to drop into the terrarium. And one morning, two years later,
01:47it finally happened. My snake shifted. I opened my eyes that morning and met a pair of deep black
01:54ones. They looked cold, distant, but to me, they pulled like a magnet. I swallowed hard. My eyes
02:00drifted down without permission. Naked male body. Technically, he wasn't 100% shifted yet,
02:06but all the human parts were there. Add a face that hit every single one of my buttons,
02:10and my own face went tomato red. The scream woke Chloe in the next room. She came running. When
02:19she pushed the door open, she saw me with my head buried under the covers and a man stark naked,
02:25fresh out of his shift. She got the picture instantly. I was mortified. Chloe was not.
02:30She looked him up and down, head to toe. No shame at all. Then she started rating.
02:35Face, 100%. Pecs and Ams, 85. Working equipment down there looks about a 95. Damn, Emma. Lesser
02:42shifter or not, that face and that package, worth every penny. You've got an eye.
02:47Saying that kind of stuff out loud, in front of him, was that legal? I quickly tossed a blanket
02:52over him. Looking back, if I'd kept my head for two seconds, I would have noticed how weird he got
02:58around Chloe. Not like the cool, blank face he gave me after I'd seen everything. While Chloe rattled off
03:03her commentary, my snake boy actually blushed. But I was too busy being thrilled and embarrassed. I missed it.
03:10Once a shifter takes human form, the hardest part is fitting in with the rest of the world.
03:15I took on the role of teacher, walking him through every rule of human society. Then I dropped half
03:20a paycheck on a class for new shifters so he could pick it up faster. You'll need a name to
03:25enroll.
03:26You don't have one yet, right? I can give you one. How about you take my last name? You could
03:31go by-
03:31I won't lie. There was a tiny selfish part of me that wanted him to take my last name.
03:36I kept my eyes on the floor, too chicken to look at him. I had the surname. I was working
03:41on the
03:41first name when he cut me off. I have a name. It's Simus Thorne. I closed my mouth fast. A
03:47little
03:47disappointed, but I shoved it down. Simus Thorne, that's a great name. The days went by. Adding Silas
03:54to the apartment didn't make anything weird. If anything, it made things warmer. I taught him to cook,
03:59and he picked it up. Eat more, Chloe. Silas made all of this. I beamed across the dinner table,
04:05hyping him up. Silas sat there like a good kid, waiting patiently for the praise. He cooked this?
04:11It's actually edible? I kept giving her looks until she finally gave in and tried a bite.
04:16She chewed. Her eyes went wide. Then she went all in. Not bad, Simus, baby. Look at you. Cooks like
04:24a
04:24dream. You're gonna make some lucky girl a great house ham in one day. Chloe wagged her eyebrows at
04:29him. Silas's face burnt. He felt his body doing something it shouldn't. He slammed his fork down
04:35and walked off to his room. Simus? I called after him. He was probably mad. I rushed after him to
04:42smooth
04:42things over. Silas, don't be mad. Chloe didn't mean anything by it. She really did love your cooking.
04:49You can't be teasing people like that. Now look, you upset Silas. I put on the fake mad face and
04:54scolded Chloe. My bad. Silas finally answered. I'm not mad. Leave me alone. What I didn't see was
05:01the scales on his body. The ones that hadn't fully shifted away. They were flickering with a strange
05:06light. After that, Silas threw himself into cooking like his life depended on it. And me, like a complete
05:13idiot, I taught him every single thing I knew. Then, a year later, the quiet life shattered.
05:18I came home from work that day to find every light in the apartment off.
05:23Silas? Did he go out? My stomach started doing something nervous. I pushed his door open and by
05:28the moonlight I saw him on the bed, restless, agitated. Why are the lights off? I stepped closer.
05:35There was a strange smell in the air and it sent heat through my whole body. Silas was twisting on
05:40the bed, like he couldn't get comfortable. Silas, what's wrong? Was he sick? I leaned down to feel
05:46his forehead, burning up. I turned to go grab medicine and his hand shot out and caught my arm.
