Marrin nodded. She was absolutely still, now. Even the children—well, the almost-children—noticed.
And then, after a long, awkward silence, Marrin sighed. “I will take him,” she said gently. “If that’s what you are trying—very badly—to ask me.” She held out her arms.
Kaylin looked at her. Yes, her eyes were golden, but they were filmed, Kaylin thought. Tears, something else, made the eyes glow in the soft light. “I can’t think of anyone else I would rather have raise him.”
She placed Roshan into Marrin’s open arms.
Marrin kissed his forehead, and hugged him.
“It’s not because of what you lost,” Kaylin said quietly. “It’s because of what you built. What you made for other children that no one wanted. What you’re still building day in and day out.
“And I know it’s a lot to ask, I know—”
“Oh, hush,” Marrin said softly, and there was something in her eyes, something in the baby’s, the blend of blue and gold so natural and so profound in its simplicity, that made Kaylin want to weep.
She hushed up instead.
CAST IN FURY
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