TERESA'S P.O.V.
The air in the room felt heavy, like it was brimming with secrets waiting to be spilled. I lay on the bed, with my twins nestled between me and Lucian. It was supposed to be comforting, but all I could focus on was the man lying beside me—Lucian. The man I loved, the man who hurt me in ways I never thought possible, and the man who I ran away from physically but couldn't escape emotionally. The man I thought was a monster when I saw him change to a massive terrifying dog but turned out to have the kindest heart I had ever seen. I would never forget not in a thousand years how he had inexplicably sacrificed something as precious as his sight just to save his daughter's.