“So, what do you have planned for your birthday?”
The question brought Alora back to currents, her mind in and out of a hurricane of thoughts concerning the subliminal argument her parents had the day before. She knew without knowing that it was about how this human was being treated. She couldn’t understand the hold that she had on them.
“Lo?”
Oops, she slipped right back into her thoughts and hadn’t noticed it. She finally looked at her friend, Casita, trying to feign a smile.
“You alright?” Her friend asked.
“Yeah, yeah-fine!” Alora said with a little more excitement than was probably necessary for the question. She sighed. “I have no idea what’s being planned for my sixteenth.” She said. “My mom is planning behind the scenes. I’ve only told her key thi
