I’d learned a lot in Ana’s first week—about myself, about my child, and about the people within the villa. For one, my child is much easier to rear than others, if only because she sleeps frequently and her father needs very little sleep and never gets fatigued. With Cronan steepled to my side, giving both of us his full attention, I could rest easy. Talk of war had all but been silenced after our discussion the day after I’d given birth but since the brothers were always falling silent once we fell into the room, it was obvious that the discussions were still being had just in our absence. Harrowing as that was, the members of the household had taken an obvious liking to out little “potato” as Kai had witlessly described her. “She’s not a potato,” Cronan growled. Kai

