"MIDNIGHT'S MARK"
She was seven now, still young but growing so fast.
"She is going to be incredible," I said.
"She already is. Because she has you as her mother."
"And you as her father. She gets her strength from both of us."
We danced until late, celebrating everything we had survived and built together.
Later that night, Darius surprised me with a gift.
A journal. Hand-bound, beautiful, with our mate marks embossed on the cover.
"I want to write our story," he said. "Everything that happened. From the eclipse to now. So Selene knows where she came from. So future omegas know what is possible."