Chosen Families and Enduring Friendships

Blood may connect us, but it’s not always what binds us.

In The Harbinger, one of the story’s quietest but most powerful forces is the idea of chosen family—those people who find us, stay with us, and walk beside us when the road turns dark.

Sophia, Kit, and Maddy aren’t bound by blood, but they’re tethered by something just as strong: loyalty, healing, and unspoken understanding. Across the centuries, Ann and her circle of friends share that same unshakable bond—a sisterhood formed in the face of the ordinary and forged in the mystical.

Writing these friendships felt like anchoring the story in something universal. In both timelines, the women grow stronger together, challenge each other, and reflect different versions of what it means to be seen, supported, and sometimes, saved.

In truth, the magic of The Harbinger isn’t just in past lives or mystical dreams—it’s in the ordinary, sacred ways we show up for each other. The ways we choose our families, again and again.

These friendships, across lifetimes, remind us: sometimes, love finds us in unexpected ways. And sometimes, it’s not just fate—it’s familiar.