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As we slowly drifted off to sleep after Roman had filled me in on our ancestry and how our lives had always been intertwined, I couldn’t help but say a little thank you to fate for bringing him into my life. Even with everything Grudge had put me through, I found that I didn’t regret a single bit of my life, as it had brought me full circle to a man who loved me like I was the very breath he needed to live.

He'd also fulfilled my silent wish for a large family. I’d gone from two children to two bonus children, and I knew that if he found others who needed us, he’d make sure that they found their way into our homes or at least into the Queens Wraiths.

Life over the next few years wouldn’t be boring, that’s for sure.