05:51It's so hot. I'm so hot. Help me. Please. Silas? I swallowed. The smell in the room was getting
05:59stronger. Then he had me pinned against his burning chest. He had no clothes on. I could feel the shiver
06:06of skin meeting scales. Hot and cold all at once.
06:30There was nowhere to run. I lost track of time. When it was over, the whole room was a wreck.
06:36The next
06:37morning, Chloe found me in Silas' bed. Damn. The boy's first heat and you sealed the deal.
06:43That's my girl. I couldn't help it. My face went bright red. I turned to look at Silas and walked
06:49straight into his ice-cold expression. The smile I'd been hiding died before it could land. I couldn't
06:55read him. Was he embarrassed? Pissed? I told Chloe quick, before she said anything else he wouldn't like.
07:03Chloe didn't care. She didn't have to walk on eggshells around Silas the way I did.
07:08Simus? Sweetie? You're bonded to my girl Emma now. No cheating on her, you hear me? Bondage shifters and
07:14their keepers get the mate bond. Telepathy the whole thing. You're hers for life now.
07:19The more Chloe talked, the colder Silas' face got. His eyes had gone arctic.
07:24After that night, I could tell Silas was going through something. After class,
07:28he'd rather stay at school than come home on time. He'd roll in late at night, often reeking of liquor.
07:34I'd text him. Five, six times a day. Calls too. He never answered. I knew he was pulling away.
07:40I didn't have the guts to ask why. Same as when I was a kid. Quiet. Scared. I told myself
07:46the same thing
07:46I always did. It's fine. As long as Silas is still here, I can deal with this. Chloe had been
07:52out a lot
07:52too lately. Barely home. She finally suggested we all do dinner that night. So Silas actually came
07:58straight home from class for once. Chloe didn't show up till past seven, and she walked in with a bombshell.
08:06Emma's off the market, so I figured I should catch up. Everybody, meet my new wolf shifter.
08:12Chloe had gotten herself a bee shifter too. Hey Emma, so good to finally meet you. Chloe talks
08:17about you all the time. You're even prettier than she said. I greeted the cute wolf, warm as I could,
08:22and introduced Silas. Silas just glanced at him, ignored the hand the wolf held out.
08:27Off to a great start. Don't take it personal. He's a snake. They're just like that. Cold.
08:33Emma, I know plenty of snake shifters. They aren't like that. He's just rude. But hey,
08:38no hard feelings. Lesser shifters can't really control their bodies. Makes sense they can't
08:41manage their manners either. I tried to cover for Silas, so they had ranking issues over in the
08:46shifter world too? The wolf kept stacking food on Chloe's plate, calling her babe every five seconds.
08:52Even I was getting secondhand awkward. This wolf knew exactly how to stir. I sighed,
09:05ready to defend Silas. Then a piece of shrimp landed in my plate. Silas had put food on my
09:11plate. First time. I sniffed once, fighting it back, and put the shrimp in my mouth. For the
09:16first time in my life, shrimp tasted sweet. Hey, we're all meeting for the first time. Let's keep
09:22it civil. Chloe stepped in to cool things down, signaling the wolf to back off. It backfired.
09:28Civil how? When this little snake is into you, how am I supposed to stay civil? The air froze. I
09:33felt
09:34the blood in my body turn to ice. My hands shook around my fork. Everything I'd been pushing down for
09:39months. Everything I'd been pretending not to see. A stranger said it out loud like it was nothing.
09:45Silas kicked his chair back and ran out the door. See? I called it. Embarrassed himself,
09:51and now he's pissed. Ungrateful little snake. Chloe took in the wreck on the table,
09:56and this time she sided with the wolf. Chloe brushed him off, careful for my sake.
10:01Emma, I swear I didn't lead him on. You're not going to cut me off over some heartbreaker, right?
10:06I'm going to find him. It's pouring out there. Let me come with you. Chloe started to follow,
10:12but the wolf caught her. Babe, don't. The snake's already obsessed with you. You go out there,
10:17it'll just make it worse. When you bond with a shifter, you can sense roughly where they are.
