Jayden’s POV

Special? I never thought I would live to see the day I’d hear her say those words.

It wasn’t possible.

But my mother wasn’t one to bluff about anything.

If she promised you death, expect your head rolling off in the next few days.

And she always won.

“I don’t understand,” I said truthfully, the disbelief evident in my eyes.

My mother grinned as she walked toward me.

I tracked her hands as they moved up toward my shoulders.

Her grip was cold, and even if I ...