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.

gasped between sobs. “Caleb,

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

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

he thought he smelled his mother near his school?” Caleb’s voice was steady, trying to

time.

apart every building in a five–mile radius

there.

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can’t do this,” I whispered, pressing my hands against my face.

the sentence. Couldn’t say out loud what

couldn’t stay here. Not

Morrison house passed in a blur of tears and

try to talk. Probably figured I

He was right.

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

hit by

of the car, her face creased with concern.

opened her

her soft warmth. “What happened?

whispered into her shoulder. “And he knew. He

her and Caleb exchange words in

face. The way he’d stood there, so sure, so certain that his

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

settle me at the table, let

wasn’t really there. I was still standing on that

a warm mug into my hands. “It’ll help with the

a sip. It

said, settling into the chair beside me.

Adrian come out of school. About how happy and normal

for me with senses that should have been impossible

here,” I

hung in the air like a death

still. “What

saw my own pain reflected in her

to see them. And if

the warm mug. “I need to

different.”

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