Chapter 58. The Bold Step

Zera’s POV

My eyes pried open as the door to my room cracked, and I saw Zion dragging himself through and towards my bed. I had just closed my eyes not so long ago, trying to sleep, and the strain lingered in them now that I stared at my son.

“Zion, baby, what’s wrong?” I asked.

“I couldn’t sleep,” he grumbled, already climbing onto the bed and crawling over to my side.

I pouted, “Oh, honey, I’m sorry. Do you want to sleep with mommy?”

He bobbed his head, and I opened my arms to him, tightening them when he got into it. I kissed his hair and rested my head on the pillow.

Not long after he came into my arms, he fell asleep, but I couldn’t sleep. I kind of saw these sleepless nights and unending thoughts coming, but I let my heart think for me.

The memories of what happened between me and Aaron at Zion’s party kept me up. I didn’t need a psychic to know my desire for him had gotten out of control for a while now. My inability to control