"So, your stepmother is here," Aurora said with amusement as they walked down the slightly crowded Crescent street.
Kazmiyah had left not soon after Crescenda arrived. She was entirely too dark to be around. Not to mention the fact that she obviously had a problem with Kazmiyah being there. While Kaz had gotten better with balance and controlling herself, she knew that the way that Crescenda was acting would not help her consistently retain that control.
"Dad didn't want me to leave-"
"What?" Aurora chuckled. "Was he afraid or something?" She could not believe that this would even remotely be the case.
Neither did Kazmiyah as she looked at her friend incredulously, and shook her head. "No, no, that's not it at all," She said.
They stopped short of the inn where
