Notes:

- My apologies for taking so long to update this fanfic. My grandmother passed away a few weeks ago after a long battle against kidney disease and her death has completely devasted me. My mental health has really declined ever since and writing these fics is the only thing that still keeps me going. I can't wait to share the final parts of this Epilogue with you, as well as the rest of Thicker Than Water and my first F!SamxMC fanfic. Thank you for sticking around.

- I kept their children's names the same as my previous fics, Parenthood, Jaded and Bloodline. However, this fic is NOT related to any of them.


Kamilah

For the next couple of weeks, Amy was extremely anxious, counting on the calendar the days until they were able to confirm the results of the procedure. Kamilah focused on working at her company, while trying to remain as calm as possible.

Deep down, she had her own fears and insecurities about becoming a mother. She never had much patience to look after children, any kind of them, vampire or mortal. Countless were the times she considered staking Marcel Lafayette herself, when Gaius first Turned him and he was taken to live in their castle. That kid couldn't keep his mouth shut or stay away from trouble.

"Do you think I look any different?" Amy paced around the office, staring down at her abdomen. "I haven't felt any symptoms yet but when a friend of mine got pregnant, everyone said she irradiated it somehow."

Kamilah dropped her pen for a second and looked up, raising an eyebrow at her wife.

"You don't think so," Amy sighed. "Do you?"

"I think you should slow down and breathe. You've been acting too hyperactive."

"Oh, Marisa from the reception also told me I look prettier lately. And I'm sure it's not because of my new hair or my new visual, I've been wearing it since we returned."

The female vampire stood up and embraced her wife, in an attempt to make her stop moving so frantically around the room.

"Amy," she applied some pressure on the girl's shoulders, "tonight we're taking the test. Save some energy for the moment, my love."

"I suppose you're right," Amy took a deep breath, enjoying the massage. "I just need to distract myself with other things."

"Go shopping. Buy yourself something nice and wear it for me to appreciate when I get home."

"Great idea."

Amy pressed a quick kiss on her lips and grabbed her purse, disappearing through the elevator doors. The realization of the upcoming event finally struck. In a few hours, they'd confirm if Amy was indeed pregnant. Kamilah had no idea on the details of how the serum worked, but they certainly had invested a lot of time on trying for a child. The effects lasted for days, giving her the most intense and passionate days of her long life.

"I should see Adrian," Kamilah thought.

At Raines Corporation she and Adrian sat down at the conference room for a drink, while she confessed him all of her doubts.

"I can't even take care of newly Turned vampires, how am I supposed to raise a child?"

"You'll learn with time. It isn't so terrifying as it appears."

"Adrian," she rolled her eyes, "I'm very old. I won't have the energy to be a parent."

"This new experience will make you feel young again," Adrian paused for a second, lost in thoughts. "When Charles was born I had these same fears, you know? He was so tiny the first time I held him I was afraid I'd break him or something."

Having children was a sensitive subject to be spoken with her best friend. Kamilah could feel the melancholy, the pain in Adrian's voice whenever he mentioned his son.

"I'm sorry you couldn't see him growing up. I feel bad for sharing my anxiety about being a mother when you lost your baby."

"Please, don't. I'm really happy for you and Amy, this baby will be very special to me. It's almost like he or she carries a part of me too."

"I'm sure of it, brother," Kamilah placed a hand on Adrian's shoulder. "You'll be an uncle as much as Lysimachus."

"So I guess it's time for the big night, huh?" Adrian looked at the watch on his wrist.

"Wish me luck."

Kamilah followed to her penthouse, where Amy was waiting for her with a new dress she bought especially for the occasion. She pressed her lips on hers, involving her in a fiery and hot kiss. Her tongue softly gliding over Amy's lower lip, while her hands stroked her side, cherishing every inch of that beautiful body.

"Hey," Amy giggled as Kamilah's mouth descended to her neck. "Save some for later!"

"I still have plenty of kisses and touches for our celebration."

"Okay so... are you ready?"

"Yes. Are you?"

The girl grabbed Kamilah's hand and took her to the master suite, where a small box was placed on the bed. Together they read the pregnancy test instructions cautiously and Amy followed to the bathroom to perform the required steps.

"And now we wait," she said when she returned. "Around three minutes."

"Yes," Kamilah check down her watch, her eyes not missing a single movement of the hands. Suddenly it seemed to be ticking slower than usual, only increasing the tension inside her chest.

