Ireland is beautiful. I’m told it remains beautiful all year long. Moving to Dublin had been a big adjustment for me and a rough one, with me being pregnant and all. Thankfully, I didn’t have to go through any of it alone. Liam had been a great help, Chase too. Now that my Aunt Lillian and my Mother Ava were gone, the members of the Celtic Coven seemed to be more at ease and dare I say it, happier. Most seemed to approve of my desire to create separate governing for each supernatural species in our area. I may have been destined to be the Queen of the coven and the leader of the Guardians but ruling over all of the supernatural beings in Ireland was too big of a task for me alone. Of course, I hadn’t been named the Queen yet. Much like a coronation the coven holds a formal ceremony called an Ascension Ceremony, where Liam and I were to be crowned the King and Queen of the Coven. The coven had never had a King before, only Queens, but I made it part of my demands th
“Are you ready?” Liam asked as I stared at myself in the mirror on the wall. Nothing cute had fit me anymore. Instead, I had to wear this. This casual, moo-moo type of dress that made me look completely figureless with the exception of the huge bulge that was my stomach.“I’m about as ready as I’m going to get I guess.”He crossed the room to me and said, “You look beautiful as always.”“You have to say that. You married me.”I was teasing, but at the same time I wasn’t. I felt hideous, but he was annoyed by my statement regardless.“It would still be true, even if I had no choice but to say it.”There was a small knock on the door prompting Liam to cross the room, pausing before he opened it.“Who is it?”The answering voice belonged to Chase. I caught myself rolling my eyes before Liam opened the door.“Come on in.”
Rebecca and her team had worked quickly to get Treasa’s nursery set up in the room directly beside the room I shared with Liam. We had already had part of the wall cut out and a door installed in anticipation of her arrival. This way she would be a few footsteps away and Liam and I could still have privacy when we needed it. Chase being her Godfather, was assigned the room directly across from the nursery, to the right of our room. Speaking of Chase, I was surprised that he wasn’t here with us anymore.“Where did Chase run off to?”Not looking at me, but instead making goo-goo eyes at Treasa, Liam said, “I think he required some alone time.”“Is he okay?”His sigh told me that what he was about to say, he didn’t want to.“You’ve been working really hard at pushing him away. He’s depressed, and he is a bit weakened by not being able to share in the magic from our binding.”
Liam’s phone woke me, vibrating repeatedly on his bedside table.“Who in the hell is blowing your phone up at this time of night?” I shoved my hands into Liam’s shoulder to wake him up. “Liam get up.”After a couple harder shakes, he mumbled, “Hmm? What?”Ugh, really. How was he able to sleep through that?“Your phone. Someone has been calling you non-stop.”I miss the days when he didn’t sleep. Now that he was no longer full vampire, he needed to sleep but not as much as me. He could survive off two hours, every couple of days. The bed shook as he rolled over on the mattress to grab his phone from the table.“It’s James.”James is a warlock from my coven. During Lillian’s reign he had protested her rule and her way of doing things, he even called her out on a few of her lies. As a consequence, he had to flee to the states because there ha
I locked the door to my bedroom and made a call to Rebecca, to let her know that I would be in my room until Jax arrived. Jax could act as my buffer until Liam got back. I just hope it doesn’t take too much longer for him to get here. It’s already been well over the flight time, when you take the time difference into consideration. I already have all the formula I need for today thanks to Amelia providing it for me from the nearest hospital, so we shouldn’t need anything outside of this room for now.It was times like this that I wished we had a television in our bedroom. Being stuck in here with nothing to do is making me anxious and it allows my brain to keep going over what had happened with Chase. He seems to want more from me than I can give.You mean more than you’re willing to give.My inner monologue can be such a bitch sometimes. After another hour of staring at the ceiling I heard Treasa begin to stir again.“M
I left Jaxon standing in my bedroom as I raced down to meet the men carrying Chase, the panic causing my skin to burn and my blood to rush to my head.“What happened?”It was the familiar face of Grady who answered. “It was Seamus and Ronald’s men. They attacked headquarters. I don’t know what happened to Chase, he couldn’t even hold a sword. Chase made no move against them, but they attacked him anyway. He has a pretty bad wound on his back.”“Jesus, these people do not know who they are messing with. Let’s get him up to his room and then you can go back and make sure no one else is gravely injured. I have protection here. Jax is visiting.”Grady and Brent helped me get Chase up to his room and stretched him across his bed on his stomach. I ran to my room to let Jax know where I was and asked him to lock himself in the room with Treasa until I was done. When I returned to Chase’s room, I s
“Where are we going Jax?”I assumed we would be staying on the property. Had I known that we would be actually leaving, I would have dressed in something else.“We’re going to Headquarters to get some training in. That should help you to not beat the shit out of Liam and Chase.”That’s why he was my best friend. Jax knew what I needed to keep me sane. Nothing helped relieve pent up anger and frustration like kicking ass or beating on shit.“I love you, Jax.”He just smiled at my admission. I knew I was not the only reason he was going to Headquarters, but he hadn’t intended to go until later in the evening. He also wanted to see Guinivere.“I’m glad you found the woman for you, Jax. It will be nice to see you settled down and happy.”“Funny thing is, I always thought that if I ever settled down it would be with you. I had myself convinced for the longest tim
The meadow looked even more beautiful as the darkness of the night fell around us. The slight glow that the moon had cast on the ground beneath us gave the flowers an almost iridescent glow. It was nice to just sit still for a moment, to just be us. No worries about rebels or the ascension. No Chase to worry about. It was just me and Liam.“Why can’t it just stay this way?”His arms wrapped ever so gently around me, tightening just enough to let me know that he had been wondering the same exact thing.“I wish I knew.”I turned so that I was facing him and allowed my body to rest against his, laying my head against his chest. There was nothing else to say. Both of us were hurting. The best we could do was stick it out and see where this new road took us and pray that we made it through it, relationship intact. But in that moment, I was just his. His and his alone.“Liam?”“Yea?”&ld
I woke up in my bed, sandwiched between two men softly snoring in my ears, with their arms on either side of me. Careful not to wake either of them, I gently moved their arms one at a time so I could scoot myself down the mattress, to get to the bathroom. I needed to shower so I could relieve Jax from baby duty. Once I gathered my clothes from the closet, I went to claim the shower. I couldn’t believe the turn of events last night. I never thought I would enjoy the sight of two men making out before, but oddly enough, it kinda turned me on.Neither of them had a preference for the same sex, their preference was me, but this level of magic that we are dealing with has a plan for us, We just don’t know what that plan is yet. At least I hope there is a reason for this particular turn of events because I’m still not sure that I can handle having two men to tend to. It will undoubtedly be fun, but a lot of work at the same time.A lot of work? Work of th