Three years later, the palace had acquired a toddler.
This, in practice, meant it had also acquired a small, dark-haired force of nature with Dax's purple eyes, Chris's mouth, and a complete lack of respect for hierarchy, schedules, or the structural purpose of furniture. Jax Soraya Altera was two years old and firmly of the opinion that the world existed to be climbed, bitten, or questioned with great intensity.
At present, he was sprawled across Nero like a very determined annexation.