"How are you feeling?" Amy's voice brought her back to reality. "I mean, about the possibility of being a mom."

"I-I... At the same time I feel incredibly excited, I'm also drowning in fear. In fact, I don't think I've ever been so scared in my life before."

"So am I. Until a few months ago I felt so secure about being a mom and then Rheya came, my powers exploded and everything became so uncertain."

Kamilah didn't know very well what to say. She checked the watch again. Two minutes had passed. In only one minute, she could receive the news that would change her life forever.

For some reason, the day Cleopatra declared her as a nomarch came to her mind. She earned that title after many arguments and fights. Kamilah and her cousin were in a constant war against each other for their divergent opinions and views. For this reason, the nomination was quite unexpected. A surprise she and Lysimachus celebrated for days. For many centuries, she considered that the most important day of her life.

"I know it wasn't really your goal in life," Amy broke the silence.

"No, not at first," Kamilah gazed deeply into her eyes. "But it became my goal when we decided to do this together. I believe we'll make a beautiful family."

She pressed her forehead against Amy's for a few seconds, before the girl's cell phone alarm started beeping.

"Okay, time of the truth."

Amy stood up and entered the bathroom. Kamilah inhaled deeply, preparing herself for that moment. She suddenly felt comfortable about the idea. She started to imagine another little creature, beside her wife and their cat, irradiating energy and life through the penthouse. For a long time that place was empty and lonely, so much that she'd rather to spend most of her time at Ahmanet Financial. Now, since Amy entered her life, it was finally becoming full and cozy.

The bathroom door opened and Amy returned to the suite. There was no expression of joy or excitement on her face. She looked like she was about to cry. Not saying anything, she handed Kamilah the test. On the digital display she read: "Not pregnant".

"Amy..."

"Maybe it wasn't mean to be, right?"

Kamilah approached her wife on bed and pulled her close to her body. When Amy rested her head on her shoulder, the female vampire felt as she began to sob.

"No, it doesn't mean anything," she stroked the girl's hair, trying to bring some comfort. "We can try again soon."

"I was so sure," Amy cried. "I swear I could feel it, that I was really pregnant."

"Me too," Kamilah thought. Maybe her intuitions were getting weaker after living for so long. Or she got mistaken, facing an entire new situation. She couldn't admit or even show it, but in her heart, she felt an intense sorrow.

She took a day off to dedicate herself exclusively to cheer Amy up. After taking her to have breakfast in her favorite place, Kamilah suggested taking a walk around the streets of New York. Spring was the female vampire's favorite season to visit the Central Park and its landscapes. As usual, she took her camera to photograph different species of trees and flowers. For her surprise and amusement, Amy was very interested to help.

"What is this one you just photographed?" She asked, pointing to the camera screen.

"This is Sanguinaria canadensis, or Bloodroot," Kamilah explained. "It's called like this because of its red poisonous sap. You can't really tell by these delicate white petals, huh?"

"Yeah, it sorta remind me of myself. And these powers I carry through my bloodline."

"This species was also be used by Natives to cure many health conditions. It can also be used for good, as your own powers."

Amy was thinking of her answer for a moment. Then, Kamilah pulled the camera to capture another picture.

"Dodecatheon meadia," the girl spoke in anticipation. "Also known as Shooting Star."

"Huh, where did it came from?" Kamilah asked, curious.

"I must confess I've been studying a little. For you. You're turning me into a plant nerd!"

The female vampire let out a laugh, before wrapping an arm around her wife's waist and place a kiss on her cheek.

"I love you even more for that."

For the rest of the day, they were able to leave the frustration behind. In fact, that negative experience only brought them even closer.


Amy

"I can do this, I can do this..." Amy repeated to herself, while rubbing off her temples. Not even the meditation techniques she learned in Japan were able to help her in that moment.

It was the day the 'Lily Spencer Youth Center' would be opening its doors to the public, and literally everything was going wrong since she woke up.

An emergency meeting required Kamilah's presence at Ahmanet Financial, she wouldn't be able to be there for her. Not that she actually needed her wife's constant presence, but looking at Kamilah often brought her a strength she wasn't able to find anywhere else. Everytime she looked at the woman she married to, she felt inspired and confident. She remembered everything the female vampire went through, how she was able to overcome her traumas, her pain and become such a successful woman.

"No..." the girl complained, holding her stomach. "Not again."

