It had been two months since Kate gave birth. Everything was perfect: Adeline was growing strong and healthy, and Bastien was still tracking down the Black Widow, but it was as if she had vanished. He had been away from home for three days, having gone on a business trip to a nearby city following her trail, and he couldn’t take Kate with him. He was supposed to return in two days, but he moved his flight forward.

Kate was in the kitchen with Ara, who was only two weeks away from having her bab