The taxi Thira had hired dropped her off at their estate. Riven's Tesla was parked right outside the gate; all the doors were locked and no one was outside.

Which meant that he was indoors with the kids.

She leaped out of the car, paid the driver, and hurried through the estate gates, yearning to see the faces of her kids with her own eyes before allowing herself to believe that they were a hundred percent safe.

Riven and the kids were standing on the balcony when she came into the ...