" Now I quite enjoy hearing you call me beloved in your own language." Amara kisses him, and he smooths his thumb against her cheek. "Sometimes, I think about when our child is older, when we won't be able to be like this anymore, because we will have to pretend, even in the house, that I'm nothing to you. And when that happens, you can still tell me you love me every time you say my name. "

― Elodie Harper , The House with the Golden Door (Wolf Den Trilogy, #2)