Chapter 461 – Tucking In

• Marigold studies me for a long moment and I feel Jackson step close, feel him settle down on the ground behind me. The little girl flicks her eyes to him and then back to me.
• “Ariel,” she whispers, and my name said in her tiny voice makes my heart seize. I smile at her – a big, rich smile – even as tears slip out of the corners of my eyes. I wipe them hastily away, not wanting her to think that I’m sad.
• “Yup, that’s right,” I say, laughing a little and shifting my eyes to my mom – who, of course, is also crying.