"Oh, much too busy," Marcus answers, just barely keeping a straight face. "As a married man I'm planning on having sex at least fourteen hours a day, so I won't have time for you or the twins anymore."

He smiles then and lifts his hand to Inej's shoulder, squeezing gently. "I'll always have time for you, duck. You and the little ones. Nothing will stop that."

Marcus will fight Darrow itself tooth and nail to keep himself here where he can be the support his people need.