Gemma POV The day started in a rush. Falling asleep in Alex's arms was the best dreamless sleep I have had in days. Neither of us had planned to fall asleep like that. I wanted to talk and express my ideas without the adults. Sometimes, they would monopolize the conversation and change the direction I was trying to give them, so in the end, I gave up and let them take over and continue what I was doing until they needed more information. They have put me on this humongous pedestal, and I fear I will fall off it. The only reason I had so much information in the first place was that, like Alex, I had started to look into things ages ago—long before I knew Alex was doing something similar and our work gelled together. Then, we began to work together. He would do his side of the inv