The room fell silent after Sephi uttered those words. Thea stood, locked in place, as she leaned into Zach. Even if she had wanted to move, she doubted her feet would have responded to her commands. She felt Zach tighten his arms around her and support her as her knees grew weak.
“Thea? Are you alright?” Zach softly asked. He scooped her up and placed her on one of the bar stools at the kitchen island. He stood in front of her and stroked her hair as he spoke. “Thea, please say something. You’re scaring me.”
Thea’s eyes darted to Zach. She glanced around at the people who had become her family and thought about what they had said. She looked at the pile of fresh produce on the island and knew no way it could have happened naturally. All the little things the family had said and done, whi
