I wasn’t sure about Genesis, but it was different. And Genny was sweet.
“Constance is also good,” I said.
“Yes, it is.”
“But it’s also kinda normal. So what about Lyric?”
That got me another “hmm,” so that meant it was another contender.
Battle followed up his hmm with, “Fury could be for a boy or a girl. Though, I like it better for a girl.”
Fury was a kick-ass name. Especially for a girl.
“That’s an option,” I agreed. “Electra?”
“Maybe.”
He wasn’t keen on that one. And it kinda didn’t fit the theme.
“I want to add Shepherd and Hero to boys’ names,” I declared.
“Acceptable,” he grunted.
I smiled.
And we whispered in the moonlight, so caught up in the importance of what we were discussing, what was happening, what was growing…
We again missed the dancing lights coming from the ballroom.
CHAPTER 24
THE AFTERMATH
The next morning, Battle and I walked into the breakfast room hand in hand to see Prue at the table, which was covered with sketchpads.
“Oh my God!” I nearly shouted, letting Battle go and rushing in. “Is this your work?”
I reached for a sketchpad as Prue answered, “Some of it. These are the roughs of the stories and illustrations. I like to hand draw my ideas before I get down to it. Most of it is digital.”
With a sketchpad in my hands and Battle’s hands on me, he guided me into a chair and went to the sideboard.
“With all of this out on the table, can I assume I can look at it?” I asked enthusiastically.
Prue smiled happily at me. “Yes.”
I eagerly started flipping.
Okay, I immediately saw what she meant about “early” work when referring to what she’d previously given me.
What she gave me was stellar.
This was off the charts. I’d frame any of these for my wall.
“Holy shit, honey, this is…wow.”
“Even I’m kinda proud of that one,” she mumbled.
Proud?
