CAMILLA'S POV

I had experienced many terrifying things in my life, but none quite as terrifying as waking up to my daughter lying on top of me with her face dangerously close to mine. For a second, my heart skipped a beat and I thought something terrible had happened but it turned out, it was just a very overactive and over excited child who smiled up at me the moment she noticed that I was awake.

“Is this your way of trying to send me to an early grave?” I teased and she giggled. Her eyes were alight with pure mischief as she buried her face into my shoulders. With everything that had been going on, this was the first time in a while I had seen my child so happy like this and I wanted it to last.

I was going to do everything humanly possible to make sure that she remained this happy for as long as I lived. It was my duty as her mother and it was what she deserved. She had grown up so fast, the least I could do was to ensure that she got the best of what was left of her childhood.

“Where's daddy?” she asked and I looked around noting that Ryker wasn't in the room. He had been there before I fell asleep but he must have left shortly after.

I dragged myself out of bed, taking Audrey with me because she just wouldn't let me go. Aurora was still asleep and I was torn against leaving her there and actually taking her with me. On one hand, she could sleep as long as she wanted but on the other, I didn't want her to wake up and I wasn't here.

“shell be fine, mummy,” Audrey whispered in my ears. She sounded a bit impatient. “I want to see daddy and I want to see aunt Christine.”

I winced at the mention of Christine. “I don't know if your aunt is awake right now and ready to see visitors.”

Audrey snorted. “Yes, she is. Daddy is with her right now. She's very happy."

“How do you-" I caught myself in the middle of my question. How did Audrey know anything? She definitely saw it and I had gotten to that point where I didn't even bother asking anymore. If she says she saw it, then she did. She has never been wrong before and I doubted she was. going to start now.

I just lifted her a little higher so she could wrap her legs around my waist and I could carry her to Christine's room. She made no move to get down from my hold and instead wrapped her arms around my neck tighter on the way. I felt a bit weird about leaving Aurora alone so I asked one of the maids to keep an eye on her for me.

looked at Christine who was sat up in bed and holding her children. There were tears in her eyes as she spoke animatedly and I knew without the shadow of a doubt that she loved those babies with everything in her. Even Audrey

Audrey needed before she all but leaped out of my hold and rushed

tiny, smaller than Rory was,” she commented and I couldn't help but smile. “Why

should have,” Juan explained gently. “When

she understood the complexity of the situation but she nodded

she lifted her hand and stroked their full tufts of hair. Her eyes were wide and she had a small smile on her face.Many paragraphs

she added. “I don't know their names. I tried to find out in my dream but I

her dream, they just glanced at each other. There was silence for a full minute as they seemed to communicate with

his name is

Ryker stiffen beside me. “Christine, that

know what you did but you're the reason

was clear that what they had done affected him so much. He tried to speak but the words wouldnt come out and

you,” he said finally. “It is an honor that I greatly appreciate and I do not take for

want to leave, she was completely enraptured by the little children and it took a lot of convincing on our end to even pull her out of the

that it just felt empty without them. I couldn't help but smile when I thought about a few years down the line when their children would be old enough to sit at the table. It made every awkward second pass by a little better. S~ᴇaʀᴄh

sleep then the real business started. The battle was over and everything had been cleaned up but that didn’t mean everything was

in and there were murmurs of agreement. “Lives were at risk today, not just ours, the people as well. What happened today can never repeat itself

was silence before one of the elders spoke. “But, if

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