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She was light in the darkness A white dove guiding me out of the shadows

I couldn’t lose her

I had nothing left

“Yeah” I paused to catch ood”

I picked up the water bottle, unscrewed the top, and put it to o The cool liquid passed over ue

A heavy clang shook throughout the space I glanced over and saw Lev slide out fro over to us His chest heaving, he said soh, to be fair, you never really knehat to expect from Lev

“Mina and I are trying for a baby”

Sasha and I both stilled in surprise

Lev worked on re the strap fro the process one the stress it has, but I find I’ain”

Holy shit

I blinked, shaking my head in an attempt to clear it “I—”

But Sasha broke in, a deep frownhis brow “Are you sure you even want another child?” He crossed his arms over his chest and all but accused, “Was this Mina’s idea?”

Ah, hell Here we go again

Sasha had a hard tih Mina inherited h money to support herself and was now married to Lev, I didn’t think he ever really saw past the hoirl who stole his wallet when his back was turned

Lev paused in thought, then replied, “She did bring it up, yes After ree that we’re rather fortunate to have the time and money to be able to afford another raphy allows her a freedoht of Mina carrying ives me a warmth I don’t believe I’ve ever felt before”

Whoa This was huge