Everything felt calm in the Hale mansion. And for the first time in what felt like an entire lifetime...Elara could finally breathe without feeling like something terrible was waiting around the corner.Earlier that morning, Lucian had nearly missed his own meeting because he couldn’t stop hovering around her.Even now, thinking about it made the corners of her lips lift helplessly.He had already been dressed for work, dark suit perfectly tailored, watch secured around his wrist, car waiting outside...And yet he still stood in front of her like a man physically incapable of walking away.“Baby,” he had murmured quietly while adjusting the shawl over her shoulders for the third time, “call me if you need anything.”She had laughed softly. “Lucian, I’m pregnant, not dying.”His expression had immediately darkened. “Don’t joke like that.”The seriousness in his voice had startled her enough that she blinked.Then, almost instantly, his face softened again. He leaned down, pressing an
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