MasukWhen the twins finally went down for the night, I joined them on the couch. Rae nudged Cassian with her shoulder. “You Moonstone men are all the same,” she said. “Broody, mysterious, heroic in a way that makes me suspicious.”Cassian chuckled. “And yet you seem to like us anyway.”She smirked. “Mayb
Ellie POVThe leaves were beginning to change colors, and the morning air carried a pleasant chill. It was fal,l and the twins seemed to love it. I took them for walks whenever I could, letting them nap in the stroller under the filtered sunlight while I breathed in pine and damp earth.It had been
Maybe it had been the stress of trying to deny the pull between them that had made him the way he was with her?He didn’t know what to do with that realization. Sympathy wasn’t something he’d ever had to practice with Nolan.He poured another drink and stared at the water, but it did nothing to dull
Third person POVLance hadn’t been able to sit still since the call.The sun had sunk low, casting long shadows across the desk of the ship. He paced the length of the room, running a hand through his hair, then stopping abruptly only to start again.Nolan’s words echoed like a pulse in his mind—ste
And I knew exactly who could help me start that process.I picked up the phone, pressing the familiar buttons, and waited. The line clicked once before Lance’s voice, groggy but sharp, came through.“Nolan? What is it?”“It’s time we talked,” I said, keeping my voice steady despite the tension coili
Nolan POVThe house was quiet. Too quiet.I sat behind my desk, papers in neat piles I didn’t plan to read just yet. I hadn’t touched a single one since the morning, my mind elsewhere.The usual rhythm of the pack, the meetings, the schedules—they all felt distant, irrelevant.Cassian had checked in







