Blaze
The second that stiff-ass lawyer opened his mouth about "only one of you can be the legal guardian," I saw the shift in Kat.
She didn’t flinch. Not on the outside.
But I knew her better than anyone. I saw the way her shoulders stiffened. How her jaw clenched just enough to be polite, like she was holding in a scream. Her spine straightened like a blade had been wedged down it.
I could feel her heart breaking just sitting beside me.
Ryder wasn’t even ours yet, not officially. And already the world was drawing lines in the sand. Telling her she didn’t count because she didn’t have my last name. That she wasn’t enough.
Bull. f*****g. s**t.
That girl beside me? She was everything.
She was a storm and a lullaby all rolled into one. She carried love in one fist and rage in the othe
