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
"I can't believe we're really here," Athena said, turning in a slow circle to take everything in. "This is ours. Our house." "Our home," I corrected, wrapping my arms around her from behind and resting my chin on her shoulder. "Where we're going to build our life together." The movers had delivere
"Every single day if you want," Athena promised, and I could see tears forming in her eyes again. Damn hormones. "Athena," Sarah said gently, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Are you crying because Lily wants to visit the babies?" "She's just so sweet!" Athena wailed, which made Lily giggle and hu
Chapter 193 "I do," she said, smiling at me through her tears. "With my whole heart and soul. With everything I am. I accept this blessing from the Moon Goddess, this second chance at true love, and I promise to honor it every day for the rest of my life." "Then by the power vested in me as Alpha
Tristan's own eyes were wet now, tears sliding down his cheeks as he held me. "You rejected him at the altar because of those messages?" "I rejected him because you reminded me of my strength," I sobbed uncontrollably, gripping his shirt like a lifeline. "Because you saw something in me that I'd







