Trinity The house is too quiet in that hour before dawn. Not peaceful quiet. Watchful quiet. The kind where every creak of the floorboards sounds louder and every shift of the wind feels intentional. Even the pack feels distant, their usual hum of connection muted. I lie on my side, facing Tristan, my hand resting lightly over my belly, tracing slow circles the way I do when I can't sleep. Our daughter is calm tonight. Me... not so much. Aya stretches beneath my ribs, languid but alert, brushing against my thoughts like a metronome keeping time. There is no panic in her. Only attention. And somehow, that unsettles me more. "You should sleep," she murmurs. "I'm trying." My frustration leaks into the words. I close my eyes and focus on Tristan instead. Steady, strong, amd mine. Moonlight slips through the curtains, washing pale silver across his face and softening the sharp planes of him. He looks younger like this. Less burdened. Just my mate. My fingers dri
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