Ella nodded, gratefully taking the steaming cup. She sniffed it appreciatively before she took a sip. The hot liquid warmed her from the inside out. For a fleeting second, she wondered if they were trying to fatten her up to eat for later before she dismissed the idea.
Ty, and now his sister and two friends, had done nothing to give her the impression that they wanted to harm her. In fact, in the short time that she had known them, they had been only kind and considerate. Ella knew that the horror stories about beasts had likely taken on a life of their own, given so many generations of retelling, but there was no denying that beasts had almost completely wiped out the human race. Time changed all things, but for the beasts to change this much…it felt too good to be true.
She moved to th
