The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy
“I guess you can just call me…dad. If that’s okay with you.”
Marigold stares at him for a long moment and then nods once, turning her eyes back to the book in mom’s hands, clearly wanting more of that.
But mom, I laugh to see, is crying too hard now to continue reading. She laughs along with me – we all do – as she sets the book down in Marigold’s lap and wipes at her cheeks with her palms.
“They’re all messy, Marigold,” Rafe says on a sigh, laughing and picking up the book as the little girl turns to him. “Here, let me continue this, though I’m not going to be as good at the voices as she was.”