"And I feel you and I have beaten that particular horse to death," Marcus answers with a soft little smile as he sinks down with the baby still in his arms. Kaz is who and what he is, but he's not the demon he might have once been.

Or maybe he is. Maybe Marcus is just lucky.

"Well, I do hope your Wraith is taking the opportunity to rest," he says. "I imagine you'll both need it."