She’s the child I always wanted; her mother the woman who betrayed me.
It’s bad enough that my wife disappeared on me. But when she turns up again a year later with a baby that isn’t mine, my soul shatters anew.
Entrusted with the infant’s care while the Districts hold her mother captive, this little girl turns my world upside down. Her coos mend a heart I thought forever broken, until Darya returns and demands her daughter back.
I refuse to give her up. Want to see my wife’s heart shatter.
She can’t hope for my forgiveness and certainly not for me to return this child — because I am chieftain. I am law.