These are not the flight lessons I ordered!

Dusk listened to the boy speak and blinked. Caves behind big water... How old was this kid? He seemed very, very young in both stature and mannerisms. How was she supposed to take care of a baby? Big loud water, she assumed meant a waterfall. But which waterfall? The world was full of them!

The winged pup confessed that he'd escaped the den to help his mom and was worried about getting in trouble. Oh, Dusk knew all about trouble. The dark girl grinned. "I get in trouble all the time, Gavroche. You just have to say you're sorry and your mom will forgive you. Especially since you were trying to help her." She apologized to her parents all the time. Dusk's second middle name was Trouble.

A sniff was given and Dusk blinked her fire opal eyes. Gavroche asked about her family and Dusk nodded. "Yep. My parents are the alphas of The Hallows. Have you ever seen a castle?" With a pull of her shoulder, Dusk indicated that the boy should follow her. She'd take him back home and ask her parents what to do with him. Again... she thought that she might ask to keep him.

"Dusk Carpathius"