*Seraphine*
"How do you ever find the courage to go up in a balloon?" Poppy asks, from her place beside me at the dining table.
“My father was an aeronaut and, when I was a little girl, he would often take me with him on short tours around the countryside. Hence I was traveling through the sky before I was old enough to realize the dangers of leaving the ground. Once my balloon is repaired, I could take you up sometime if you like.”
Poppy’s eyes widen slightly, and I realize too late the inappropriateness of my words. They might be welcoming me tonight, but the Alpha and Luna certainly aren’t going to allow their impressionable daughter to spend time with an Alpha’s mistress.
Stuart laughs. “Poppy can’t even stand at the top of the stairs and look down without swooning.”
His sister
