Evangeline’s POV:
"Mommy!"
Stella’s excited chirp sent a bolt of electricity down my spine.
I whipped my head around so fast it made me dizzy, one hand gripping Arian tightly to keep him from slipping from my grasp.
My eyes landed on her—my baby girl, safe and unharmed—but then they traveled to the hand she was holding.
And the moment my gaze followed that larger, calloused hand upward, my stomach plummeted.
Two mismatched heterochromatic eyes.
One a deep, abyss-like brown, the other an ice-cold gray.
Orion.
My breath caught in my throat.
The scent of smoke and sandalwood crashed into me like a tidal wave, drowning me instantly, making my ears ring violently.
No.
No, no, no.
My entire body locked up.
My vision blurred at the edges as a pressure built behind my eyes, and my pu
