MasukAnd 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 198 Tristan She smiled through her tears. "You've given me everything I never knew I needed, Tristan. A home where I can be myself completely. A love that makes me stronger instead of weaker. A partnership where I'm valued and respected and cherished. And now, our babies..." her voice br
Chapter 195 "Better than a princess," Leah corrected. "You look like a bride who's so in love and so happy that you're glowing from the inside out." "And pregnant with your first babies," Sarah added, smiling through her own tears. "Which makes it even more beautiful." I turned slowly, watching t
Chapter 191 Tristan I smiled against her stomach before continuing my journey downward, kissing her hip bones, the inside of her thighs. When I finally put my mouth on her, she cried out, her back arching off the bed. I took my time there too, tasting her, learning what made her writhe and beg.
The two packs mingled freely, the ceremony having strengthened the bonds more between our communities. But I only had eyes for Athena, for my mate, for the woman I would love for the rest of this life and every life after. "How do you feel?" I asked, keeping her close as people hugged us and offer







