Nightfall
“Jace is an ass.”
“He takes after his father then,” Galen said, and Tali chuckled. He peered at her with a bemused expression. “You look so much like our mother. Do you think she might still be alive?”
“I don’t know. I always assumed...” she trailed off. She swallowed hard past the sudden lump tightening her throat. “I thought she must be dead, and that is why we were separated. I know that slavers take children from their mothers all the time. But I’ve always felt something final about ...it, like I knew I wouldn’t see her again. It was kinder to mourn her than think she might still be living as someone’s slave.”
“I’ve been mourning her—mourning all of them—my entire life. I assumed that the only family I would ever know would be my mates and my children. Now I suddenly have a sister. And a future niece or nephew,” he added, and she blushed. “I’m not sure what to think of all of this.”MoreLess
“He takes after his father then,” Galen said, and Tali chuckled. He peered at her with a bemused expression. “You look so much like our mother. Do you think she might still be alive?”
“I don’t know. I always assumed...” she trailed off. She swallowed hard past the sudden lump tightening her throat. “I thought she must be dead, and that is why we were separated. I know that slavers take children from their mothers all the time. But I’ve always felt something final about ...it, like I knew I wouldn’t see her again. It was kinder to mourn her than think she might still be living as someone’s slave.”
“I’ve been mourning her—mourning all of them—my entire life. I assumed that the only family I would ever know would be my mates and my children. Now I suddenly have a sister. And a future niece or nephew,” he added, and she blushed. “I’m not sure what to think of all of this.”MoreLess
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