10:22I could tell where Silas was. I followed the pole through the rain for a long time. It led me
10:27to a
10:27wild hill near the edge of town. The bond only got me close. The rest was on me. I pushed
10:33through
10:33brush and scrub with my bare hands, scanning every inch. I finally spotted him behind a big rock.
10:39Silas, come home. The wolf was just nervous about Chloe. That's why he said all that. Let's just go
10:45home and forget him. I reached out to help him up. He shoved me away, hard. Stop lying to yourself!
10:51It was the first time he'd ever yelled at me. He's right. I do like Chloe. I like how
10:57loud and bright she is. I don't like how you tiptoe around me, how you act small all the time.
11:01Is that
11:02a crime? How many times have I sat there wondering why she wasn't the one who picked me up? Why
11:06it was
11:06you? How many times have I regretted not locking the door that night, letting you touch me? I didn't
11:11want to bond. Not with you. I had a chance. She told me on the day I shifted. She liked
11:15my face. She
11:15liked my body. Why did I have to be bonded to you instead? She's into alpha tier shifters. That's why
11:21she
11:21doesn't want me. I don't want these scales. Get off! Get off! Get off my body!
11:27Heart. Blood started seeping out. Silas, stop! Don't hurt yourself. This is on me. I forced you.
11:35I'm the one who did this. But he didn't hear me. He just kept going. He didn't stop until his
11:40arms
11:40gave out. Until he lost too much blood and passed out. I looked at his torn up body and I
11:45was so numb,
11:46I couldn't tell if my face was wet from rain or something else. I pushed the dirt off his face
11:51and pulled his unconscious body into my arms. My chest hurt so bad I couldn't breathe. I always
11:57thought we were the same kind of person. I was dropped at a group home the day I was born.
12:01When
12:02I was six, a couple adopted me. For a little while I thought I'd finally found a real home. Then
12:07I
12:07figured out the deal. I was a living medicine cabinet for their daughter. Every time their daughter got sick,
12:12they hauled me to the hospital to test for matches. Blood transfusions, bone marrow. It was just routine.
12:18Then she got better. I thought I was finally going to be a normal daughter in a normal family.
12:23They took me on a road trip and dumped me on the side of the road. Silas, I really thought
12:27once you
12:28opened your eyes, you'd love me back. We'd been through the same things. Bitten by your own kind.
12:33Thrown away by your own kind. We were so alike. But I get it now. It's because we're alike.
12:37Both of us grew up small, scared, scraping for scraps. People like us, of course we'd fall for
12:42the loud, sunny ones. They feel like daylight. I love Chloe too. Falling for her isn't your fault.
12:48I just don't get what why you hate me so much. Falling for you isn't mine either.
12:52It was the middle of the night by the time I got home.
12:55Emma! Why are you soaked through?
12:58Chloe was still up. Her eyes filled with worry the second she saw me.
13:02Where's Simus? Why isn't he with you?
13:05She scanned around me, then spotted the wounded little snake curled up in my arms.
13:10Wait, why is he back like that?
13:12That's lesser shifters for you. Hurt them bad enough, they revert. Total dud.
13:17The wolf hadn't left. He was still there, throwing fuel on the fire. I ignored him. I went to my
13:22room,
13:23plugged in the terrarium I'd kept around for a year just in case, and put Silas back inside.
13:29What are you going to do when he shifts back?
13:31Yeah, what was I going to do?
13:33I don't know, Chloe. He doesn't love me. What am I supposed to do?
13:39Silas' body did its job. In less than a month he was healed, except for a few ugly scars on
13:44his
13:44stomach where the scales used to be. The day he shifted back, Chloe sat him down and shut him down
13:50clean. Told him there was no version of reality, with or without me, where they happened. To my surprise,
13:56Silas didn't cry. Didn't argue. He just took it. After that, by some unspoken agreement,
14:02none of us mentioned what had happened. Life went on, day after day. The only thing different was Silas
14:08himself. What's up with the snake? He's clinging to you all of a sudden. He finally see the light?
14:13Chloe leaned over at dinner while Silas was up pouring some juice.
