Chapter:- 104

There are many times, many occasions, where Emma finds himself heavy-limbed and lethargic after a work escapade, wanting nothing more than to curl up in bed, with Clary at her arm and Lucus cuddled close.

Much the same, there are nights where Lucus comes home after a near-traumatizing meeting or a painfully annoying customer and wishes for nothing else but to shut himself in his bedroom with Emma, to just let go of everything and enjoy himself, to revel in the pleasures of his life.

And, when you add another variable in the form of an adorable bundle of baby girls, they're both bound to be more exhausted than usual.

Lucus never knew parenthood could be so hard.

He knew it took a fair amount of work and a lot of patience to look after a child—he was practically raised by his big brother—and he'd never realized what it took to look after a child.

And it's not that he regrets anything; he promised Emma all those months ago that he would look after her and Clary, and he meant it in the sa