Sitting on Whiro's desk with the light on low, I flipped open the next journal. Glancing up, most were now asleep. Dante read on one of the gold lounge chairs and Avianna read on another. The last awake was us three. Glancing across at my mate, I watched as she slept and cuddled up with Sophie, given both their mates seemed to have a case of insomnia tonight. It took a minute to get used to how close everyone here was, but now I couldn't be happier. Chelsea had craved a family, and now she had one, and it looked like she was finally opening up to the idea of it too. The wall of resistance had gone. Glancing across, her mother and father were cuddled up asleep too. She finally had what she wanted and so did I. I just hadn't known it.
The news of our engagement as we came back had been cel
