NovelEnglish"Okay, you two... whose ready for a bath-" James stepped into the room with a stack of towels in his hand, and as his eyes latched onto mine, he froze in his step. The only sound was Castor laughing and clapping her hands at the reaction before her. "Hey, James." "You're awake," he mumbled as he glanced from the twins to me, and then back to the twins. "How-" "Do you really wanna know how, or are you going to givea kiss?" He didn't waste a second before he was across the room, pullinginto his arms, pressing his lips to mine in a slow, deep, passionate kiss. To me, it was only yesterday I had kissed him, but to them... it had been much longer. Pulling away, I smiled softly, wincing at the pain in my side. "How long have I been out?" "It's been a year, Ivy," he whispered, his eyes falling to my lap as he seemed to try and hold back the tears. "No one thought you would wake up... but I didn't give up. I couldn't." Running my hand over the side of his cheek, I kissed him again with a smile.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Well, why don't I surprise the others?" Furrowing his brow, he smiled at me. "What do you mean?" "Handmy children, and I will show you," I laughed.
"Oh, shit... sorry, sweetie," he said, jumping to his feet and striding towards the twins. They were both eager at this point to get out, and were trying their hardest to escape him as approached the bed.
As their sweet faces ccloser, they crawled onto the bed. Their arms wrapped aroundas they snuggled into my chest, laying their heads against my breasts. They had missedjust as much as I missed them, and as the tears streamed down my cheeks, I thought of the others.
'I'm home.' I said through the link, causing James to smile.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIt didn't take but a second before I heard the thundering footsteps of the men racing up the stairs, heading down the hallway straight for me. My door burst open as Talon, Hale and Damian stood before me.
The twins had smiles upon their faces that brightened my own, and as they rushed to me, kissing the side of my head while they held me, I couldn't stop staring at Damian.
The last tI had seen him, he died in front of me.
Loki had slit his throat, and his body laid lifeless upon the ground. A sob left my throat as my red-rimmed eyes, filled with more tears, stared at him. "You're alive." Never once had I really ever seen Damian show so much emotion as he did in those two seconds after my words left his lips. He nodded his head in silence as he approached me. Almost as if he was waiting forto disappear again. "Ivy-" he whispered. "I'm so sorry." "For what?" I laughed through my tears. "It wasn't your fault." "All of this is my fault. I should have done things differently from the beginning, but for so long, I kept you at arm's length and didn't realize what I had until it was too late." Looking to Hale and Talon, they moved over so I could get to Damian. He cclose, sitting on the edge of the bed so I could wrap my arm's around him the best ly could with the twins still stuck to me. You don't have to apologize to me. I'm your mate forever and always. I love you, no matter what." It was a touching moment for us, and having them all back made my heart swell with happiness. The tticked on as the men toldabout everything that had happened since I was asleep, including the twins' first birthday I wasn't present for "We didn't do anything big for them," James said softly. "Maybe we can, now that you're awake." The guys all looked at each other in approval before looking at me. I
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