#Chapter 126 Displaced Denial

Mira The boy looked like a young man, but there was no mistaking it was Julian. My whole body vibrated with the knowledge that I had found the one I came to seek and to save. I had kept it to myself, but a big part of me wondered if Julian would even be here or if I had joined the crooked cause for nothing. But now I was reassured that I was at least in the right place. Nothing would happen immediately, but I had found him. And he knew me. When our eyes met, it was like looking at a caged animal. His body was healthy, he was bulkier and had more muscle definition. I guessed that Malachi’s henchmen had a strict diet and exercise regime, and I only hope they weren’t bumping this teenager full of hormones and steroids. Though, given this place, that probably wasn’t the worst thing he was exposed to. Almost as quickly as we saw each other, he dropped his eyelids and stepped away and back into the lineup in the shadows. I couldn’t help myself as my eyes followed him, so