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Vex was bored out of his mind and it has only been 24 hours. 24 hours of ever increasing desperation. The crack shack was not filled with many distractions there was no internet, no cable, and limited food. The only eatable cuisine lay open in the cupboard, a half eaten box of Captain Crunch and Captain Crunch was Vex's least favorite cereal. His brief optimistic outlook on being banished to the shack completely vanished when he realized the female doctor had not been present in a while. She cooked and cleaned like a perfectly programmed Stepford wife. She would wash the sheets on the pull out couch at least once a week and would even use fabric softener. It was surreal now how nice it had been back then. There had always been snacks and treats to nibble on, it definitely made up for the live audio fed of their nightly sex marathon. Vex scolded himself for daydreaming about Bo's human. This was a new low point.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" he screamed out in frustration. It angered him to think he had been crossed again by Evony. Actually, it was infuriating! He knew it was idiotic of him to think that their relationship could ever stay on good terms. He was a fool for getting comfortable again, but they had been making so much money! It's kinda of hard to not become accustomed to wealth like that. Then Tasmin had to come in and screw his game up. At least he thought that's what happened. The timing seemed too perfect. Tasmin knew nothing about The Ring and there was no way that she was "More qualified."
In a moment of unmitigated bravery Vex pulled out his phone intent on calling Evony to see if they couldn't smooth out their disagreement. She didn't want him in charge of the Nevada Casino chain anymore and maybe he had taken the news a little harshly. He didn't mean to suggest that her business decisions were solely decided by her snatch. He entered the number by heart but thought better of it before pressing the call button. It was never good to provoke Evony when she was fired up and he had to face the facts. Not a fortnight ago he had drugged her and attempted to lock her away in her families mausoleum. She'd still be quite pissed about that. She was probably plotting her revenge as he thought and now that he was thinking about it, she had relented to the succubus entirely too easily . . . He figured it might be a better idea to get out of the country for a while. He could sneak off to Cambodia . . . about 4 months would do the trick. Maybe the trip could relax him enough so that his powers could return. He was finding the partially human life tedious.
Bam Bam Bam!
Vex dropped to the floor as the front door slammed open. His first thought being that Evony had found out about his plans of escape before he even had a chance to book the airfare.
"Vex?" an annoyingly familiar voice questioned.
'Tasmin' Vex registered 'what in the bloody hell was she doing here?' he stead fast in his position half underneath the couch.
"Vex come out. I can smell your damn Burberry aftershave . . ."
Vex rolled his eyes at the unbridled ignorance of his adversary. With his vanity getting the better of him he leap up to his feet, "The scent is Givenchy you classless -"
"Save the insults for another time? We gotta go." Vex took in Tasmin's new disposition and noticed there was an air of sposhication there that he had not noticed in their previous encounters. He'd wondered if it was because he had never seen her in a dress before. He had to admit that she did wear the look rather well, but that was besides the point.
"Leave? With you? Now why on earth would I do that?" His tone dripped with sarcasm as he flopped back down onto the couch. Maybe Evony was feeding on Tasmin and this was the start of her decent into madness, though she had no talent he could think of.
"Vex it's the begining of the Twilight."
Vex choked on the air as her scrambled to his feet to face her again. He had not been expecting that.
"How do you?"
"Did you know Evony thinks Lauren is the Queen?"
"You're off your rocker" Vex dismissed the thought immediately.
"Did everyone just like forget that Bo is Trick's granddaughter? I mean come on! WE were ALL there!"
"But that would mean . . . Noo?"
"I smelled the new life in her a few months ago. I had grown so accustomed to the smell of death that it confused me for a while, life is so intoxicating."
"You Valkyries have a hard go of it! So you are running covert ops? Well you sneaky little norsewoman you." this was the most mind blowing gossip he had been privy to in ages.
"Bo's dumb but sweet and Lauren I find . . . distracting."
"To say the least." Tasmin ignored Vex's instigation and continued.
"I figured you could use the penance. You are the last of your kind don't you want to leave a real name for yourself? Redeem your current status of The Morrigan's bitch boy."
