A/N: Thanks for all of those who read and enjoyed The Lost Fortress of Aphrodite, it was a really fun fic to write and I just had to continue on.

The Descendent

Chapter 1

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The night was a particularly cold and the rain roughly hit the windows. The house was completely quiet expect for the few creeks it made on hits own. Millie stretched a bit, but found herself back into the arms of her husband. Without warning the peace was broken by a sharp cry. Millie opened her eyes and turned to her husband who was still fast asleep.

"Can you get her?" she asked her husband who barely opened an eye.

"Yes, I really like cupcakes. There is a land of cupcakes. I've got to find that place." He slurred.

Millie rolled her eyes and smiled as she slipped from his arms and from under the warm blankets. She cringed a bit as her feet touched the cold floor. She hurried across the floor and out of the bedroom. She slipped down the hall and into a bedroom. Entering the bedroom the cries grew louder and Millie turned on the lights. She made her way to a small crib where a baby girl lay crying.

"It's okay. Mummy is here." Millie said as she picked up the crying baby who began to calm down as Millie cradled her. "The rain scared you, huh?"

The brown haired and blue eyed baby cooed and began to suck on her thumb as Millie rocked her gently as she settled herself into a rocking chair in the corner. She smiled down at the baby in her arms. Being a mom was the best feeling in the world next to being the wife to a wonderful man. As she sat in the chair and rocked the baby slowly slipped into a gentle sleep. Millie stood slowly and put the baby back into the crib. She placed a soft pink blanket over the sleeping girl. Turning off the light Millie left the room and made it back into her bedroom where she slipped back into the bed. She felt her husband's arms slip around her.

"She asleep?" he asked with a slight slur.

"Yes." Millie said as she closed her eyes and drifted into a comfortable sleep.

Opening her eyes she closed them back as the sun shone brightly through the room. Turning over she felt that the bed was empty. Dragging herself from the bed she walked out of the bedroom and downstairs to where she heard the sound of cartoon characters. Millie turned into the kitchen where she spotted her husband in no shirt and a pair of pajama pants cooking breakfast.

"Good morning sleepy." Riley said as he watched his wife walk into the kitchen. He picked up a glass of orange juice from the counter and handed it to Millie.

"Good morning to you." Millie said as she walked over to the walkway that divided the kitchen from the living room. In the living room was a pink play pen where she spotted her beautiful baby girl starring at the TV.

"I gave her a bottle." Riley noted as he walked over to Millie and wrapped his arms around her.

"You must have dressed her also because she isn't matching with a dime." Millie said as she shook her head and looked at her baby girl who was dressed in lime green shorts and a teal shirt.

"She had spit up on her pajamas. I didn't know what to put her in." Riley said in his defense as he walked over to the stove to turn it off.

Millie walked into the living room and picked up the little girl from the playpen. The baby had shinning blue eyes just like her father and she of course took after him in the personality department. Millie bounced the baby in her arms as she walked back into the kitchen where Riley had prepared them both plates.

"We have to finish cleaning up for my mother's visit." Millie said as she sat the baby into a highchair.

"Ah, yes the dragon returns." Riley said as he took a seat at the small table. Millie shot him a disapproving look as she sat down at the table. "What the woman is evil, she doesn't like me at all and she sure shows it well."

"I am hoping things will be a tad bit different." Millie said as she cut her pancakes. She glanced over at the baby who was reaching her hands out as if she wanted some pancakes. "Not for you Jessi."

Riley put a very small bit of syrup at the end of his fork and he put the fork by baby Jessica's mouth. At once Jessica licked all the syrup off and began to reach out her hands and whine as if she wanted more. Once again Riley put a small bit of syrup on his fork and let Jessica lick it off.

"Stop that." Millie said as she for the second time shot him a disapproving look.

"What she likes the syrup?" Riley said.

"You're going to get her hooked and at every meal she will be whining over the table. It's a bad habit." Millie said as she took a napkin and wiped a bit of syrup off of the baby's cheeks.

