KARA
I clutched my jacket around me and shivered. The wind blowing through the trees had grown cool, and the dark clouds overhead told me that thunder was on its way. I’d spent a long time with the Thornwoods. The peak of summer was long gone, and fall was fast approaching.
“I don’t like this,” Reid said.
He had been the hardest one to convince, having not warmed to Ronan on their first and only encounter, but he’d accepted my choice to return in the end.
“I know.” I gave him a quick hug. “I’m sorry. I’ll see you soon, okay? All of you.”
Allara’s face broke into a smile. Careful not to jostle the sleeping baby in her arms, she wrapped one arm around my shoulders and squeezed.
“You got this,” she whispered in my ear. “Good luck.”
When she pulled away, we regarded each other for a mom
