LOGINAnd 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
Chapter 92 Athena's POV I stood in front of the mirror - while Tristan was having his shower - looking at my reflection, my face looked bright and my cheeks were popped out. I looked happy and I was. Of course I was, Tristan had been wonderful. God. And sex? It was fantastic, we made love
I looked at him like he'd grown a second head. The audacity of the question after everything that had happened between us was almost laughable. "This is as far as your grace can carry you, Tristan. Let's just say what we need to say so you can leave." "Why?" The single word came out sharp and dema
Chapter 87 "Ath," he whispered, my name falling from his lips like a secret meant only for my ears. His fingers traced along my cheekbone with such tenderness that I couldn't help but release a soft, shaky breath. The simple touch sent tiny sparks dancing across my skin and through my veins.
Chapter 80 Athena POV The sight before me broke my heart in ways I didn't know were possible. Tristan was staring at me like I had just shattered his entire world, like everything he thought he knew about me had been a lie. His eyes never left mine, boring into me with an intensity that made my c







