Leo's face was stern, but he still knelt gently beside Grandma.
"Grandma, you cannot keep spoiling Mae like this. She is not a kid forever. Even if I protect her now, she will have to face the real world someday. What if we are not around? How is someone special like her supposed to survive alone?"
I rubbed my eyes and jolted awake from his raised voice. 'Wait. Ghosts could sleep?' Before it even registered, his words stabbed through me.
This was not the Leo I knew. He had always called me Mom and Dad's precious gift, never anything else. He would say I was his little princess, and that princesses should stay home where they were safe.
He even said I was his weak spot. I did not understand what he meant by that, but I was not about to ask dumb questions. 'All that mattered was knowin
