Violet’s POV Part of me wondered it not worrying Theo was an excuse. If the years with Lucas not being the partner I needed had subconsciously trained me to stay independent. To never lean on anyone, even temporarily, because they couldn’t be trusted to hold me up. Even still, Theo was right. So I leaned on him now. I let out a torrent of tears, more than I had ever remembered crying. I sobbed and gasped, hyperventilated and drooled. Maybe it was the pregnancy hormones. Maybe it was the magic. Maybe it was the freedom to fully feel everything knowing I would still be loved. I could feel in Theo’s loosening muscles as well as through the bond how his anger abated. Maybe it wasn’t fair to lean on him now when he had every right to be angry. But I had a hunch that this was part of what

