Theodore Nott has always believed protection meant standing in front of the people he loves. Then time fractures, and he sees a future where the woman he loves is bleeding out on their kitchen floor—while their child watches from the doorway. In every version of the vision, his last words to her are the same: I told you I’d handle it. Now Theo must decide whether shielding her from the truth will save her… or be the very thing that gets her killed.