CHAPTER 248 — Paths That Converge, Lives That Prepare

(Ayden Castell’s Point of View)

After dropping Milagros off at her office—even though I would have preferred to keep her in mine, surrounded by pillows, food, and my over-the-top instructions to “try not to move around too much”—I followed Mom to the lab.

I had to shift my focus and concentrate on the case of Carolina Fontes’s son. But I’ll admit, every couple of steps, my mind drifted back to the same place: the two hearts I had heard beati