Esmeralda had settled onto Wills lap after embracing her sister for the first time. She couldn’t help but smile. She had grown up alone and lonely, an outcast. Not safe with her mother, not wanted by her father. When the werewolves had sought refuge in the Fae kingdom it had made sense to move along with them. She had hoped to make a new start. Now here she was, a part of something. Her beautiful partner by her side, friends with the Fae Princess, protecting the child at the centre of the most important prophecy of their time and now a sister. How much more perfect can her life be!
“Em, I think we need to talk”, Will whispered as he lifted her off his lap. “Excuse us”, he smiled as he took Esmeralda by the hand and led her outside. He looked at her and suddenly she felt scared.
