Have I told you you look beautiful today?” Nora blushed at Damien's words, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear.“Yes, about a hundred times already,” she teased back, waving at a woman she recognized. “The party is going much better than I expected. There's...a lot of people.”“As expected. It's a party worthy of celebration. It's not everyday a beautiful woman gives birth to four beautiful babies.”“Oh stop,” Nora blushed again, patting Damien on the arm lightly. They were dressed in matching royal blue outfits and Nora had styled her hair in a high ponytail. Two locks fell at the side of her cheeks, framing her lovely face. Speaking of her cheeks, they hurt from smiling so much and she felt like she had smiled enough that day to last a decade. They stood united, she and Damien behind the open double strollers so that guests could take a look at the babies.“Oh, they are so cute,” a pretty lady cooed at them, touching Amanda's tiny fist. “They are like little miniatures of you tw
Seyric paused for a while and then started nodding, tapping his index finger on the table. “You are right, Alpha. How come I didn't think of this? She was just so nervous and shaky that I assumed we had her caught. Now that we know she is not the culprit, are you going to let her go?”“No,” Damien replied firmly, his plan already carefully crafted out. “If we let her go, the real culprits will know that we are onto them and we don't want that. Let her remain there but find a way to send her some food in the meanwhile.”She had innocently been useful in the crime but she didn't need to suffer for it. Damien was not completely sure if his theory was right so setting her free would be rushing to conclusion.“Keep searching and continue making your findings. The culprits can't be beyond these walls and therefore not so far away from us.”“Yes, Alpha. I'll do my best,” Seyric assured him, sitting up with his hands on the table. “There's something...I didn't want to bring it to your notice
"So, that's how it happened, according to what Nora told me and the doctor confirmed it too," Damien told Seyric who was nodding his head in understanding. "My mate was poisoned by someone in the packhouse and I must find the culprits behind this whole thing."Damien had left Nora sleeping in her room, not wanting to disturb her. Also, she might not have approved of what he was planning to do."Nora does not remember the maid who served her, so it's going to be tricky," Seyric confessed. "But if we can find the maid who was on duty that day, we might find the culprit.""Summon all the maids in the palace, Seyric and I mean now. The earlier I solve this crime, the faster I can return to my beautiful mate."By evening, all maids in the packhouse were gathered in the courtyard, whispering to them noisily. Any one of them could be the culprit, Damien thought as he watched them from afar. When Seyric gave him the signal nod, he came out from where he had been hiding.There was an absolute
The babies were peacefully asleep yet Nora couldn't stop the tears running down her face. She didn't care who was watching her because only she knew what she had gone through to bring her little angels into the world. None of them had died despite the circumstances and it was a miracle indeed.“I know the doctor said we would be having twins but it looks like we are having quads,” Nora teased Damien and he shrugged easily. “More for us,” he replied and the nurse who brought the children laughed heartily. “This way, you have two and I have two. It's balanced.”Nora joined in the laughter and Damien wiped her tears away with a handkerchief. She met his eyes and he smiled back, both of them turning at the same time to look at the children. “What do you want to name them?” Damien whispered to her and she pressed her lips together in thought. “Alexander.... Antho, no, Antonio, Arabella and...Amanda,” she called out the names one after the other and then paused when she saw Damien's blan
Nora's POVI opened my eyes to see Damien looking at me with tears in his eyes. I couldn't see him properly but I knew he was the one because I could perceive his scent around me. My sight was blurred and distorted, my head filling like it was filled with cotton candy. “Nora? Holy shit, you are awake! You are awake! I can't believe this!” He stood up and moved to me, bringing his face closer to mine. The oxygen mask was blocking me from seeing him properly but I was so relieved to see him.“Are you okay? How do you feel? Any pain anywhere?” he palmed my cheek and the warmth of his skin spread over me. My throat was dry and hurt like I had swallowed sand. “I... I'm okay. You are here.”“Yes, I'm here, I'm here. I'm so sorry I left you on your own again,” he caressed my cheek, beating himself up. “I let you go through all this pain alone. Will you ever forgive me?”“Damien... it's...okay. I'm fine. Don't worry about me. How are the... children?” I didn't remember what happened next af
Damien's POV I paced outside Nora's ward, unable to sit down. The guilt I felt wore me down and my throat was sore from yelling a lot. My hair was a mess because I had been dragging my fingers through them for half an hour but I didn't care about how others saw me.The only people I cared about were just beyond the door separating me from them, fighting for their lives. Yet all I could hear in my head was: I shouldn't have left her alone, I should have taken her along with me...what have I done?I looked up to the ceiling, praying for the safety of Nora and the children. Quadruplets...shit, why did the doctor see just twins when we went for the scan? Where had the other two been hiding? Beyond that, I had let her push out four children without any professional or emotional support.If she survived—no, when Nora survived, I was going to spoil her with gifts for the rest of her life. She and the children were going to enjoy every good thing as long as I had access to it. I didn't even