Aurélie POV
“Can we have a story, Mummy… please?” Delphine’s small hands press together in a mock prayer, her wide eyes shining with the kind of innocence I can never resist.
“One story,” I concede, giving her a mock stern look. “Then bed.”
“You pick, Mummy,” she chirps as I tuck her in, smoothing the blanket up to her chin before kissing her warm forehead. Dominique slips off his own bed and pads over, joining us without hesitation.
At the Darkvale Alpha home, I’d always kept them in the same room. I didn’t want to disrupt their routine here at the lakehouse either. Eventually, I knew they would ask for separate rooms, but for now they still drew comfort from sharing a space. And if I was being honest, it eased my own nights too knowing they were together made it easier for me to che
