“She looks exactly like you,” Jacob murmured, standing near the bed.

I was still holding her. I’d been holding her since Silver gave her to me two hours ago. I knew that when I put her down, it would be forever. I would never get to hold her again. So I hadn’t let go yet.

Jacob was allowing it. Because he too knew like I did, that once I put her down, it would be forever. She would be his forever. He didn’t have to rush these few moments, it was all I ...