Royal sat with on the edge of the bed as Famke finished reading a bedtime story to a very sleepy yet contented Precious. He’d noticed since they’d gotten on the plane, Famke had not been quite herself and while the lazy man in him wanted to simply chalk it up to biology, he knew something was up. He suspected his mother’s behavior in the morning was the culprit. He was bracing himself for yet another hard conversation. However, as he watched her tending to the child, they were going to raise together he couldn’t help the swelling in his heart. She was an incredible mother. She was natural and intuitive and fiercer than any mama bear he’d ever encountered. She would gladly sacrifice everything of herself if it meant this child received what she needed. As she sat brushing the hair off the