"I'm no ones bitch . . . we have a complicated history." Vex weighed his options carefully "What's Trick got to say about all this?"
"He's the one that sent me to Evony. He didn't believe her at first but now he confirmed it himself. " Vex was just getting hit with surprise after surprise tonight.
"Are you coming or not? I've got a new place for you with cable. There's a lot to discuss." Vex rose begrudgingly from his seat.
" I'd be a nutter not to since you'e got the Blood King behind you." This could be his one chance at sealing Evony's fate once and for all. He never really wanted to kill her himself so this would work brilliantly. The end of The Dark totalitarian reign. His boredom had been alleviated and he didn't have to run off to Cambodia. Things were finally starting to looking up again.
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'Maybe this hadn't been such a good idea.' Bo thought silently to herself as she took in the patrons of the Doulah Life Inspiring Clinic. The waiting room looked more like a fortune tellers lobby with red wooden velvet chairs lining the walls in a u shaped patterned. Bo starred at a woman sitting directly across from her reading some Fae parenting magazine. She had shimmering silver hair that glistening in thick ringlets down her back. Bo eyes were fixated on the large horn protruding through her forehead.
"She's a unicorn Fae" Lauren whispered into her ear, answering her unspoken question.
"What do humans think of the horn?"
"It is in their nature to be memorizing. Humans just sorta forget." Lauren lifted her gaze from her own magazine to find Bo's attention still focused on the at least 8 month pregnant unicorn fae. She smacked her girlfriend lightly on the thigh.
"Down boy." Lauren teased. Bo was relived to have been shaken out of the trance. She just started following the glittering curls entranced by the shimmer.
"I'm sorry it's-"
"Not something you see everyday and quite hypnotizing. " Lauren agreed. She could tell Bo was a bit embarrassed, but for once she understood.
"Ms. Lewis?" a petit girl in her early twenties stood wrapped in a lush kelly green sari with gold trim. She smiled brightly and motioned for them to come toward her "You can come back now"
They followed the girl down a narrow hallway into a room that Bo thought resembled a therapist's office in a Hindu temple complete with an elaborate chaise lounge in the center of the room. The back wall was covered in one large painting of a magnificent waterfall. The water crashed into a seemingly endless blue pit that blended off into the titles of the floor. In the center of it all was the painting of a woman of golden brown complexion with four hands sitting on a fully bloomed louts holding two lotus buds.
"My name is Jagvi. You two are here today for your inital screening?"
"That's correct." Lauren answered automatically.
"Please sit" she motioned Lauren toward the chaise. "Are you concerned with anything in particular?"
The couple paused briefly to asses the others reaction. Consensus seemed to be play it cool so Bo in turn answered lightly.
"No no concerns, just excited to find out the sex. My partner doesn't want to expose the baby to too much technology too soon."
She scribbled the information into her standard file " I'd have to agree with your partner it is the old Fae way. Doulah Padma will be in next to see you Mrs. Lewis-"
"You had it correct the first time, it's Ms . . . Dr really"
"I'm sorry, I just assumed after I took you back." her eyes fell down to her bare left hand "Oh, you don't have on a ring. I didn't mean."
"It's okay kid, that was for me." Bo quipped to deflect the girls humiliation.
"Dr. Lewis please take off your top and get comfortable on the chaise. I'll clean your stomach and then apply a coconut lavender mixture. It helps to open up the chakras." They had managed to make the nurse uncomfortable in the first 5 minutes. Bo smiled to herself as she fumbled through the rest of her triage duties. Bo waited until Jagvi left before opening up the line of questioning.
"So you want a ring hun?"
"I'm amazed that it wasn't the second question you asked me 4 months ago."
"I didn't want to rush you into anything. I thought you didn't care for marriage as an institution." Bo countered quickly on the defensive. She couldn't tell if Lauren was really playing or not.
"I don't. But be honest Bo, what little girl doesn't dream about her perfect family? Like I sad it would have been nice if you asked."
Lauren was trying to play it cool but her feeling were really hurt. Bo couldn't believe it! Lauren talked about rocking it out like Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.
