A/N: Oh my GOSH Little Games is back! Sort of. It's short but that's okay because it's words and those don't happen often. I know you probably all hate me but I'm totally okay with that because I know deep down you harbor the most sincere love for me possible (shut up, let me dream). I'll be done with school for good (graduating, woo!) in less than a week, so I'm hoping I'll actually be able to update regularly. I really want to get this story wrapped up!
Disclaimer: Naht meine, sahree. (just read the story...)
Tamsin awoke the next morning with a pair of massive, golden eyes staring at her from beside the bed. She jolted upwards, scrambling to cover herself with the sheet before realizing that she had somehow been dressed in a tank top and underwear without knowing it. She dropped the sheet slowly and glanced over at the big doe eyes peering up at her from the floor.
"Rune, what in the name of-", she began, but was interrupted by the bedroom door being slung wide open.
"Lorelei Dennis, what did I say about waking Tamsin up!?" Bo said in her 'mom' voice as she stormed over to the pint sized fae. Lorelei moved her gaze to the floor and put on a pout.
"Sorry BoBo," the baby Cambion murmured. Bo grinned at the pet name that she had been given by the little Nixie. "I just wanted to see Tamsie before Lissy and Lauren take me to the play house."
Tamsin reached down and plucked the girl from the floor and cradled her in her lap on the bed. She gave Bo a skeptical look before turning back to Lorelei. "What play house, babe?"
"It's not a play house, Lori. It's a safe house..." Bo interjected, trailing off and avoiding eye contact with Tamsin.
"Safe house!?" the Valkyrie said lowly between clenched teeth. "Bo, if Dax's minions found her at the Dal what the fu-," she glanced down at Lorelei and quickly changed her words, "what the heck do you think a safe house is going to do?"
"It's just until we can figure out what to do about this Tynan guy. We're going to put some of Trick's magic fae-blocking dust around the place once Lori is inside so they can't get in after her," the brunette explained.
Tamsin hugged the child closer to her chest, her maternal instincts kicking into high gear. "You just want to leave her there alone and unprotected!?"
"No! Tamsin, god, of course not!" Bo defended. "Lauren and Kenzi will be with her inside and they can come and go as they please – they're not fae. Aloysia, Dyson, and Hale will be stationed all around the outside of the place to make sure no one sketchy can get close."
"What about us?" the blonde asked, relaxing a bit.
"We're going to go and talk to Trick and see if we can't get a little more information on this guy," Bo said gently as she crossed the room to the bed. She crawled up the sheets to Tamsin and Lorelei and shifted the little sandy haired girl in between herself and the detective. She craned her neck and laid a soft kiss to the side of Tamsin's neck before resting her head gently against her girlfriend's shoulder. "It will be okay babe."
Their quiet family moment ended abruptly as a crash came from the front of the house. Lorelei coiled against her protectors' bodies, her own ridden with fear as she heard Aloysia's voice cry out in pain. Bo and Tamsin leapt from the bed, the blonde grabbing a pair of sweats and throwing them on as her lover sped for the door.
"Hide her," Bo demanded before darting out into the hall.
"Bo, wait!" Tamsin was distraught at the idea of Bo running into harm's way on her own but she knew she had to take care of their little one first and foremost. She scooped shaking Lorelei up off of the bed along with a pillow and a small throw blanket they kept at the foot of the mattress and scurried into the bathroom. She knelt down in front of the sink, opening the cabinet beneath it. The Valkyrie shoved all of the toiletries out of the way and put the pillow down at the bottom.
"Rune, I need you to crawl in here, okay? Think of it as a new clubhouse," Tamsin said, frantically trying to convince the little girl to comply. She heard another crash from what sounded like the kitchen followed by an unfamiliar voice wailing. That's my girl. Bo must have been doing well.
Lorelei reluctantly scooted into the space under the sink, atop the pillow. Tamsin covered her small body with the sheet and kissed her head.
"Good girl. Now, I need you to stay here and don't move no matter what happens, no matter what you hear. Pretend it's a game of hide and seek, okay? Bo and I will come back and get you when it's safe, alright?" Tamsin's words were rushed as she spoke to the tiny fae girl.
"Promise?" Lorelei whimpered, her voice quivering.
"I promise. I'm not going to let anything happen to you, but you have to stay here."
"I love you, TamTam."
Tamsin's heart stopped as she stared at the golden-eyed girl. "I love you too, Rune. I love you too..."
She gave one last smile before shutting the cabinet and rushing for the bedroom door. As she entered the hall, she could hear Bo struggling in the living room. Her eyes narrowed in on the burly, red-headed boy from the Dal, his hands held tight around Bo's throat as she kicked and fought futilely to free herself.
The blonde launched herself at the male's back, placing one hand beneath his chin and one across the top of his head and yanking them in opposite directions. With a sickening crack! the boy fell, lifeless, to the ground.
Bo gasped and flung her hands to her own throat as oxygen burned into her lungs again. She looked up at Tamsin before flinging her body against the Valkyrie's and hugging her in a tight embrace. Their moment was interrupted quickly by a sharp blow to the back of Tamsin's head. The last thing she heard was Bo's blood-curdling rebuttal when suddenly, everything was black.
A/N: Me and my cliffhangers. What're we going to do with me? Sorry it was so short, more of a filler chapter than anything else. Hopefully I can actually get another update out sooner than later. Sorry for the wait and thanks to EVERYONE who is still following this story, I know I've been super bipolar with the updates and I owe you the upmost gratitude for putting up with me!
xRiver