Chapter 17

Paloma nodded getting her bearings. She looked up suddenly. "Stanley!"

"-is fine. We took him home last night and met his Baba." Camila frowned as that encounter still haunted her.

"Baba? Is that a term for 'Grandmother'?" Paloma asked missing her mother's expression.

"Yes, she was... his grandmother. She was also Baba Yaga," Camila fixed her eyes on her daughter and saw the shock and fear there. Good. She was pleased Paloma recognized the danger.

"Stanley is related to Baba Yaga?" Paloma squeaked.

"I believe she... adopted him. For what purpose, I don't know. She mentioned he was somehow involved in a long-term plan that we disturbed." Paloma gasped in fear but Camila raised her hand to calm her daughter. "Stanley convinced her not to hurt us."

Camila watched her daughter's eyes, pale blue since her transformation, begin to glow at the mention of Stanley's rescue. "Don't!" she barked.

Paloma blinked back at her in confusion.

"He's part of something Baba Yaga is cooking up! I don't wa
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