" Keeping Alice in his arm, Corbin got to his feet. Edmund stepped up next to him, leaning against his side. Corbin set his free arm around Edmund’s shoulders. Seeing her children in the grip of a stranger had terrified her to no end. But seeing them held so tenderly by Corbin finally brought her heart rate back to a calm pace. "

― Sarah M. Eden , As You Are (The Jonquil Brothers #3)