“Maxy boy, take me to him. Lay me upon his mighty form - nay! Toss me to my knees before him and strike me with a whip of the wandig,” she choked out, and Max gently led her towards Darius who was laughing low in his throat. “Come here, you nonsensical stepsister,” he said, and Geraldine shrieked at that, stumbling into his arms and completely falling apart, her legs going slack so Darius had to hold her up entirely. “Oh dear, dear, hapless brother,” she croaked.
