For a moment there, Muhammad considered sparing the kids the worst of the worst, but then they were grown. They would eventually have to know what had happened. If not today, then it would all come out like they had been forced to know Zari's history.
He didn't want to be the person who unveiled all this to them under pressure, which is why as they sat on clearing the luna queen had made, as they held onto each other, and as the brothers sat there hoping their mother would show up again, Muhamad continued.
"Papa was a shadow hunter, one that misused the steles more than he needed to. Instead of using them to heal or do good, he turned us into silence. He didn't want people to know that he was beating up his family.
