chapter 216


    Evelyn POV


    One week Later


    We had stayed in our little bubble, none of us leaving home for anything, instead Imogen would


    pop over and drop things off. None of us wanted to leave the safety of home. The rumours of the Dark


    king had been circting. Hysteria spread like wildfire of his return because of the damage he caused.


    None would listen to the fact, it was a war he never started. Thaddeus has struggled since being home,


    the darkness was addictive and he fought the push and pull rtionship he had with it.


    One minute he was fine the next on the verge of exploding yet we managed to bring him back from


    the darkest depths of the depression it caused him. Imgoen offered to take it away from him, but


    learning from past mistakes it always finds its way back, he just needed to learn to control it and Mara


    was his grounding ce, he would continue to fight thepulsion of it, learn to tame it again for her,


    for our family. It was a part of him everyone just needed to ept that, if he could live with it so could


    we. He shouldn’t have to deny who he is and the darkness is a part of him, without it he wouldn’t be


    Thaddeus and despite what it does to him I will still love him, I love him and that means loving the


    darkest parts of him too.


    Pouring the boiled water in my mug, I quickly stir it. Trying to get a cup in before the coffee police


    Bringing the cup to my lips I was about to take a sip when the cup was suddenly gone from my hands. I


    huff annoyed, turning to re at Orion who sips my coffee.


    “You already had one this morning, I heard the clink of you stirring it so don’t deny it Evie” He says


    and I pull another mug down about to make another but Orion takes the coffee jar from the bench


    cing it on the top of the cupboard away from my reach. Rndes into the kitchen, reaches up


    and grabs it, passing it to me giving me a wink. He kisses my cheek before plucking my mug from


    Orion''s hands and sitting at the table next to Mara who was eating her cornkes. Orion growls at him


    before trying to reach for the coffee jar in my hands but I pull it away from him making myself another


    coffee that was rudely stolen from me.


    “Evie no, you have already had one today” Orion says trying to reach for the jar.


    “Leave her be Orion, the baby is a tribrid for god sake, if wolfsbane didn’t harm it, coffee sure as


    hell won''t” Thaddeus saysing into the kitchen. I stick my tongue out at him, turning away from him


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    and making my coffee.


    “We don’t know that” Orion says, eyeing my nonexistent baby bump, any day now I was waiting to


    wake and find a growing belly since tribrid babies were not like a normal pregnancy and matured


    quicker.


    “We do know that?” Thaddeus says pointing to Mara who loves telling us about being a big sister


    to the baby that still isn’t born yet.


    “Fine, butst one” He says, taking the jar from me. I grab my mug and drink my coffee while


    leaning on the bench and watching Mara as she ys with her breakfast instead of eating it.


    For the rest of the day we sat on the floor in the living room, drawing with her and making a mess


    with her water paints while watching frozen on repeat. I couldn''t wait for her to find a new favourite


    movie. I could recite the words backwards. I have watched it that much this week.


    “How about we watch Moana baby, this one is getting a little old” Orion tells her leaning over to the


    coffee table for the remote. Mara res at his hand. He puts his hand up in surrender before pressing


    y once again on the movie. Orion goes back to his drawing pad and despite him hating the movie I


    chuckle when I hear him singing along to the songs with Mara. Sitting up, my back was killing me from


    Rnd was outside mowing thewns with Thaddeus and cleaning out the shed to kill the


    boredom of being housebound. I hear the mower cut off looking toward the window before hearing it


    start up again. I sigh, they had been outside all day.


    Getting up, I move to the couch where Orion is. He moves, opening his arms for me and Iy down


    on him draping my leg over his waist before he props his drawing pad on leg and continues drawing.


    “I thought you hated the movie, ” I tell him.


    “I do but Mara wants to colour in that stupid snowman” He says continuing to draw before he tears


    out the page handing it to Mara who happily snatches it off him to colour it in.


    “What’s this?” I ask, trying to see the drawing under the nk sheet on top.


    “Nothing you need to see” He says, closing his book and rolling on his side to face me.


    “It was porn wasn’t it, that’s why you don''t want to show me” I chuckle, his lips tugging at the


    edges.


    “Maybe” He says. His hand trailing down my side and back up softly.


    “So have you thought of any names yet?” He asks, his hand going to my stomach. I shake my


    head.


    “I figured I would let you three choose” I tell him and he nods, kissing my forehead and pulling me


    on top of him.


    “I ordered some things online that should arrive tomorrow if you want to help me put it together” I


    tell him and he pulls back looking down at me.


    “What sort of things?” He asks.


    “A crib you know baby stuff, thought it would give us something to do” I tell him.


    “Baby sleep in my room?” Mara asks, looking over at us.


    “No in the nursery” Orion tells her.


    “No my room” Mara pouts.


    “Babies cry Mara he will wake you up” Orion tells her and she shrugs not caring.


    “Baby has to sleep in our room for awhile anyway” I tell her.


    “I thought you wanted to do up the nursery for him?” Orion asks.


