All The Lives We Stole

"All The Lives We Stole" is a serial novel published on SkyStory. 1 chapters in total. "Nora, the social worker told me Felix has incredible test s…

SkyStory 1 chapters English 04 Sep 2026

"Nora, the social worker told me Felix has incredible test scores and such an angelic face. You really ought to take him," Hazel said, leaning into my shoulder with a theatrical pout. "If I didn't have my heart completely set on a girl, I wouldn't dream of letting you have him." I looked at the tightness around her eyes, the faint twitch at the corner of her lips, and knew instantly: she had come back, too. The ghost of her face from my previous life flashed across my memory—that twisted, triumphant sneer as the rat poison tore through my stomach while I collapsed across her kitchen table. The phantom burn of it still echoed in my chest. A quiet, heavy breath slipped past my lips. Fine, Hazel. If that’s what you want. "Alright," I said, keeping my voice mild, almost indifferent. "I always preferred boys anyway." I turned toward the boy standing before us. Felix was ten, his thin lips pressed into a hard, defensive line, his posture rigid. When I reached down, his small, bony hand locked around my fingers with an intensity that bordered on painful. "It's settled, then," Hazel chirped, her voice vibrating with breathless urgency. "Let’s go sign the intake paperwork."

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