เข้าสู่ระบบ“Mom…” My throat burns. “I don’t want anything happening to you. Why can’t you understand that?” “And why can’t you understand,” she whispers, tears thickening her voice, “that I would gladly lay down my life if it meant keeping you safe?” Something in me breaks then. My breath catches as tears sl
Sierra. I wake up feeling disoriented, like I’ve been dropped into someone else’s dream. The sheets smell different and it takes a few seconds before memory clicks back into place. I’m in Noah’s house. For a moment, I just lie there, staring at the unfamiliar ceiling, my mind wandering back to yes
“No, you didn’t,” Nova answers, excitement bubbling from her. “She was… Every time we had a sleepover, she always started a pillow fight, but she’d end up losing and laughing so hard she’d fall off the bed.” Nova giggles while Nolan smiles. A genuine full smile that I haven’t seen since their mo
Noah I don’t know how long I’ve been standing here. Long enough to feel like an intruder in my own house. Sierra’s laugh drifts across the room, wrapping around my children like sunlight. Nova is nestled in her lap, Nolan pressed close on the other side, both of them chattering and grinning as i
I return to the bed and sink onto the mattress. My body gives in instantly, like it’s been waiting for permission. I close my eyes for just a second—or that’s what I tell myself—but sleep catches me fast. *** I wake to the sound of giggles. The kind of laughter that fills a room like sunlight. Wh
Sierra. The door slams behind Brook, the echo lingering longer than it should. All of a sudden, I feel cold. You know the kind of cold that screams warning bells? That kind of cold. Part of me wants to turn and bolt like the hounds of hell are after me, but the other? The one that knows that this







