the youth of the nation

She smiled at his words, her brood would put her accomplishments to shame. For a few long moments the siblings sat is silence, Belle enjoyed the warmth Rosemary provided as he lay curled around her light frame. Her babies snored quietly at her stomach, they were all much better than she expected about settling down and sleeping. She tried to sleep when they did, and it was proving a restorative habit.

Rosemary did eventually answer her question, not offering much more detail than that there were a few to catch his eye. She wondered what kind of women caught her brother’s eye. She chuckled softly at him and kissed his cheek affectionately. ”So ambitious, I think you’d kill Lucretia if you planned them like that.” A smile played on her dark features as she leaned back from him again so she could seek out his gorgeous gaze. Not many in their generation took to marriage, but still Belle entertained the idea.

She wanted to ask him to make sure he’d brought his girls back to Ashen before he started getting them pregnant, but she had no real wish to stifle him. For all she knew he was planning them much better than their brother and his ladies would just start appearing at the border.