Chapter 5. Broken Promises

Luna POV

Finally it was the morning of Ollie’s birthday.

He’d been home from the hospital for five days, and though still weak, he was so excited that he was bouncing up on the wall despite his weak state. He was unable to stay in one place.

“Is Daddy home?” were his first words when he entered the kitchen, his dinosaur pajamas rumpled from sleep.

I looked up from the birthday pancakes I was making—green with chocolate chip “spots” to look like his favorite dinosaur.

“He had an early meeting, sweetheart, but he promised to be back for your party this afternoon.”

The fact I lied to him was making my stomach churn with guilt. Xenois hadn’t come home at all last night. His side of the bed remained untouched, his phone going straight to voicemail when I called.

But I couldn’t bear to start his birthday with disappointment.

“Can I open one present now?” he asked, as he climbed onto a kitchen stool, his blue eyes- so like his father’s