52 - Family

~Hannah’s Point of View~

“Loyalty amongst rogues. What a joke,” I whisper, shaking my head.

“Well this guy was enough of a figurehead, a powerful force that all these people followed him. Or were that afraid of him,” Frederick says.

A shriek behind the truck has us both jumping and I don’t even realize my body’s own ability to move with such ease but suddenly I’m standing back on the ground. One of the new females is on her knees, holding Oscar and Oliver like they’re… like they’re…

“Ohh! My babies, he said he killed you!! He said you were gone,” she sobs, practically wailing into the night.

Oscar pats her head like she’s a cat, unsure what to think. Oliver looks at me almost like he’s … asking for permission? Confirmation?

While I am the only mother they’ve ever known, they’ve never called me that word. Of course I’d want them to know their real mother if in fact this female is that person.

I fall to my knees next to the trio and draw a deep breath. The boys have never really