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Catherine The midwife came to see Abby first thing in the morning. Abby had asked Rose and I to stay with her in case something happened or there was bad news. “All seems well, Princess,” the older woman declared after a thorough examination. “The babes are active, and their hearts sound strong. You’ve done amazingly well for traveling throughout your entire pregnancy.” Abby smiled, just barely. She still looked so tired.“Anyway, I have no worries for either you or the little ones,” the midwife, whose name was Anna, continued. “If I had to venture a guess, based on what you’ve told me and what I’ve seen here, I’d say you have about two more weeks, since twins have a tendency to come early.”Abby put her head back against the wall. “Two more weeks?” She sighed in frustration. “The longer they bake, the better they are,” Anna said, smiling. “I am prescribing you rest until they come, however,” she went on. “You’ve done enough activity for one pregnancy, and I can tell it’s been caus
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Rose Catherine ran to tell the others that we needed to leave – now. Abby was very sick, and we needed to find Grayson. While I waited for her to return, we heard a commotion outside and shouting from one of the guard towers.“Oh my gods, Rose,” Cat burst into the room. “Come with me!”I ran after her out of the building. We skidded to a stop as soon as we set foot on dirt. When I saw what the commotion was, I almost fainted. “Grayson?” It was Grayson, but he was a mess. His clothes were torn, and parts of them looked burnt. His hair was a mess and filthy, as was his face. “Rose?” He sounded terrible. “Yes?”“Help,” he said and immediately passed out, falling to the ground. “Grayson!” I yelled, running toward him. I knelt next to where he lay and started to shake him. “Grayson! Gray! Wake up!” I shook him harder. “Come on! You can’t do this! Wake up! Abby’s right inside!” I started crying. “You’re so close! Please wake up! Grayson, please!” I put my head down on his chest, sobbi
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Grayson I stared into the eyes of my beautiful wife as we lay in bed the morning after my return. I was home. I reached out to stroke her hair, and she smiled sleepily. Her hand reached out and caressed my cheek.She winced and rubbed her belly. “Your children are very active today.”I kissed her forehead. “Our children,” I said happily. She closed her eyes. “When they misbehave, they’re your children,” she smirked. I let out a good laugh and pulled her close. I put my hand on her belly and could feel the babies moving about. They *were* very active today. “Little beans,” I said to her stomach. “Give your poor mama a break.” One of them kicked my hand as if in response. The midwife came in a few minutes later and bustled about with confidence before asking, “How is everyone doing today?”Abby sat up slowly, with my help. “Better,” she answered. “Still tired, the babies are still dancing around in there, but better.” She squeezed my hand. “Anna, have you met my husband Grayson?”Sh
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Catherine Grayson was back, and Abby and the babies were healthy and beautiful. Any fear we had about losing any of them was gone. We all felt more relaxed than we had in a long time.Rose was in heaven, helping with the babies and making sure Abby was okay and healing. She loved snuggling with them both and could often be found doing just that. Abby called the twins her sunshine. Laurie said they were as sweet as honey.One afternoon, about two weeks after they were born, I found Rose holding Olivia while Abby slept. Grayson was holding Samuel, smiling brightly. He had been so wonderful since their birth, moving between the babies and Abby, making sure they all had everything they needed. He had jumped head first into being a father and seemed to be thriving, which didn’t surprise me at all.“How is the happy family?” I asked, kissing Rose.“Happy,” Rose responded. “Very happy,” Grayson said.I took Olivia from Rose and snuggled her, “Hi little bean.” Olivia regarded me seriously.
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RoseThat son of a dog stole my niece and nephew. I was going to kill him. He was going to wish he’d never been born. Gods forbid he hurts them. If there is even a single curl out of place, I will send him through all seven hells myself. We met Queen Sarah, my father, and most of Alderei’s army at the border. King Marcus saw his wife and ran to her, sweeping her off her feet into a kiss that lasted several minutes. They were both crying and touching each other’s faces as if they couldn’t believe the other was real. They pulled Cat into their hug, and the three of them held each other, crying.Papa was also crying and wrapped me, Abby, and Grayson into a hug. “You’re all home,” he said through his tears. “Finally, my children are home.”“Not all of us, Papa,” Abby said. “I know,” he said sadly. “We are going to fix that, and then I am going to spoil my grandchildren rotten.” We all chuckled at his enthusiasm. His face brightened as he looked at Grayson. “I am happy to finally call
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Abigail The next morning, we attacked the castle. Lord Patel was correct that there weren’t many men stationed inside the castle. Unfortunately, he was also correct that there were other things in the castle. “Fliers! Overhead!” I heard a soldier yell. I took aim with the other archers, Grayson and Aryk nearby. They had been placed in the back with us because they both had powerful ranged attacks. Our division took out many of the giant bats and their riders.After taking out many of their fliers, we started launching flaming arrows over the walls, and could see several more monsters inside the walls take hits.“We need to get inside, Gray,” I shouted. “I have a very bad feeling about the twins.”He nodded and signaled to Aryk. “Let’s move.”The plan was to clear out as much of the first wave as possible. While most of the king’s defenses would be distracted by the attack, several of us were going to sneak in through a tunnel in the wall meant to let out ocean water from the high
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Catherine Later that evening, Aryk asked to meet with our group. Grayson was unable to attend, as he had gone with his uncle to obtain his aunt and cousins. “I happened to be looking through the late king’s study,” he began.Thomas coughed, “Stealing things.”“I was not stealing, Thomas,” Aryk snapped. “I was gathering information.”“Please, continue,” King Marcus said.“Yes, anyway,” he glared at Thomas. “There were some interesting bits of information in amongst the king’s papers.”“Interesting how?” Abby asked cautiously. “Everything is connected,” He explained. “The sorceress that attempted to seduce Grayson in Knocklean is the same one that seduced his father – Kasdeyah, the Hell Queen.”“The one he was trying to overthrow?” Abby asked.“Yes, which is why she was so interested in Grayson. He is more powerful than his father could have ever dreamed of being.” Aryk sat back and let everyone process this information. “So it’s not over?” Rose asked quietly.“Not completely,” Ary
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Grayson Our first Withergreen in Odel was beautiful. I had never seen such colors in my life. Abby took great pleasure in showing me all of the beauty of the changing seasons, despite my argument that nothing was more beautiful than my wife. Our family had also changed. We welcomed Theodore Arthur - who we called Teddy – at the end of Sunswell. Abby had been so relieved to only have to carry one baby, she said this pregnancy was a dream. Anna came from the village to deliver Teddy, too, which was a blessing. He was perfect – 10 fingers, 10 toes, his mother’s face, but my eyes. And curls for days. He had a full head of curls the moment he arrived. I didn’t think it was possible to love as much as I loved my children and my wife. One morning, Abby came up behind me as I stood at the window watching the sunrise. She wrapped her arms around me as she laid her head against my bare back. “Are you happy, my love?” she asked, as she did every morning. I turned to face her and kiss
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