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That a boy. This’ll be fun.

“We aren’t touring for long this next stint. Just a couple of days,” I murmur. “We have the on-call nanny, right?”

“Eh, I didn’t really like her,” Derek complains. It’s true, he was extra grumpy when we interviewed her. “Orion and I aren’t working during the tour, can’t we hang out with the twins while you’re performing?”

“I’m an idiot. I didn’t even think of that,” Lennon breathes, eyes wide and beginning to fill with tears. “I’ve been so busy making sure the kids are taken care of and everyone gets enough breaks…”

Hormones are fun. Her emotions have been a bit wild lately.

Standing, I move over to tilt her head back to look at me. “They’re our babies, Lavender. There’s more than enough hands to help, we don’t have to hire help if we don’t want to. You don’t need to plan for every little thing, okay?”

Brushing my lips against hers, I breathe in her lavender scent. She smells like home and perfectly mine.

“Plus, we want to,” Derek insists. “Can you teach me how to use one of those carrier thingees?”

I huff at his words in amusement after my earlier thoughts that I’d never use one.

“Yes, I can. Thank you, I don’t even know why I’m crying,” she sniffles.

“I do,” I murmur, kissing her nose before rubbing her back. “The yo-yo of emotions is totally normal. You just had twins, lack of sleep, and breastfeeding. You’re good. We’ve got you.”

Orion yawns as he leans forward on his forearms. “Wanna come nap with me? I need snuggles and some sleep, Lennon,” he says with a pout.

“How well did you shower after your fun?” Roark asks, wrinkling his nose. “Please scrub before you get in our bed.”

Derek snickers with a nod. “It was a whore’s bath,” he admits. “We’ll go shower. I don’t need a nap, and need to get some computer work in. What do you say, Little One?”

Those words used to enrage Lavender, and are now met with a soft smile.

“They should sleep in their cribs, right?” I ask, chewing on my lip. “I don’t know how transferring from that contraption works.”

Lennon struggles not to laugh because it jostles the babies. “Yes, they’re fed so they should sleep really well. It’s when the sun goes down that they tend to be awake a little more. The baby books say that newborns sleep a lot. They lied,” she says, wrinkling her nose.

O covers his mouth to keep his water from spitting out, and I raise my brow. He doesn’t usually react in humor. It looks like we’re not the only ones changed by our gorgeous girl.

Lennon

Even though I was okay with Orion and Derek going on a mission, I feel so much better having them home. There are dangers with bringing down sex traffickers, as I well know.

The second O jumped into bed with me in his joggers, all warm and snuggly, I relaxed and passed out. Now his soft lips tickle my neck as I open my eyes.

“Hey gorgeous,” he murmurs. “Your sister called us three times during our nap.”

“Is she okay?” I gasp, turning in his arms. She’s been having trouble with Mav and Atlas on the tour, and I’m about to go psycho big sister on them if they fail to pull their heads out of their asses. Or they need to let her go.

His eyes drink me in before he winces slightly. “Physically she’s fine. Roark and Turner talked to her and she needs some advice. She’s flying in tonight instead,” he says.

“It’s bad to kill your best friends, right?” I growl. “I swear Mav and Atlas are getting on my last damn nerve.”

“It is bad,” he slowly says, lips curving. “You’re so cute when you’re in big sister protective mode. It’s very sexy, Baby.”

Orion kisses me, making me moan as my fingers dive into his blond hair, pulling him closer to me.

“You didn’t answer,” I breathe against his lips. My breasts are heavy against his chest as he presses against me.

“Baby, I would burn down the world for you at your call,” he reminds me before carefully squeezing my breasts, making me whimper. I was napping for a while. The boys must have fed the twins a pumped bottle, or they have finally decided to sleep too.

“You have burned the world down for me.” I grin. “I don’t hear the kids, are they awake?”