Adrian didn’t say a word as he locked the nursery door and reset the cameras. His jaw tightened each time he blinked, like it was taking all his strength to hold back something dark. I stood in the hallway, staring at the note she’d left,the way she wrote it with such certainty.

I want him.

She wasn’t just threatening us anymore. She was claiming him. Our son. A child that wasn’t even born yet.

I followed Adrian down to the kitchen. The staff had left. The house was too quiet. Too ...