Chapter 133

Zoe POV

I had been waiting with Marcus at Everly’s place for hours since Marcus brought me here after getting the kids from school, yet Macey still hadn’t returned home, and I was beginning to worry, she hated leaving me alone and always stuck to her times, one thing about Macey was she was never tardy and her not being here when she said she would be only added to my anxiety.

Marcus pecks my temple as he passes me where I was cutting up vegetables. We were making the kids dinner when Taylor came over, looking out of place without her mother. I felt out of place without her or Everly here.

“Can you try mum again?” she asks, pulling a stool from the counter and climbing up on it. I glanced at Marcus, who chewed his lip before I smiled and nodded to her. “Of course, sweety,” I tell her, about to retrieve my phone when Marcus slides his to me. “Have you notified Valen?” I mind-linked and saw him nod out of the corner of my eyes as I dialed her number.

“Any word from Kalen?” I asked him via the mind link, making sure Taylor didn’t overhear our conversation.

The worry on her face told me she knew something was amiss. Her mother would rarely leave her unless she was with us, but she had said nothing of the sort to Taylor or any of us that she would be running late, and her phone goes straight to voicemail which I know she would have had on a full charge.

“She might have got caught up with work,” I tell Taylor, trying to reassure her. Taylor nods sadly, returning to Valarian and Casey, drawing happily at the table and discussing potential baby names. Everly and Valen were still in the hospital, and I know Valen rang earlier to say he would collect Valarian after dinner to bring him to meet his sisters and mother.