"I don’t care about all that, Orion." The angry sound in her voice went away, and now she just sounded very tired. "Selene and I never liked each other, so I do not care at all about her or what she did or did not do right now. There is only one reason I am back here, and that is for Kael."
Kael. The name moved through my head, bringing sadness and regret. That was the name of my son. Kael. A good, strong name. A name I should have known, a name that should have been special to me. Now, because of my mean family and because I was being a fool, I never had the chance to know it.
Regret filled me, going deep into my bones. First tooth, first step, first word, first ball game, first birthday—I had missed all of it. Every big moment was celebrated while I was living a life that always felt
