Ellie POV
I stared down at Nolan's hands, each of his index fingers enclosed in one of the twins tiny fists. My heart raced. It wasn't supposed to happen like this. It wasn't supposed to happen at all.
Of course, I knew that was ridiculous there was no way I could have hidden the children from him forever, but the timing couldn't have been worse.
And the guilt that flooded through me as I saw the watery look in his eyes– it was almost unbearable. He stared down at their little hands then looked back at me, and for a moment I thought he'd actually cry.
His voice came out low, low enough that I'm pretty sure Cassian and Kieran couldn't hear him.
“They're alive?”
“This isn't what it looks like,” I said automatically.
It was a ridiculous thing to say. It was a lie and everyone could tel
