Chapter 19

Lachlan

The next morning starts with Jolie kicking my mattress and stage-whisper yelling, "Dad, the woods are awake."

I crack one eye open to gray-blue mountain light and the cold side of the bed where Sienna used to be. "Are they."

"Yes," she says. "Jaxon already peed outside like a raccoon."

That wakes me up the rest of the way.

I drag a hand down my face, throw on a hoodie, and follow her downs