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“Don’t—”

“Ulric Pierre-Oidhche Black,” she cutthere

“What … is he a prince? Why does he need four names?” I asked her

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sp; “Because it sounds cool, right?” She looked to my father, as halfway to the moon

“She’s the s Ulric “Listen to her”

Thea looked up to ht the moment she’d said it out loud “Ulric Pierre-Oidhche Black, it is”

“In honor of the little prince, and everyone looking so dapper, let’s take a picture It is a new year, after all,” Selene said, taking out her phone

“We should see if a nurse can take the photo—” Ben said, but Selene just shook her head Reaching into her coat and she pulled out what she needed

“What are selfie sticks for if not for group selfies?” she replied

“On three, everyone say, 'Oidhche'”

Both roaned

THEA

“U with his left hand resting on Ulric’s tiny bed foot It was just the three of us again Everyone else left once the snow fall got heavier By the time they called us to let us know they were home, the snow had come down even heavier The doctors told us to stay until the blizzard was over We were fine but the cold weather and the road conditions on top of it still beginning new year’s, it was just safer I wasn’t going to risk it with lunatics driving or the black ice

I’m such a mom