로그인I spent the rest of that day and long into the night building exactly that case, going through every incident systematically, cross-referencing dates, pulling testimony from Marcus and the other enforcer who'd refused my father's order at the hospital, documenting my mother's calls describing the pr
Damon pov Leaving her apartment the next morning was one of the harder things I'd done in eight months, and that included every single dead-end tracker report, every sleepless night spent staring at maps trying to guess where she might have run. Evelyn stood in the doorway with Willow against he
"Two days," I said quietly, mostly to myself. "Two days," Callum confirmed. "I'd suggest you have some kind of plan before you walk in there, Alpha. Whatever you're going to argue, he's going to come at this well-prepared. He's been building toward this longer than I think either of us realized."
Damon pov Evelyn's apartment sat above the diner, up a narrow staircase at the back of the building, and when she finally let me carry the last of the bags up behind her—Willow secure in her arms, still swaddled from the discharge nurses' careful instructions—I found myself standing in the doorway
Evelyn's hand tightened slightly against the edge of Willow's bassinet, and I watched some old fear flicker behind her eyes, the same fear I imagined had driven her to run in the first place eight months ago, except sharper now, more immediate, with an actual infant to protect instead of just hersel
Damon pov I'd stepped out to grab coffee from the machine down the hall, needing a few minutes to clear my head after the sleepless stretch since arriving, when I came back to find Evelyn's door slightly ajar, her voice carrying softly from inside. "...Take care of your daughter. Whatever else i