For several months, nothing particularly dramatic happened.
Dean considered that one of the greater achievements of their family.
Nobody was kidnapped.
No ancient creature woke beneath the forest, and no succession crisis appeared despite Otto publicly announcing his retirement.
The pregnancy remained uncomplicated once the first months passed, and Dean gradually stopped feeling personally attacked by food.
Coffee returned first.
Not in the quantities he preferred, because Seven had opinions about caffeine and apparently enjoyed having the authority to enforce them, but enough that mornings stopped feeling like a punishment.
Roasted meat became tolerable again.
Cloves remained banned from Dean's immediate surroundings.
By spring, the move into the main palace was largely complete.
