She staggered when he shoved her, but it was out of sheer size difference, not fear. If it had been physically possible for her to hold her ground, she would have. Still, she refused to be shoved away, and she shoved him back instead. "Family isn't like that, Simon. There is no opt out." Aura's view of family was entirely defined by her large, Spanish one. "I'm not leaving, and this has nothing to do with Billy or Pierce." She shoved again, this time angrily.