Chapter 145. Carmen and Jasper

“Baby, we should get up.” Colton rolls over in bed and drapes his arm across my abdomen lightly. Snuggling up close after one of the best night’s sleep I have had in a long time. I’m so relaxed it feels like I’m floating on a happy cloud.

It felt like it had been forever since we had real intimacy like this. Time alone to relax and curl up without any need to get up. Now that early morning patrols for vampires are a thing of the past, Colton has been trying to get used to sleeping late with me and adopting lazy morning routines while I’m pregnant. We know they won’t last after these babies arrive. We are making the most of the time we have left in a future of broken sleep and tiny demands.

“Hmmm,” I murmur sleepily and bury my face under his chin, pressing bodily to that chiseled torso as he wraps his arms around me. “Five more minutes.” I revel in his warmth and close my eyes to doze back off.

The sun has been up a while, and the daily noises of Lycan life outside