Chapter 40

Brody kept his eyes shut, and muttered words Finn couldn’t decipher.

“What did you say?” he softly asked.

“I said this is so stupid.”

“It’s not. Fear’s not stupid. Everyone has one.”

Brody snorted, and shook his head. “What’s yours then?”

Finn opened, then closed his mouth. The fear of forever being on his own was the first that came to mind, but he thought better than to voice it. The next was failing someone, not saving them when they needed him, that was just as terrifying.

“Exactly, you’re not scared of anything—”

“Birds.”

It was trivial, but the word blurted from Finn’s lips and he couldn’t stop it.

“I know you’re not scared of them.”

“Not anymore, but when I was younger, a pigeon flew at me, and I freaked out. From that moment I’ve never liked them flying too low.”

“But you were a kid.”

Finn hummed. “Well, I was eighteen…”