"I love you so much. I'm here every day planning my future with you. My actions are in step with my words. Heck, I'd marry you right now, but I can't even ask you now on principal."
Bo sat behind Lauren on a short stool presumably left for the spouse. She hovered over Lauren's face for a moment taking in her amused expression before pressing a soft kiss to her pouting lips.
"I was just teasing." Lauren relented smiling softly.
"Sure you were. I hear you loud and clear." Operation make it legally official. She'd need Kenzi to start looking for a Lauren approved engagement band. She dipped her head again to taste Lauren's mouth. A hint of cinnamon still lingered on her tongue from her recently eaten coffee cake. Bo savored the spicy flavor. She felt weightless for a moment as she finally managed to pull back from the kiss. Her head was still spinning a little when Doulah Padma exploded into the room.
"Ahhh, It's nice to see such a happy couple! I am Doulah Padma!" A large dark woman dressed in a vibrant blue sari rounded the lounge chair with her arm extended out to Bo. Bo regarded her large hands instantly as the one hand swallowed her two whole. Padma's attention switched to Lauren quickly "Now you are very beautiful Dr. Lewis you little human you." She regarded Bo again briefly "You've been busy succubus. Timing is everything with women."
"Are you ready?" She question Lauren as she went to sit in a rolling stool similar to the one Bo was seated on. She rolled to Lauren's side and placed her heavy jeweled fingers on to the exposed skin of Lauren's stomach. "Take a slow breath in" Her hands began to vibrate against her until a kind of light became visible between them. She strechted her hands up and across Lauren's abdomen creating a screen of white light. The light began to reflect the contents of Lauren's womb.
"Now there's you're baby." Bo could just make out the miniature fingers attached too the tiniest palm she'd ever seen.
"He's a boy baby! He's a boy!" Bo exclaimed in excitement as she could just make out the phallic like package. Lauren watched Bo's features light up across her face. It was clear from the beginning that she wanted a boy. Lauren tried not to let her disappointment show. She was ecstatic to be having a boy but she had secretly been wishing for a girl. She wouldn't force her son to take ballet classes or learn how to bake cookies and things. He'd surely want to jump and climb things like his wild mother.
The Doulah read Lauren's face easily and laughed a bit as she changed her hands position slightly.
"Im surprised you missed this doctor." Lauren pulled her attention back to the present.
"Do you see that just there?" The Doulah inquired
"Omg no" Lauren was in shock. No wonder she'd popped so soon.
"What?" Bo didn't like girlfriend's reaction
"Twins?" Lauren desperately questioned to the Doulah who shook her head in conformation.
"She's been hiding back here. She likes the shadow of your spleen"
"We have a girl too? Whoa!" Bo wondered what the prophecy had to say about twins.
"Oh my God, Bo what did you do to me? There's only two in there right!" Lauren panicked for a second.
The Dala became still for a moment.
"I hear only two heart beats."
Lauren let out a deep exhale.
"Dear, do not freat. These two will be a breeze. They are calm and filled with love."
"Is that all that you can feel?" Lauren's eyes hid a question she could not recognize as fear.
"As of now yes, they are still quite young. I'll be able to feel them more with time."
Although Lauren was now happy to be having a little baby girl and boy the doctor in her was freaking out a bit. The risks with twin birth increased exponentially. She tried to push all the analytical stuff out of her mind and focus on the fact that it seemed they were having two healthy beautiful babies. Now they could really get serious about names.
"I'd like to see you too again in a month. Jagvi will have a package filled with the proper supplements for your specific birth. If you have any rapid changes do not hesitate to call me."
Doulah Padma left them as quickly as she came. Her perfume still heavy in the air
Bo was beaming with delight "We're having twins Lo." She grasped Lauren's hand and brung it to her lips.
"I know." Lauren turned thoughtful for a moment "Whatever carat weight you were going to get me . . . double that." Bo laughed at Lauren's complete lack of modesty. Though, she did see her point. A human carrying her hybrid twins. Bo had to find a way to really big way to show her appreciation.
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