Having a newborn at home wasn't easy. Especially as first-time parents, and worse, without any example of parenthood. But you and Xaden were giving it your all.

You'd been dating since Basgiath, and now, years later, you'd built your life together. A big house, and now a family.

Nox, your firstborn, had finally fallen asleep after almost two hours of nonstop crying. You were lying in bed next to him, your hair spread out on the pillow, your breast exposed, and a dirty diaper thrown on the floor.

Xaden entered silently, just like his shadows, and his gaze softened when he saw the two of you in bed. "Did he sleep?" Xaden whispered.