Zader POV
It was 4 in the morning, and I was laying awake staring at the ceiling.
Enslee and I had gone to dinner after our talk about having kids, and I had felt so sorry for her. To imagine the pain she must have been in since we started living together about her reservations of having children. She was too afraid to bring it up in case it hurt my feelings or upset me.
I was learning a lot about my little mate, including her tendency to care about others more than herself. And I knew there would likely be more conversations like this in the future. The type where she hid her true feelings about something to spare mine, and I would have to reassure her that it was all okay.
That was fine by me. I never ever wanted her to think she was a burden, and if a simple reassurance was what
