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“Which one is Big Daddy?” I ask almost tentatively.
“George,” Alex and Topher say at once.
I nod. “Is that… doable?”
“Yes,” Topher says with a nod. “I’m going to call a pack meeting for tomorrow then, and brief the pack so they know.”
“I’ll liaison with the teams and get them set up on a rotation for the next month.”
“Sounds like a plan,” I say softly. “Thank you.”
“Do you feel safer now?” Alex asks, and I nod firmly. “Then it’s all worth it, little butterfly.”
“Ilove you,” Seb murmurs against my lips, our breath intertwining, as he clutches me closer to him. The sparks are flying, flutters raging in my stomach, but I know with certainty that his words are true.
“I love you, too,” I whisper back before pressing my lips to his properly.
Phoebe whines, and I move off of Seb’s lap to grab her from the cot.
“Hi, pretty girl,” I murmur, bending down to rub my nose against hers. “Why aren’t you sleeping?”
She whines again, her little face scrunching up. I freeze, thinking she’s going to shift, but she doesn’t. She just turns her head and looks over at the window.
“Want to look?” I don’t wait for the answer that I know isn’t going to come and instead walk her over to stand in front of it so she can have a little look. “I know it’s dark, but can you see the moon?”
“I can see something better than the moon,” Seb says, and I grin, turning to look at him.
“I’m sure you can.”
“Me hold her?” Seb demands. He’s tried to frame it as if he’s asking, but his intent is very clear when he’s sitting with his arms out. I laugh.
“I need to go to the bathroom and get ready for bed, so you can have her for a little bit,” I say, and his eyes flash bright green as he launches forward to take her from my arms. He’s obsessed with my daughter in the same way that I am. It’s everything. “But you really need to learn how to share.”
“You’re her mum,” Seb says, cradling Phoebe so gently. He takes a deep inhale of her scent, his eyes pulsing even brighter as he looks at me. “But I’m her dad.”
“One of them,” I relent. I squeeze his shoulder as I walk through to the bathroom to get myself ready for bed.
I try to rush through my shower, even though I know she’ll be perfectly happy with Seb, just so that I’m not leaving him to do bedtime all on his own.
I change into my pyjamas and brush my teeth before rejoining them both. My eyes widen at the nearly dark room and the tiny baby asleep in her cot.
“Sh,” Seb says, and I nod, padding over to the bed. “Come lie with me.”
“Did she go down okay?” I whisper as he tugs the blankets back for me. He nods, and rather than make me crawl over him, he lifts me from the hip and places me down on the bed.
“She went down fine. I did a bum change and just rested my hand on her chest once I laid her down. She was asleep in minutes.”
“Oh, amazing.” I turn and cuddle into his chest, and he laces his fingers through mine. We lay there in silence for a little while, the soft thud of his heart soothing, as my eyes flutter closed.
Usually at this point, I’d be asleep, but something is keeping me up.
“You seem…”
“I seem?” I ask, my eyes flying open.
“Wound up.”
“Wound up?” I echo his words, my tone confused, unlike his.
