#Chapter 55: Pillow Fight

Aria Lucas’s little hand tugged at my fingers, his eyes wide. “Please, Aria, can’t you stay? Just this once?” I sighed, glancing over at Darren, who looked equally caught off guard by his son’s sudden enthusiasm. A sleepover? Seriously? On a Monday, no less? “Lucas, I have work in the morning,” I tried to explain, not wanting to upset him. “I really should be getting home…” But Lucas just looked up at me with those mismatched eyes, and my resolve started to crumble. “But… you work right downstairs!” he argued. “Wouldn’t it be easier if you stayed here?” Darren pinched the bridge of his nose, casting me a slightly helpless look around his fingers. “Lucas, Aria’s had a long day. We don’t want to wear her out.” Lucas didn’t relent. If anything, his eyes went even rounder, and the furry little tips of wolf ears began to peek through his chestnut curls. Dammit, I thought, looking away and biting my lip. He was too fucking cute when he did that. And