Killan's POV I woke up before the sun, the way I always do when something heavy is sitting on my chest. Nikolai was still asleep, one arm flung over my waist, his breath warm against my shoulder. Declan was on my other side, curled into a tight ball like he was trying to take up as little space as possible. He’d cried himself out sometime around three, and now his face was puffy, hair sticking up everywhere. He looked younger like this. Fragile. I hated seeing him like that.I eased out of bed without waking either of them, pulled on jeans and a hoodie, and slipped out of the room. The house was quiet. Too quiet. I could feel Rhett’s absence like a missing tooth. His door was closed when I passed it, but I didn’t stop. He’d asked for space. I was going to give it to him, even if it killed me.The garden was cold. The grass was still wet from last night’s rain, and the air smelled like wet leaves and woodsmoke. I carried two mugs of tea out to the old iron table under the oak tree, th
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