[spirit_queen]

Emily nodded, but at that moment decided Dolph wasn't a keeper; family came first. Or, well, her sister came first; her mother and father literally took turns abusing the two of them, so Emily felt like she was Mia's real mother.

Dolph, as a 'wolf, would likely smell the change in her feelings toward him. Emily, of course, wouldn't know this.

Emily instead got out a notebook that appeared to be full of poems, but they were actually song lyrics; all Emily wanted to do with her life was becomes a singer... fame was nice, but not required.