The brothers were swamped with work, but they made sure to carve out time for me every night, sometimes reshuffling their schedules just to be there. Their presence worked wonders to calm me down after the rollercoaster of the past couple of months; it finally felt like the battle was over.
“Got you dumplings!” Erebus beamed, entering with his arms full.
“What are all those?” I asked, pointing at the absurd number of bags he was carrying. Warren, trailing behind him, was similarly burdened with loads of shopping bags.
“I brought you dumplings. You were craving them, right?” Erebus replied, setting everything down on the floor before coming over with just the single bag of dumplings. Even from a distance, I could feel they were steaming hot, and my mouth watered at the mere thought of th
