THE SECRET GAME OF LOVE
Lukas whispered, his voice soft, barely audible over the crackle of the fire.
Daniel shifted slightly, his arm tightening around Lukas’s shoulders, pulling him and Caelen, and Kaira just a fraction closer into his massive frame.
"We built a fortress," Daniel rumbled quietly, his voice vibrating through the floorboards and the children alike.
"No," Lukas corrected, a genuine, rare smile touching his lips as he looked down at Caelen’s dark hair, Kaira’s warm, twitching paws, and Apollo’s vigilant golden eyes. "We didn't just build a fortress, Daniel. We built a family out of the dark. We took every monster, every secret, and every scrap of power we could scavenge from the world, and we turned