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She chose liberty each time no matter the cost.

Shit is about to fall apart

I hate that I have hope even though I know Danielle’s fate.

This made me cry. As I read this, I am grateful for my ancestors who kept going despite everything. I can’t imagine suffering and enduring through the horrors that white people inflicted upon them in the name of white supremacy and still having to get out of bed, work long hours in terrible conditions, while being underfed, beaten, and raped.

I can’t take this stress! The baby cannot be coming now.

“They enjoy being evil,” Aly said through his teeth. “I wish I knew why. That way, at least, I could follow through with life knowing that there is a reason.”

I wish I knew why, too.

This is too sweet 🥰

Something is coming to steal Alysaundre’s happiness. Either Demetre is going to find out he was freed or he’s going to get kidnapped by slave catchers.

How devastating is it to know despite the hope that’s filling me as Alphonse prepares to rescue Danielle’s family we know how Danielle’s story ends?

Papa’s letter is written so beautifully, Malika was in her bag when she wrote this book.