“We’ll be a family again,” Pavel said then, taking a step into the room. “I’ll tie you to me and make you mine on paper. No one will be able to part us then, not the Solaces, not even Lyra Diar. You’ll be mine, Zane, all mine, and I promise I’ll never let anyone take you from me again. Doesn’t that sound nice? Doesn’t it sound right? We were always meant to be, you and I.”
