Kaden clung tighter still, managing only to nod against her. His own heart was sinking, thinking... Marcie said she hated him, that he was not her father, but Lil T? He was gonna grow up with Ares as his father. He was gonna grow up striving for Ares' approval like Barak and Cy and Tragos, and they weren't even his sons at all. It mattered that Marcie had escaped that, it mattered so much, but it also mattered that Kaden hadn't been able to help Lil T escape it too.
He shook, a few silent sobs against Marcie's shoulder. He didn't know how to speak more to his fear, and he absolutely didn't know how to speak to his guilt. But he could hold on, as long as Marcie was holding on too; he could hold onto her.