“Brûlée, promise me you’ll look after him.” Wyleen’s eyes pleaded with her sister-in-law for reassurance.
“You have nothing to worry about. I won’t let anything happen to your little man. I promise, he will be well taken care of.” Brûlée reassured Whyleen, the new mother, hesitant about handing her child over while she and her husband were going to be at sea.
“You’ll let me know if anything happens, won’t you?”
“Of course, sister. I will protect him with my life, it’s the least I can do for the brother that protected me for so many years,” she offered her older brother a tender smile before she outstretched her arms to take the child from Wyleen.
Wyleen let out a shaky breath, reluctantly giving her son over to Brûlée. “Alright, be a good boy for me, eh?” Kissing her son’s forehead, sh
