Page 58 of Dreams Do Come True

Lyric gives a tired nod.

“Good boy. Let’s get you settled down now, okay?” As I say this, I lay him down. Pick up his little blanket and teddy and put them back in the crib. I stroke his head. “Night, Lyric,” I whisper.

I move over to River. Kean has re-swaddled him and laid him in his crib. I watch as his little eyes close, and he falls asleep.

I touch his little head.

Kean slips his arm around me. “I was worried there for a minute.”

“Handsome, children get coughs and colds, it’s part of growing up. Even shifter children get colds until their immune system is stronger,” I say, slipping my arm around him.

“I know. I guess I’m conscious of his birth in case he was injured and it hasn’t been picked up,” he confesses.

“I can guarantee Justice used his magic to check River out earlier. If there was an issue, he would have told us. Plus, there’s the fact that Lyric felt what was wrong with his brother.”

We walk out of the bedroom, leaving the door open.

“Did you know he could do that? I’m not sure it was in any of the Kitsune paperwork Justin gave us.”

I shake my head. “No. I’m glad that he can, though. Let’s check out the boys' rooms, we’ve not looked yet.”

We walk into River’s room first. It’s perfect.

“Sly and Ebby did a good job in here,” Kean says.’

“They did. This is how I would have set everything up.”

The furniture is decorated in rainbow colours. It’s cheerful, and I can imagine any child loving this room.

“We can ask Nix to decorate this room, keeping the rainbow theme going,” I suggest.

Kean nods. “We can do that. Sion said he put the baby formula, bottles, etc, in our kitchen,” Kean says.

“That was nice of him.”

As we’re talking, we walk into Lyric’s room. The furniture is blue and white and screams Lyric.

“We can get Nix to decorate in here as well. Should we have put them in their own rooms?” I ask Kean.

“Possibly. I’m sure River won’t have a problem sleeping in his room. Lyric might have a problem if he can’t see us, though.”

“How about we try tomorrow night. We can start both boys in their rooms and see what happens,” I suggest.

“Sounds like a plan,” Kean says, stepping close to me, so close that our chests are touching. “You know, I think we could both do with a shower. How about it honey?”

“Yes, always yes, but no screaming my name as I make love to you,” I tell him, grinning and slipping my arms around his neck.

“Oh, honey, I can keep silent, but can you?” he doesn’t wait for an answer, but pulls me into a passionate kiss.

I finally rip my mouth away, grab his hand and pull him back into our bedroom and then into the bathroom, closing the door behind us. I start to strip him out of his clothes, before turning the shower on, thinking my clothes out of existence and following Kean into the shower.

CHAPTER 19

I’m still feeling totally blissed out as I wake up the next morning to hear River starting to grumble. We spent a long time in the shower last night, both of us making love to each other, how we managed to put our PJs on and stumble into bed, I’ll never know. But we didn’t wake the boys, thank goodness.

I manage to untangle myself from Kean without waking him up and walk over to River. I look at Lyric, and he’s fast asleep.

I pick the baby up and smile. “Morning, River, did you have happy dreams?” I ask quietly, yawning.