Selene's POV I’ve been feeling completely overwhelmed ever since Maximus found out about the children. I know I’ve been acting differently—on edge, constantly looking over my shoulder. Every time I hear a knock on the door, I expect it to be him, barging in, demanding that I hand over Anna and Asher. Or worse, that he takes it to court, dragging my children into a battle they don’t deserve. I don’t want them to go through that trauma. And now, the threats. The same unknown number that called me at the mall—taunting me while my children were missing—called Nelly, too. That can’t be a coincidence. No one else knows about my children except Maximus. It has to be him. He’s trying to spook me, to make me panic, to make me slip up. But I won’t. What worries me most is the t