Choose Gavin

my head was spinning as I took all of this in. It was insane, but... I couldn't argue with the results I had seen. She had changed my body, changed my mind even. I didn't doubt that all it would take was some order from her to keep me in this damn town permanently. If I went home to take the 24 hours to think things over, it would probably put her on high alert. More guards, maybe? Or she could just issue some command here and now.

Plus, I would need to go back to my daddy's... our new house? Stay there with him after he had done this to me? No effing way. Plus, he was liable to be on guard no matter what. Better to work with some unknown element.

"I... I'll do it. You win. I'll go with this Gavin guy." Mrs. Warren's eyebrows raised and she squinted a bit, looking for the angle, I was sure. "I can't argue against what you've done to me. As insane as it is... I'm not stupid. I can't beat you. If there's a way for things to be better in the end, then I'll take it. But... I don't want to go back to my daddy's house. After his part in this-"

"We won't keep the two of you apart forever. It would be a rift within our community for a young woman to avoid her father."

I swallowed, looking up at her. "I... for now? It's a fresh wound. I'd rather some distance to figure all of this crud out."

Mrs. Warren leaned back in her chair, seeming to consider...