#Chapter 305: Stay

Nathan gently placed Aurora back in her crib and gave both of the twins a kiss on their foreheads before turning back to face me. “I should go,” he said, his voice tinged with a certain kind of sadness I couldn't quite place. I watched in horror for a few moments as he brushed past me and made his way toward the front door, but my wolf, Jade, howled softly in the back of my mind, urging me not to let him walk away. “Nathan, please stay.” The words escaped my lips before I even had a chance to think. He turned around, locking eyes with me. “I can’t, Olivia. Not tonight. I need to get back to the Council building.” “The Council building?” I asked, cocking my head. “I thought you were staying at the cabin.” Nathan paused, passing a hand over his face. In the dim light of the hallway, I could really see how weary his face looked, the lines around his mouth, the dark circles under his eyes. “I am, technically,” he said. “But I only go there to sleep. An