Chapter 158

“You're safe… thank God you are safe.”

“It was William .”

Amelia pulled her head up tolook at him at those words. Gabriel's forehead crinkled into traces like he did not know what to think of it either, but then the little body between them made a tiny squawk and each of them turned.

Gabriel's eyes went wide. “Can I… can I see him?”

Amelia , eyes already brimming with tears, nodded. “He has your chin.”

Gabriel's eyes narrowed, but he smiled, looking lower back and forth between her and the little bundle on her shoulder. Stroking his chest once, Amelia smiled and took one step back. “Hold your palms like this. Don't let his head drop.”

Then she laid their son in his father's arms for the first time.

And deep inside her, Amelia felt the bond tug, tighter and tighter, as if it drew them together. Tugged so tightly, she couldn't resist. As Gabriel stared, awed, into the face of his son for the first time, and h