Chapter 1
Safe Haven
*Laura POV*
I threw my bag down on my new bed, in my new room, in my new home.
Home, that word is practically foreign to me now.
H.I.V.E. wouldn't accept me back if I paid Nero, nobody will accept me after what I've done. After Tom, Penny, Nigel, and I were taken by Anastasia, we spent years there. Well, I've spent years there… and it's changed me in almost every way.
Grimacing, I shake my head, trying to clear thoughts of the Glasshouse from my head.
Eventually, Otto came for me, just as he had promised. He and Raven brought me to H.I.V.E. to… rehabilitate. Then as soon I was better, Raven shipped me off here.
"Here" is apparently where Otto and Raven have been living since I was sent to the Glasshouse and Otto got expelled. This place is one of Raven's many safe-houses, she let Otto live here since he has nowhere else to go.
Raven was going on missions left and right and needed a place to settle or hide in between.
She also popped up between missions to make sure Otto wasn't getting into any mischief.
The house isn't glamorous. Well, it didn't appear to be anything special but knowing that Otto has been living here, he probably added something like secret rooms or trap doors.
I'll have to ask him about that later.
As if on cue, Otto walked in.
After so long of being away from him, every time I look at him I have to pinch myself to check if I am really here and it's not a dream.
But it isn't a dream, and that makes it all the more painful.
Let's just say that there's someone I've left behind.