Anthony's POV

I still can’t bring myself to tell her. The truth claws at my throat every time I think of it, but I hold it back, burying it deep beneath layers of love and protection. I know how fiercely she guards her fragile dream—the desperate wish to shield her daughter from the monstrous shadows of the supernatural world we inhabit. I refuse to be the one to shatter that fragile illusion, not yet. Not until the moment is right.

Kae lies peacefully in my ...