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Syar grinned. “You cheated.”
Ven nodded. “Of course. I knew you were going to do your utmost. You are far too good with Penina.”
Their daughter was sucking her fist, and she squealed and waved at the new babies.
Syar asked, “Can I get twins next time?”
“Well, I am pretty sure that one was during the cheat and the other during your heat. So, it’s your fault.” She chuckled. “Now, no more babies for two years. The house is filling fast.”
“We have nine rooms available.”
She laughed. “And three babies in under a year. Are you trying to populate the island on our own?”
He leaned toward her. “If they all have your blood in their veins, absolutely.”
Reynaldo was sitting and still staring with tears in his eyes and their little legs kicking. “Two?”
“Your parents will be out here in two weeks to meet their new grandbabies.”
He looked at her and smiled. “Two?”
She laughed. “Two. So, no leftovers.”
Syar sighed. “Dang.”
They chuckled, and hospital got the babies weighed and ready to go home. Ven was healing already.
The new nanny helped get things sorted out, and the family was all tucked in with the newborns in the room. Eliana was extremely efficient. Her focus was water, so the people were just a task she had to take care of. Luna had said she had a bad breakup and had lost interest in romance. Her loss was Ven’s gain. She was amazing with kids while not encroaching on parent attachment.
Ven fell asleep cuddled between her mates with the warm air blowing through the slats of the windows. No tension, no fear, no trepidation for the future and a whole lot of rage had simply faded away with intense exposure to light and gentle affection. She smiled against Syar’s cheek. Sometimes not so gentle affection. She had a new home while keeping her family. She, Penny, and Edgar had upgraded from calling each other cousins to brother and sisters for the ease of the kids.
Penina and her siblings had actual cousins. Ven had mates and a family of her own. The only violence in her house happened when someone tried to hurt her family. Syar was wealthy and loaded, so they would always be targets. Now that their family was expanding, so was their protection detail. It was just something else to get used to.
Ven heard the snuffling of the newborns, and she heard the sounds that warned her of an incoming yowl. Reynaldo got up and said, “I’ll bring them.”
She grinned. Syar had done the same, but she didn’t take it for granted. Reynaldo picked them up and brought them to the bed, where a sleepy Syar sat up and helped her line them up and feed them. Three sleepy adults fed the two infants, and then Ven silently celebrated the best part. Reynaldo took care of the diapers. It might turn her into a lazy mom, but in the middle of the night, she wasn’t too coordinated.
When the babies were clean, full, and soothed, everyone went back to sleep. When Penina wailed, Syar got up and took care of her, soothing her and bringing her to bed to cuddle her. When she was asleep, she was put back in her crib, and Syar thudded to the bed. “Right. We wanted them; we take care of them.”
Ven stroked his hair. “You are very wise, my king.”
He smiled sleepily and passed out.
Reynaldo wrapped his arms around her and whispered, “Sleep while you can, princess. They will be twice awake before dawn.”
“Do you have names?”
“I am still thinking. Even though I knew they were coming, I was shocked when I was holding them.”
“Give me a few more years before more show up. These nightly feedings are rough.”
He chuckled. “I think that I will eventually agree with you, but my beast wants what he wants.”
She snorted and curled up against him. “We will have a chat before your next rut.”
He chuckled and purred her into sleep.
After a few hours and some pre-dawn wailing, she got up to another day in paradise.
