Chapter 149

Edric's POV

“What’s this?” Maya asks, and picks up the envelope on the dresser.

“Oh,” I say and take the letter from her. “Something I found in my closet back ho— at Mountain Fire.”

“Who wrote it?”

“I think my mother.”

“You think? You haven’t read it?”

I shake my head. I expect her to push me into reading it, or else to ask at least two million questions, but she does neither. She yawns and kneels in front of the carseat to take Warwick out while I put Deimos down for his nap. “You should get some rest,” I say.

“I’m fine. You’re the one who looks like he’s about to collapse.”

“Yeah.” I sigh and sit on the edge of the bed, just watching as Maya put Warwick down in the crib next to Deimos’s. It’s a good thing that we have a huge bedroom, but I hope we can at least move Deimos out soon, because things are getting a little cramped in here. “I put a breathing monitor under Warwick’s mattress.”

“Oh. Okay. I’ve been worried about that.”

“I know.” I overheard her asking Wilson how of