Epilogue
Ten years later
Kairi
"This is strange," I heard the doctor say as I slowly came awake. "The second son isn't crying."
I have twin boys? I couldn't believe I'd passed out over the labor. I blinked slowly at Koji, who judging by his expression hadn't left my side. "How long did that take?"
"The labor? About eight hours. Your being unconscious? Probably about five minutes. The first kid screamed like a siren."
"I heard that…"
He put the first kid into my arms. His eyes were slightly open and just blinking up at me. I couldn't make out the color very well, but he seemed oddly resentful about being born, and don't ask me how I could tell that.
Then the doctor came over with the other one. "His eyes are open. He'd gotten used to the light faster than any newborn I've encountered."
I took him into my arms as well and studied him. His eyes were not only open, they were oddly focused and a deep purple.
Suddenly, I had a suspicion. If my eyes had been affected by the two angels vanishing at the same time – but had the angels really vanished? Or had they just relocated?
I looked at Little Resentful. "You're Krad, aren't you?"
Finally he opened his eyes farther and made an attempt to look at me, as if he understood that. Sure enough, his eyes were yellow with slit pupils; wide slits, but slits nonetheless.
That means…
I turned my attention back to my other twin, who seemed oddly expectant. "Dark?"
And then Little Dark laughed.
