Chapter 38: Threats from the Past

(Aline POV - One Year Later) I was nursing Nova while Luna slept in her crib when my enhanced hearing picked up the sound of multiple vehicles approaching our house. Blake, now twelve and sprouting like a weed, looked up from his homework with a frown. "That's a lot of cars," he observed. Through the window, I could see Reid's vehicle leading a convoy of black SUVs up our driveway. This wasn't a social call. Evan emerged from his home office, his expression immediately shifting to Alpha mode...