Chapter 1
I was so excited about going to my first proper Halloween party, especially since it was being held in the Little room at Salvation. Even the Daddies and Mommies had dressed up. I smoothed my hand down over the gorgeous red frilly skirt with what seemed like a hundred petticoats underneath that made it bunch out and twirl when I spun. The pretty white blouse was even better, and the black corset wasn’t done up too tight, even though Daddy had insisted on tying it himself. I had new frilly white socks and sparkling red shoes that matched everything.
I turned as I heard Poppy’s claws scrabble on the stairs just in time to see Daddy and Poppy walking in and my breath caught. He was so handsome and Margaret had just finished his face-paint before Raol, Margaret’s driver, had taken her home.