Lucius sighed contentedly. The morning sun had risen hours ago, but he had nowhere to be other than right here. Next to him, the soft sleeper breaths of his first wife tickled his neck. Her red hair covered most of her face in a loose tangle. On his other side, his second wife Kalliope fiercely gripped a pillow between her thighs as well as one around her arms. According to her it provided some sort of relief from the aches of carrying a child.
Soft whimpers started in the corner of the room. A smile crept onto his face as he climbed out of bed as smoothly as he could. Rena was exhausted from the night before. Little Penelope was a voracious eater and they had yet to find a nursemaid to assist. That was if they ever did. Rena was adamant she wanted to do everything for their little bundle of joy on her own.
