Michael’s POV. As soon as the words leave Angel’s mouth, I move towards Elora and take her from her brother and hug her close to my chest as she wails and hits my chest. “Shhh, Elora, please little sis, shhhh. We will get the ones who did this, but I need you right now to be brave and strong. The triplets need you to be strong for them and Ser. Can you do that for me? Can you keep them occupied? Your aunts and uncles will help but I need you to calm down.” I say to her and she goes still, like the fight has left her. I hold her for a while longer when she takes a shuddering calming breath and looks up at me and I see a fire in her eyes but it quickly leaves her eyes. “You’re right. They need me. They need all of us. I can do that.” She says, and it is like a switch has been flipped an

