Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2)

by Seanan McGuire

The concept that perhaps biology was not destiny, and that not all little girls would be pretty princesses, and not all little boys would be brave soldiers, also never occurred to them.

That anyone would ever have planned to stay for their sake meant the world.

We’re very sorry we trespassed in your big creepy field, but we’re not staying here.