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“Of course, I’m excited,” he says. “Why wouldn’t I be?”

“Well,”—I shrug—“I’ve heard some men get a bit worried at the idea of having more than one at the same time.”

He hugs me tightly to him. “In truth, I would be happy with even more.”

“You would?”

“Yes.” He smiles. “I love you, my amira. And the idea of having kits that are half you and half me… I cannot be any happier than I am right now.”

“I feel the same.”

He lifts me into his arms and starts for the bed. “What are you doing?”

“Breakfast can wait,” he murmurs, brushing his lips to mine. “I need you.”

A soft knock at the door stops him in his tracks. Still holding me in his arms, he turns toward it and calls out. “Who is it?”

“It’s your grandmother,” she says through the door. “Rowan just told us the news.”

The door opens and Ren’s entire family, except for Rielle, is waiting in the hallway, with Rowan standing in front of them.

Ren purses his lips. “You were supposed to keep it a secret.”

“I know.” Rowan grins sheepishly. “But it just sort of slipped out.”

I laugh. “Is that so?”

Rowan nods and Ren’s family walks into the room, gathering around us in excitement, offering their congratulations.

Ren sets me on my feet, but he keeps his arm looped possessively around my waist, tugging me close to his side as everyone takes turns embracing us warmly.

Once, I dreamed of freedom beyond a tower’s stone walls—of a name, a past, a place where I truly belonged. I never imagined that dream would lead me here—to love, to family, to the life I never dared hope for.

I still haven’t fully regained all my memories. Some remain lost. But I’ve found something even more powerful: the truth of who I am, not in what I once was, but in who I chose to become.

As his family chatters happily around us, Ren places his palm over the slight swell of my abdomen and nuzzles my temple. “You are my heart, Rapunzel.”

A smile crests my lips even as tears sting my eyes. “And you are mine, Ren.”

In this perfect moment, with my charming Fox Prince at my side, I know I am finally home.