Chapter 416
Chapter 416-Awake E
I’m up very early the next morning, my mind instantly on poor Sarah, poor Jessica, somewhere in the
pce, probably worried about what on earth ising next.
I slowly pull my body from its warm ce at Sinir’s side, grimacing as I try not to disturb him as
much as I can – he’s so cute, my big tough Alpha, all vulnerable and sleeping and
“Just go, E,” he murmurs, his eyes still shut. Iugh a little, softly –
Because of course he felt me go every sense is attuned to me, to my safety. his
“All right, Dominic,” I murmur, leaning in to press a very soft kiss to his mouth. “But you stay asleep.”
“Noo problem,” he whispers, and then turns over as I roll to my side of the bed and quickly stand up. I
give him a little nce over my shoulder – admiring the tanned muscles of his back for just a second –
before leaning down to pick up my little baby.
Rafe is, as he usually is, awake and quiet, waiting for me toe and get him as I always do.
“Lovely little baby,” I murmur to him, nudging him with my nose as I take him over to his changing table
to get him started for his day. “How did I get so lucky as to have such a good boy? Not even crying in
the morning, so his mama can rest.”
Rafe gives a happy little squeal that makes meugh, but it also makes me nce over my shoulder at
my mate- because I don’t want to wake him. But Sinir stays still, his shoulders moving gently with his
soft breathing. Good – I want him to get his rest.
I change Rafe as quickly as I can and then take him into our gigantic closet to feed him while I pick out
my clothes for the day. When Rafe’s finished eating I’m about to put him into his car seat so that I can
take a shower, but a dark shadow falls over me.
“Give him here,” Sinir murmurs, and I turn to smile at him as I hand the baby over.
“How did you know?” I ask, curious.
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“Baby told me,” Sinir says, smirking down at Rafe.
“What!?”
“Down the bond,” Sinir rifies, leaning close to give me a kiss on the cheek. “He didn’t want to go
in the car seat. He called for me.”
“Clever baby,” I say, a little awed as I peer at my son, who burbles happily up at his dad. “That’s
amazing.”
“He just wants to be held,” Sinir says, giving a little shrug. “When you go to put him down, he calls
for me instead of crying, like a human baby would. Not that amazing – just a… different way of letting
his parents know what he wants and needs.” Then he heads back to the bed with the baby, probably to
check his phone and rx, while I take my shower and get dressed. When Ie out, Sinir passes
Rafe back to me and then gets ready himself and I dress the baby.
The result of this early morning is that we’re the first ones in the sunny breakfast room in which we’ll be
meeting Sarah and Jessica. I tab my fingers on the table, staring at the door, before Sinir ces a
passive hand on mine, making me stop.
“You’re not going to hurry them by worrying about it,” he murmurs, looking down at his phone, where
he’s fielding about a thousand messages from the hundreds of ventures he’s started working on since
our return from the bunker.
I scowl, knowing that he’s right, but hating it anyway. So rather than sit still, I take Rafe from the table to
a small living area on the far side of the room and spread out a little nket for us so that we can have
a little y time before everyone else arrives.
Iugh for nearly half an hour straight as I y with my little boy, marveling at him. He’s just…already
gotten so big, I can’t believe it. And he’s so bright, and sweet, and cheerful – god, I can barely believe
that he’s mine. He’s fulfilled every wish I ever had about a mom – and beyond that, has allowed me to
ess a level of love and joy that I honestly didn’t know I was capable of.
“Sweet baby prince,” I murmur to him, leaning over to blow a raspberry on his little belly. “Do you know
how cute you are!? And how much we love you!?”
Rafe gives a little squeal of affirmation and I feel a pulse down our bond – a little happy joy from his
heart to mine.
“Oh my goodness,” I murmur,ying down on the floor next to him, bringing my face close to his and
letting him reach out his little pudgy hands to touch my cheeks and my nose. As he does, I smile so
hard it hurts. “Little baby Rafe,” I murmur, kissing his hands. “You are everything to me.”
