Chapter 263

LYDIA'S POV

The adrenaline that had sustained me through the confrontation slowly ebbed away, leaving behind a cold, bone-deep exhaustion.

After Gideon and Desmond hauled Jane away, Callum and I walked back through the double glass doors of the kindergarten, Hazel still cradled tightly against his chest.

The front lobby was quiet now, the frantic tension from twenty minutes ago replaced by the ste