Chapter 23

Larissa’s POV

“Declan dear…Declan! Wait up!”

I was already out of breath, why was it that a toddler as little as this child would outrun me every single time?

He was giggling and running up the stairs without even looking back, and no matter how much I tried to catch up with him, he was always one step ahead of me. Or several, I couldn’t count how many times I had stumbled already on the stairs with Gwen right behind me.

He had said he wanted to play something fun. I didn’t realize that the idea of fun I’d instilled in him involved me running around like my...