I know that the longer I drag things out, the worse it'll get. Marcelo came today not only to fake pick up Kai but to tell me he had collected enough evidence against Kai's guardians. Unfortunately, since Kai is under the jurisdiction of Blood Moon, Marcelo's hands are tied after the court case. Blood Moon gets to decide what happens to Kai. That is if they can grab him before the human government does. Kai falls underneath Blood Moon, but he is in human territory. It's a complicated case. "Don't look so down," Marcelo says. He opened the back door and brought out a gift bag. "Is that for me?" I ask. "Yeah." "Why?" "It's Christmas. You give gifts on Christmas," he said slowly. "I didn't get you anything." He smiles, "As expected." He nudges the bag closer to me. "I thought we

