******Chapter 1: Chosen...
"They are beautiful." She whispered wistfully, as she watched them through the cafe window.
"They're too young." Her companion said, letting the heat of the coffee soak into his hands.
"Nonsense Kailen, they both are plenty old enough and you know it, and besides you promised that you would
support me in whomever I choose." Then smiling kittenishly. "And look at them, they're healthy, beautiful, and
perfect mirrors of each other, but with perfect minds and hearts for what we need." She watched them longingly as
they made their way across the street, laughing about something despite the cold and snow, then pointing at the
cafe and laughing some more.
"Lyra, do you TRULY believe that they can handle being what I am and you will be?" Kailen asked as he
watched them some more lightly scanning their minds, arching a brow at how difficult it was just to get a shadow
of a thought out of them, let alone a real memory. ~How odd~ "Have you had a premonition? A vision? A lucid
dream? Anything?" He questioned as they started throwing snow at one anther, several of the snowballs missing
the target and ended up on the cafe window.
"I know they seem rather childish but they really are wonderful, I've been watching them for weeks, reading parts
of their memories, scanning their dreams." Lyra sipped her drink and looked at him with soft eyes. "I just feel such
a deep connection with them and I haven't even really met them yet. Don't you feel it?"
Kailen just smiled an nodded as she stood, he asked while putting his gloves back on. "Yes, and you've chosen
them... As the fathers?"
"I would pick nobody else as the father of my children," Lyra said as she slid on her fur lined coat, rubbing her
cheek against the fluffy softness of it. "even though they aren't totally true with themselves yet." She started to take
out her wallet just as they walked in.
Kailen held up his hand as he paid for the drinks, "And I'm sure you can cure them of that little 'issue'?"
"Of course." She said with a small laugh. "I wouldn't have them any other way BUT as they should be."
"Well I trust you... Shall I tell the others then?" He held the door open for her.
Taking a glance back at the two men as they made their orders. "Yeah, I've decided, and they're it." She said with
a content smile as she stepped outside.
"Which will you have first?" He asked hands behind his back as they walked.
"The younger one, and he can help me bring in the older one." She said looking at the sky, letting the snow fall on
her face.
"I must admit, they are rather lovely to behold." Kailen said with a smirk.
"Oh Kailen, do you want to have one for a bit?" She asked sincerely.
"No, I have my pleasures." He said grinning
"Oh yes, Sybelah and Benjimine..." She said knowingly, watching the corner of his mouth turned up in a slight
smile. "Hey, has Andrew ever gotten over that issue?" Lyra asked regrettably.
"Yes, I believe so; and if he hasn't, he hasn't shown any sign of displeasure. I'm sure you've noticed them getting
on rather well." He said, hinting at the already known.
"Oh indeed I have, but then who hasn't?" She added with a laugh, then took his arm. "Kailen lets go dance! I
haven't been in ages! I want you to dress me like a goddess, and take me for a spin like you did when I was a
child!"
He laughed and nodded "We will Love, but some other time, lets first get you warm." He wrapped his arms around
her and took her into an alley. "Ready?" He felt her nod in his chest, with that he took off for the flat they had been
renting at The Drake Swiss Hotel. On the balcony they stood watching the streets below, the sun would rise in an
hour and Kailen would go to his safe house and Lyra would sleep for a while and then go to work at her computer.
"When will you start?" Kailen asked after Lyra ordered herself some food from room service.
"Yeah and clam bisque. No I want a white wine with that you moron, you don't have red wines or blushes with
white sea foods!" She slammed down the phone and rubbed her temples. "Uncultured idiots..." She looked at him
and shrugged at the phone. "Sorry you were asking?"
"When will you start?" He asked again.
"Oh sometime after my 21st. birthday." She said with a smile. "I was thinking next Thursday."
"They are beautiful." She whispered wistfully, as she watched them through the cafe window.
"They're too young." Her companion said, letting the heat of the coffee soak into his hands.
"Nonsense Kailen, they both are plenty old enough and you know it, and besides you promised that you would
support me in whomever I choose." Then smiling kittenishly. "And look at them, they're healthy, beautiful, and
perfect mirrors of each other, but with perfect minds and hearts for what we need." She watched them longingly as
they made their way across the street, laughing about something despite the cold and snow, then pointing at the
cafe and laughing some more.
"Lyra, do you TRULY believe that they can handle being what I am and you will be?" Kailen asked as he
watched them some more lightly scanning their minds, arching a brow at how difficult it was just to get a shadow
of a thought out of them, let alone a real memory. ~How odd~ "Have you had a premonition? A vision? A lucid
dream? Anything?" He questioned as they started throwing snow at one anther, several of the snowballs missing
the target and ended up on the cafe window.
"I know they seem rather childish but they really are wonderful, I've been watching them for weeks, reading parts
of their memories, scanning their dreams." Lyra sipped her drink and looked at him with soft eyes. "I just feel such
a deep connection with them and I haven't even really met them yet. Don't you feel it?"
Kailen just smiled an nodded as she stood, he asked while putting his gloves back on. "Yes, and you've chosen
them... As the fathers?"
"I would pick nobody else as the father of my children," Lyra said as she slid on her fur lined coat, rubbing her
cheek against the fluffy softness of it. "even though they aren't totally true with themselves yet." She started to take
out her wallet just as they walked in.
Kailen held up his hand as he paid for the drinks, "And I'm sure you can cure them of that little 'issue'?"
"Of course." She said with a small laugh. "I wouldn't have them any other way BUT as they should be."
"Well I trust you... Shall I tell the others then?" He held the door open for her.
Taking a glance back at the two men as they made their orders. "Yeah, I've decided, and they're it." She said with
a content smile as she stepped outside.
"Which will you have first?" He asked hands behind his back as they walked.
"The younger one, and he can help me bring in the older one." She said looking at the sky, letting the snow fall on
her face.
"I must admit, they are rather lovely to behold." Kailen said with a smirk.
"Oh Kailen, do you want to have one for a bit?" She asked sincerely.
"No, I have my pleasures." He said grinning
"Oh yes, Sybelah and Benjimine..." She said knowingly, watching the corner of his mouth turned up in a slight
smile. "Hey, has Andrew ever gotten over that issue?" Lyra asked regrettably.
"Yes, I believe so; and if he hasn't, he hasn't shown any sign of displeasure. I'm sure you've noticed them getting
on rather well." He said, hinting at the already known.
"Oh indeed I have, but then who hasn't?" She added with a laugh, then took his arm. "Kailen lets go dance! I
haven't been in ages! I want you to dress me like a goddess, and take me for a spin like you did when I was a
child!"
He laughed and nodded "We will Love, but some other time, lets first get you warm." He wrapped his arms around
her and took her into an alley. "Ready?" He felt her nod in his chest, with that he took off for the flat they had been
renting at The Drake Swiss Hotel. On the balcony they stood watching the streets below, the sun would rise in an
hour and Kailen would go to his safe house and Lyra would sleep for a while and then go to work at her computer.
"When will you start?" Kailen asked after Lyra ordered herself some food from room service.
"Yeah and clam bisque. No I want a white wine with that you moron, you don't have red wines or blushes with
white sea foods!" She slammed down the phone and rubbed her temples. "Uncultured idiots..." She looked at him
and shrugged at the phone. "Sorry you were asking?"
"When will you start?" He asked again.
"Oh sometime after my 21st. birthday." She said with a smile. "I was thinking next Thursday."