CHAPTER 60

Serena POV

That night, I couldn’t sleep. The events of the interrogation and the news of Nathan’s plans pressed on my mind like a vice. Leo slept peacefully in the cradle, unaware of the storms gathering around him. I rubbed my son’s tiny hands in my palm, trying to ground myself, trying to imagine a world where he grew up safe, where the shadows of the past could not reach him.

Lucien remained in the strategy room with Ethan, poring over maps and making plans. The night was ...