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The water was calm that morning, the sunlight spilling across its surface like liquid gold. Lance steered the boat, but his expression told me he was deep in thought. We had just passed into Moonstone territory.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The quiet should have been peaceful, but both of us were carrying too much weight for it to feel like anything other than heavy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lance broke the silence first. \u201cHe\u2019s not himself, Ellie.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t have to ask who he meant. Nolan\u2019s shadow clung to every word we spoke these days.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know,\u201d I said softly, wrapping my arms around myself. \u201cIt\u2019s like\u2026 something broke in him when he banished her. He\u2019s angry. Suspicious. It\u2019s getting worse, not better.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lance\u2019s jaw tightened. \u201cI\u2019ve seen it too. He\u2019s pushing everyone too hard. And the thing is, we need him steady right now. The pack can\u2019t afford an Alpha who\u2019s unraveling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stared at the rippling water, my chest aching. \u201cI don\u2019t know how to help him. I think part of him blames me, even if he won\u2019t say it. If I hadn\u2019t been here\u2013if the goddess hadn\u2019t tied me to him-Felicity would still be at his side, and he wouldn\u2019t be\u2026\u201d I trailed off, unable to say like this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t,\u201d Lance said sharply. His gaze locked on mine, fierce and unwavering. \u201cDon\u2019t you dare blame yourself. None of this is your fault, Ellie. Felicity made her choices. Nolan made his. Don\u2019t carry their sins on your back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The intensity of his voice made me swallow hard. Lance always had a way of cutting through my self-doubt before it could fester too deep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before I could answer, a whistle carried across the water. We both looked up to see another boat approaching from downstream. My breath caught when I recognized the tall figure at the helm-Cassian. And in the seat before him, two little bundles were bundled in soft blankets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The moment I saw them, my heart stuttered. My boys.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rae was on deck, watching for him. I could see her wave excitedly before moving to lower the anchor. Lance killed the engine and followed me out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian guided his boat alongside ours with practiced ease. I watched impatiently as he and Lance laid a plank between the boats.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I rushed across immediately, running to the boys. Cassian\u2019s grin was easy, but his eyes softened when he lifted the twins one by one into my arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve missed you,\u201d he said simply.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t answer-couldn\u2019t. My throat closed up as I held my sons close, inhaling their baby-soft scent, brushing kisses across their dark curls. They were bigger now, at least it seemed that way. It had only been a week and a half, but it felt like a lifetime.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Guilt hit me sharp and unrelenting. How many moments like this had I already missed?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re perfect,\u201d I whispered hoarsely, though my chest ached like it was breaking in half.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The hours that followed blurred into joy and ache mingled together. We laid blankets across the deck of the boat, and the twins wriggled and laughed as we tickled their bellies, their sweet giggles carrying across the water.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Lance let one of them gnaw on his thumb, pretending to wince dramatically until the baby squealed with delight. Rae joined us not long after, her laughter ringing bright as she shook a rattle back and forth with the other twin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was Cassian, though, who surprised me most. He was usually so guarded, so controlled. But with the twins, his walls fell away. He crouched beside them, making ridiculous faces until they squealed, then lifting them high into the air so they could see the sun glittering on the water.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rae\u2019s cheeks went pink whenever his hand brushed hers as they steadied the boys together, and I couldn\u2019t help but smile at the sight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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