SLOANE
Cade was absolutely losing his mind in the toy section and honestly, watching him made everything feel almost normal.
Riley was right behind him, matching his energy entirely, picking things up and shaking them and making sound effects that had him shrieking with laughter, her brown hair bouncing, her dark jeans and cream sweater looking completely out of place next to all the bright primary colours of the toy section.
I stood back and watched them and let myself breathe for the first time in what felt like days.
We'd needed this. The mansion was beautiful and safe and full of people who cared, but it was also full of tension and pack politics and three men who made my body and my head disagree with each other constantly. Getting out, even just to a grocery store, even just for
