Before — Dawn Rae Miller

Three years prior to LARKSTORM, Lark and her birthmate, Beck, attend her brother's binding ceremony. Lark's nervously looked forward to this moment since the invitation arrived: a chance to see finally see her mother face-to-face and to meet her brother's new mate, Annalise. But she isn't prepared for the hostility they have toward Beck and the hint of something darker, lurking beneath the merriment.

BEFORE is a short story set in The Sensitives world (35 pages).