ログインAnd then it was just us. Our family. I picked up Arianna while Tristan got Adrian, and we carried them upstairs to their nursery. The room had been redecorated twice as they'd grown—first to accommodate their crawling, then again when they started pulling up on furniture. Now it was a mix of cribs
Chapter 214 Athena I looked at Adrian in my arms, then at Arianna in Tristan's. They'd grown so much—both walking now (well, Arianna walked, Adrian preferred to crawl at high speed). Both babbling constantly in their own twin language that we couldn't quite decipher. Both showing more personality
Chapter 213 Athena The backyard was full of chaos—the beautiful, loud, messy kind of chaos that came from having a joint first birthday party for twins. I stood on the back porch, watching the scene unfold before me with a smile that felt permanently fixed on my face. Colorful balloons bobbed
Chapter 212 "Mama's sorry," I soothed, bouncing her gently. "But we need to figure this out before you touch any more plants, okay?" "Can I see?" Lily asked, pushing past the adults to get closer to the plant. "Wow, it's so pretty! And it smells good too." She was right. The plant was giving off
Chapter 211 Athena "The plant," I said, knowing I wasn't making sense but unable to form coherent thoughts. "The dying plant in the living room. She touched it. Tristan, she touched it and it came back to life." Silence. All three men just stared at me. "What?" Orion finally asked. "The plant
Chapter 210 Athena Six months. Six months since Adrian and Arianna had come home from the NICU, and I still sometimes woke up in the middle of the night to check that they were breathing. The monitors helped, their steady beeping had become the soundtrack of our lives, but the fear never comple
When he hands me my sandwich, our fingers brush, and I feel that electric shock again. It's so intense I actually jerk my hand back, nearly dropping the food. Tristan notices immediately, his brow furrowing with concern, but he doesn't say anything. Just gives me that same gentle, worried look that
Chapter 16 My tongue first landed on his shaft and I let it linger as I dragged it around the tip. He let out a grunt that sent chills down my core, vibrating with every movement he made. I was so damn wet that I could feel my juice pouring uncontrollably onto the floor. I'd never been this turned
The kiss is everything I've dreamed it would be – soft at first, tentative, like he's afraid I might disappear. But when I respond, when I press closer to him and thread my fingers through his dark hair, he deepens it. This kiss is different from the one we shared five years ago. That one had been
Chapter 21 I know the chances of running into Daxon again are slim, he's an ocean away, probably already moved on to his next victim. But I want to be prepared, mentally and physically, for whatever comes next. I want to be strong enough to protect myself, to never again be at the mercy of someone







