Silence followed the end of Eve’s sentence, and she locked eyes with Neil, trying to convince herself that what she had just said was the truth and not foolishness.

Eve waited, but Neil said nothing. He only stared at her, both hands clasped together, supporting his chin, with one finger resting against his lips in silence.

“Neil?” Eve’s eyes were clouded. “Is there something I don’t know? Something I should know, but Lucas—and you—have been hiding from me?”

Now everything started to make more sense—Lucas’s overprotective behavior and his drastic decision to make Eve move with him to Servaxia—he knew someone was targeting their baby.

But there was still one...