Heading downstairs, I made my way towards where the laughter and conversation was taking place in the living room. Kate and my mother sat with Hale and James on the sofa, looking over the many albums mother brought.

“You didn’t bring those with you…”

Her eyes looked up to mine, and as if nothing had happened at all, she smiled and nodded her head. “Of course I did, Ivy. I have been looking forward to the moment of sharing them with your mates forever.”

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