Afterward, both of them decided to head back to Aurelian's room, where the other two were still sleeping, and turned in for the night as well.
And just like that, a few days passed. Aurelian spent that time with Seraphine and the triplets, enjoying a break that had become surprisingly rare over the past several months.
The pressure of the frontier felt distant here, and even though he knew the calm wouldn't last forever, he let himself enjoy it while he could before he had to go back.
Mornings were spent with his parents, going over matters connected to the Arcturus family and catching up on things he had missed while he was away.
The rest of each day shifted naturally between Seraphine and the triplets. Sometimes they stayed inside the estate, talking over tea or dinner, and other times they walked the outer terraces overlooking the family ship lanes while transport craft and patrol vessels moved steadily through the sky in the distance.
