The more Voren thought about it, the less sense the whole situation made. He stayed right there beside Marigold's bed, watching his little girl as a million thoughts swirled through his head.
It was weird enough that Seraphine had suggested changing Marigold's name, but finding out that Marigold herself wanted to go by Esperanza was on another level.
The coincidence felt off, like there were too many puzzle pieces that just wouldn't line up no matter how he tried to force them.
Seraphine and Marigold hadn't exactly spent a ton of quality time together. Sure, they'd met and talked a bit, but those moments had been short and surface-level, nowhere near enough for Seraphine to plant some wild new identity idea in a five-year-old's head.
