#Chapter 463 – First Night

The room is dark when I step inside, but my eyes focus immediately on Jackson sitting on the ground at Marigold’s side, both of them lit by the light of a tiny nightlight shaped like a unicorn. Jackson looks up at me and smiles when I come in, even as a little request for quiet comes down the bond between us. Because Marigold – she’s asleep, all curled up, her hair spread out all around her. “Where on earth did you get a nightlight so fast?” I whisper, grinning as I sit next to Jacks, leaning against him. His arm wraps around me, almost instinctually. “Jesse brought it,” he replies, giving me a squeeze. “He brought…most of this. I had no idea that they made so many things just for kids.” Jacks looks around, a little baffled at the array of child-sized books, blankets, toys. “Kids have the best stuff – especially girls,” I sigh. “I’m always a little jealous of all the purple and the pink and the sparkles…” “Ariel, you wear black every day,” Jackson murmurs, turning his head