Cassian’s POV
Eulalia’s hands trembled as she wiped at her tear-streaked face, her body quaking under the weight of what she carried. I didn’t interrupt. She needed the space to speak, to breathe, and she knew she no longer had the luxury of silence. The truth was her only path forward and she understood that.
“The woman said she could help us adopt,” Eulalia began, her voice quivering. “She told us there was a child available… but she wasn’t in the system. I didn’t ask why.”
Her gaze flicked toward Jareth, then dropped to her lap.
“I suppose… I suppose my desperation blinded me. She promised to arrange everything papers, custody, all of it. There was only one condition.” Eulalia’s throat bobbed as she swallowed. “We were never to return to the southern border. Ever.”
Her voice falter
