The Dying Siren

Mistakes… he wondered what kind of mistakes could he have committed that his parents had done in the past. Then again, it was not something that would make themselves apparent just by thinking about them out of nowhere. In the end, Darius only smiled back in response.

…

Almost every time that they were leaving Rica's house, the very last thing to do was to pry Megan off of Rica. The girl would normally do this when she felt like she had not exhausted all the time she needed to be around someone. Continuously seeing Enzo didn't trigger this reaction, but it normally happened around Rica. It didn't help that Rica just hugged her tighter as if it could fasten the process.

It never bothered Darius or Nicholai, though. Megan had no female adult in the Estate to interact with like she would with Ansel. They figured the little girl needed the defiance.