Lyssa's POV:

As I finally left Alpha Garrett's mansion, little Sarah clutched my hand tightly in mine while we walked. Where would we go now? Nowhere, it seemed. Absolutely nowhere. The chill of the air brushed on our skin as we walked along the street.

I absentmindedly reached into my bag and felt the crumpled bills, the meagre sum of money I had been paid the day before for my services at the place I work as a nanny. Normally, I would have dutifully handed it back to Alpha Garrett, but ...