POV: Sera
I felt Kade reading the journal before I understood what I was seeing.
The bond, the new connection Ember had forged, carried more than emotions now. It carried images. Memories. Whatever Kade was experiencing, I experienced too.
Even though he'd tried to shut me out.
Even though he thought he was alone with his grief.
Three years ago
Kade brought that girl home today. Sera something. Claims she's injured. Needs help. But I see the way he looks at her. Like she's already stolen something precious.
Catherine's handwriting. Precise. Controlled. But underneath, I felt her unease. Her maternal worry that something was wrong.
I wanted to look away. To give Kade privacy with his grief.
But I couldn't. The bond wouldn't let me. It broadcast everything he felt, everything he rea