Being so nervous about that special event, she also had been feeling nauseous for the last few days. Everytime she started to plan her speech or even think about that occasion, her stomach would start to twist. She had spent most time of the last few hours locked inside the bathroom. She wasn't able to keep down a single bloodbag, what was making her feel a little bloodlust.

"Amy?" Kamilah knocked the door. "Is everything okay?"

Amy finished applying her make-up and opened the door.

"Y-Yes," she lied. She couldn't let Kamilah know about her state. She didn't want to appear like a damsel in distress when her wife had such an important business meeting. "I'm a little bit anxious, that's all."

"I promise I'll try to make it as quick as possible. But hey, everyone else will be there and... you can do this, Amy. Lily would be very proud of you. I'm proud of you."

"Thanks. And don't worry about me okay, just kick ass at your meeting."

"I will," Kamilah smiled and placed a kiss on her forehead. Amy sighed and followed her to the elevator, before parting different ways.

The Youth Center's opening was a huge success, the building was completely crowded by young people, journalists and even a few celebrities that accepted to attend and help to promote the place. Before a special screening of Bloodbound, Amy got up on the stage for her speech.

"When I came to New York, Lily and I connected instantly. From the moment I saw her I knew we'd be best friends," she started. She couldn't say anything about that place before talking about the person who inspired it. "Lily was a total dork, ridiculously funny and the most amazing friend I could ever dream of. Even in our darkest moments, she brought joy to our lives with her jokes."

Amy stopped to wipe off a fear tears. In that day she was feeling more emotional than the usual. She had to control control herself to not sob.

"She was also incredibly talented and smart. Her biggest passions included video games and coding, this is why we decided to gather it all in one place. The Youth Center is not only a place to have fun or to learn, but also a safe heaven. A safe heaven to all those kids who have been left aside or rejected. You're not alone. Here we're all together, we all belong. For Lily!"

The after party was the moment Amy had been longing for since her arrival. Her speech had an incredible reaction, the whole crowd broke into claps and whistles, the video was already trending on the internet. Now, she could finally sit down and breathe, ready to consume some synthetic blood.

"Hey, girl," Katherine joined her. "Amazing speech out there. I didn't have time to meet Lily so well, but she certainly deserves all of this."

"Thanks," Amy grinned. "And now we should start planning the next big event of the year," she pointed to the ring on the Nighthunter's finger.

"Small. We'll be doing something small. Signing the papers and throwing a small gathering in our apartment."

"But... I'm an expert at throwing parties. Kamilah even trusts me the Dark Solstice's arrangement every year now."

"We won't have too many guests," Katherine grabbed a snack from a waitress' tray. "Lysimachus is so social as I am."

The smell of that tiny bit of food entered Amy's nose, enhanced by her vampire senses, and suddenly, the sickness returned in a violent mode. The girl held her stomach and rushed to the bathroom, where she expelled every single ounce of blood she attempted to consume.

"Are you okay?" Katherine followed her, worried. "I mean, vampires aren't supposed to be sick. Unless you got poisoned or something."

"I don't think so," Amy answered, washing her face. "But I've been so stressed about the event and my speech that I started vomiting and feeling dizzy. It has been like three days now."

The Nighthunter stared at her for a moment, raising an eyebrow. A small smirk appeared in the corners of her mouth.

"Oh."

"What?"

"You're pregnant."

"No," Amy sighed. "We didn't tell anyone but, I took a test last week. It came back negative."

"These things can be wrong, you know?" Katherine told. "Especially when you're too early on the pregnancy. You should take another test."

Amy was hesitant at first, then she agreed to go with Katherine to the nearest pharmacy and buy a pregnancy test. They returned to the Youth Center's bathroom, where she breathed in and out while waiting for the results.

"It's time to check," Katherine checked the time on her cell phone.

"I can't. I'm too nervous," Amy shook her head. "Would you do it for me?"

The Nighthunter agreed. She grabbed the stick, narrowing her eyes as she stared at the display, not saying a single word. Amy knew what that meant.

"I told you. I'm not pregnant, only stressed."

"No, sweetheart. You are."

"Wait... what?"

"You're carrying Sayeed's heir in your womb."

She grabbed the test from Katherine's hands confirming what she was saying. This time the display showed a positive result. Tears of joy formed inside her eyes. She and Kamilah were having a baby.

With Katherine's help, Amy planned the cutest manner she could think of to deliver the news to Kamilah. The female vampire came home a little bit late at night, she had a tired but peaceful look on her face.

"Finally," Amy pressed a tender kiss on her lips. "How was the meeting?"

