RAVENNA
I was supposed to be happy, but I wasn’t. I stood there, my feet planted to the floor and the tray trembling in my hands. My daughter’s laughter echoed in my ears, each note warm and sharp at the same time. It was the sound I had been aching for since the moment I found her, yet hearing it now, for him, felt like someone had reached into my chest and squeezed it.
I forced my lips into a smile I didn’t feel and crossed the room, placing the tray on the bedside table. “I brought you something to eat, sweetheart,” I said softly.
Riven glanced at me, still smiling, but then looked straight back at Kael. “Can you feed me?” she asked him.
The words landed like a slap.
My hands froze on the tray. “Baby, mummy can feed you,” I said, keeping my tone light.
She shook her head. “No, I w
