*Rose*

The sounds of fighting from outside of the castle are unnerving. Even though the bulk of the fighting seems to be going on on the other side of where I am located with the babies, it makes me so nervous. I want to keep looking out the window.

“It’ll be all right,” Retta says, smiling at me as she lays Trisha back in her bassinet. “All of the babies are asleep with full bellies. You should rest, too.”

I think she’s probably right, but I can’t sleep with ...