"Daddy!" Aurelia called to me as soon as she saw me, running into my arms the way she had so many times as a young girl.
I wrapped her in a hug, holding her close to comfort her as I tried to see what was going on outside.
"Did somebody try to hurt you, baby? Is everything OK?"
"We're fine…" she muttered against my chest, but she squeezed me slightly and she was obviously still rattled. "...but we're going to need your help. We have tried to transform him, but I don't know whether he was strong enough, or if he wasn't injured enough… I've never had to do this, daddy. I think we did it properly, but it's been so long that I'm not sure what to expect, and I never-"
"-my sweet girl," I whispered, hugging her tightly. "Do you really want that human man to become part of our world? You ca
