Aurora didn’t answer as she placed the jewelry box and waterproof pouch inside her bag.Starla saw her place a couple of sweaters her mom loved into her backpack, then she zipped the bag back up.Aurora did the same with their father’s duffel bag.His bag contained another envelope with cash.
“Are we rich, sissy?”she asked.
“It sure feels like it, but I don’t think so.”
“I’ll carry your backpack, Biddy Bee.”Aurora bent to grab the pack she’d stuffed full of things they might need.
Starla shook her head.“I can do it.”
Aurora let out a sigh.“How about I let you carry it if I get tired?”
“Okay, but promise you’ll let me help,” she said.
“I’m going to put the suitcases inside the tree trunk.Maybe it’ll keep them safe until we can come back.”
Starla had a feeling they wouldn’t be coming back.
“Mama said the tree would teach us what we needed to know,” Starla whispered.
Aurora stopped walking, nearly tripping over a fallen tree.“When did she say such a thing?”
Starla looked up at Aurora.“The other day.She said one day you and I would go on an adventure, and we’d touch the tree to learn.”
Chapter One
Starla let out a sigh, stretching her arms above her head.She rolled her eyes as Aurora hollered at her for the tenth time.
“Come on, Starla, you can keep up with your big sister,” Aurora said.
“Obviously, that’s not the issue, Aurora.I’m not in the mood to go running through the woods like you on a sunny Saturday afternoon when I could be hanging out with my friends at the mall.”She checked her cell phone, noticing her friends were posting about meeting for lunch.
Aurora ignored her like usual, which really ticked Starla off.
“Well, buck up, Biddy Bee.We’re going to run your booty off.You don’t want to go hang out at the mall with said friends, and all of a sudden, decide to attack one or ten of them for no apparent reason.”
“Gah, why don’t you just say I’m liable to want to go boink any random guy if I didn’t get my shit together.Most girls my age get their period, learn how to put a tampon in, and prepare to go to prom.Not the Knight sisters.Nope, we have howling at the moon to look forward to.”Starla glared at her sister.
