"Uncle Mal..." I breathed out, shocked.
"You don't have to forgive me yet, Kieran," he replied. "I know I broke your trust. I know what I did was wrong. You deserve to know that I hate myself for what I did, and that I plan to work for your forgiveness."
"O-okay," was all I could manage to say as I nodded my head.
"Your parents feel the same, by the way," he told me. "They regret it a lot. Especially your dad. You know he's not really built for the hard stuff."
That made me chuckle.
"They're not going to be happy about another girl in my life," I mumbled.
Uncle Mal shrugged.
"Well, they better get used to it," he said. "Little Viper will burn the entire world to the ground before she lets either of you go."
I smiled at that.
"I don't want Otti to be tested more because of my past
