Chapter 90 — When Life and Death Bow to a Child

Serena POV

There are moments in motherhood no one prepares you for.

Not the sleepless nights.

Not the scraped knees.

Not even the terrifying moments when danger claws at your door.

No.

Nothing prepares you for watching your child become something the world might not survive.

Leo hasn’t slept soundly in weeks.

He thrashes in his bed, little brows furrowed in silent terror as those spirals burn behind his closed eyelids. He doesn’t ...