Chapter 19 – The Code Inside The Music Box

• Cassian saw her from the study window.
• Aveline was on the grass, kneeling, arms wrapped tight around Luca like she was afraid he’d vanish again. Her fingers were clenched in the back of his pajama shirt, now streaked with dirt. Her cheek rested against his head, but her eyes were somewhere else—fixed on the wooden dragon in their son’s hand like it had cracked the world open.
• Cassian didn’t move.