Chapter two
"I can't believe you talked me into letting her go." Anya said while pacing the floor and throwing items at Lucien and around the room.
"You told me you trusted her and that you didn't mind her going." Lucien replied.
"I know but you should have fought me harder on this, I trust William to protect her with his life but now he's going to be angry with me for sending her there." She cried.
"You did not send her there. She knew he was there and forced you quite vehemently to allow me to flash her there." Lucien said while dodging another vase.
"That's it, flash me there love!" Anya asked.
"No, I cannot! I promised her that I wouldn't come back until she texted for a return trip." Lucien said.
"What? Now you trust her?" Anya screamed.
"Had you seen the look in her eyes you would have given in as well. She said she needed to do this alone and that all would work out in the end." He commented.
"But how does she know that for sure?" Anya asked.
"Probably the same way she knew where he was not to mention that she knew the language of the gods and spoke to you using it." Lucien said trying to ease closer to her in the hopes of disarming her.
"Exactly what I mean how does she know these things? How does a 17 year-old American girl who can barely speak Hungarian know these things?" Anya said while ripping a lamp from the wall socket.
"What the hell is going on in here?" Ashlyn said as Maddox quickly blocked a lamp from hitting her.
"Lucien, get her under control she nearly hit Ashlyn and the babies!" Maddox said with a growl.
With that Lucien dove at Anya and once he had hold of her flashed her out of the room.
"Now where did they go?" Ashlyn asked.
"I don't know but I'm not letting you stick around so she can throw something else at you. Come on you're coming back to bed!" Maddox growled while scooping her up in his arms.
As he walked out the door they both heard the familiar whoosh of air signaling Lucien's return. "Maddox wait, we need to know what's going on, especially if we need to leave the fortress again for our safety." She said as she rubbed her swollen belly.
"Alright, I can't argue with that but you need to stay behind me and if I tell you to run, RUN!" Maddox commanded.
"Thank you, I promise to make it worth your while once we have some answers." Ashlyn said as she kissed his cheek.
"They better give us some answers quickly then." He said as he put her back down and walked back into the room.
"Lucien what is this all about. Why is Anya in hysterics? Is there another threat to the safety of the fortress?" Maddox asked already searching the room for flying objects or attacking goddesses.
"Gillian came to the room earlier and demanded that Anya let me flash her to William. Somehow she knew where he was, what he was doing and said that she had to be there for him. She used the language of the gods to convince Anya and I believe the whole situation shocked her into trusting Gillian so she allowed me to take her there." Lucien announced.
"Where is Anya now?" Ashlyn asked from behind Maddox.
"I flashed her into the closet and chained her to the wall. She's gagged too otherwise you'd hear some extremely foul words coming from her." Lucien replied.
"Why don't you go get Gillian? And how does she know the language of the gods?" Maddox asked.
"Because I trust her and she needed to do this alone. If there were more of us there William might attack and Gillian could get hurt. I believe he has fallen in love with the child and have noticed many times that she has been able to calm his inner demon self. Somewhat like what Sabin does with Gwen." Lucien said.
"But she's just a child, and one who has had a terrible childhood so far. You can't expect to match them up do you? I mean she needs time to heal from the wounds that man inflicted on her psyche." Ashlyn commented.
"Yes I agree but like it or not she tames him and he is her salvation. You cannot deny that when she is near him that she changes into a completely different person. He soothes her pain and it is as if she was no longer soiled by that foul beast of a stepfather." Lucien replied.
"Yes they definitely have strong feelings for one another I just hope it doesn't end up with him hurting her or possibly her losing this infatuation or whatever it is with him. Neither will be fun to live with if it happens." Ashlyn commented.
"I wholeheartedly agree with you Ashlyn. Now if you don't mind I need to make sure she is calm because I plan to persuade her away from the destruction of our room." Lucien said.
"If I were you Lucien, I'd keep her chained but allow her to take the anger out on you. If you understand what I'm meaning." Ashlyn said with an evil grin.
"Too bad I'm not the keeper of Pain, otherwise I would get some enjoyment out of this." Lucien said as they walked out of the room.
That is an interesting thought though. If this works out to my advantage I will have to thank Ashlyn for the advice. "Anya, love would you care to play a little game for a while?" Lucien said as he walked into the closet.
"Ashlyn, your advice to Lucien reminds me that we have unfinished business." Maddox said as he swept her up in his arms again.
"With that hungry look you're giving me I'm upset that I'm not the keeper of Pain right now. Care to tell me your plans, Ashley and Maddock are sleeping right now?" Ashlyn said.
"Who?"
"I've been thinking of baby names. These are the latest two I'm testing."
"Oh. I like them but can we think about that later. I really need to get you to bed" Maddox said as he picked up the pace.
"I hope you don't plan on making me sleep some more." She asked.
"Definitely not at first but I do plan on tiring you out so much that you will probably pass out in my arms after the fifth time I believe." Maddox replied.
"Fifth time you say! Always so sure of yourself, well we'll just see who passes out first." She said as she started kissing his neck.
"No fair distracting me woman, do you want me to take you right here in the hallway?" Maddox asked.
"Uh no, you know very well that Torin is watching."