“Oh, daisies!”
“Daddy! Bad word!”Verity scolded him.
“Sorry, Verity.” Thorn frowned as he turned back to Damien. “You always distract her. Why can’t I?”
“Or how about nobody distracts me because the birthday party is already happening.” I huffed as I crossed my arms.
Damien and Thorn’s heads snapped to me, and Damien purred as his gaze slipped down my body. Thorn blasted a wave of ice magic over me until my ears and tail slipped back in, and I let out a breath of relief.
“You look beautiful, little bird.” Damien tongued his lip rings.
“Stunning as always, Kit.” Thorn smirked before shooting his magic into the girl’s bath, making them squeal and reach for their daddies.
I giggled, flattening out my blue sundress. “Girls, listen to your daddies. You have presents to open later,” I bribed them with a teasing tone, which they loved.
“Presents!” Athena squealed.
“Yay!” Verity cheered, and they both seemed much more reasonable to listen to the guys.
I blew them both kisses and sent back the longing I could feel from their bonds.
Having kids was bound to change our dynamic, but having eight at once was not something any of us expected. I’d expected at most four. I didn’t know how my body carried eight supernaturals, but I was grateful for it. They were a handful, but I loved them all and so did their daddies.
I slipped out of the bathroom and into the hall before making my way toward the attic, where I could feel three of my bonds hiding out.
Pushing a bit of my magical energy toward the opening in the ceiling, a small ladder slipped down as the ceiling opened up.
The rest of my mates and Damien ended up compromising. Damien begged for a torture chamber downstairs, which he got, but the attic was the adult hang out where we came for sanctuary from our little terrors every now and then.
I climbed up the metal ladder and the door slipped shut behind me as I stepped onto the floor. “Really?”
Kian, Lachlan, and Alister’s eyes went wide as they took me in. They were each sitting on the large bed, relaxing, while everyone else was busting their butts on the birthday party preparations.
“Sweet ruby, it’s not what it looks like!” Alister was in front of me, cupping my face with his hands as he jutted his bottom lip out.
“Alister,” I growled, moving forward and nipping that lip before pushing him away. “Kian and Lachlan. What are you three doing?”
“Jayce tied me upside down until Garren could rescue me,” Kian squeaked his answer and jumped to his feet. “Sweetheart, I passed out!”
“Garren didn’t rescue him,” Alister whispered. “But also, Haelynn kept zapping me with her magic, pretending I was a criminal!”
Crossing my arms, I narrowed my eyes at Lachlan. “What’s your excuse?”
“Poppy froze my feet to the ground and made me play dress up with your clothes,” he grumbled.
I cracked a smile at that. “Okay, well, you left Damien and Thorn with Athena and Verity to get ready for the party alone. They were struggling.”
“So were we, tiny fox! You don’t get tortured by them because you’re mommy.” Lachlan got to his feet as well.
“I can sense Rhett and Rowan are back,” I mused, turning on my heels as Alister opened the door for me.
I climbed down first with my three traumatized mates behind me just as Damien, Thorn, and our daughters came out of the bedroom in their birthday dresses.
“Mommy! Pretty!” Verity said as she ran over and twirled for me.
“You both are beautiful!” I crouched down, and both girls launched themselves at me.
“Pretty!” Athena squealed, planting a heated kiss on my cheek.
