Fractured: Shadows Landing (The Townsends #6)

Rowan Townsend was the quiet Townsend, which was saying a lot considering there were nine Townsend siblings in total. He was also the one who caused his mother the most trouble at night. He didn’t mean to. He just couldn’t fall asleep at bedtime.

“Are you excited for your seventh birthday tomorrow?” his mother asked from where she sat by the roaring fire in their Upstate New York house.

Rowan stepped from where he was hiding behind the couch. Everyone else was asleep except for his mother, who was sitting by the fire sewing and mending clothes for all the Townsends.

“How did you know I was there?” Rowan asked, sitting on the floor beside her sewing basket. The fire was warm at his back as he watched his mother’s nimble fingers work the needle.