"Complicated, but we managed to close the deal," Kamilah wrapped her arms around Amy's neck. "I couldn't wait to be with you."

"We couldn't wait for you to be home too."

"We?"

"Oh, I bought you a gift. A little something for closing the most important deal of your life, you know?"

"But it wasn't the most important..."

Amy interrupted by handing Kamilah a package, wrapped for present.

"You have a lot of books in your collection, but not this one."

Kamilah unwrapped the package carefully, a little bit intrigued and also curious. As she read the title, her eyes went wide in surprise.

"What To Expect When You're Expecting. Amy... are you..."

The girl didn't say anything, her emotions wouldn't let the words come out. Once the tears started falling they just wouldn't stop. She handed her wife the test she took earlier that day.

"Oh my god," Kamilah fell completely silent too. Her brown eyes filled with tears as she pulled Amy closer to her body. "We're having a child."


Lysimachus

"What?!" was Katherine's only answer to his question. Althought she seemed to be excited over their incoming marriage, she still thought the idea of having a baby this soon was absurd, crazy and even reckless. They both spent too much time on their careers and lived surrounded by the supernatural. That would never end well.

"Maybe she's right," Lysimachus thought. He glanced at the clock. Katherine had gone out with Amy in the middle of the party and hadn't returned yet.

After a couple of minutes the door opened in a burst. His girlfriend, followed by Amy and Kamilah came inside. His sister was bringing a bottle of champagne and had a smile on her face he had never seen before. Not even when she became a nomarch, or even when she got married.

"Wow, Kamilah is smiling. What's the occasion?" Lysimachus asked, surprised. "What are we celebrating?"

"Brother," Kamilah wrapped her arms around him, which was even stranger and very unusual, "you'll be an uncle."

He embraced his twin sister back, not being able to hold his emotions. Amy joined them for the group hug. Then, Katherine showed him the video she managed to record on her cell phone, when Kamilah received the news.

That was one of the happiest nights of their lives, so much that they decided to extend the celebration. Kamilah ordered more bottles of the special champagne and even Adrian and Jax joined them for that moment. The sun was starting to rise when it ended. Though Lysimachus was exhausted, he couldn't stop thinking about his future nephew or niece.

"Screw it," Katherine made a sudden and unexpected move, straddling him on the bed. "Let's do it."

"What..." she interrupted Lysimachus with a hot, fierce kiss, "are you talking about?"

"Let's have a baby too. It may be the fancy champagne speaking but jeez... I was hiding when I recorded that video and I cried like a bitch. I cried, can you believe that?"

"Why don't we discuss it in a few hours? When you're less... drunk."

"I mean it, I'm not the kind who admit it but I want what Amy and Kamilah have. I guess everybody does. For so long I felt lonely, empty and now I have a home with you. I want a family too."

Lysimachus didn't expect it to last until they woke up, but then, a few days later they were waiting at Adrian's office, ready to have the procedure done.

"I want you both to read the contract carefully," Adrian told. "The serum was never tested in a vampire-human couple before. It'll be the very first time. Katherine may experience some side effects."

"What kind of them?" Lysimachus wanted to know. "If it's too dangerous, we're giving up."

"First and foremost, it's based on the Tree's blood. Though its potential has been minimized and used for the purpose of creating life only, we don't know its interaction with a mortal's body."

"Rheya has fed me her blood back at the auction," Katherine remembered. "Nothing happened. I didn't feel any different."

"Okay. But we still have another potential issue here. The vampire gene is dominant, especially mixed with the Tree's blood," Adrian explained." The chances this child will inherit Katherine's mortality is zero. And then, I have no other way to put it, we may have a Breaking Dawn situation here."

"Care to elaborate?" Lysimachus furrowed his brows. "I never passed New Moon. That was too much for me."

"The baby would start feeding from my blood," for his surprise, Katherine was the one to answer. "It could be potentially lethal."

The two male vampires stared at her in silence.

"I'm not a fan, just saying. Ava forced me to read the books when we were teenagers."

"So," Adrian handed them a pen, "are you still proceeding with the serum?"

Losing Katherine wasn't a risk Lysimachus was willing to take. They both agreed to continue with the procedure, under the condition they'd terminate the pregnancy if it started to affect the Nighthunter's health.

