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alright, Jericho. You don’t have to say anything,” she laughed lightly at me.
     “I was just dying to tell someone. Kiran thinks it might be best to keep the entire
     pregnancy quiet, especially now that we know we’re having twins. It’s just that you
     and I used to be so close, and I know I can trust you. I probably shouldn’t have said
     anything, I just-“
    “Eden, seriously, stop.” I smiled up at her as she stood over me. I didn’t make a
     move to join her, in fact my arm tightened around Olivia and I adjusted her a little
     so that she was draped even further over my body. She was probably going to be pissed
     when she woke up. I was pretty sure falling asleep had been an accident. We played
     game after game, tangling our thumbs together and laughing at stupid things. Eventually
     her head had dropped to the back of the couch and her eyes slowly closed. I drifted
     off too then and while we were both out we’d become connected. I woke up when Eden
     stepped in to check on Ophelia, but I hadn’t found the willpower to move Liv off me
     just yet. “I’m really happy for you. And of course, I won’t tell anyone. I’m glad
     you still think of us as… friends.”
    Eden’s entire expression turned emotionally serious, “Of course, Jericho.”
    “You’re going to be a great mom, E,” I confessed before I could think about it. She
     was right, at one time we were really good friends and it was stupid that our relationship
     had to suffer just because she’d given in to her destiny.
    A tear slipped from the corner of her eye and she blushed bright red. This was the
     Eden I knew and remembered, not the regal queen she had turned into, but the emotional,
     unpredictable girl just trying to figure her life out.
    “Thank you,” she whispered. She swiped at the tear, seeming embarrassed by her loss
     of control. After a moment, she pulled herself together and said, “Avalon’s coming
     home in a few days. He wants to get Mimi back here, and safe. I think he’s staying
     this time. For good.”
    “He wouldn’t leave Mimi behind. I know that,” I sighed. “Good for him.” Avalon belonged
     here, especially since he was so newly married. Hunting down the sick bastard that
     was trying to rip our Kingdom apart was no way to spend his honeymoon. Besides, he’d
     spent enough of his life on a similar mission. He deserved rest. He deserved happiness.
    Not to mention the Kingdom was restless and insecure with the news of Terletov and
     his terrorist attacks spreading rapidly throughout the people. They needed to see
     all their Kings and Queens on their Thrones, safe and secure.
    “That’s how I feel,” Eden nodded. She looked up at me with those huge black eyes and
     I instinctively knew what she was asking; good thing it was a decision I had made
     weeks ago.
    “I’ve already decided to go. I’ve been dying to get back out there ever since your
     bastard brother ordered me here.”
    “And you’ll be alright leaving?” She glanced over at O whose eyes were still flashing
     rapidly behind her closed lids.
    “I’m not doing anything productive anyway. I’d rather have the chance to hunt down
     Terletov and force a cure from him than sit here helplessly and watch her die.” The
     pure honesty behind my words churned my stomach at the powerlessness I felt here trapped
     in the Citadel.   I was a soldier, a warrior . I belonged on the front lines of battle making tangible changes for the good of
     this Kingdom.
    I was not a nurse.
    Or even a very good friend.
    “I was hoping you would say that,” Eden said sadly. “Especially since I can’t do anything
     about it this time around.”
    I laughed a little at her feistiness. “I thought we decided when you tried to take
     down Lucan that you weren’t exactly the go-into-battle type?”
    “Shut up!” she squealed. “I rebuilt the Resistance with my bare hands! I took down
     the Monarchy single-handedly!”
    “You know it’s funny how