I couldn’t let him be passed from home to home.”
He glanced toward the bassinet.
“I brought him here. The legal process is nearly complete.”
Then he looked directly at me.
“From now on, he’s our son.”
“What cousin?”
My voice remained calm.
“I didn’t even know you had a pregnant cousin.”
“You never met her.”
Eleanor immediately interrupted.
“Saraphina, why are you interrogating him? Aleric is doing something generous, and you’re standing there behaving as if he committed a crime.”
“I asked a question.”
“And I answered it.”
She
