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 154 Tristan "Oh," she said, and I saw her mind start working. "I don't know, I mean we need time to plan everything, especially if we're doing two ceremonies, but I also don't want to wait forever." "What if we did it in four or five months?" I suggested, watching her face for her reactio
Chapter 149 Tristan The drive back to Orion's house was filled with excited chatter about the property and wedding plans. Sarah and Athena were already discussing color schemes and guest lists while Lily bounced in her seat talking about being a flower girl. I couldn't stop smiling, couldn't sto
"Good morning Aunt Athena," she sang out, climbing onto Athena's lap without asking. "Good morning Uncle Tristan." "Good morning princess," Athena said, wrapping her arms around her niece. "You're up early." "I couldn't sleep," Lily said. "I'm too excited." "Excited about what?" I asked. "About
"We will," I promised. After the doctor left, Athena and I just sat there for a moment, both of us staring at the ultrasound pictures of our babies. "Two," Athena said softly. "We're going to have two babies." "Are you happy about it?" I asked, needing to know what she was feeling. "I'm terrifie







