INICIAR SESIÓNBONUS CHAPTER 4.CHARLOTTEDinner was chaotic, fun, and full of joy.The exact way I loved it.The table stretched full with food, plates being passed back and forth, voices overlapping. Ethaniel was in the middle of telling one of his ridiculous stories about trying to fix a fence on his property.
BONUS CHAPTER 3.CHARLOTTECaeson and I were sprawled out in bed, both of us catching our breath.His skin was hot against mine, his chest damp with sweat. I trailed my fingers down the lines of his stomach, letting them settle against the dip of his abs. Just touching him made me feel warm again.I
That’s when I felt it—a small, stiff shape tucked into his breast pocket. I frowned, sliding my hand in and pulling it free.Out came a tiny blue bib.My lips parted in a gasp. “You went to see Nato before me?”Caeson’s grin widened. He snatched the bib from my fingers and shoved it back into his po
BONUS CHAPTER 2.CHARLOTTE“Who else is coming?” I asked Taide over the phone.“Ethan, Tris,” he said. “I’m not sure when they’ll arrive, but I'll come in with Dot and Sean.”“Vance isn’t coming?”“Oh yeah, he is,” Taide replied.“Is he bringing his mom? And Eric?”Taide was silent.I rolled my eyes
Across the hall, I nudged open our bedroom door.The room was dim, curtains drawn. In the middle of the bed, Reigh lay bare-chested on his stomach, muscles stretched across the sheets. His niece, perched beside him, was scribbling carefully with colored markers across the ink on his lower back. One
I nodded, my mind already spinning through lists. Chairs to set. Food to check. Dishes to lay out.But then Madeline’s eyes narrowed on me.I gave her a look.“Charlotte,” she said slowly, dragging out my name. “You didn’t tell me how your doctor’s appointment went.”Dang.A flush crept across my ch
“Go!”I turned around at the bellow, heart pounding, looking to where I left Taide.Ethaniel was crouched beside him, carefully lifting Taide’s arm over his shoulder. He looked up, catching my gaze and shouted with more seriousness than I’d ever heard from him before, “Go! I’ve got him!”There was t
CHARLOTTEI felt like I was floating outside of my body as I rushed away from the care home and into my car.My heartbeat was so loud it rang in my ears, drowning out everything else. I opened the note again with shaking fingers, staring at the number written on it. My phone nearly slipped from my g
CHARLOTTEThe water felt like needles of ice breaking through my skin as I kicked and fought against the weight pulling us down, trying my best not to lose my hold on Taide’s limp body. His weight was heavy, and my lungs screamed for air, but despite the sheer exhaustion rapidly spreading through m
He stabbed me.He let go of the knife, leaving it lodged inside me, and tightened his grip around my throat, lifting me off the ground.I clawed at his hand, gasping for air, my legs kicking weakly as my vision blurred. My body was shutting down, the pain too much, the silver burning inside me.The