After that, they flew to New Orleans using one of Raines Corporation private jets. During the whole trip, Lysimachus was silent and lost in his thoughts. He never thought he'd ever become a dad at his 2066 years of age. It was a surprise he never fathered any children by accident back in Egypt. Besides his good looks, he was also part of the nobility, what meant that rare were the nights where his bed was empty. He could've easily gotten married, but like Kamilah, bringing peace to his people was his main priority. After he was Turned, having a child became something impossible and forgotten. Until now.

"Why did you want to come here again?" Lysimachus asked once they arrived at Katherine's penthouse.

"Darling, we're making a supernatural baby," she grinned. "NOLA's magic will totally be in our favor. I even stole this bottle from Garrus personal collection, it's supposed to increase the fertility."

He wasn't sure if it was the liquor she stole, or even the serum alone, but the night was intense. After having dinner, they were together on the couch watching a movie. Horror movies would always make them bored, maybe because the supernatural situations they were always facing exposed how fake and silly those cliche plots could be.

Katherine pushed him on his back and straddled him. She started kissing him fiercely, nibbling on his lower lip and digging her nails on his scalp. It was one of the days she wanted to be 'mean' and Lysimachus didn't complain. He absolutely loved those days.

- MxF smut scene -

She started to take off his clothes, leaving a trail of kisses from his neck until he stomach. Then she unbuttoned his jeans, lowering herself to where he wanted her the most.

"Katherine..." Lysimachus moaned, completely overwhelmed by pleasure. The swirls and strokes of her tongue were driving him close to his peak.

She suddenly stopped, looking at him maliciously.

"Why did you stop?"

"You're not working hard enough to earn it."

"Oh really?" His eye flashed red and, using his vampire strength and speed, he drove them both to the bedroom in a fraction of second.

"Now it's getting interesting," Katherine spoke as Lysimachus pinned her on the bed, holding her wrists above her head. He devoured her mouth in a feverish kiss, before moving to her jawline and earlobe. "Give me all that you've got."

In a rushed and rough manner, he quickly get rid of all the pieces of clothes that were still in his way. Then, he positioned himself between her legs, raising gasps as he started moving forward.

"Oh my god..." Katherine muffled her moans by biting hard on his neck.

"I thought I was the vampire here," Lysimachus joked. "But it's good to know how it feels."

She wrapped her legs around his hips, pulling him even closer. He continued to move against her, until they both collapsed in ecstasy.

And that was only the first time. For the next couple of days they couldn't stay away from each other, having some wild and crazy moments of pleasure.

- End of MxF smut scene -

The results came a few weeks later, when Lysimachus entered his office in Raines Corporation after a meeting and a strange envelope was waiting for him on his desk. He opened it and started reading. The increased hormone levels in Katherine's blood could only mean one thing, they had a baby on the way.


Kamilah

After receiving the news of Amy's pregnancy, the weeks flew by. Kamilah was going through experiences and feelings that were completely new to her, like the anxiety of their first ultrasound, the surprise of finding out they were expecting twins and the joy of hearing their heartbeats for the first time.

Her penthouse had already started to change, with the approximation of Amy's due date, they prepared a very cozy nursery for the babies. And she also made sure to made every corner of the place safe for children, to avoid any accidents when they started growing up. Her children weren't the only that would be running around that place and causing a fuss in the next few years, Kamilah also received the news she'd become an aunt. Her brother Lysimachus was also expecting twins with his fiancée.

Recently, they had discovered the gender of both of the babies. They decided to announce these news to family and friends during a baby shower, an event Kamilah planned every detail and hired many employees to take care of, after all she couldn't let her eight months pregnant wife handle all the work.

"Okay..." she caught Amy secretly rearranging part of the decoration for the third time. Nothing she did was able to keep that girl quiet and resting, she was always moving around and doing all sorts of things. "This will look better... here. Don't you think, babe?"

Kamilah cocked her head to the side, trying to figure out how it could be looking different from the previous arrangements Amy had made.

"It does," she agreed. Messing up with Amy's raging hormones was the last thing she wanted. "It's perfect. Now you should sit down and wait for the guests. You're 32 weeks pregnant, you shouldn't be doing so much effort."

"Awww, I love when you get so overprotective of your kids."

Amy cupped her face between her hands and pressed a kiss on Kamilah's lips.

"And it includes you. You're such a cheeky and silly kid."

The female vampire placed a hand over her wife's belly, feeling as the twins moved energetic. At least one of them seemed to have inherited their younger mom's hyperactive personality.

Shortly later, Lysimachus arrived to the party in the company of Katherine. She and Amy had grown a lot closer, by sharing experiences, insecurities and going shopping together.

