Evelyn POV
Thaddeus’ magic is still in my system and hasn’t subsided, yet I manage to sleep only to be awoken by a tiny body, climbing over me and sitting half on me and half on her father. Opening my eyes, I find Mara has climbed out of her bed; I don’t remember Orion coming back, but it is obvious he has because here she is, trying to pry her father’s eyelids open with her tiny fingers. Thaddeus rolls at her actions.
Mara jumps up and down, her bottom hits my hip as she excitedly tries to wake him. “Dad, shower, shower,” she squeals, prying his eyelid open and gazing into his eyeball.
He smiles, half asleep. “Ask momma, darling,” he tells her as she continues forcing his lids open.
I laugh as she then rolls over me, doing the same to Ryland, trying to wake him, but he is snoring lo