“I don’t know about this,” a voice above me says, and I jump a little and thenugh when I see Sinir
standing above us, his arms crossed over his chest in mock anger. “I don’t know if I like the idea of this
little guy stealing my best girl’s heart.”
Iugh harder, sitting up.
“Seriously,” Sinir says, leaning over and pretending to talk to Rafe alone now, who just giggles up at
him. ” You’d better knock it off, kid – it used to be me she talked to that way -”
“Don’t be jealous,” I sigh, taking Sinir’s hand and tugging him down so that he sits on the floor next
to us. “I can love you both.”
“Yeah well,” he murmurs, bringing his face close to mine and then dropping his head slightly so that he
can run his lips over the skin of my neck. “Just make sure you always keep me at the top of your list of
men you love, all right?”
“Oh, sure,” I say, rolling my eyes. And we’ll see how well you do at that once you have a daughter to
steal your heart.”
“I’ll just pretend she’s a boy.”
Iugh now, both at his words and the soft tickly feeling of his lips on my skin. “Oh sure,” I say,
sarcastic, “you’d just love that. A little girl trapsing around with Rafe and Cora’s son, getting into all the
messes that boys do? There’s no part of you that would overreact to her being in any kind of danger as
she yed boys’ sports, participated in boys’ activities, learning how to fight and be an Alpha.”
“If she’s your daughter? She can handle it.”
“No, Dominic,” I say, soft now, pulling my head back a little to look into his face. “Your daughter would
be strong enough to handle that, to handle anything. You’d make her strong, like you do me and Rafe.”
I see the way he melts a little then, the way his eyes go soft as he looks at me, truly hears my words.
“Trouble,” he growls, lifting hand to my cheek and resting his forehead against mine, ” you’re the heart
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And then my mate presses his lips to mine, and our little baby gives a happy giggle, and I swear that
my heart…will probably explode with happiness at any moment.
But before it can, we both hear the door open.
“Is…anyone here?” It’s Cora’s voice.
“Here!” I call after I break our kiss and take a second to clear my choked throat. I raise a hand and
waive it so that Cora can see me.
Sinir takes the opportunity to kiss me again, just briefly, as Cora, Roger, and Henrye over to us
at the far side of the room. And then we both smile up at our family as theye into view.
“Why am I not surprised that you’re doing something bizarre?” Roger asks, frowning at us a little and
putting his hands on his hips.
“What?” I ask, confused.
“You have an entire mahogany table with velvet-lined chairs,” Cora exins, waiving at the room, “as
well as a full breakfast buffet set out. And yet the two of you are over here, sitting on the floor and
making out?”
Iugh and roll my eyes at my sister, getting to my knees and then lifting Rafe into my arms. “You have
no sense of fun, Cora,” I chide. Sinir stands and puts out a hand to me, helping me to my feet.
“I have plenty of sense of fun -” she protests, crossing her arms. “I just like a cup of coffee first.”
“Well,” I say, gesturing towards the full pot of coffee waiting hot on the buffet, “help yourself, sister
mine!”
“Um,” a soundes from the door, and we all turn towards it. Sarah and Jessica are standing there,
hand-in- hand, a guard in ck standing behind them. “I’m so sorry – are we… interrupting?”
I blush a little – god, I’m supposed to be a queen, and this is the picture we’re presenting? Laying on
the floor and bickering over who is more fun, the queen or the duchess?
“Please,” I say, hurrying across the room to stand in front of Sarah and Jessica, who I note are clean,
and wearing fresh new clothes, and looking rested and happy. Or at least, happier than they did
yesterday. “Won’t youe in and have some breakfast? We’re so excited to see you.”
I give them my best smile as they ept my invitation into the room, but as they move to fill their tes
with some breakfast something in my stomach sinks a little. Because I’ve been having what is frankly a
wonderful morning…but I know that things are about to get very, very dark.