Chapter 47

How could this have happened?

Waking, Kobrah initially felt happy. Not just content. Happy as fuck.

He shouldn't be. However, he couldn't change the fact that having Dara back in his life, and his secret daughter, had filled a void in him.

What about the fact she betrayed me and the crew?

She didn't have a choice. He began to understand why she'd done the things she had.

She did it to protect Karolyne.

I'd do the same thing, too.

Which said what about him?

I'm a father.

The revelation shouldn't have been so shocking. After all, Karolyne had been calling him Daddy for days. Still, it was in that moment that he realized 'father' was more than a title. He was responsible for Sprout. She shared his genetics. She was a part of him. She needed him.

He couldn't let her down. Never let her come to harm, which was why he was so horrified when he opened his eyes and saw Dara sleeping across from him, but no little warm body in between.