As he made his way back toward Avenger, he kicked a stone in the path for a few yards then, in frustration, picked it up and threw it as far as he could into the bay.
Why did this always happen to him? He realized that this life he chose for himself wasn’t the most conducive to courting a woman, marrying, or producing a family. But he did want these things. With all his heart he truly desired them. He wanted the peace and happiness that Ian found with Sarah, and that his sister found with Ren. He loved children and wanted dozens of his own to love as he loved his nieces and nephews.
Long ago he and Ian had bonded over fate’s cruel hand when it came to family. Ian had overcome his issues of being abandoned by his father, to live with a grandfather he believed hated him. Lucky’s parents ha
