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There was genuine surprise that Keara and Enver had split, really. She'd thought the two quite the pair, not that she'd ever tell him as much. The elder had always been polite from what Every had seen, which, said quite a bit. She'd only ever met Elizabeth and, of course, Chad Worthington III, whom had the pleasure of being threatened if he hugged her again. Looking down at the little girl, she lifted her lips into a gentle smile as she listened Grace babble on about things as she fell quiet and considered things. She chose not to antagonize Enver any further, at least now.

Her eyebrow twitched at the sound of the radio being turned up louder after she had left with Grace, Every sighing. She reminded herself that he was Grace's legal guardian and that right now, with the jackasses hunting after her, Every couldn't afford to have Grace near her too often. Her gaze moved to the girl as she spoke, the twitch going away and a cringe being successfully supressed as she blinked. Her lips lifted into a soft curve of a smile, "Well, until you're big enough to get a puppy, why don't you come over and help me out with my puppies?" Skoll was the only one that she ever was worried about around smaller creatures, but she could always drop him off to Helena for the time being - let him try to gnaw the mystic conscious.

"I have a few back at my cabin." She didn't know how Marshall was, or what Paw Patrol was but assumed it was a kids show. She'd never been one to sit and watch television, and given she didn't have any children but her niece, she didn't have to worry about it. "Every the blue princess of bubbles. I think that's a good title." Mentally, she thought about making Grace an official plague and title for her birthday. Even get the girl a tiara. A frown briefly played across her lips at the next words, "Being a mommy was out of my league, kiddo, but I will always be your auntie, okay?" She said, her hand smoothing over Grace's hair before she carefully adjusted to bend over and hug the little girl. "We are fun. Very fun. You know, my birthday is coming up in a bit, too. We'll be birthday buddies."

Her niece was a bundle of energy that Every was almost completely positive that if it weren't for her stamina, she'd have to drink espresso to keep up with on a lazy day. It was karma, really, for the times she'd driven Enver crazy as a child - she was sure of it. Not that she would bring it up, ever. Her time spent with Grace was always a good distraction from vampiric life. It allowed her to see there was a different side of children than just screaming and running around; it was something that had always dissuaded her from ever wanting any of her own, but there were rare moments where she found herself mildly upset that there would never be a chance. At least, not of any that she would ever want. As it crossed her mind, the phantom sensation of claws scraping against her skin had her shrug the thought out of her mind as well as the memory.

"I'm sure a princess cake would be nice." There was the debate on getting the small girl some sort of pet when her hazel eyes lifted at the sight of Enver entering the cabin. As Grace gasped, jumping up in a way that Every didn't think possible for a child before she moved her feet, the woman turned to look for the nearest window. "An island, or something?" She asked, trying to remember what their surrounding areas looked like on a map and failing to recall anything past water.

Her hand instinctively went to where she usually kept her knife, the knife that she had forgone about bringing as she thought about it. But as her niece turned to her, bouncing, Every couldn't help but offer a small smile to the girl as she asked if she was going with them. "I don't think it would hurt to take a look around. Who knows, maybe we'll find some treasure." There was another squeal of delight as Every looked back out at the treeline and wondered what was out there. At the least, there were wolves and other mammals, right? Right. "It'll be fun."