    “I do but if Mara wants him in her room she can, but he stays in our room so I can breastfeed him. I


    ordered a bass for our room” I tell him.


    “You are going to try to breastfeed this one?” He asks.


    “Yeah try” I tell him knowing how terrible I was at it with Mara before giving up and giving her


    form.


    “I can help you,” He says.


    “Are you nning on producing milk?” I chuckle.


    “No but if you want to try, I will try to help, I would like you to breastfeed” He says and I nod.


    “Try” I tell him, knowing I will probably give up like the first time, I know better than to get my


    ambitions mixed up with my capabilities. And breastfeeding was terrible the first time and I felt deted


    when I realised I couldn''t do it for long and Orion was disappointed I stopped with Mara.


    “Yes, try or we use form” He says with a shrug.


    Amara POV


    Two monthster


    “I hope your father is in a good mood today” Emery tells me as we stop at the grocery store. I had


    finally moved out of home, Dad and Emery shed constantly and I could see it was taking a toll on


    him. My father needs to realise I am not a child, that he needed to realise Emery is my mate and he


    wasn’t going anywhere.


    “He will be fine, he was nicest time” I tell him as I walk down the aisle looking for the marinade


    mum wanted for dinner tonight. Mum had been inviting us over every few nights for dinner, I think she


    is going through that empty nest syndrome, and doesn''t know what to do with herself when she isn’t


    fussing over me and my brother. Damn I feel sorry for Evie, mum was already annoying her, constantly


    over there fussing over Mara, I could already see Orion bing annoyed with her being the over the


    top grandmother.


    Orion likes to run by a schedule, likes his routines and mum had been interfering majorly by


    randomly showing up unannounced. Evelyn didn’t mind but Orion that was a different story when it


    interfered with Mara’s routine. And once their son is born it will get a whole lot worse.


    “Is this it?” Emery says holding up a red sauce jar. I look at it and nod.


    “Maybe we should cancel?” Emery suggests.


    “No,I want to see mum, besides dad says anything I will say something” I tell him.


    “You shouldn’t have to, he should just shut his mouth” Emery snaps at me and I roll my eyes, I was


    always stuck in the middle between them. My other father loved Emery but my other father was too hot


    headed and didn’t like the notion of his baby leaving home. He thinks Emery is trying to take me from


    him. Walking toward the registers, I am hit full force in the legs, looking down I see a little boy with his


    hands on my white jeans. He giggles taking off leaving his handprints on my jeans before rushing off


    down the aisle, I look down at my ruined white jeans.


    “Please tell me that is chocte and not poop” I say to Emery looking at the deep brown


    handprints on my favourite jeans.Emery wipes his finger on the handprint and licks his finger.


    “Yep chocte,” He confirms.


    “You licked it? What if it was poop?” I tell him. He shrugs.


    “Had worse things in my mouth” He says, making me look at him.


    “I don’t even want to know what is worse than shit” I tell him. I hear the giggling boying back


    up this time behind me, turning around just in time for him to giggle and dart behind me hiding from


    someone. A woman in her early twentieses chasing him down, she looks quite flustered when her


    scent hits me, Emery growls and I smack his chest.


    “Mason back here” She shrieks before gasping when she sees my pants, her hands going to her


    mouth in horror as her kid hid behind me.


    “ I am so sorry, he is usually quite good, my sister warned me not to give him sugar, I should have


    listened, her son is quite the little monster when he has sugar rush” She rambles, digging through her


    bag and pulling a wet wipe out. She jerks the boy to her side.


    “Look what you did” She tells him and he ducks his head. “I am so sorry, are they expensive?” She


    says trying to wipe the chocte handprints off my thighs. I was too stunned to speak, Emery also in a


    shocked state as we stared at her. She flicks her blonde hair over her shoulder as she stares up at me


    apologetically, trying to scrub the chocte marks off. I was frozen when the boy suddenly darted off.


    “Mason!” She eximed before rushing off after him. I give the boy one thing: he was quick. I


    watch our mate dart after him. “Mate” Emery mutters under his breath.


    “And it''s a woman” I tell him excitedly before looking up at him and he nods, looking quite


    perplexed. We both stood in shock, I found another mate.


    “Wait where did she go?” I ask him, looking around for her. Emery and I walk up every aisle


    looking for her before realising she must have left. Now how were we going to find her?


    “Did you see a blonde woman and a little boye past here?” I asked the cashier. He shakes his


    head, scanning our item. I pay looking around trying to figure out where she went bute up empty.


    “How is it we lost her?” I tell Emery as we go to the car.


    “I was in too much shock to pay attention” Emery admits and he was right. I was also in shock.


    “She is human though” Emery says and I nod at his words.


    “So was Evie, she came around eventually ,but now we need to find her again” I tell him with a


    huff, what if she was only passing through the city. Neither of us marked her to track her down, the


    thought saddened me, what if we never find her again.


    “Stop stressing we will find her” Emery says pulling me to his side and draping his arm across my


    shoulders.