"What time does the mistress of evil arrive?" Riley asked as he chewed a mouth full of food.

Millie again shot him a disapproving look. "Don't eat with your mouth full like that in front of Jessica. It's a bad habit and she will quickly pick it up from you."

Riley swallowed his food before again speaking to his wife who had started to feed the baby from a jar of mashed carrots. "Sorry, what time does she arrive?"

"At about two o'clock this afternoon." Millie said.

"Why do you give her that stuff it looks so gross?" Riley asked as he continued to watch Millie feed the baby.

"It's good for her." Millie said as she finished feeding the baby. Millie took a napkin and began to wipe Jessica's face. Once she finished she stood and picked up Jessica from the highchair. "I'm going to give her a bath so we can finish cleaning before my mother gets here."

Two o'clock had come too fast for Riley. He sat on the living room couch with baby Jessica on his lap when the doorbell rang. Not wanting to open the door he stayed on the couch and the doorbell rang once again and then again. Millie came rushing down the stairs. When she came to the bottom she looked at Riley who had not moved on the couch. Millie rolled her eyes and opened the door for her mother. A tall and thin woman walked into the house. Her gray hair was worn in a tight bun and the expression on her face looked as if it had not changed in years.

"Mum!" Millie said happily as she hugged her mother.

"Millicent darling." Her mother said as she hugged her daughter and gave her a peck on the cheek. "Now where is my granddaughter?"

"Right here." Riley said as he walked towards the door with Jessica in his arms.

"She looks darling." Millie's mother said happily as she saw the baby girl. The joy in her voice quickly vanished as she spoke to Riley. "And you."

"Nice to see you again too, Heather." Riley said in a very happy tone.

"Let me see her." Heather said as she picked up the baby girl from Riley's arms. At once Jessica erupted into an ear piercing cry as she struggled to pull her tiny body away from Heather. Millie quickly grabbed Jessica who started to calm down in her arms.

"Riley how about you put her down for a nap." Millie said as she handed him Jessica. Once Jessica was placed in Riley's arms her cries went at once. She snuggled into her father's arms.

"Actually, Riley." Heather spoke. She said Riley's name as if he was a piece of vermin. "Fetch my bags from the taxi."

"Will do." Riley said as he handed Jessica back to Millie. He muttered under his breath as he walked out of the front door into the cold air to retrieve Heather's bags.

"How about some tea mum?" Millie said as she walked with her mother into the house, but her mother wasn't listening. She walked through the house as if she was inspecting it for a very important cause. As they walked into the sitting room her mother ran a finger over the mantle and looked at the particles of dust on her finger.

"Husband too uptight to hire a proper maid?" questioned Heather as she whipped the dust off her finger with a handkerchief and shook her head.

Millie followed her mother quickly with Jessica in her arms. "We have a nanny slash maid. She is here Monday through Friday to help with Jessica and do a little cleaning, but most of it is done by Riley and myself."

"It's filthy in here. What kind of man would care for his family in a filthy home?" Heather said as she placed her handkerchief on a chair before sitting down.

"It's not horrible mother. The house is actually very clean." Millie said as she placed Jessica into the playpen and sat down on the couch across from her mother who just shook her head and didn't say a word. At once Millie jumped as she heard a crash come from the front door. She stood and sprinted to the door to find Riley standing with all her mother's suitcases. Riley looked as if he was going to pass out, but there was anger all over his face.

"How long is she staying?" he grunted through his teeth.

"A week." Millie said.

"A week?" he questioned.

"Yes, a week." Millie said.

"It looks like she packed for 3 whole months." He said as he threw the smaller of the suitcases on the floor. Millie went to maybe give a hug or something to calm him down when he walked passed her and made his way to the stairwell where he walked quickly up the stairs.

Millie shook her head and walked back into the living room where her mother was sitting and looking disgusted. She exhaled before walking back to sit with her mother. Millie was very sure that it was going to be World War 3 by the end of the week with her mother and Riley staying in the same building. She closed her eyes for a quick second and recalled when her mother first met Riley.

