Living in the type of facility that she had been taken to after being orphaned as a very young cub wasn't ideal simply for the fact that there were so many little ones to care for that the staff couldn't give the child the type of individual attention that all hybrids needed. The cubs needed structure, they needed discipline and over all they needed a parent or parental figure that could dedicate the time and effort that it took to raise them. Hybrid parents knew what it took and that it was a lot of effort and while the humans in whose care she had been entrusted knew the basics that didn't mean that they were equipped to carry them out.
Which was inevitably what led little Elsa to being the independent and willful little thing that she became.
All in all the child had a sweet disposition, at least when she was getting what she wanted, but because she had lacked that structure early in life she had decided that she rather liked doing things her own way. So when the workers attempted to get her to cooperate with them that usually ended up with a tantrum on the part of the little snow leopard girl.
And because the humans weren't equipped to deal with her that usually resulted in her getting her way, which in turn taught her that being naughty worked.
Which was just not a good lesson to teach hybrid children.
Things were changing for little Elsa however and the eight year old, who was petite and small for her age, was taken away from the home that she had known since she was a tiny cub and transported to a completely different country. She had to have a medical evaluation for that, which had included shots that had made the girl really cranky, and then she had to spend some time in customs upon her arrival to make sure that she was healthy. After she got a clean bill of health it was time to transport her to her new home and the man that was left in charge of that put a harness on the girl and then attached a leash to the back of that just so that she couldn't run off.
It didn't take long to arrive at the Davidsons' house and once they reached their destination Liam knocked on the door and then waited, looking at the little hybrid as she tugged on the leash. "Elsa behave," he told her as he gave the leash a little tug, that getting a hiss from the girl, who wanted to explore.
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