#Chapter 160: A Real Family

Tessa

“Because I love you.”

The words hung in the air between us, simple and profound all at once. I stared up at Gideon, my mind struggling to process what I’d just heard.

He… loves me?

My heart seemed to expand in my chest, swelling with an unexpected emotion that I could barely contain. The fog from whatever Mordred had drugged me with was still clearing, but Gideon’s words cut through it like