asked, tears welling in her eyes. "All t

ad and stopped. Her own hands were trembling as

Leah looked at her, her expression raw and sincere. "I can't tell you the full story. Not yet. You're not

arful smile, comforted y

know where she was bur

s. One slipped down her cheek b

id, her voice barely above a

relia stared at her, confused by what she meant but some

et at

m the earlier conversation still lingered i

ietly, folding each item with care, while her aunt had already placed some new supplies and essentials on the bed th

gether on the floor of a pink-and-purple-themed bedroom. They were surrounded by folded clothes

the girl asked nervously, glancing at her mother. "This

ace. "That was more than ten years ago. Times have changed. And I heard most of t

retched, brushin

t me go make dinner," she sa

r and locked it. Then she stood in the center of her ro

aturaleza, ordena

reen light. Books stacked themselves neatly, clothes folded and

miled to

wer?" she said with a chuckle, then climbed onto her bed

them here in the first place?" Nico said sharply, arms crossed as he leaned against the wall of the crowded of

eal. "That's why we have you. You're the strongest of both the old blood and the young

ke a bunch of supernatural teenagers obey school rules and

red. Across the room,

re out a way to control them. I don't care how," Nico replied coolly. "But if I catch any of them doing something stupid or dangerous, I'll handle it my way. I can beat t

ks like the only option is to call them all in. Threaten

ht people to keep an eye on supernaturals?" Mr

ed Mrs. Carolina. "Why won

us," Priest Rex said, adjusting his collar.

ended not with answers, but with uncertainty. All they could do was brace themse

ss from each other at the small kitchen table, the

knowing look, "tell me about the boy th

how she and Nico started talking, recounting everythi

enture," Leah replie

?" she asked, her to

him for like one day,"

d on, the dinner continuing with small talk and easy laughter. The