Claire’s POV
“Mommy! Mommy!” Nova rushed toward me.
I had just been reading in my bedroom, preparing for bed, slowing down after a long day, when Nova burst into my room, phone first. She pushed the screen into my face.
It took me a few minutes to realize what I was seeing. Not only had Nova been secretly communicating with Leo, but now Gideon had reached out to her through Leo’s phone?
And in the message – Leo’s condition was taking a turn for the worse?
My heart raced as my blood ran cold. My poor baby boy was going through so much. He needed his mother. I should be there.
Nova watched me, her eyes wide and frightened, and her stance nervous as she shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot.
She had hid speaking to Leo from me. Was that what was making her frightened now? Did she th
