CHAPTER 267 — The Day We Almost Found Out

Ayden woke up before the alarm went off.

It wasn’t the sound.

Once again, it was his body.

That strange sensation in his stomach, like a tight knot that wasn’t pain, but wasn’t calm either. A restless mix of nerves, anticipation, and that old fear that sometimes crept in without asking permission. For a second, he thought the nausea might return, that the discomfort from weeks ago might come back without warning on this very day.

He lay still, breathing