Next to her, Sean shouted in hurt. "Brother Finley, even if you don’t like my baby, you shouldn’t throw him in front of everyone! He is Aster’s son, too. How can you be so heartless?"
While saying this, he tried again to take the baby. "Aster, let go. I care about you. I was willing to stay hidden near you. But I can’t watch my child face danger like this."
"How could Brother Finley do that? Just because I have no power, he thinks he can kill Nikolai before all these people?"
His crying sounded heartbreaking.
Aster, scared, held him and the screaming baby tight. "Sean, look at me. Nikolai is our treasure. I won’t let anyone bring him harm. I love you, I love our baby. I will stand before you both, even if it costs me everything."
"Stay calm. I will give you an explanation. I’ll make him drop to his knees and speak sorry to you now. Any promise you ask for, I will agree to it."
Each sentence hit like a cold cut.
She wanted me to kneel and beg the mistress, to hand them confidence?
Then what were all my vows?
Were they just a joke?
Inside my thoughts, again and again, rose the memory of those young, bright eyes.