When Ivy comes home after so long so far away, you are glad. She exclaims over how much you've grown, showers gifts on everyone, with a smile that hides her fangs, almost as if she's ashamed of them. But every time she looks at the undead that had been your mother once, her eyes are dark and flicker with nightmares. Those eyes say 'this is my fault'. You want to tell her that it's not but you can't find the words.
