I stood in the back of the dal, looking out at Bo dancing around with Kenzi as the room sang happy birthday. Everyone of Kenzi's friends was present and a handful of her shady cousins. Dyson, his partner, Sera, Bo and trick all were present to celebrate the obnoxious girl we all loved. Kenzi was wearing a giant birthday girl crown and dancing around, she was half in the bag as was my wife. I smiled watching Bo let loose and show her goofy side that she had mildly put in the closet as she became a mother. I looked around and saw Sera standing with her other grandfather, Trick. They were talking and smiling. Sera had just recently started to spend more time with Trick, learning Fae magic from Trick where as she would learn Fae politics from Finnegan. Sera looked over at me and smiled.

Looking over at the door I smiled wider as my mother and Finnegan walked in, arms full of gifts. Kenzi immediately saw the two walk in and she jolted to the door, smothering my mother in hugs and snatching the gifts from my father. I stood up from the couch I was sitting at, I had been nominated designated driver, I took the opportunity to read over some of Tricks books while the party started. I knew soon enough with Bo and Kenzi and vodka, I would be wrangling to very strong women.

After hugging my mother and grabbing the gifts from Kenzi, I made my way to the side room where all of Kenzis presents were being kept. A large stack of them were from Dysons partner who I as pretty sure had a major crush on the girl, but was too afraid to say anything. I set the gifts down and stood back, smiling at the pile. Kenzi was truly loved by all of us.

"captain, why do you always hide at parties?"

I turned, smiling at Tamsin as she walked into the small room, "its how I stay sober, I will never wake up in a bathtub again, as long as I can help it."

Tamsin raised and eyebrow at me, "you slept in a bathtub?"

"ask kenzi to tell you that story." I walked to Tamsin, giving her a quick hug. "thanks for coming."

"would not miss this for the world, Moscow drunk is always a memorable moment." Tamsin leaned out of the hug, "there's someone I want you to meet, Captain." Tamsin stepped back and waved out the door. A moment later, a woman that was as tall as Tamsin, auburn hair, slate grey eyes and I could tell instantly she was fae. As the woman approached she took Tamsins hand, "captain, this is Anya. My girlfriend."

The woman held out her hand, "its nice to finally meet you, Dr. Lewis. Tamsin has told me much about you."

I took the hand, a stupid grin plastered over my face, "please call me Lauren." I looked at Tamsin, "its nice to meet you, the commander here has not told me one thing about you." I blinked at Tamsin. Anya laughed lightly, "its understandable, I am light fae. Tamsin and I met a while ago, when she returned home. I had to chase her down to get her to go out to dinner with me. very elusive this one is, but I have heard all about the amazing Dr. Lewis."

Tamsin blushed, "i wanted to keep it a secret until I was a little more closer to being separated from the dark." she looked up at Anya, "I also wanted her to meet you and the succubus, and go through the Moscow red test." tamsin winked at me.

"well, I know Bo will be as happy as I am for you, as for Kenzi." I winked at Anya, "baked goods are the way to that girls heart."

Anya laughed, "i was informed of this already." she held up a small package and set it on the table with the others, "i brought a gift just in case."

"mum! Trick needs your help setting up the birthday shots." Sera walked into the room, wearing a party hat. She stopped when she saw Tamsin. The air grew tense.

Tamsin was still smiling, "hey midget." Sera cringed and threw a stink eye at another nickname she wished had ended when Tamsin left. Tamsin pulled at Anya playfully, "come on, lets go say hi to the birthday girl and get a drink before she drains the place." Anya nodded, "again it was nice to meet you, Lauren. I hope we can talk more, Tamsin has told me you are an incredible doctor. I think Tamsin also forgot to mention that I am a chemical engineer. I would love to pick your brain."

"Of course, I am always willing to share information." I glared hard at Tamsin, who groaned and pulled her girlfriend after her as they left the room.

