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And somehow, it all worked.
Darian was walking—well, running—everywhere. He could levitate spoons, change the color of leaves, and make his toy phoenix chirp when he was happy (or throwing a tantrum). At two years old, he had inherited his mother’s affinity for enchantments and his father’s wolfish stubbornness.
He was their chaos and their calm. Their undoing and their everything.
Later that evening, after Darian finally passed out on a pile of enchanted stuffed animals and a lullaby spell sung softly by the walls themselves, Chelsea and Ben curled up on their porch under a soft blanket, tea steaming between them.
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