“You have disgraced this family, Seraphina,” her father roared, pacing the living room with his face was still beet red and his hands clenched into fists at his sides.

Her mother sat on the couch, arms folded and her nails digging into her own skin.

“I can’t even show my face in public anymore!” Eleanor’s voice was shrill as she screamed in mortification and total horror in her voice.

Seraphina kept her head bowed, sitting quietly, feeling her heart sink in deeper and ...