She could hear baby noises, and held her breath, listening hard. Finally, she could hear for herself that the baby was there. But Kaden sounded so young as he took the child into his arms, and she closed her eyes.
"His mother wants him back," she said, feeling mean to say it, but anything, anything, to convince Kaden to move out of Ares' crosshairs. Anything to make him come back. "She was so scared to lose her baby. She just wants him in her arms again-"
But she feared, if anything, Tragos' sacrifice would only push Kaden harder in the direction he was going in, if only so it wouldn't be in vain.