  &quot;If you are satisfied with the terms of the treaty then there s no need to delay in signing it. I came here with the support of my coven, and this will put an end to two decades of unrest.&quot; My father sits back in his chair across the table and smiles somewhat eerily. I think it s meant to translate to warm and kind but with his eternally stiff and frosty aura, it s not. 
  &quot;Finally, we get to know what peace is. Something I barely remember in my lifetime.&quot; Colton lays the pen on top of it and slides the document to me. I don t need to read it if he has and approved, so I quickly scrawl my name on the bottom and slide it towards Varro. It seems such a minor act for such a huge outcome. My feelings seem somewhat understated considering this is such a huge thing and I guess it hasn t sunk in yet.
  &quot;Now all the formalities are out of the way. I was hoping on some 

  &quot;Baby, we should get up.&quot; Colton rolls over in bed and drapes his arm across my abdomen lightly. Snuggling up close after one of the best night s sleep I have had in a long time. I m so relaxed it feels like I m floating in a happy cloud.
   It felt like it had been forever since we had real intimacy like this. Time alone to relax and curl up without any need to get up. Now that early morning patrols for vampires are a thing of the past, Colton has been trying to get used to sleeping late with me and adopting lazy morning routines while I m pregnant. We know they won t last after these babies arrive. A future of broken sleep and tiny demands, so we are making the most of the time we have left.
  &quot;Hmmmm.&quot; I murmur sleepily and bury my face under his chin, pressing bodily to that chiseled torso as he wraps his arms around me.  &quot;Five more minutes.&quot; I revel in

  &quot;Is everything ready?&quot; I wander into the new dining room space we cleared and created this past week in readiness for my father s first official visit. The room which used to be the medbay, although now our outhouse for the clinic is complete, we are freeing up space indoors. The village has come on a lot these past months and even though we know a move back to the valley is in the books, we still want this place to have a use. Some of our pack might want to live out here despite the Alpha and Luna returning to the main homestead. Sierra has already expressed desire to continue here with Radar now that she feels her position as Rema no longer requires her to oversee the reunited Santos.  I think in all honesty she wants to relish in her new love and honeymoon period without grossing out her son.
  I ll be sad to leave our home behind, but I know this is the start of a new cha

&quot;If you are satisfied with the terms of the treaty then there s no need to delay in signing it. I came here with the support of my coven, and this will put an end to two decades of unrest.&quot; My father sits back in his chair across the table and smiles somewhat eerily. I think it s meant to translate to warm and kind but with his eternally stiff and frosty aura, it s not. 
  &quot;Finally, we get to know what peace is. Something I barely remember in my lifetime.&quot; Colton lays the pen on top of it and slides the document to me. I don t need to read it if he has and approved, so I quickly scrawl my name on the bottom and slide it towards Varro. It seems such a minor act for such a huge outcome. My feelings seem somewhat understated considering this is such a huge thing and I guess it hasn t sunk in yet.
  &quot;Now all the formalities are out of the way. I was hoping on some time to get to know my daughter.&quot;  Varro shifts forward slightly, that pointy tooth smile that 

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