  &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

  I wake up to the gnawing and strange aching sensation travelling across my belly and try to turn over to relieve whatever it is. Struggling now my bump is fully formed and weighing me down while Colton s arm across me isn t helping any. The room is completely dark and silent, so it must still be the middle of the night and his even, peaceful breathing signals he s out cold. 
  I maneuver his forearm up over my boobs and manage to roll sideways away from him, so my butt is jutted against his groin to stop my stomach hanging over the edge of the mattress and get frustrated at my inability to move around like a normal human anymore. 
  I have reached that stage where I m just begging them to come out quickly because I can t take much more of this endless beached whale sensation. It has limited any kind of movement and being independent. I feel like my days consist of peeing multiple times

  &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 his warmth and close my eyes in a bid to doze back off.
  The sun has been up a while and the dail

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