Serena's POV
The car rumbles beneath me as Alex drives, his hands gripping the wheel so tightly that his knuckles turn white. The silence between us is suffocating, thick with everything unsaid. He won’t look at me, but I know he’s just as trapped as I am. Maybe even more so.
I press a hand to my stomach, feeling the small movements of my unborn son. My heart clenches. I have to get out of this. Not just for myself, but for him.
Kristopher ordered Alex to take me to Shadow Haven, and I know exactly why. If I end up there, there’s no escape. Kristopher wants Koda—he’s obsessed with that child. If he gets him, that boy will never know peace, never know love.
I swallow hard, my mind racing as I watch the lights of a gas station come into view. Alex pulls in, putting the car in park befor
