Swallowtail

"Both of you are here," Nedra breathed. Tears sprung to her eyes as she smiled, a hand coming up to cover her mouth as she gazed at them both next to each other. She hadn't seen them together since Sage was born. "Look at you. You look so much alike."

"We look like you," Sage said with a smile, standing next to his sister who held him against her side, unwilling to let him run to them like he probably wanted to.

If their mother or father disappointed him in any way by not being who he hoped they were, Selah would never forgive them. Sage was the purest, sweetest soul, and she couldn't bear for him to be disappointed. It would crush her, too, just by witnessing his heartbreak. And Selah truly didn't know what to expect.