"Kamilah, it's strange," Kamilah's brother joined her in the kitchen when the guests started to arrive. "I'm the only man here."

"Relax," she served him a hidden dose of gin. "Adrian and Jax will be here soon. As well as your friends from New Orleans."

"Can you believe that? We'll both be parents around the same time. This is just like we always wanted, back when we were young."

"To be honest, brother, I'm freaking out."

Kamilah told her brother about the parenting classes Amy had been forcing her to attend. Not only they failed every test, but also got expelled after one of her daggers fell from her pocket in the middle of the class.

"Don't laugh," she scolded Lysimachus. "Amy cried for days. She made me promise I'll get rid of the daggers when they babies come."

"If that helps," he told, "Katherine has forbidden me to read any pregnancy books or to download apps that compare our babies' current size to the most diverse stuff."

"How is she doing?" Kamilah asked, knowing her sister in law faced some challenges in the beginning of her pregnancy that almost caused a miscarriage.

"She's great. After Adrian started giving her monthly doses of the Tree's blood she no longer felt weak or anything."

Once all the guests arrived, it was time for the games and activities. Kamilah mostly watched from a distance while her wife had fun with her family and friends. First, she guessed what each one of the gifts were. Most them, not knowing about her psychic abilities, were shocked about how she guessed everything right. Then, they made a list of predictions for the babies and name suggestions.

"Well, now it's the time everyone has been waiting for," Amy announced. "Gender reveal!"

She popped the first balloon. Pink confetti falling all over her head.

"It's a girl."

She passed Kamilah the pin. Her balloon revealed some blue confetti, indicating the second baby was a boy. The guests all came to hug and congratulate them, even Amy's mom that so far had kept her distant posture. She probably wasn't thrilled to know her grandchildren were vampires.

"Darling, your son must honor our family's tradition," she said. "He must carry his grandfather's name."

"For god's sake, Judith," Amy's father protested. "Robert 'Bob' Sayeed? It doesn't even fit. He needs a name like... Amenophis. To honor his origins."

Amy's mother let out an horrified shout. Before the argument could get heated, Kamilah discreetly walked away. They already had names in mind for their children. Names they picked together.

In the kitchen, Lysimachus was grinning ear to ear and holding the bottle of gim.

"Hey," Kamilah frowned. "Keep that out of sight. Amy said no alcohol in the baby shower!"

"We're having two boys!" He squeezed her tightly. Kamilah could sense her brother was a little bit drunk. "I'm having two sons, sister. I can't wait to teach them everything father taught me."

"Congratulations. Where's your fiancée, by the way?"

"I... I don't know. Isn't she on the living room?"

"No."

"Shit."

Kamilah shook her head, wondering if fatherhood would make her twin finally mature a bit. She went to her office where she opened the secret safe on her desk, retrieving an item wrapped inside a piece of cloth. It didn't matter Lysimachus was having two boys, that small wooden horse was still hers. Maybe she could even give it to her daughter someday. She grinned mischievously. If he wanted it back, he'd have to find and steal it.


Amy

A lot had changed in Amy's life now she was pregnant. Her body, her hormones and her mood, especially her mood. At the same time she was feeling loving and affectionate, she often had this inner desire to murder whoever gave suggestions about how she should raise her children, and then cried for hours straight, picturing what would happen to them if she went to jail.

In the beginning, she was constantly hungry and horny too. The early weeks of pregnancy did wonders in her sex life with Kamilah. They'd have sex in the most random places and situations, in the office, at the restaurant's bathroom or in her parents' house. The danger of being right under her mother's nose, at the risk of getting caught, turned her on more than anything.

"Oh, enjoy it while you can," her aunt teased when they left her old bedroom with messed up hair and wrinkled clothes. "It won't happen so often in the next years, until they leave for college."

That thought made her suddenly burst in tears while she devoured a huge bowl of ice cream, with all the possible sprinkles and toppings she could find in the kitchen. Would Kamilah still love her the same after the babies were born? Would she grow bored and seek the company of other women for pleasure?

"Amy," Kamilah appeared in the living room, wearing her night robe. "What happened? Are you in pain again?"

"No," she sniffed her nose and wiped off some tears. "I'm okay."

"You're not," her wife sat down by Amy's side on the couch, pulling her close to her body. "What is going on?"

"Will you still love me the same after the babies are born?"

"Of course."

"Even if my body doesn't go back to normal?"

"Yes."

