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Maia was just as happy and yet there was something wrong. Tears? Wraen tilted her head, scrutinizing her sister's face, searching for reasons behind them. The second piece of news was both great and slightly confusing - Sarah was here as well? What had prompted her to leave dad's side - when Wraen had left the pack, it had seemed, as if her sibling was climbing her career path pretty quickly and had all her ambitions fulfilled. What had changed?

And then came the second part, which sent a shudder of fear down her spine, but for her sister's sake, she did not let it show. Instead she touched Maia's cheek gently and smiled at her, and requested calmly: "Sit down and take a deep breath, and tell everything that weighs your heart down."