Demetrius didn't give me time to wallow in my sorrow.

"You will join her," he said, madness in his eyes, but cunning too. And the cunning I trusted. "You will be her responsibility."

Charlotte chuffed softly and I caught her actually laughing. Not a little laugh like she sometimes allowed to escape. She drew a breath and began to howl, slapping her knee with her open hand, wiping tears from her eyes as Demetrius grinned at her.

Clearly I was missing ...