Chloe’s Point of View
“Okay, so do we need to take everything, or just the essentials for now?”
Sky asks, holding up a pair of jeans in one hand and a stuffed wolf plush in the other.
“Because I’m assuming this guy is non-negotiable.”
I grin as I take the plush from her and set it gently on the bed.
“He is coming. Obviously.”
“Of course he is. He has been with you since you were five.”
My mother says from across the room, where she is folding some of my clothes.
“Wait, is that the one Zayde gave you after you scraped your knee falling from the tree?”
Maya asks, sitting beside my suitcase. I nod my head and she smiles at me.
“He was so proud of that gift. He told us he was going to ‘protect you from monsters’ with it.”
Aunt Shay laughs.
“Oh stars, I remember that. He came h
