This idea came from rianne . vdw (sorry your username is typed that way, but the document wouldn't let me save it) and it made me realize that I wrote all the Schreave's children's births except for Kaden's.


Photo #18: A Baby's Warmth

Eadlyn knows that Kaden was one of the quiet kids around the palace. He never bothered her nor irritated her to the point where she wanted to rip out all her hair. In fact, he was like that towards everyone. Ever since Kaden was born, he was a beacon of relaxation for almost everyone in the palace.

Eadlyn looks at the next picture and it shows her and Ahren years back, holding baby Kaden. She was the one holding the swaddles and Ahren looked over her shoulder from her side, peeking into the swaddle.

Eadlyn wraps her arms around herself, craving the warmth she had at that moment to rid her from the chills going up and down her body.

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Eadlyn and Ahren are escorted into a room in the hospital wing of the castle by a nurse after sitting outside for almost two hours. The twins walk as if they're on eggshells as they enter the room, not wanting to make a single sound. They see their mother sleeping on her hospital bed and their father standing beside her, rocking from side-to-side with their new baby brother in his arms.

"I thought babies cried when they were born," Ahren says.

"Don't give Kaden any ideas," Maxon says, giving a mock frown to his eldest son. Ahren grins.

"Is that his name?" Eadlyn asks.

"Yes, love." Maxon smiles brightly at his newborn son. "I hope this one's quiet because you two weren't, Kile wasn't, and neither is Josie."

Eadlyn and Ahren look up at the father who gives them a small smile. Maxon leans down to give the twins a better look at baby Kaden. He was a little pudgy baby, who shockingly wasn't asleep, but nestling in his swaddles - as if he's trying to get more comfortable in the already-soft cotton sheets.

"You can hold him," Maxon says, gently giving the baby to Eadlyn. "I want to take a picture for your mother."

Eadlyn holds Kaden, scared that he might cry from the change of arms, but the baby remains quiet. Ahren peeks over and Eadlyn slowly turns her body so Ahren can get a better view of the baby. Ahren carefully lifts back a corner of the swaddle and baby Kaden gives a soft smile.

"Daddy, he's smiling!" Eadlyn exclaims softly.

Seeing the newborn baby's smile makes Eadlyn feel warm and comforted. The little baby isn't aware of who she is, yet it still trusts her and feels protected in her arms. Eadlyn and Ahren mimic the smile in return as Maxon snaps a photo of his three kids.

"My turn to hold him," Ahren says.

"Careful," Maxon says as he heads over to his twins and helps them pass the baby. "You need to support the head since the baby cannot do that on it's own just yet."

From her bed, America wakes up and hears her family with the baby. She keeps her eyes closed, but smiles to herself, enjoying the sounds.


Damn, I have a lot of Kaden chapters. I have one for Ahren that will be out soon and I just thought of another one.

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