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Chapter 473- Awake
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I’m groggy, a few hourster, when I wake up because I honestly haven’t gotten much sleep. But still,
I’m instantly aware that I’m awake because something in my body is…different.
s my eyes crack open, I have absolutely no idea what it is, and no real interest in finding out. Because
nothing feels wrong or off…just… different…
So, I yawn and snuggle my body back against my naked mate, my spine pressed to his warm stomach.
Sinir gives a deep, sleepy little growl as he tightens his arm around me, holding me close even as
he sleeps. I smile at this, happiness sweeping through me as I think about how lovely it is to have a
mate that holds me and protects me even when he’s mostly unconscious.
And he’s so warm, and the bed is so soft, and the sheets are so smooth under my bare skin that I
almost…
Almost fall back asleep…
But then? My eyes suddenly fly open.
Because there is…there is something new within me.
As I start to put the pieces together, I am instantly, starkly awake – and so is Rafe, I realize, as I peer
through the dark over the side of the bed. My sweet baby is peering at me curiously through the ts of
his crib – almost as if he can feel it too
This new…new thing within me, a bond that wasn’t there hours ago – but which is there now, just a tiny
silver thread of something new
My hands fly to my mouth and my eyes instantly fill with tears because even though I didn’t experience
this with Rafe – my wolf wasn’t awake then, after all, to help me feel it – I suddenly know precisely what
it is.
My voice is shaky as I breathe the word, hardly daring to voice it.
“…baby – ”
Rafe burbles something, smiling at me and leaning forward, grabbing the edges of his crib, trying to pull
himself up so that he can be closer – almost like he knows it too –
And suddenly I’mughing – the sound bubbling out of me, rich with joy. “Baby!” I say again, sitting up
in a sh.
“What?” Sinir murmurs, his voice foggy with sleep, his had slipping to my waist as I spin to him,
pushing him onto his back and throwing a leg over his hips so that I’m straddling him, my hands on his
chest-
“Baby!” I shriek, thrilled, almost in pieces because of it,pletely unable to contain myself, or think
coherently, or make any sense
Sinir blinks suddenly awake, his hands tightening on my hips as he stares up at me, confused –
worried but one look at my thrilled face makes him realize that nothing is bad is going on so what…
“Dominic!” I breathe,ughing and giggling as I lean forward. “Don’t you feel it!?”
He frowns at me confused for a second – “E,” he murmurs, “what…”
But then his eyes suddenly go wide and I know, instantly, that he feels it too.
Sinir snaps to a sitting position as well, shifting me back a little so that I’m sitting in hisp, his arms
going tight around me as he stares down into my face. “Oh my god,” he murmurs, still shocked, still
feeling it out- making sure that it’s really there – ” E, it’s…”
“A baby!” I shriek, throwing my hands in the air above our heads.
“A baby,” he murmurs, his eyes suddenly flooding with tears as a mystified smile finds his lips. “Oh my
god, E, another baby – ”
And I squeal with delight as I wrap my arms around his shoulders, as he tucks his head against my
neck and takes a few shaky, happy breaths, passing all of his emotions to me along the bond
Happiness, and sudden anxiety, and joy, and pride, and a thrilled sense of fatherhood-
I put my hand on my mate’s cheek and pull his face up to mine, grinning at him with abandon and
wiping away his shocked and happy tears. “A little baby, Dominic,” I murmur, beaming into his face. “A
brand new baby!”
“The best surprise I’ve ever gotten, E,” he murmurs, staring at me like I’m a marvel as he sniffs his
tears away, stillughing a little in shock. He pulls away from me just a little bit, looking down at my
stomach almost like he will see a baby bump – though of course there’s nothing yet
Iugh again, pulling Sinir’s face back up to mine and kissing him, passing all my own joy down the
bond. Because this moment – I’ve been waiting for it my whole life. A little surprise baby, much desired
and already much loved
Sinir kisses me back with all the love in his heart, holding me close and rocking me back and forth
before he lets me go,ughing again.
“Wait,” he says, his voice eager and thrilled, “let’s check -”
“What?” I breathe, suddenly curious and a little anxious – is the baby all right? – is-
“Here,” he says, putting a steady hand on my cheek. “Close your eyes,” he murmurs, his voice excited,
if soft. I do as he says, loosing a deep breath and draping my arms lightly around his neck before I
close my eyes. I feel Sinir connect to me down our bond, and then together we turn to the little silver
bond that runs between both of us, just as Rafe’s bond does so slim, so tenuous and new
I feel Sinir move forward to it, almost as if he puts a mental finger out and strokes it, just gently –
And in a glowing rush, I suddenly know…so, so much about her.
Her bond feels a great deal like her brother’s, but also has a line of sweetness and determination within
it not that that Rafecks those traits, but there’s just more
When I open my eyes they’re filled with tears and my lower lip is trembling.
“Did you know all this?” I ask quietly,pletely overwhelmed. “When Rafe was still growing? When he
was this little?”
Slowly, Sinir nods.
“Why didn’t you tell me!?” I ask, smacking him on the shoulder andughing.
“I didn’t want you to be jealous,” he murmurs, “which you definitely would have been.”
Iugh with him, conceding the point as tears slip down my cheeks, as I look down at my t belly and
press a hand over it where she exists, where she’ll grow. “She’s already…like the start of a whole little
person in there…”
“We’re born who we are,” Sinir murmurs, “so much of our personality already intact. It makes sense
that it’d be there in the beginning.”
“Yeah,” I say, rubbing my belly absently, and then I burst into a grin again and sniff my tears back as I
lift my eyes again to my mate’s. “Plus,” I say, joy sweeping through me again, ” it’s a little girl!” I squeal
thest word, thrilled, making Sinirugh his boomingugh and pull me tight against him.
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“I know,” he whispers, falling back onto the mattress and taking me with him, turning me in his arms so
that wey side-by-side, our faces close together. “You two are going to run me ragged.”
“That’s the n,” I say, giggling with my joy, running a finger down his beautiful cheek. “Now the
numbers are even. But me and Babygirl are going to get Rafe on our side for the important votes –
don’t worry – ”
“Oh?” Sinir asks, his voice dry, an eyebrow raised. “Is this family suddenly a democracy?”
“Oh,” I say, pouting and teasing him, “did the poor King think that he was in charge? Get it out of your
head, Dominic,” I say,ughing and shoving his shoulder with my fingertips. “Me and Babygirl are in
charge now.”
“Is that what we’re calling her?”
Sinir asks, his voice soft as his eyes
shine, taking in every aspect of my face. “Babygirl Sinir?” I smile as I gaze back at him, as I feel him
connecting with the new baby again, already passing love down the tiny sliver of a bond.
I wrinkle my nose at him. “Just for now,” I whisper. “Although Princess Babygirl is very cute.”
“A Princess,” he says, his eyebrows suddenly going up as if he considers it for the first time. “Wow, a
Princess…”
“Our Princess,” I whisper, grinning at him and leaning in for a kiss –
But before I get very far, my phone on my bedstand begins to ring.
And I sit straight up
Because only one call woulde through at this time of night.
Cora.