The twins were beginning to make Alex physically uncomfortable, and she soon found her favorite time of day was when the royal obligations had come to an end, she and Treyan had exhausted the day's researching resources, and she could retire to her room to put up her feet.
She just finished changing into her thin sleeping gown, the pregnancy was leaving her feeling like a walking furnace, when a knock came to the door. Assuming it was one of the palace's servants checking on her dinner plate, she bid them to enter while she tied her loose hair up into a bun.
Instead, Treyan stuck his head through the door, his eyes scanning the room for her. She stopped mid-tie when she saw him. He hadn't called on her once since the wedding, wanting to give her the space she requested so long ago. She r
