I sighed, recalling the turbulent events of the past few years. “I went to Seattle, far from everything. Tried to build a normal life, but the past always caught up with me. And now I'm here, searching for my children.”

“Children?” Cierce raised an eyebrow, surprised.

I nodded, sharing with her the painful truth about the triplets who were taken from me. “Cassian, Dorian, and Kane. They were kidnapped, and I can't ignore that.”

Cierce mirrored my concern in her ...