Then again, maybe being hounded by the most restless member of their group was a far better fate than developing heartburn, a whooping cough, or possibly an aneurysm from hearing the redhead's response.
"Oh, is she not your first child too?"
"..."
Just what exactly was he supposed to say to that?
Not that Killian could've possibly forgotten Jax's version of a priority list, because at this point who didn't know about the redhead's ever-expanding family? Still, would it really have hurt to spare even a single thought for the Aerun-sized bombshell that had just detonated in the middle of the Empire? Or did this guy genuinely not care?
More importantly, why was that particular thought irritating?
Killian's brows were once again working overtime, knitting themselves into increasingly complicated configurations as he simultaneously attempted to express and suppress the full extent of his reaction.
