All Chapters of WEBS OF FORBIDDEN ENTANGLEMENT: Chapter 181 - Chapter 190

That evening the lake turned gold beneath the setting sun.Warm light spilled endlessly across the water while the sky deepened into shades of amber and pale orange, painting the entire world around the cottage with quiet beauty.Tricia stood carefully on the porch wrapped in one of Raymond’s sweaters, both hands resting protectively beneath her stomach while cool evening wind brushed softly through her hair.The twins had finally calmed after spending most of the afternoon behaving like tiny professional fighters.For once, silence existed inside her body. Temporary silence. But she appreciated it anyway. Behind her, the cottage door creaked open.She smiled faintly before even turning around.“You walk too heavily for a military officer.”Raymond stepped onto the porch carrying two mugs.“I was told stealth was unnecessary in my own house.”The words slipped out naturally. My house. Yet both of them noticed it immediately.A tiny pause followed. Then Raymond looked toward her with t

The remaining fifteen minutes to the hospital felt longer than the entire past year combined.Rain had started again. Not heavy enough to blind the roads, but steady enough that headlights reflected sharply against wet pavement while wind shook violently through the dark trees lining the highway.Inside the vehicle, tension pressed against every breath.Another contraction tore through Tricia’s body hard enough to pull a broken sound from her throat before she could stop it.Raymond’s hands tightened so fiercely around the steering wheel his knuckles turned white.“We’re almost there.”The reassurance came instantly. Repeatedly. Like he was trying to convince himself more than her.Tricia leaned back against the seat breathing unevenly while pressure built relentlessly through her abdomen.Everything hurts now. Her back. Her hips. Her stomach.The twins seemed determined to arrive with maximum chaos attached.Honestly, she should have expected that from children belonging to her and R

Time lost meaning inside the operating room. Everything became light.Harsh white surgical light flooded downward from above while machines beeped steadily around them and masked voices moved calmly through procedures that felt terrifyingly ordinary to everyone except Raymond.To him, none of this felt ordinary. It felt like standing helplessly beside the edge of something capable of destroying him completely.He stood near Tricia’s head dressed in surgical scrubs, one gloved hand wrapped tightly around hers while doctors worked beyond the curtain separating the procedure from their view.Her face looked pale beneath the bright lights. Exhaustion already pulled heavily against her features.But her eyes never stopped searching for him. Every few seconds they found him again.As though confirming he was still there. Still real. Still alive beside her.Raymond squeezed her hand gently whenever that fear returned to her expression. Not because he knew what else to do. Because it was the

Morning sunlight drifted softly through the hospital windows.The storm from the previous night had disappeared completely now, leaving behind pale blue skies and golden light stretching quietly across the city beyond the glass.Inside the recovery room, peace settled gently over everything.Not perfect peace. Not silence. Because newborn babies apparently considered silence a personal insult.But peaceful anyway.Tricia lay propped carefully against the hospital pillows while exhaustion still weighed heavily through her body. Every muscle ached. Her abdomen still burned faintly from surgery. Sleep clung stubbornly to her bones.Yet none of it mattered enough to overshadow the tiny sleeping infant currently curled against her chest.Their son. Daniel Ethan.The little boy breathed softly beneath the pale blue blanket wrapped around him while one impossibly tiny hand rested near his cheek.Tricia stared at him with the same disbelief she had felt all night.How could someone so small a

Three days later, the hospital finally approved their discharge.Raymond reacted to the announcement like the military command had just handed him responsibility for transporting two highly classified nuclear devices through enemy territory.Tricia watched him from the hospital bed while suppressing laughter for nearly twenty straight minutes.“You’re panicking.”“I am preparing.”“You checked the car seats four times.”“They could loosen.”“The nurses already installed them.”“That proves nothing.”One of the nurses passing nearby laughed openly.“Captain, those seats are safer than most military vehicles.”Raymond remained completely serious.“That is deeply concerning.”The nurse shook her head while leaving the room.Tricia smiled helplessly.Sleep deprivation had only intensified Raymond’s already overprotective instincts.He now moved through every situation carrying the emotional intensity of a man personally responsible for maintaining oxygen in the atmosphere.Meanwhile Lily