"The only place to stay safe is in the Halls, and I don't want to stay with Gran. I'd never get to see anybody, and they'd all get old and stuff before I finished growing up. Like Mum's friends did when she was taken in by Gran."
Rhia scowled. "I'm not a baby, and I know the Weevils are dangerous and some of the alien stuff that comes through the Rift can be dangerous, but so are 'weres and elves and vampires, and a whole bunch of other things that Dad and Mum take care of."