Hera POV

 The first light of morning creeps through the curtains, painting the room in shadows that don't quite chase away the night.

  I barely slept throughout the night.

 How could I?

 Lily and I ended up in her bed sometime after midnight, after another nightmare jolted her awake.

 Her tiny fists clutched my shirt as she whimpered without words, as if I was the only thing keeping her ...