“Fauna, please tell her we did not touch you,” Laud ducked as Steel swung at him. Steel kept swinging at Laud and Loric until Loric managed to grab the tong. Steel yanked as hard as she could a few times. She tried to pull the tong back but Loric held on firmly. She could not seem to make Loric let go. She eventually left the tong for him and reached for a fireplace poker instead. “Mama, nobody touched me,” Fauna said as Steel was about to swing the fireplace poker at Loric. Steel froze. “Okay, what do you want?” She asked. Slowly lowering the poker. “We want to know where the bags they steal go,” Loric said, Steel began to circle him, She then asked, “Can you fly?” “Mama no,” Fauna said quickly. Spring, Level, and Adar looked at her with raised brows. “My kids are being bullied in

