Broken Hearts (Light in the Dark 5)

Thea makes her way over to us, Xael no longer on her hip. When I look over I see Xander’s parents playing with her while Xander laughs at something his dad says.

“Jacen,” Thea greets.

“She-devil,” he replies, not missing a beat.

I shake my head. “You two act like brother and sister.”

Jace glares at me with narrowed eyes. “Are you saying we’re alike?”

“Um, yeah.”

He makes a face. “I’m seriously going to have to reconsider the status of our relationship if you think that.”

My jaw drops.

“Kidding … sort of.” He laughs and I smack his arm.

“How are you feeling?” Thea asks me.

“Fucking amazing, thanks for asking, darling,” Jace replies before I can.

Thea rolls her eyes and looks at me waiting for an answer. “Much better. This little guy is treating me better lately.”

“Hey, guys!” Rae calls, breezing through the door with Cade behind her carrying a few pink wrapped gifts.

Rae joins us and Cade goes to the refrigerator, muttering something about, “needing a beer to get through this girly pink shimmer fest.”

“Get me one too,” Jace pleads.

I shake my head.

Boys.

Thea bumps my arm, getting my attention. “So,” she says as she grins, “have you guys picked a name yet?”

Jace and I have talked about names exhaustively. Naming a kid is really freaking hard. You want something unique but not weird, something you like, but isn’t used all the time.

I glance at Jace. “Want to tell them?”

He cracks open his beer and uses it to point at me. “Go ahead.”

I smile at Thea and Rae, and I notice everyone else is paying attention too.

“We’ve decided to name him Beckett Clarke Kensington.”

“Aw, I love Beckett. It’s a great name.” Thea claps her hands and does a little happy dance.

“Wait.” Rae’s brow’s furrow. “Are you hyphenating Clarke Kensington, or is Clarke actually his middle name?”

“Clarke will be his middle name,” I reply, touching my stomach.

“So many babies.” Thea claps again. “I’m telling you, Rae, you need to get to work.”

Rae looks horror stricken. “Not yet, thank you very much.”

Thea rolls her eyes and mutters to me. “Our kids will be teenagers before this one decides to have her first kid.” She tosses a thumb over her shoulder at Rae.

Rae sighs. “Trust me, it’ll be sooner than that, but