Page 124 of Wickedly Yours

We’d been talking about them for weeks but hadn’t settled on anything yet. Part of me felt like we wouldn’t end up deciding on any until we met them. At one ultrasound in the human world, we’d found out the genders of the babies, though Luna had known we were having one of each from the beginning.

“A few. Maybe Estelle for the girl. It means star.” I brushed a strand of hair off her face.

“I really like Orion for the boy. Or maybe Xander. Though Xaden is cute, too.”

“Hm. Not Zain the II?” I asked, smirking.

She scrunched up her nose, tilting her head up to look at me. “You have a big enough head without us naming our son after you.”

I laughed. “Fine. What about Iliana or Elena?”

“Hmm. I don’t know. I’m not feeling it.” She patted her belly. “Neither is she.”

I rolled my eyes, covering the other side of her bump with my hand. “We’ll know when they get here, right?”

“Hopefully. We can’t call them baby boy and baby girl forever.” She laughed. Little feet kicked at my hand as if in agreement with their mom.

Maybe they just liked hearing the sound of her laughter as much as I did.

I could have stayed there like that for hours, just holding my wife, our fingers interlocked over the miracles we’d created.

“Zain?” Luna whispered the words, nudging at me with her elbow.

“Mm?”

“I love you.”

I rested my head against the crook of her neck, inhaling her sweet smell. That floral citrus with just a hint of sugar. Like no matter how long it had been since she left the kitchen, she always smelled a bit like the bakery.

“I love you too, Moonbeam.”

My little ray of light. No matter what, I knew that with her by my side, I’d make it through anything life threw at us.

She winced slightly. “Also… I think my water just broke.”

“Are you sure?” My eyes widened.

“I’d like to retain some dignity because if not, I definitely just peed myself, and that’s embarrassing.Gods.”

I sat up, the reality of the situation sinking in. “You’re in labor.”

“Yeah. I’ve been having small contractions all day, but they were pretty far apart, so I didn’t want to worry you?—”

She looked so small. So breakable, even as she cupped her stomach. Blew out a breath through her mouth.

“Fuck. Okay.” I was terrified of something happening to her. “I’ll go grab the healer,” I said, already ready to teleport back to the palace.

She was on standby, but I should have been more prepared. What had I been thinking, bringing her here when she was so close to delivering?

“Wait.” Luna grabbed my hand, squeezing lightly. “Can you help me into bed first? And I think I’d like to change.” She wrinkled her nose at the damp spot between her legs. “Maybe take a shower. It’ll probably be a while till I’m in active labor, anyway.”

I nodded, holding her hand and helping her to our bedroom. And when the contractions got worse, coming evencloser together, I didn’t stop holding her hand—even when I thought she was going to break mine.

Orion Zayden was the first to enter this world, fifteen minutes before his sister, Raelynn Elena—the newest prince and princess of the demon realm.

“Your mom is a warrior,” I whispered to the two sleeping babies, wrapped up in blankets as I held them both in my lap.

They were so beautiful. It was amazing to think that just an hour ago, they’d both been inside of her and now they were in the world, fully formed beings.

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