Sera walked to me, handing me a party hat, "AK is demanding that we all wear one." she glanced at the door, "who was that with the Valkyrie."

I set the party hat on my head, "that is Anya. Tamsins new girlfriend." I smiled, "how does it look?"

Sera reached up to straighten the hat, "isn't it tacky for her to bring a girlfriend our family party?" I could feel Sera was agitated by the mere presence of Tamsin.

"i honestly don't care, as long as Tamsin is happy, that is all we should concern ourselves with." I grabbed my daughters hands and stared at her, "you have always gotten the best of that woman out there, you have never seen the dark side of her."

"mum don't, you and mom are always trying to barter with me to forgive her."

I cut my daughter off, "Sera. There is one story your mom and I never told you." I took a deep breath. Bo and I had done our best to tell Sera as much of our lives as we could, gently editing details so as not to frighten the girl, but always tried to make sure she understood the fae and how Bo and I navigated our lives together, including our separation and the deal with the norn. The one thing we never told her, at Tamsins request when she started her new lifecycle, was that Tamsin sacrificed her life to save our daughter in the first few days of her life.

Sera rolled her eyes, "there is nothing you could tell me that I haven't heard yet."

I folded my arms and stared at my daughter, "When your mom tells you that Tamsin has saved all of us, she isn't lying. You met the Valkyrie when you were five."

"yes, I know." sera huffed, she was getting annoyed, "you and mom told me that story already, that Tamsin just appeared one day after disappearing." She turned to walk away, "i don't really care, I am going to go back to the party before AK eats all the cake."

"tamsin sacrificed her life for you when you were a week old. Her dark sisters came for you, to take you from us. She threw herself in front of me as I held you in my arms. She died protecting you, you actually met her the moment you were born. When she died it took her five years for her next lifcycle to start, thats when you met her."

Sera paused, her back to me. "the Tamsin you have in your life is one that left a mess behind when she died, for you. When she left us, she had to fix her life that she long left broken. You cant keep holding that over her head because of a broken promise of a little girl."

My daughter turned to look at me, her eyes sad and full of questions. I walked to her, my hand on her arms, "we never told you, because I made a promise to Tamsin to never tell you. But I am tired of the bickering and the tension that fills the room whenever you two are in the room." I smiled as I fixed the paper hat on her flame red hair, "Just try and go easier on her, and be happy for her. She's just now finding what your mom and I did."

Sera looked at me sighing hard, "I am not going to promise much, she still annoys me." Sera hugged me, "I will try for you, though, and maybe when mom and AK are passed out later you will tell me the whole story about that day?"

Smiling as I nodded, "of course, I think its time you heard that." I let out a breath as I heard my wife and Kenzi start singing, badly. "come on noodle, lets go chaperone the kids." Sera giggled and grabbed my arm, "i told mom that you were going to do a duet with her on karaoke, her eyes lit up like crazy!"

"oh sera no."

"oh mum yes."

I was dragged out to the sight of my wife dancing with her best friend as she drunkenly sang "pour some sugar on me." As soon as she caught my eyes, hers flickered blue and she trotted right over to me. Pulling me away from Sera and dragging me to sing with her. Kenzi was bouncing around, doing her best to maintain some harmony as the backup singer. I turned to look back, Sera was laughing hysterically with Dyson. Trick was smiling as he set up the birthday shots, Tamsin and Anya were holding their glasses up cheering. I frowned as a microphone was shoved in my hands. The rest of the party went as well as one could go where Kenzi was the center of attention. She managed to get Finnegan buzzed on birthday shots, my mother to sing karaoke with her and she even got Tamsin to share a dance with her. Everything went fine until Kenzi and Bo danced each other into the vodka ice luge, pushing it to the floor and shattering it everywhere as they slipped on the ice and fell into a wet, vodka filled mess on the floor. Trick shook his head as he grabbed the mop and I grabbed the two best friends to sit them on a chair with Sera handing them water.

