#Chapter 45 On the Run

Selene’s POV By now they’ll have found the apartment. By now Bastien will know about Lila. Will he know she’s his? Will he recognize his own scent, like a bonfire in the nighttime forest, blended with my own through the apartment? Will Drake be safe at my mate’s mercy now the truth is out? I glance at my daughter in the rearview mirror, counting down the minutes until we finally reach the safehouse. She’s cozy in her carseat, playing with the cloth doll I gifted her at the equinox, babbling away happily in her own special language. We’ve been driving for more than two hours, and I’m beginning to worry that I haven’t heard from Drake yet. Surely he should have been in contact by now? Surely he should have checked in to make sure we made it to the meetup with his driver and were on the road. “Mommy,” Lila asks, catching me watching her. “Where we going? “We’re going on an adventure.” I answer, pushing away my worries and adopting a light-hearted tone