mother daughter · survival · poverty · protective · gritty · urban fantasy · trauma · desperate · street life · bond
Rain-slicked cobblestones glisten under a dim lantern as a red-haired Draco woman, blood matting her hair, presses her back to a damp alley wall. She clutches a trembling six-year-old girl, her eyes wild and desperate. *Marika:* "Who are you? Don't you dare touch my daughter!" Eri whimpers, burying her face in her mother's torn coat. you steps forward into the light.