"Even if we aren't able to ever have sex again?"

"Sure."

"Won't you get a fling, in case you get bored of me?"

"Amy..." Kamilah placed a small and delicate kiss on her forehead. "I love you and I always will. No matter what. I could never leave you for somebody else."

"What if I die?" That thought suddenly occurred Amy. She had never considered that possibility so far. "You are not marrying Aiko! She'd probably send my children to a boarding school or lock them in a dungeon."

"Your silly thing," the female vampire let out a small laugh. "You're not dying. And I wouldn't marry anyone, especially Aiko, in case it happens, okay?"

"You promise?"

"Yes."

Amy went back to what she was doing before her wife joined. Inside two boxes, she placed two envelopes.

"What are you doing?" Kamilah asked curious.

"Some sort of time capsule," Amy explained. "For them to open when they're older and read about how freaked out I was during the days that preceded their birth."

"This is cute, in this case I'll be adding a letter too."

Amy had already fallen asleep when Kamilah finished writing her letters. It was the first time she could actually sleep in days. She couldn't find a comfortable position in bed but now, being so cozy on her wife's chest, she was finally able to rest.

However, when she woke up, she was consumed by an intense pain. It was like she was being stabbed, multiple times, on her abdomen, on her lower back, on her spine... everywhere. The pain was accompanied by a pressure so intense that she was afraid she going to explode.

"Kamilah!" She shouted. "Wake up! Now!"

"What?!" Her wife jumped out from the couch, scared and confused. Her eyes went wide as she looked at Amy. "Oh my god... your... your water has broke. W-we need to go to the hospital right now. And... I'm calling Adrian and picking up the bags."

Amy had never seen Kamilah so lost and nervous before. Nothing in the world would shake that woman's confidence, but motherhood made her so insecure as any other being. The time between their penthouse and the hospital seemed endless. The fact her wife would stop paying attention to the streets to stare at her, pale as a ghost, was making her even angrier.

"How are you feeling?" Kamilah asked for what seemed to be the hundredth time.

"HOW DO YOU THINK?" Amy yelled loud. She suddenly felt her dark powers were beginning to resurface. "LIKE I'M DYING. NOT EVEN WHEN I ACTUALLY DIED IT HURT THIS BADLY."

"I'm sorry, Amy. I-I... just take deep breaths, okay? Like we learned at the classes."

She started repeating the breathing exercises, trying to get Amy to mimic them. The girl could swear her eyes were about to glow like two fire balls again.

"It's easy for you to say, Kamilah. You're not the one feeling like your uterus will be torn apart."

"Okay... you're right. I won't say anything else. I promise."

Kamilah's next move made Amy sure she'd bring Goddess Phampira back, before her children came to the world. She pulled a bottle of vodka from under the driver's seat, taking a long sip.

"I can't honestly believe you brought booze to your children's birth," Amy shook her head in disbelief. "And you're already drinking it."

"I'm sorry," Kamilah apologized, a little embarrassed. "I'm too nervous and alcohol usually helps me to calm down."

Amy's Bloodkeeper intuition told her there was more booze in the trunk, for a celebration later. Before she could unleash her rage at her wife, they arrived at the hospital.

After moments of agonizing pain, their baby girl was the first one to make it to this world. The feeling of hearing her cry or seeing her face for the first time was something Amy couldn't describe. Only a few minutes later, their baby boy was also in her arms. For the first time in her life, Amy's heart felt complete. She'd have a family. A real family, purely based on love, respect and trust.

When she woke up after a deserved rest, the vision in front of her made her forget all the pain and chaos she experienced during labor. Kamilah was standing in a corner of the bedroom, rocking one of the twins in her arms.

"You're so perfect," she spoke low and soft. "The most perfect thing I've ever made."

"Well, but you didn't make it by yourself," Amy smiled.

Kamilah approached bringing their baby girl with her. It was the first time Amy was able to properly look at her daughter.

"Amaya Lily Sayeed. She's so gorgeous."

"And a little ball of chaotic energy, just like you. She hasn't slept for a moment since the nurse brought them."

Amy let out a laugh, taking the little girl from Kamilah's arms. Just then, their son started to cry. The female vampire held him, bringing him close to the rest of the family.

"And here's Malik," Kamilah told. "The king of our family."

The boy was way more calm than his sister, but equally beautiful. They were a perfect mix of both of their moms. The feeling of that moment made Amy shed some emotional tears.

"I love you," she whispered to Kamilah.

