Maya
The moment Christopher said those words, I grabbed him roughly by the arm and pulled him protectively to my side, clamping my hand firmly over his mouth.
Then I looked down at him, shaking my head frantically in warning.
He caught on immediately. His eyes went wide with fear as he realized he’d made a terrible mistake.
But it was too late. He’d caught his slip far too late.
“S-sorry, Aunty,” he whispered against my palm.
But Seraphina wasn’t stupid. Not even close.
She must have caught his slip immediately. Having him call me Aunt now after he’d called me Mummy multiple times wasn’t going to change anything or erase what she’d heard.
It was more than enough for her to know exactly what was happening here.
After several long, awkward moments of suffocating silence, I bent down
