"You know me," she says, throwing her head back and laughing as he lifts her up. "I do love my surprises. And no, I haven't gotten a chance to see Wren. And I haven't texted him, either." She offers him a slightly rueful smile at that. "It was all rather sudden, me coming here. Everything just sort of...happened."

Lexi hopes Wren will understand. She's always been closer to Rian, having known him longer, but she adores both of her boys equally, and even when they were being complete idiots, she could never block them completely out of her life.

Even Wren and his rather ghastly skull lyre.

"Sensible?" Lexi snorts. "She was born into the wrong family for that, I think. Since when have any of us been sensible?"