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, he knew

tightly, his knuckles white on the steering

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

going to say? That he thought he smelled his mother near his school?” Caleb’s voice

say stuff like that all the time. Damien might not

tear apart every

there.

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

sentence. Couldn’t say out loud what

stay here. Not

and silence. Caleb kept glancing at me, his face tight

Probably figured I was too far gone for

He was right.

the familiar gravel driveway, I’d cried myself empty. My eyes burned. My throat was raw.

been hit by

porch before we’d even gotten out of the

immediately opened

pulling me against her soft warmth. “What happened? You look like

saw my son,” I whispered into her shoulder. “And

heard her and Caleb exchange words in low voices, but I couldn’t focus on

was Adrian’s face. The way he’d stood there, so sure, so certain

inside,” Margaret said gently, guiding me toward

the table, let her fuss with the kettle and tea

But I wasn’t really there. I was still standing on that street corner, watching my son

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

sip.

into

Adrian come out of school. About how happy and normal he’d looked.

started searching for me with senses that should

can’t stay here,”

hung in the air

went very still. “What do

my own pain

going to want to see them. And if I see

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

different.”

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