KAEL'S POV When Selene reached out to me to talk, my first instinct was to refuse her invitation. But more out of curiosity than anything else and probably to see if my son was showing any signs of regret over what he had done, I decided to answer. We met at Clawfire, 2 hours before Lyra would begin her shift. Things had been a bit awkward between the two of us ever since she left the hospital, more specifically after the heated kiss we had. Since she didn't look comfortable, I wanted to brush it off as a moment of heightened passion. I don't even know what moved my lips. It was the only thing that was ringing in my head at that moment. I've been wanting to have her back in my arms but I didn't want to make things weird, thereby pushing her further away. So I decided to keep it slow a

