-Anastasia- While my heat had been the most intense experience of my entire life, there wasn’t much time to think about it before the others wanted to leave. They barely even let me process the fact that I was pregnant before we were all in the car and on the way back to our lives. Yet, I sensed a serene energy among them all, and as we drove, Lukas actually sat in the car, talking to Bruce while Quinn had me on his lap and Gabriel beside me. Obviously, I knew why they needed to go back. Not only did they have lives that needed them, and the prince was still officially missing. But since I was pregnant now, they were being overprotective and didn’t want to risk my safety out in the woods where any rogue or vampire could show up. I did feel nervous about returning, but there was no stopp

