Hannah’s arms wrapped around me as I refolded blankets to distract myself.

“Mama, I know this scares you,” she said.

“I’m not afraid of the world. I only worry about you. Daddy promises he will keep you safe. He has sworn to me he will care for you. Nu-reeh guaranteed me she would see you placed with a good family if something happened to Daddy.”

We spent the day talking. I cried some and so did she. We knew our lives were about to change in a big way and neither of us could stop it.

“I’LL be strong one day, Mama,” she promised me fiercely. “I’ll be strong enough to protect both of us.”

Hannah’s teeth grew in slowly. At first they had been tender, but soon they didn’t hurt anymore. I continued to nurse her until she accidentally bit me one day. We found the healing cream in the bathing room before Damien came home.

chew,” I told her dabbing the blood up

my plate. I encouraged her to try just a

then she bolted outside as soon as she could. She stayed gone all afternoon and I started to get uncomfortable. By the middle of the day I was miserable. I was accustomed to a child that nursed every two or three hours. My body was literally leaking fluid I

got home I begged

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to hunt with the young

and Kein followed me into the bedroom and watched transfixed as

on her hungriest day. Once he was done he backed away and Evan fed Lovingly from my left side. He drained me and then bathed the entire

truth, it had been too long since I had been with them. I was

whispered Laying my head back

but Kein didn’t leave immediately and stayed to play with my

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