A Chilling Warning

(Neva's POV)

They were home.

I don’t remember how I got to them. whether my legs carried me or like my soul had broken free from my body and dragged me forward, but suddenly Vespa and Orion were in my arms.

I kissed their foreheads, their cheeks, their soft curls… I was crying and laughing all at once. I held them so tight, afraid I’d hurt them. But they clung back, whispering, “Mommy, Mommy, Momm