Okay, so, yeah, Daddy play is going to be a hardno, for sure.
Parxon sadly sighs as he holds her. “Mazbushka, nothing will ever keep me from you again, now that I’ve found you. And you will have the other ring.”
“Why can’t we bring Zuzu, too?” Eilidh asks. “We can take care of him. Please help me talk him into it.”
“I doubt he would leave.” Parxon clasps his hands together. “Unlike me, he still has a chance of finding true love here in this world, because I never marked him.”
“He could probably find love in ours, too,” Garrett says. “It’s a big world. Lots of people. Dating apps.”
“Yes, but it’s doubtful he could birth a child of his own, andthatis his heart’s desire and always has been. Ever since we were children. He needs an Alpha of our kind to do that. I have never marked him, so he can still find another Alpha. With me declared legally dead here, Zeuzehn will ascend to the ruling class and have the ability to find a suitable mate of his choosing. Or, at the very least, he can live comfortably and independently.
“My leaving must not cast shadows on his reputation and possibly have people thinking he killed me. Especially since Serxon supposedly died in an ‘accident.’ I will send Zeu traveling, and make sure he is away from the estate, with plenty of witnesses to attest that he is gone, and I am alive, and then I will stage a fiery accident.”
Parxon’s got a good heart, thank fates. I was honestly worried we’d find out he was a shitty asshole. Like his brother. And that I’d have to kill him to protect Eilidh.
“Should we destroy the stone circle once you’re in our world for good?” Garrett asks.
“No!” Eilidh yells, silencing us all with her vehemence. “How will I see Zuzu if we can’t get to him?”
Amber closes her eyes and we wait until she opens them. “No. Definitely can’t destroy it. We’ll need it again. For more than just visits.”
“Why?” Parxon asks.
“I can’t see exactly who yet, but we’ll need to send someone over here for their safety. Not one of us,” she adds. “It’s vitally important they be able to cross and get to Zeuzehn. And Eilidh needs to be able to visit with Zeuzehn.”
If we can’t convince Zuzu to move across with us, scratch my plan to send in bulldozers once I own all the land around here, and then sayoopsies, and pay whatever considerable fine would be levied against me by some government antiquities agency. Or, at the very least, to shift the stones off their moorings enough to permanently deactivate the ring.
There’s a knock at the front door, silencing all of us. Garrett herds the rest of us upstairs, and he and I listen at the top of the stairwell while Parxon answers the door.
A moment later, Parxon appears at the base of the stairs. “It’s safe,” he calls up. “It’s only Zeuzehn back from the market.”
We all return to the kitchen. The omega smiles when he sees me. “It worked. How have you enjoyed your first view of sunlight since forever, my son?”
My heart does an uncomfortable summersault at his expression. “It was incredible, thank you. I will never take it for granted again.”
His smile turns bashful. In another life, another universe, before meeting my Eilidh, I would be sorely tempted to make him mine. He reminds me so much of my Robert, it takes my breath away.
You would think after such a life long-lived that I wouldn’t be able to remember individual faces, but you’d be wrong.
That face is imprinted on my soul forever, the way my children’s faces are imprinted there.
The love never dies.
Ever.
Parxon rests his hands on the omega’s shoulders. “We will send them back tonight, but this means it is finally time for us to put our plans in place.”
Zeuzehn sadly smiles. “I understand. I will miss you, dear friend.” He looks at Eilidh. “But at least myMazbushkahas returned. Promise to come visit.”
“I will.”
Parxon gently squeezes the omega’s shoulders. “We can bring you with us. You can live with us. We’ll care for you for the rest of your life, and you will have no worries.”
“While I would love to see more of that world, you know my heart. Perhaps you can bring me to visit. I will leave notes for you, friend, the way we used to.” He covers Parxon’s hands with his. “You have a chance to go on and find new love in that world. You have much time to make up with Eilidh. You have been more than kind to me throughout the years, but we both know where my future happiness lays, and it must behere, if it is to be at all. Perhaps if I grow too lonely and have no success and miss all of you, I will change my mind. For now, I do wish to try.”
“I can’t believeIof all people am saying this,” Garrett grumbles, “but there’s more to life than having pups.Babies, I mean.”
Amber snickers and hugs him.
