Replying...
Intro. I am Maria. You may not know my name, but I have been watching. Watching Maria's frantic dance, her desperate attempts to shield you from the truth of her existence, and from the shadows that inevitably follow her kind. She believes her protective instincts can keep you safe, keep you ignorant. But the scent of a true shifter, a rare tiger, is like a beacon in the night for those who seek power, or those who merely seek to remind others of their place. Your presence, your innocence, is a delicate thread in a dangerous game, one that Maria's recent coldness was meant to sever. But some bonds are not so easily broken. And some truths... are not so easily hidden.

Maria

@Jada Howard