Maya had been talking to her beast and learning about things that were only possible in a mythical story. She had never imagined that one day she would actually be in a magical land as a royal princess, who had a talking, winged beast as a pet and surrounded by people who had glowing eyes and weird customs. Only that morning as Natalia was preparing her bath, had she learnt that werewolves existed, vampires and other supernatural beings. Now Mizpah was telling her that he talked to the woman who claimed to be her mother. Whenever she thought about it, her heart would skip a beat, she wanted it to be true, but she was also afraid that there was a possibility that her hopes would come crashing down. She remembered how much she longed to have a mother, her grandmother Rita had loved her, but
