CHAPTER 0252

AUDREY'S POV

“Is that young boy my son?” Gideon asked again, his eyes fixed on Milo with an intensity that made my skin crawl.

My chest tightened. Why was he asking me this now? I thought he already knew. Or maybe he just wanted to hear me admit it out loud, to force the truth from my lips. The weight of his gaze pressed against me, as if he could see straight through my heart and into the years I