Allison'POV
My heart stopped.
I answered with trembling hands.
My thumb fumbled on the screen, almost missing the green button.
My breath caught somewhere between my ribs and my throat.
But before I could say a word, I heard the sweetest sound in the world.
"Mommy!"
I slammed on the brakes, tires screeching as I barely avoided rear-ending the car in front of me.
"Lily? Oh my Moon Goddess—baby, are you okay? Where are you?"
The questions tumbled out in a rush, tangled in breathless sobs.
My voice cracked on every syllable.
"I'm okay, Mommy. Uncle Lucian found me. He scared the bad lions away."
A laugh burst out of me—wet, messy, half-sob, half-disbelief.
My hands were still shaking on the steering wheel. I pressed my forehead against it for a second,