14:18Drop it. I've got someone looking into how to break the bond.
14:22A month had been enough time. I'd worked some things out. It was time to let go of Silas.
14:27When are you going to tell him? Not yet. Don't set him off. Once he's a little stronger,
14:33I'll let him go. The air shifted right after I said it. I looked up. Silas was standing behind
14:38us. He was holding his glass, his lips pressed in a thin line. I had no idea how much he'd
14:43heard,
14:43but honestly, I didn't care anymore. So what if he heard? He was leaving anyway.
14:49Don't just stand there. Sit down and eat. So what if he was upset? Not my problem.
14:53Chloe waved him over. Things got weird, but Silas didn't ask about what we'd said. Same as the past
14:59few days, he just quietly put my favorite shrimp into my plate. I didn't push it away. If there was
15:05food, I'd eat it. No need to waste. If you like it, I can make it every day.
15:12Don't bother. Hey, we haven't been to the mall in forever. Come home early tomorrow. I'll get you
15:18some new clothes. Call it a parting gift. Are you giving up on me? I know I screwed up.
15:24There's never going to be anyone who treats me the way you do. I figured it out. I won't make
15:29you
15:29mad anymore. He came to the mall with me anyway. I took him straight to the designer floor. It was
15:34a
15:34parting gift after all. I'm not cheap. He was getting the good stuff. I held a few outfits up
15:39against him and finally picked two. At the register, he tugged on my sleeve. I don't want them. So
15:44snakes weren't always cold after all. I peeled his hand off and paid anyway. Chloe was clearly
15:50thrilled by how unbothered I looked. She dragged me up to the fourth floor to check out an exhibit,
15:55in a great mood. Silas trailed behind us. That's when it happened. A loud bang. The crowd erupted.
16:03Stay with me. Someone's stealing a painting. Silas was the first to notice. He tried to get us out.
16:08We were already in the middle of the chaos. Too late. Something tore through the air toward Chloe and
16:13me, fast, trying to grab us. In that split second, Silas's tail shot out at us, long and snapping.
16:19There was no time. He could only save one. He chose Chloe. So even now, in a crisis, on instinct,
16:27Chloe was still the one he reached for. I clenched my fist. My nails cut into my palms. I didn't
16:32feel
16:32any of it. The feeling of being thrown away again still ate me alive. I couldn't breathe. The dark
16:38figure seized me. I'm not going to hurt you. I just need a favor. Then the mall security.
16:45Don't follow. He's got a hostage. The next thing I knew, my body went weightless. I was airborne.
16:50The man who'd grabbed me was a bat shifter. His goal was clear. He was after a painting. I don't
16:56know how long we flew. He landed at a manor out in the middle of nowhere. Looked like it was
17:00his place.
17:01Is the painting that valuable? I looked at the canvas in his hand. A girl chasing butterflies.
17:08Nothing famous. Nothing worth a fortune. I didn't get it. Why was a guy with a manor this big risking
17:14his neck for a painting like that? It's not. But my dad gave it to my mom. As a love
17:20token.
17:22The girl in the painting is my mother. My mom's not doing well lately. If I can't bring her to
17:28it,
17:28I had to bring it to her. I followed him up to the sunroom on the top floor. The second
17:33he opened
17:33the door, I saw his mother. She had to be pushing 60. But she still wore her hair in two
17:39pigtails,
17:39just like the girl in the painting. She looked dim until he handed her the canvas. Then her face
17:45lit up. Adrian, you're back. But the second she said it, he turned and walked out.
17:51Your mom's calling you. Why are you walking away? Adrian was my father's name. I'm Dorian.
17:55Then where's your father? And why does your mom think you're him? Same as you. My mom got dumped.
18:00Hold on. Me? What did I have to do with this? I'm a bat. I can see in the dark.
18:05I saw the whole
18:06thing. Your bonded snake. When I was about to grab you and your friend, he chose your friend.
18:10You're his keeper. And he picked her. He had a gift for finding the soft spots and stabbing them.
