Chapter 71

Eden’s POV

“I can’t believe it, Ara. It’s only been a few weeks since you were mated to Ethan.” She nods her head frantically, smiling. “You’re the first to know. I haven’t even told Ethan yet.” She tells me happily.

Since the attack, me and Ara have become close friends. She no longer works in the kitchen. She works with Uncle Rayne in the royal guard. He has appointed several deputies. Ara is one of them. She still works at the stables, though. She wouldn’t leave her horse’s safety to anyone else. Me and Nix help her clean the stables every day, though. It’s disgusting, but it’s something we do together. It helps remind me of how I have grown in the last month.

She and Ethan mated a day after the eclipse, and now she is telling me she has just found out she is pregnant. “My new job is great. But being a mom is the most rewarding job in the world. The most difficult too, but the most rewarding.”

“I’m on my way to tell him now. If you want to come with me.”

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