chapter 21(4)

“Me not like him either. He has shit for brains and washes his hands too much,” Kaif huffs. “I give you Kyan, you come here on the flower’s birthday.” He seems a little confused as he thinks about it. I could even assume he’s actually deep in thought. “No, her name is Rose! You simple-minded brute! She is my sister.” I can’t help but add the part to set his mind back on the right track. “The dwarf with the rainbows in her hair?” Kaif says with a huff. He looks down at me and frowns. “Yes, Rose, you have met her heaps of times,” I remind him. Deep down, I have a nearly irresistible urge to roll my eyes, but I know better than that. To anger him all over again, now that Mara calmed him, would be a suicide. “No, Kyan meets her. I only meet you and him,” Kaif says as he points a sharp, curved claw at Lucas. My eyes dart at the old man right as he pulls away. I’m surprised he hasn’t shit himself already. “Kaif, change back,” Marabella’s voice stops our back-and-forth banter. “Then you come