It was right after she and Riley were engaged and she took him to London to meet her family. She kept thinking that her mother was going to just love him because he was very dedicated to taking care of her, but it was the opposite. The entire time her mother was very rude towards him and she treated him like trash. Millie hated to admit it, but she knew her mother didn't like Riley. Later she did find that her mother had always desired for her to marry someone from Britain and most likely royalty in some way. Another problem was that her mother considered Riley as not having a real job since he did make his living as a treasure hunter. Though no matter what her mother said Millie knew how much she loved Riley and how much she wanted to be with him so she did the opposite of what her mother wanted and married him without her mother's blessing.

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Riley spent as much time as he could that entire afternoon in his office upstairs. Millie's mother was the last person he wanted to spend anytime with, but at this point it was impossible to get away from her. Every time he attempted to venture downstairs he heard her incredibly annoying voice. He couldn't believe that two entire years has passed since he and Millie had gotten married. Everything had gone so fast, but that's how it started. He had fallen in love with her after only a week of knowing her and after 6 weeks he asked her for her hand in marriage. No matter what her mother said Riley knew that he and Millie were meant for one another and no one was going to stop them from being together.

At about 7 o'clock Millie had come up to his office and forced him to come downstairs for dinner. He trudged downstairs and into the dining room where Millie had set up the meal. They only ate in their dining room for special occasions and sadly the visitation of Heather was considered a special occasion. He hadn't changed from that afternoon and was still in his jeans and a simple T-shirt when she sat down for dinner. At once she felt Heather's eyes on him as he sat down at the table.

"Don't people dress for dinner anymore?" Heather said aloud.

Riley looked over at Millie who looked at him apologetically. He continued to eat and did his best to ignore all of Heather's comments that she made about him. At a few points he felt like he was going to burst and he had to say something to her, but Millie simply rubbed his knee from under the table in trying to convince him to calm down.

"Millicent before I left home guess who came by?" Heather asked as she turned to her daughter.

"Who mum?" Millie asked as she glanced over at Riley who rolled his eyes for at least the 50th time that evening.

"Bradford Carpenter." Heather said at once.

"Bradford, that's nice. I guess." Millie said.

"He was telling me how much he missed you. I told him that I was coming out here to see you and he was so excited because he will be out here this week on a business trip in New York and so I invited him to join us for dinner one evening this week." Heather said happily as she looked at her daughter who faked a smile.

"Great." Millie said as she stabbed her salad.

"I remember when you two were planning your wedding. Oh yes the Franklin Carpenter wedding was supposed to be the event of the season." Heather said happily.

"Planning a wedding?" Riley questioned as he looked at his wife who then refused to meet his eyes.

"Yes Bradford and Millicent. They were so in love." Heather said as she sat her fork down on her plate. "Well I am done here. I will excuse myself and freshen for bed." Heather stood and left the couple sitting in the dining room.

Riley sat back in his chair and looked at Millie who kept her eyes on her plate. "You never told me you were engaged before." Riley then said.

"It was a long time ago. I was barely out of college." Millie said as she stood and started collecting the plates from the table. She walked into the kitchen where Riley followed her with the last of the dishes.

"Well I can say I am excited to meet this Bradford and rub it in his face that I won." Riley said with triumph in his voice.

"Riley please, I don't want anything started. Hopefully Bradford can't make it. My mother just loves to start drama and now here she goes again, but I am not going to let her do this to me or you." Millie said as she began to wash the dishes that she had placed into the sink. At once they heard Jessica begin to cry from upstairs.

"I'll get her." Riley said. "You mom might be trying to pick her up again. Jessica knows that she is up to no good and so do I." Riley said. He kissed Millie on the cheek before exiting the kitchen and going up the stairs to check on his daughter.

A/N: There it goes the first chapter. YAY. I hope you review and tell me what's going through your mind.