Elowen

Father put his hand on Mirabelle’s shoulder. “It’s okay. He’ll warm up. Let him be alone. My guess is that he’s not yet used to moving into a new house with new people.”

“A little disrespectful prick is what he is,” Mirabelle scoffed.

I agree with her, but whoa.

I had to say, I was a little surprised to hear her speaking that way about her son regardless of how badly Zephyr was acting. My father and my mother had never used words like that with me, although I had never really done anything to deserve it. But yes, Zephyr was being a disrespectful prick.

“Elowen,” Father called. “Be...