~CELINE'S POV~
I couldn't sleep.
Caesar's small body was curled up next to me in his tiny bed, but even in sleep, he wasn't at peace. He kept tossing and turning, mumbling words that made my heart ache.
"Daddy Hunter... don't go... play chess..."
Each whispered word was like a knife twisting in my chest. I smoothed his dark curls away from his forehead, the same way I had done every night for three years.
But tonight felt different. Tonight, I wasn't just comforting him from a bad dream…I was watching him grieve for something he might lose.
"Shh, baby," I whispered, even though he couldn't hear me. "It's okay."
But it wasn't okay. Nothing about this situation was okay.
I shifted carefully, trying not to wake him, and pulled my phone from the nightstand. The screen's blue light hur
