Astrid “Daddy, who is this lady?” My little fingers graze over the crinkled film paper. I’m looking at an old photo album in daddy’s office. Sometimes if I behave, he lets me play in his office while he gets some work done. Today is one of those special days where he spends the entire afternoon with me. My father beckons me with a wave of his hand and sits me on his lap. I giggle when he tickles my sides and takes the photo album from me, setting it on the desk. “Sarah Collins,” he says, pointing to the woman in the photograph. She’s wearing a white dress with her long hair in a braid. I can’t keep my eyes off the glowing red diamond wrapped around her neck. It’s a big and shiny diamond. “Who’s Sarah?” “She was the first female of the River Ash pack,” Dad answers. “She died at a