18:16Honestly, after getting that wound ripped open one more time, I think I'd gone numb. He saw me go
18:22quiet and figured I was still drowning in heartbreak. He started trying to comfort me.
18:29Let me tell you about my parents. You can see this place. This whole estate belongs to my mom's
18:35shifter family. She was supposed to marry into another shifter family. But one day, by complete
18:39bad luck, she found my dad in the woods. Hurt. She brought him home. Took care of him. To thank
18:43her,
18:44my dad painted her portrait. And my idiot mother fell in love because of that painting. He felt like he
18:48owed her. So they got together. Then they had me. But you can't fake love. When I was six,
18:53my dad walked out anyway. My mom lost it. She tried to overdose. Our staff caught her in time.
18:58My mom lost it. Brain went too long without oxygen. Now she's like that. Don't pretend I didn't see.
19:04When I grabbed you on that rooftop before I took off, you were thinking about jumping,
19:08weren't you? I didn't answer. So he kept going. You women are unreal. Always trying to die for some
19:14guy who doesn't love you. Like he's gonna feel bad about it after. I twisted my ankle, dude. I'm a
19:19grown woman with a college degree. I'm not killing myself over a breakup. Go now. I don't host lovesick
19:26women. After you leave, do whatever you want with your life. Just don't die in my house. So now he
19:31was
19:31kicking me out. If he was offering, I was taking it. I turned for the door. Right as I lifted
19:37my foot.
19:37You're not actually gonna do something stupid, are you? It's just a sprained ankle. Three hours into a
19:43forest hike. Staring at a wall of green that didn't end, I broke down. How far out in the boonies
19:48did
19:48this bat live? Right when I was ready to give up, my body lifted off the ground. Oh, now you
19:53decide
19:54to take me back. He had no idea how exhausted I was. I'm doing you a favor. Don't get used
19:59to it.
19:59After I drop you, don't go talking trash about me. He really cared about his rep. Who out here even
20:05knew
20:05him? I got home the next day. I'd stopped by a witch on the way and finally got the answer
20:10I wanted.
20:10I pushed the door open and saw Chloe sitting in the living room with two giant black circles under
20:16her eyes. Are you okay? Did he do anything to you? I'm fine. He's not a bad guy. My eyes
20:23landed on the
20:24figure crouched in the corner. I went straight to the kitchen and grabbed a knife. You've lost it.
20:29You're gonna off yourself over him. Are you serious? So you're gonna kill him. Oh, the guy is heartless,
20:34ungrateful. I mean, but maybe he doesn't deserve to die. Calm down. The witch told me how to break the
20:39bond. He just has to drink three drops of blood from my hand. Why is it your blood that has
20:44to spill?
20:45She frowned. Then she remembered I was finally cutting Silas loose and she relaxed. I walked over to Silas
20:51with the knife. You smell like him. Smell? The bat? When I didn't answer, he kept pressing. Did you touch
21:00him?
21:00Did he touch you?
21:03You don't want me anymore? He sounded like a husband catching his wife mid-affair. Except he had no right
21:09to that tone.
21:10I didn't bother answering. I sliced my finger and held it out to him. Drink it.
21:14After that, we're done. When he saw I wasn't softening, he panicked. He grabbed my arm and started shaking it.
21:20Emma, the other day, I didn't mean to leave you. It was just instinct. I screwed up. The second I
21:26saw
21:26him take you, I knew. The day he took you, I tried to track you. The trail went cold. I
21:30lost you.
21:32Don't bother. Just drink.
21:34What was the point? Instinct doesn't lie. I shoved my bleeding hand at him again. It was my blood. I
21:40cared about it, even if he didn't. If he didn't drink soon, it'd clot. I didn't want to cut myself
21:45again.
21:46No.
21:46Drink it or don't. Silas, this is the first and last time I bleed for you. Shifters
21:50only ever bond with one keeper. Humans can bond with as many shifters as we want. You
21:54still don't get what you did wrong, do you? Fine, let me spell it out. Not loving me wasn't either.
