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.

knew,” I gasped between sobs. “Caleb,

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

Panic clawed at my throat. “What if he goes home

going to say? That he thought he smelled his mother near

the time. Damien might not

apart every building in a five–mile radius if Adrian told him

there.

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my face. “I can’t keep

Couldn’t say out loud what I was

stay here. Not

of tears and silence. Caleb kept glancing at

try to talk. Probably figured I was too far gone

He was right.

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

been hit by

out of the car, her face

opened her

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

shoulder. “And he knew. He knew I was

my head, I heard her and

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

gently, guiding me toward the

the kitchen, let her settle me at the table, let her fuss with the kettle and tea bags

But I wasn’t really there. I was still standing

pressed a warm mug

a sip.

into the chair beside me. “Tell me

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

that should have been

stay here,” I

the

face went very still.

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

to want to see them. And if I

warm mug. “I need to go somewhere

different.”

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