151 Chapter 151

151 Chapter 151

Seraphina’s POV 1

“I think my mama’s around here somewhere.”

The words hit me like lightning.

My heart stopped. The blood in my veins turned to ice.

Adrian stood there on the sidewalk, his small body tense with concentration, his silver–blue eyes scanning the street with an intensity

that made my soul scream.

“Oh God,” I whispered, my hands flying to cover my mouth. “Oh God, oh God, oh God.”

“Sera, get down!” Caleb’s voice was sharp, urgent. “Get down right now!”

But I couldn’t move. Couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t do anything except stare at my five–year–old son as he searched for me with senses I’d

forgotten he possessed.

“Sera!” Caleb grabbed my shoulder, pushing me down toward the floor. “Duck! Now!”

I collapsed forward, my forehead hitting my knees, my whole body shaking like I was having a seizure. Through the car window, I could

still hear the nanny calling to Adrian.

“Adrian, honey, what are you doing? We need to go home.”

“We’re leaving,” Caleb said grimly, starting the engine. “Right now.”

Through the rear window, I watched Adrian take another step forward, his head tilted, his whole body focused on something he couldn’t

quite identify. The nanny was beside him now, her hand on his shoulder, trying to guide him back to the car.

“Adrian, sweetie, there’s no one here,” she said gently.

Then we turned the corner, and I lost sight of him.

I collapsed back into my seat, my whole body convulsing with sobs I couldn’t control. My chest felt like it was being crushed, hike

someone was squeezing all the air out of my lungs.

between sobs. “Caleb, he knew I

his knuckles white on the steering wheel. “He’s got enhanced

if he tells Damien?” Panic clawed at my throat. “What if he goes

mother near

time. Damien might not

take it seriously. Damien would tear apart every building in a five–mile

there.

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whispered, pressing my hands against my face. “I can’t keep hiding.

Couldn’t say out

couldn’t stay here.

passed in a blur of tears and silence. Caleb kept glancing at me, his face tight with

I was too far gone for

He was right.

the time we pulled into the familiar gravel driveway, I’d cried myself empty. My

been hit

gotten out of the

immediately opened

warmth. “What happened? You look like you’ve seen

into her shoulder. “And

my head, I heard her and Caleb exchange words in low voices, but I

Adrian’s face. The way

gently, guiding me toward the house. “Let me make

lead me to the kitchen, let her settle me at the table, let her

was still standing on that street corner, watching my son search

this,” Margaret pressed a warm mug into my hands. “It’ll

a sip. It

Margaret said, settling into the chair beside

school. About how happy and normal

searching for me with senses that should have been impossible for

stay here,” I said

words hung in the air like a death

went very still. “What do you

I can’t stay here anymore.” I looked up at her, saw my own pain reflected in her kind eyes.

want to see them. And if I

around the warm mug. “I need to go somewhere they’ll never look.

different.”

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