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\u201cSarah had Lily and Liam close together,\u201d I pointed out. \u201cShe\u2019ll be able to give us advice on\u00a0<\/p>\n
managing two little ones.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll help however I can,\u201d Sarah called from the kitchen. \u201cFair warning though, twins are going to\u00a0<\/p>\n
be harder than two kids with a year or two between them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks for the encouragement,\u201d Athena called back but she was smiling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dinner was amazing and we spent the whole meal talking about baby names and whether we\u00a0<\/p>\n
wanted to know the genders ahead of time or be surprised, Lily had strong opinions about names\u00a0<\/p>\n
and insisted that if there was a girl she should be named Princess.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll take that under consideration,\u201d Athena told her diplomatically.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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After dinner, after the kids were in bed, the four of us adults sat in the living room with coffee\u00a0<\/p>\n
and tea.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to talk about something,\u201d Orion said, his tone becoming more serious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is it?\u201d I asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSecurity,\u201d he said. \u201cWith the twins coming and both families living on that property, we need to\u00a0<\/p>\n
make sure it\u2019s as secure as possible.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAgreed,\u201d I said. \u201cI\u2019ve already been thinking about that, we need a good security system, maybe\u00a0<\/p>\n
some guards, definitely cameras.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we need to be smart about who we trust,\u201d Orion added. \u201cAfter what happened with\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seraphine and then the attack, we can\u2019t be too careful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about Kiara?\u201d Sarah asked. \u201cShe helped save us but Derek doesn\u2019t trust her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDerek has his reasons for not trusting people,\u201d said carefully. \u201cBut, I think his reasons are\u00a0<\/p>\n
different this time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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20:01 Tue, Jan 20 3 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ve seen the way they both act towards each other and I know there really was something there, something that none of us knows.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we don\u2019t cut her out, we\u2019ll just try to find a way for them to co exist. Or give him a reason to trust her, so it won\u2019t be like we\u2019re overlooking his feelings.\u201d Athena said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly,\u201d Orion confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We talked strategy for a while, discussing security measures and protocols, planning how we\u2019d keep our families safe once we were all living on the property together.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eventually the conversation wound down and Athena was clearly exhausted, I could see it in the way she was leaning more heavily against me and the way her eyes kept drifting closed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBed,\u201d I said firmly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fine,\u201d she protested but she yawned right after saying it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re exhausted and you\u2019re carrying two babies,\u201d I said. \u201cDoctor said you need rest so that\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
what you\u2019re getting.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I helped her up and we said goodnight to Orion and Sarah, heading upstairs to our room, I helped her change into comfortable clothes and get settled in bed, then climbed in beside her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cToday was a lot,\u201d she said, curling up against my side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was,\u201d I agreed. \u201cGood though.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cVery good,\u201d she said. \u201cOverwhelming but good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I placed my hand on her stomach again, marveling at the fact that there were two lives growing\u00a0<\/p>\n
in there, two babies who would be part me and part her, who would grow up on the land our parents\u00a0<\/p>\n
had chosen, who would have Lily and Liam as cousins and best friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI love you,\u201d I said. \u201cAll three of you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe love you too,\u201d she murmured, already half asleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I lay there long after she\u2019d fallen asleep, my hand on her stomach, thinking about everything\u00a0<\/p>\n
that had happened and everything that was coming, we were getting married, having twins, building\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
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20:02 Tue, Jan 20 GW.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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a life on land that meant everything to our families,\u00a0<\/p>\n
14%2\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was perfect and terrifying and I couldn\u2019t wait for it all to unfold, couldn\u2019t wait to see what our\u00a0<\/p>\n
future held.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For now though, I was content to hold my fiancee, to feel the warmth of her body against mine,\u00a0<\/p>\n
to know that she and our babies were safe and healthy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everything else would fall into place, I had to believe that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We\u2019d been through too much, fought too hard, to have it all fall apart now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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