CELIAThe storm started right after we got back from the clinic, the sky went black at 5pm, the wind started hitting the windows so hard the whole mansion shook, and by 7pm the power was out, the whole place went dark, and I was in my room with Nicholas, in my black dress, trying to keep him calm with a lantern, but he was scared, he hated thunder, he always had, and every time it cracked he pressed his face into my chest."Mama, it's loud," he whispered, his little hands clutching my dress, his flower crown falling off, "make it stop.""I know, baby," I said, I held him tighter, I tried to be strong, but my room was cold, the heater was out with the power, and I only had one thin blanket, and I was trying not to cry because I was cold and scared too, but I had to be mama first.That was when I heard footsteps outside my door, soft, not Alpha heavy, just soft, and then a knock, soft, the same soft knock from the fever night, "Celia," Ronan's voice, low, careful, "can I leave something
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