I lifted him and watched his hand close around my fingertip.

There was no longer any question about whether I would return to the Sterling estate.

The question was how to leave without giving Colton another opportunity to frighten us.

PART 8

Colton made his next move before my doctor had cleared me for discharge.

He arrived at the postpartum unit with two men in dark suits and demanded to see his son.

Security stopped them at the nurses’ station.