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Without a word, Tor expertly pulled Hayden out of my arms, tucked him to the side of his chest in the curve of his own arm and wrapped his other ar us into the castle

It was safe to say Tor adored his son Considering his days were filled doing prince things and s (which was to say, whatever the hell I wanted to do and what I wanted to do was be a Mo other things too), Tor had decreed in the nights, he got Hayden This, of course, also ca around (which was also a Tor edict but I didn’t quibble about that either seeing as being with my husband and son here I wanted to be anyway) but if Hayden ake, Tor was holding hi with him When Hayden needed to be put down to sleep, Tor took hied, Tor did that too

He was totally a hands-on Dad

So which I liked, like, a lot

I could definitely say that my hot husband went off-the-charts hot when he ith his son

Definitely

It was also safe to say that Tor was relieved h I had an easy one, so sickness just after we arrived back from my world, but that was it, my labor and delivery was not Tor’s happiest memory even if the end result was spectacular (what could I say? – our son was gorgeous)

Actually, it wasn’t that bad, although the labor lasted for eight hours which definitely sucked But the midwife explained that amount of ti at all (though it felt, at the ti years)

My prince, however, did not like to see me in pain and since he didn’t leave my side from start to finish, he had hours of it, just like me Furthermore, his father had lost three wives, hishi my sister and my sister did die Therefore, my cries, moans, whimpers and, eventually, shouts were pure torture to hih it, I did my best to oing through labor and having a baby without fun stuff like drugs, I wasn’t very successful in these endeavors

I didn’t like that he so clearly suffered right along with me (maybe, if it could be believed, he’d suffered more)

But still, I loved hinancy was over, that didn’t mean at his earliest opportunity after Hayden o about another atte about a nuain

When ere out of earshot and up the first four of the curving, marble stairs, I whispered, “Honey, what’s –?”

He cuthis son and holdingnews, my love”

Damn

“What’s that?” I asked and Tor didn’t answer until ere at the top of the stairs and several feet down the wide hall

There, he stopped me and curled me into his front so my son, my prince and me were all in a close huddle

This, norreat At the troubled look in Tor’s beautiful blue eyes, I didn’t feel great

I lifted a hand and rested it on the wall of his hard chest just as I slid my other arm around his waist in a successful effort to make our huddle closer

“Frey Drakkar and Apollo Ulfr of Lunwyn and King Lahn of Korwahk are all here,” he told me and I blinked