Emilia's Pov A week went by pretty fast, and everybody had seemingly gone into a new routine, me included. For some reason, Beth had taken back her challenge, and the Elders granted her to do so, which was pretty odd because you can only take back a challenge in rare situations and with good reasons. But no one told me why. I was getting to know Renee as my daughter, and it was an adventurous and exciting experience. Having Renee is like having that one person that I know will never abandon me. I see more of Joy in her, and that just gives me peace in knowing that Joy still lives in her. She's now used to us. Yes, she does ask about her parents, but she doesn't cry like she used to. We've even moved to Alex's house, no l mean our house, we've built this sort of family just the three of