SILAS POV
“Okay,” I said, clapping my hands once. “Breakfast champions, cleanup time.”
Sebastian groaned dramatically. Stephan nodded like this was a sacred duty.
When they were done and distracted by a cartoon in the living room, I poured myself another half cup of coffee and leaned against the counter, eyes locked on the hallway.
Five more minutes, I told myself.
I didn’t make it to three.
I moved down the hall quietly, not wanting to startle her if she was asleep. I stopped just short of the bathroom door, listening.
Nothing.
I knocked once, softly. “Sunshine?”
Silence.
My jaw tightened.
I knocked again, firmer. “Helena?”
Still nothing.
My pulse spiked hard enough to make my vision blur.
Was I really about to barge in like a lunatic?
‘We could say we heard weird noises’,
