Before Damon even took his post on the porch and the silence settled over the house, Leela and Ginny had already retreated upstairs.
They didn't separate. There was an unspoken agreement between them that tonight, walls and separate rooms were simply not welcome.
They carried the sleeping twins into the Alpha suite. Leela laid Caspian down gently in the center of the bed, Ginny tucked Briar in beside him. The babies sighed in synchronized harmony, their chubby limbs tangling together until they became a single, warm heap of soft flannel.
Instead of leaving, they climbed onto the bed. They curled inward, creating a living barricade around the twins..
"Do you remember the map?" Ginny whispered, her voice breaking the quiet. She was staring up at the ceiling, her hand resting over the fir
