Waking up to my sin
Malakai walked over to him, picking the boy up and holding him against his chest—really holding him this time.
"The war is over, Kai," Malakai said, his voice thick with a promise he intended to keep. "Now, we go find a place that doesn't smell like gunpowder. A place where your mother can bake her bread and I can watch you grow up without a gun in your hand."
"Can we have a dog?" Kai asked, his voice finally sounding like a child’s again.
Malakai looked at me, a soft, genuine smile breaking through the rugged hardness of his face. He leaned down and kissed me—a slow, deep, "vanilla" kiss that tasted of a new beginning.