Chapter 37

Wren's POV

I didn't look at her when she stepped inside. I didn't need to. I could feel her energy shift the moment she crossed the threshold-hesitant, nervous, layered with a desperation she tried to hide behind motherly guilt.

She was quiet at first, maybe hoping I'd soften. I didn't.

Before she could sit beside me, I pointed at the chair across the room.

"Sit over there."

She froze. For a heart