Her rocky relationship with Byron left Rosalie increasingly troubled when it came to facing Estie.

Every time Lucian and Nox mentioned the girl, she would try to change the topic.

Eventually, the perceptive boys sensed that their mother’s attitude toward the girl had changed. They did not avoid her at school, but they became much more distant to her.

Estie had just learned how to speak, and she could only say a handful of words. In fact, she only occasionally said a word or two when she was i