96 Chapter 96

96 Chapter 96

Seraphina’s POV 1

The morning sun streamed through the office windows as I settled into Damien’s chair-our chair, I reminded myself. It still felt strange sitting behind this massive mahogany desk, surrounded by the scent of

leather and his cologne that lingered in the room even though he’d been gone for two days.

*Miss you already,* I sent through our mindlink, testing the connection as I shuffled through the stack of

reports waiting for my attention.

His response came back warm and immediate. *Miss you too, beautiful. How’s our little one treating you this

morning?*

I smiled, unconsciously placing my hand over my still-flat stomach. *Better today. Actually managed to keep

breakfast down.*

*Good. I love you both.*

The connection faded, leaving me with that familiar mixture of comfort and longing. At least the mindlink

was working perfectly. I could feel him there, like a warm presence in the back of my mind, even when we

weren’t actively communicating.

A knock on the door interrupted my thoughts. “Come in,” I called out, straightening my shoulders and trying

to project the confidence of someone who belonged in this chair.

Marcus entered, carrying a tablet and wearing his usual serious expression.

“Luna, the morning patrol reports are ready for your review,” he said, his gruff voice softer than usual.

chair across

probably would have just plopped down without thinking

patrols go?”

said, then seemed to catch himself. “But your

the patrol routes every six hours instead of twelve

they wouldn’t be able to predict our

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felt a little thrill of

his weathered face earnest. “Luna, I have to say-in thirty years of

a lot of leaders.

Marcus left, I sat

to Damien,

course they do,* came his immediate response, and I could feel his pride through the bond.

knew you’d be perfect at

wrapped around me like a hug. *How are things on

Starting to think they really did scatter after

into a dead zone

careful. I

am. Love you

the third day, I was starting to feel like I actually knew what I was doing.

supply

without a single argument or confused

to resist the urge to immediately share the praise

another communication dead zone, had

strange after two days of constant

I tried sending, but got only empty

my stomach, but I pushed it

played havoc with both radio signals and mindlink connections.

normal.

Perfectly normal.

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