Aurélie POV
“Wake up!”
My eyes snap open just as the bed jolts beneath me, bouncing with the force of two tiny bodies pouncing around. A laugh slips out of me before I can stop it.
“Come here, you little rascals,” I growl playfully, reaching under the duvet as my two children shriek and scramble to hide from my tickling hands.
The Claw their absolute favorite game.
Even before I touch them, they’re giggling uncontrollably, anticipation winding them up tighter than a spring. Delphine especially; sometimes all she needed was the sight of my hand curling into the shape of the Claw to burst into hysterical laughter. She loved the buildup more than the tickling.
“No, Mummy, no!” Dominique gasps between peals of laughter as I dig my fingers gently along his ribs.
“Run, Delphine! I’ll prot
