"Why would you tell me that?" Eldon demanded, tears forming but not yet falling from his eyes. "That only makes it worse."
"I didn't mean to," she replied and buried her face against his chest. It felt odd, having his stern mother using him for comfort, but he held her as tears finally dripped from his cheeks onto her hair. Becky dead? It didn't seem real. Becky was only human, like his mom, but she had magic at her beck and call. How could she have died? It didn't seem possible.
