Page 278 of His Sunshine Baby

“She still secretly calls me her fairy godmother,” she whispers with a smile.

“Is that a compliment for a witch?”

“Of course! I even taught her a few tricks.”

I can’t help but frown a bit. What the heck did she possibly teach my daughter when I wasn’t looking? I’ll have to ask Estelle later. I love Sylviana, but sometimes she’s a bit scary and unpredictable. I don’t want a jungle to sprout in the middle of Estelle’s bedroom or a butterfly invasion.

She chuckles, seeing my baffled expression.

“Liam told me you’re making him wait,” I whisper.

“The brothers and their attachment issues,” she sighs.

“I know!”

“I love Liam, but he’s still too young. And witches don’t exactly make the best housewives.”

“You do know Nora and Liam are the same age, right? And she’s on her second pregnancy.”

Sylviana laughs again, though quieter because Liam is listening, thinking we can’t see his ears moving a bit or the glances he sends us from time to time.

“Nora matured faster, and she’s found her fated mate. Liam and I… It’s different. Sometimes, two stars don’t align perfectly, but it still works.”

“I think I know what you mean, but my parents were from different species too. And as a reminder, it saved my life.”

She shakes her head, looking at Liam and Estelle fooling around with that lonely expression of hers.

“We’ll see. After the war, things will be clearer, I hope. Oh, that reminds me, I need to make some more almond butter for Nora. Do you want some too?”

“Yeah, I guess!”

So this is where Nora’s crazy infatuation with almond butter comes from. I’m about to follow Sylviana in the kitchen when I feel another wolf looking for me.

“Selena?”

“What is it, Levi?”

“Damn, this new link is kind of weird, I have a hard time getting a hang of it. Anyway, where are you? Everything okay?”

“At Sylviana’s house, why?”

“Oh, the witch? Okay, um, well something happened here.”

I freeze immediately, turning to Sylviana. She would have felt it if something had happened, right?

“Levi, what is it? What happened?”

“It’s Iris. She disappeared.”

“What the fuck do you mean she disappeared?”

“Her cell was open and empty, and we couldn’t find her anywhere. We have two dozen wolves looking for her, but they’ve found absolutely no trace of her.”

Fuck. How the hell did she break out of her cell? To go where?

“Elena, we know how she got out.”

“What? How?”

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