Was she his soulmate?
Otherwise, how could he explain any of this? Why, out of countless choices, had he felt such a strong urge to hire a human teacher for a kindergarten meant for supernatural children, when he could have hired powerful, experienced supernatural beings? Why had none of them ever felt right, while she had felt right from the very first moment?
And that job flyer… it had not been meant only for her. It could have reached anyone. Yet somehow, impossibly, it had found its way to Alina. Not another human. Not another soul. Just her.
He remembered how his instincts had reacted when he first saw her application, how something inside him had gone quiet, decisive, before his mind had even caught up. He remembered how easily he had trusted her with the children, especially Sable and Lucien, without ever questioning that decision. How natural it had felt to imagine her presence beside him, in his world, long before he had allowed himself to acknowledge it.
