"Mummy, mummy look" Annabelle cried from the grass as she pointed at a butterfly flying away, clapping her hand's excitedly as she chased it on her small chubby legs, arms outstretched in a desperate bid to catch it. Serena gave a tired smile from her seat on the grass. It had been a week since she'd come back to the pack house with Annabelle and still Xavier refused to speak to her, walking off in the other direction every time they crossed paths.
She'd spent sleepless nights in another room, Annabelle waking up screaming with nightmares as she soothed her and sang her back to sleep. It was an awkward and strange situation taking care of her sister while being her mother. Serena would tell her the truth when she was older but for now she let Annabelle believe her to be her mother, not w
