There’s no reason it has to be you, you know. You could have Westley, Jewel, Teya, any of them take over for a bit. But I knew I wouldn’t. The torture of being with her wouldn’t compare to the torture of being away from her.
“Glad to hear that,” Dad was saying. “I have some good news for you, Damon. Your cousin’s getting married.”
I had two cousins, both Tenebrii, which made mine a large family by Shadow standards. “The older one, I assume?” Surely it had to be; her brother was four.
“Yep. The ceremony’s this evening at five, and I got us all invitations.”
“Us? You mean me and Naomi?” I was almost as confused as Naomi looked.
“Not to worry, I didn’t tell them you’re… together. I just inveigled invites for my son and a ‘family friend.’”
“They invited a kathair to their befasting cerem
