ADRIANA
watching Leo fall asleep made me feel a semblance of what mothers must feel when they look at their children. He wasn’t mine but I loved this little boy like he was. Maybe it was because I needed someone to pour my love into.
When I finally have my own kids, parenting won’t be completely new to me because of him. After he’d fallen asleep, I stayed with him, holding his hand and thinking about what he’d been through.
What kind of mother would leave her son alone, knowing he didn’t have a father either? If Elijah hadn’t been there to take care of him, what would have happened to Leo?
Elijah was the best thing to happen to him after Liam’s death and I was grateful they had each other.
I still wondered why Elijah hadn’t found his mate yet after all these years. I didn’t know if I
