Chapter 10:

The Quiet Gratitude Dinner

more bonus stories of the blood briars


At the end of the meal, Damien stood.

“This was for you,” he said simply.

Beckett blinked.

“…why.”

“For everything,” one sister said.

“For being there,” a cousin added.

“For being you,” another finished.

Beckett paused.

“…meh.”

A beat.

“…family.”

That was enough.