Moving farther into the room, I placed Aurora and Tabitha down on the soft floor, and they immediately crawled off toward a mat that had blocks and other little puzzles and toys.
“Aw, damn,” I breathed, before sighing when strong arms came around me and I slumped back against Len.
“It’s a lot,” he said, minty breath hitting my senses.
I swallowed roughly. “I’m just not even sure what to do with all my emotions. It’s going to take some getting used to.”
“For me too,” he said with a brush of his lips against my skin. “But first, we eat.”
My stomach rumbled in agreement.
We turned to find Simone and Lucien at the table, watching Aurora and Tabitha, who were working together on a puzzle. I wouldn’t have been remotely surprised to wander over there and find they’d solved world hunger or some shit. They were most definitely the powerful, change the world types.
We took our seats, and a second later Angel and Reece strolled into the room, looking very regal. Damon was in their arms, and the moment he caught sight of the girls he disappeared from his mother’s arms and reappeared beside Aurora and Tabby. The three spent a few seconds hugging and babbling away, before they settled back into their puzzle.
“Well, that’s a bit freaking cute!” Angel exclaimed as she took the seat beside me. “We’re so lucky that our babies will grow up together.”
“You are,” Simone said with a wistful smile. “Crimson and I haven’t decided if we want offspring yet. We’re pretty happy in the honeymoon phase.”
Breathless laughter filled the room from the doorway, and we turned to find Mera there, clothes askew and hair a tumbling mess of curls. “Trust me, friend. That phase never ends. Baby or not.” She shook her head, like she was trying to clear the sex fog Shadow had her under.
Speaking of, the beast entered a moment later, his energy slamming against all four walls of the playroom.
“What do you think of the room?” Mera asked, settling in beside Simone. “Amazing, right? It’s such a great and safe space for them, not that I’m particularly worried, since our kids are all but unbreakable. But it’s nice to let them just go crazy and run free.”
“They also shouldn’t be able to zap themselves out of here,” Shadow added.
Extra bonus when you had powerful god babies.
“I absolutely love this space,” I told them. “And the kids appear to enjoy it too.”
As I said that, there was a whoosh of energy across my skin, and Tabitha was back in her wolf form.
The table grew silent for many seconds before Shadow let out a hearty bark of laughter. “What do you know, the second generation of the pack is going to be stronger than ever.”
Understatement of the year.
Another buzz of power, and Tabitha returned to her fae form, while Aurora and Damon didn’t blink an eye. They were going to be well prepared for whatever this crazy universe threw at them.
We’d all be prepared.
57
SAMANTHA
“Tell us everything that happened in Faerie after we left,” Simone said after the eight of us ordered food and settled back waiting for it to arrive. The robot servers apparently knew when they were being summoned, and with special permission were able to enter the room and take our order.
Shadow had thought of everything.
“Sam destroyed Fredrick without even touching him,” Len said, proudly.
Mera clapped her hands excitedly, and it was clear that all of us needed a little therapy. But, whatever. We were powerful new gods who didn’t kill indiscriminately.
That was the best the worlds would get.
“The fae lifeforce is easy for me to find and sever now,” I said with a shrug. “He never denied his involvement, and he wasn’t repentant at all. He would try and take more power than he should again, risking Faerie’s balance each and every time.”
No one else appeared concerned by my actions. If anything, they joined Mera in voicing their agreement. “We’ve all been in tough situations like that,” Lucien said with a shrug. “Sometimes the corrupt must be taken out. Forcefully.”
