WARNING CONTAINS CHILD ABUSE AND TORTURE

Luz barely touched her food as she picked at it with her fork. "I miss mom." "Luz it's been a week just get over it," Mateo said as Luz did nothing but sulk around the house and eat Ice cream while Mateo tried to get her active again by trying what Camila would always do with Luz but to no avail. "So... how's school." "It's fine..." Luz said with almost no emotion as Mateo then slammed his fist on the table making Luz jump. "DAMN IT!, why... why can't you just act like you did when Camila was around!?"

Luz stuttered for a bit "Mami and I know each other better than you..." Luz then stopped as Mateo grabbed her arm. "How... does Camila know you better? I've tried for years to be a father to you but she would always define me that and now how about we go for a walk?"

"No..." Luz said as her stomach growled. "Luz you just ate." "Not for food." Luz then went to her room as she began to turn it upside down trying to find the stack of cards. "Papi have you seen..." "Your playing cards?" He said before holding a box as Luz sniffed the air and smelled the odd odor from it, "I need them." "Luz you've had them and never used them, of course, Cam never let me throw them away... until now."

Luz was confused at first as Mateo simply lit a match before setting the box on fire with Luz's eyes staring at the flames. "NO!" Luz screamed before feeling the smack of a hand hit her face as she fell down. "Can't you just forget about your mother for once!? She's out of our lives and you don't need any memories of her!" Mateo yelled as Luz cried more and more as she felt her ears wiggle. She then made a dash for the door as Mateo grabbed her.

"Where are you going?" "To find ma..." SMACK! she was smacked again. "YOU DON'T NEED HER ANYMORE FOR GOD'S SAKE!"

He yelled as Luz's body began to change in front of him as he let go with Luz trying to cover her face but her normal body said it all. "Dad please understand I..." Luz was then grabbed and pinned to the wall as Mateo was sweating in both fear and anger. "WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY CHILD?!" He yelled before hitting her face as her nostrils bled blue blood. "Papa it's me..." "LIES!" He then stepped on her tail before tossing her out of the room before hitting her with a belt buckle leaving a large bruise.

"Papa stop... pl..." "YOU'RE NOT MY CHILD YOU ARE A FREAK OF NATURE, NOW WHERE'S MY REAL CHILD?" "Right here..."

Luz said crying as Mateo then grabbed her arm and began pulling. "I went on five tours and I've done some things that now might come in use." He then grabbed a knife and placed it on a finger. "Now tell me what are you?" "I don't know, I swear..." "How the hell do you not know!?"

"Papi I swear..." Luz pleaded as outside a small owl was watching before flying away to its owner. "Hey what's the news on..." The owl then hotted as the woman then quickly ran to the home and started knocking on the door. Mateo then heard the door knock as he quickly chained Luz to the railing as he opened it to see a woman standing in front of him with an angry expression.

"May I help you?" "Yeah, stay away from the kid." The woman then quickly swung a staff at him knocking him to the ground as the owl flew in and started picking the locked chains with its beak as it opened as Luz then slithered out of it. "Who are you?" "Less talking and more like let's get out of here before..." The woman then screamed as Mateo then drove a knife into her leg as Luz then quickly wrapped herself around her father as started strangling him till he passed out.

"Did he hurt you?' Luz asked as the woman placed a paper with a strange symbol on her leg. "That should take care of it, now come on before something else happens." "Why?"

Luz asked as the woman sighed "I made a promise to your mom, not your human mom but you REAL one." Luz was currently in shock as before fainting. "Great well at least she's light, you tracked down the other human right owlbert?" The owl hooted as it then flew on the staff and turned into a wooden statue before the staff hovered in the air as the woman then carried Luz in her arms before getting on as it flew into the air.

Camila slept in a worn bed inside her low-rent apartment as there was a knock on the door to which she opened it to see a woman holding Luz in her arms and saw the many bruises on her. "MIJA!" Cam screamed as she took Luz and placed ice packs on the bruises as the woman simply sat down and waited.

Luz then woke up her body acing from the pain as she saw her human mother. "Mama?" "Yes, I'm here..." The two then hugged each other. "Luz, what happened?" "I ran out of cards and changed in front of dad and he... he..." Luz then burst into tears as Camila understood what happened before looking at the woman. "Thank you."

"Eh... no need, but I need to talk to the both of you." The woman said as she then explained about herself and her world. "Una bruja?" "Yeah... and all I can say is that the Bolling Isles is the safest place for the baskl... I mean Luz right now a place where she'll seem normal compared to here."

"I don't have to hide anymore?" Luz asked as Eda squirmed a bit. "Sotra... lots of demons don't like your "Kind" for various reasons, but with me, you'll be safe, so kid what do you say?"

Luz then looked at Eda and then at her mother. "Only if Mami comes to." Eda then looked at Camila "Well what do you think?" "Well it's a lot to take in but I go wherever my daughter goes."

Eda then clapped her hands. "Great, now I may warn you there might be a few side effects when we get there." She then pulled out a key and pressed a button on it as a door then appeared out of thin air and opened. "Well?" Both mother and daughter walked inside as Eda followed.