AMBER POV
-three years later-
The lakeside was buzzing with laughter, tiny feet kicking up grass and sand as my four pups ran wild with their cousins. The air smelled of grilled food, fresh pine, and that distinct, comforting scent of home. The sky was clear, the lake shimmering under the summer sun, and the decorations—blue, silver, and white, because my boys had declared those their pack colors - fluttered in the light breeze.
It was the quadruplets’ third birthday, and to no one’s surprise, they were treating the whole event like a competition rather than a party.
Kyle and Keegan were currently locked in a dramatic race down the shore, their little legs pumping furiously as Kendrick and Kingsley cheered them on. Not to be outdone, Victoria’s twins, Leo and Levi, were waddling af