"I love you too."


Lysimachus

While Lysimachus was doing his best to learn about parenthood, he still couldn't quite understand when Katherine freaked out at the baby shower. The pregnancy made her freak out very often and about everything, but this time in particular had him really intrigued.

He found his fiancée on the bedroom of their apartment. She was crying while holding an old cell phone model in hands.

"Hey," Lysimachus softly stroked her shoulder, "what happened? You just disappeared before we even got to serve the cake."

"Sorry," she wiped off some tears from her face and rolled her eyes. "I've been an emotional wreck lately."

"It's normal. The book I was reading said..."

"No. Don't say that, please."

Katherine's aversion to any kind of information about pregnancy made Lysimachus question if he was indeed obsessed over those books, like she claimed. Even Kamilah censored him when he started giving too much facts.

"I'm sorry," he sat down by her side, glancing at phone's screen.

"Ava," she told before Lysimachus could ask any questions. "It's my old phone, from the time she died. There's a lot of pictures and conversations. We always said we both would have daughters and they'd grow up together being best friends too, just like us and our moms. It obviously wouldn't be the same, but when Amy told me she was expecting a girl I thought I still could have it somehow."

"And then you found out we're having two boys."

"Please, don't take this the wrong way. I'm happy and I already love them but..."

"You wanted a girl," Lysimachus wrapped his arms around Katherine and kissed the top of her head. He always knew about her inner desire of having a daughter, she never tried to hide it.

"I was kinda sure we'd have one," she confessed. "I keep having those strange dreams where I have a baby girl in my arms."

"Maybe someday we will. We can try having a girl in a couple of years, this is totally fine for me. I've always wanted a big family."

"Me too, as only child I always felt a little bit lonely."

Katherine kept looking at the pictures in her old phone's gallery. She stopped at one from the day she left for Brown University, where she was in the company of her parents. After that, she pressed the button to turn it off.

"I'm having a lot of nightmares too, I'm starting to feel scared. Do you think the boys are okay?"

Being a vampire father had its perks, Lysimachus rested his head against Katherine's belly listening to the two quick and strong heartbeats inside her womb.

"I think they're great," he concluded, feeling as the babies started moving.

Meeting his sister's twins got him even more anxious, and also terrified, about his own children. But Lysimachus didn't have much time to prepare himself, only two weeks later, Katherine started feeling contractions. Adrian asked them to rush to the hospital.

"Oh shit," he began to pace around the room, "I'm hyperventilating. I... I think I'm going to pass out."

"Please, recompose yourself," Katherine angered. "Is this the first sight you want your children to have from you?"

"Okay..."

Lysimachus took a deep breath and stood by his fiancées side. She squeezed his hand tight as she started to push. He couldn't imagine a mortal had so much strength. He could swear his bones broke and healed for about three times.

His mind started to dissociate. It always happened when he felt too stressed. Flashbacks started to replay in front of his eyes, he saw himself at the Roman prison again. He was in a miserable state. At one point, the injuries, the torture and the humiliation were too much and he started praying for his death. Instead, Gaius turned him and granted him a life of immortality. For centuries he hated it, he couldn't accept it and now...

Lysimachus felt he was where he was always supposed to be. Had him stayed a mortal, he'd have never witnessed this moment.

"Congratulations, sir," the nurse handed him a tiny little boy, still covered in blood. He cried at the top of his lungs.

"Oh my god," Lysimachus smiled, too emotional for words. He quickly showed Katherine the baby.

"34 weeks inside me..." she complained through shallow, pained breaths, "and they'll look exactly like you."

She was right. Baby Kaleb had inherited everything from his dad. Lysimachus started to laugh. About five minutes later, his twin brother also came to the world and they were identical.

Right after concluding Katherine and the babies were fine and healthy, he went to the waiting room, where Kamilah was anxiously longing for news. They hugged each other and celebrated. Lysimachus proudly showed her the babies' pictures on his phone.

"Congratulations, brother," his sister patted his shoulder. "They're beautiful."

But he should have known. Dreams should never be ignored. Hours after giving birth, Katherine wouldn't wake up. Her vitals also became a little unstable. As Adrian entered the room, he felt his chest tightening.

"Her exam results are worrying," he said. "She's too weak and the medication isn't being effective. Do you authorize if I feed her one last sample of the Tree's blood?"

"Yes," Lysimachus replied without any hesitation. "Whatever it takes. I just need her to be okay."

"If she dies..."

"I know."