21:58Your crime was sitting there happily your crime, taking everything I gave you while pining for
22:01Chloe at the same time. People who won't say yes and won't say no, who just want to keep all
22:05their options open. Those are the worst kind of people. The light finally went out of his eyes.
22:10He opened his mouth, expression blank, and took it. Knew it! Selfish little punk!
22:15Chloe ranted on my behalf after I fed him the blood and threw him out.
22:20Real talk though, you're not even a little sad. You raised him for years. Honestly, not a bit.
22:26I wasn't lying. That's my girl. You know when to walk away.
22:29Chloe pulled me into a hug, thrilled. While Silas was healing, Chloe had stopped bringing the wolf
22:34around because she didn't want to set him off. Now that Silas was gone, the wolf moved back in.
22:39He turned out to be the perfect shield against Silas, who kept coming back to bother me.
22:43Oh, you again. Here for Chloe today or Emma?
22:46Please, just let me see her. Which her? Emma.
22:50Wow, that was quick. Emma, the deadbeat couldn't find a new place to land. He's back.
22:54That's not it. I just didn't know my own heart before. I had to lose her to figure out who
22:58I
22:58really love. Shut the door.
23:01Okay. Snake, save the romance act. If you really didn't want to leave Emma,
23:06why'd you drink her blood and break the bond? Selfish, that's why.
23:10Silas didn't quit. He came back to bang on our door every day. I finally lost it. I yanked the
23:17door
23:17open, ready to threaten him with a restraining order, and walked into a face I knew.
23:21Dormian, what are you doing here?
23:26You're hell-bent on getting rid of me because of him?
23:29You're the snake who turned on his keeper?
23:31Give her back to me. Just because he's an alpha-tier, you suddenly don't want me?
23:35I had nothing to say.
23:37Backstabbers also got a smart mouth. Let me handle this for you.
23:41The second Silas got knocked around, I understood what an alpha-tier shifter could do to a lesser one.
23:46It turned out, Silas really was just a face. Nothing else. Silas got beaten back into snake form.
23:52I looked at him, half dead, and asked Dorian for one favor. Dump him back in the woods. Wherever I'd
23:59picked him up, that's where he was going. Dorian was 100% on board. He promised the job would get
24:05done. So that's why you came to me? For your mom's funeral? Are you sad?
24:09Sad about what? For her, leaving was probably a relief. And you? Are you free now? You're not
24:15gonna end up like my mom, are you? Using death as the way out? Why are you looking at me
24:20like that?
24:21Don't go falling for me. Look at the wreckage you all left. I'm never doing love.
24:28Thank you. When I got home, there was a group of people standing at my door. Even from behind,
24:34even after all these years, I knew them. My foster parents. I had no idea how they'd tracked me down.
24:40I had zero interest in being part of their lives again. Emma, it's me. My foster mom stepped forward,
24:48all warmth. I ignored her and went for my keys. She cut to the chase. Your sister, she's gotten worse.
24:54She
24:55needs a kidney to make it through. Wait, is your little blood-sucking daughter still alive?
24:59Don't that stop, but are you never in any means? My foster dad lost it the second she
25:03insulted his real daughter. Family? He had the nerve to use that word? My voice came out cold.
25:09What kind of attitude is that? We raised you. You owe us. Owe you what? For dragging me to the
25:14hospital
25:14those years to keep your daughter alive? For dumping me in the woods? Or for showing up now to take
25:18a
25:18kidney? Enough talking. You're coming with us. Donating a kidney to your sister, you should be grateful.
25:22When my foster dad realized words weren't working, he switched tactics. That's why he'd shown up with
25:28a crew. He'd planned it from the start. If I said no, they were dragging me out by force.
25:33Help! They're trying to kidnap me to harvest my organs!
25:36In the chaos, sirens started wailing downstairs. How are the cops here already?
25:41The second they heard the sirens, every one of those big tough guys panicked.
25:46I called them. I told them, smiling for the first time since they'd ever taken me in.
25:52Illegal adoption of a minor, illegal trafficking of blood and organs. We're going through every
25:57single one of those charges. My former parents, sending you to prison to retire is the most
26:03kindness I've got left.
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