Kenzi was drunkenly giggling as Tamsin put her in the backseat of the Camaro, I was getting Bo settled into the front seat. It was not helping that she kept trying to take my shirt off every three seconds. I closed the door on the handsy succubus as Tamsin closed the door on Kenzi. I leaned across the hood, "thank you, commander. Bo becomes super strong when she's had one too many."

Tamsin laughed, "you mean ten too many, I have not seen her that drunk in years." she looked over her shoulder as Sera came out of the dal with all of her aunts gifts, She sighed, "well, I better go."

"you should bring Anya over sometime, it would be nice to actually get to know the person who has been putting that smile on your face."

the Valkyrie blushed, "you just want to nerd out with her, captain."

I shrugged as Sera shut the trunk of the Camaro, "that's all of it mum, we can go now." she looked up at Tamsin and I instantly felt a struggle of emotions. Annoyance and understanding after I told her what I did. Tamsin picked up on it and looked at me, with a hard stare, "why?"

Sera spoke for me, "because she wants me to stop giving you crap." my daughter walked to the backseat and got in, Bo and Kenzi cheering at her.

"i know, I promised you I would never tell her. But I am tired of my daughter and you always at war. Its unnecessary and if me spilling the truth helps her to ease up on her rage at you, is that not worth it."

Her jaw clenched as she spoke, "i guess, Lauren." Tamsin took a deep breath of the night air, she looked over her shoulder as Anya waited patiently in the car, "i am going to go, I don't want to keep her waiting." She walked to my side of the car, "Anya and I have been talking about getting a place of our own." she glanced down at sera who now had a passed out Kenzi in her lap, "i was going to tell you later, but I thought it would be for the best. Give the midget some space until her teenage years pass."

"i understand, but you know you will always have a place when you need it." I put my hand on her shoulder squeezing lightly. Tamsin smiled and saluted me before jogging to her car.

I watched her drive off and sighed as I opened the Camaro door, once again attacked by the grabby hands of a drunk succubus. "MOM! Can you wait until we get home!" sera stared hard at the blue eyes of her mom, who frowned and sat back. I looked in the rearview mirror, "whatever you just did to your mom, you are going to have to teach me." I smiled as Sera rolled her eyes. "she's thinking gross things about you right now, but more than anything she hates when she embarrasses me, so I kind of use that to my advantage at times."

I laughed as I looked at a very drunk bo, nodding in agreement, "noodle is right." she then reached out and put a hand on my upper thigh, "but we need to hurry home, Doctor." she tried to whisper but it came out louder than she wanted.

"MOM!" Sera yelled again and it woke Kenzi up, she shot up and blinked, half of her hair messed up and the party crown crooked, "did someone say cake? Where's the cake?" she then slumped over onto Sera's shoulder, passing out again.

The next morning I had planned an impromptu birthday breakfast for Kenzi. She had gotten way too drunk way too fast and missed out on her gifts. She sat outside in the middle of the patio, giant sunglasses on, a blanket wrapped around her and she was holding a bottle of water. Sera was setting the table, shaking her head as she smiled at the super hung-over girl and her super hung-over mom who was laying on the lounge chair next to kenzi. Bo was also wearing one of Kenzi's giant pair of sunglasses and clutching a bottle of water to her chest.

I walked out with the plates of greasy cheese omelet's and hash browns, setting them at the table. Sera rubbed her hands together as she saw the food, "wait, I thought Grams and Gramps were coming?"

"they were but, your gramps woke up with a mild hangover. Seems he has not drank that much since he and grams first went to university. They will be over for dinner later" I pulled out her chair, "sit, I will gather those two up." I motioned to the two moaning piles of booze soaked women.

I held a plate of food under Kenzi, it took her a minute to respond. She only moved her hands, snaking them out of the blanket and grabbing the plate. "oh hotpants, I do lurve you." she shoveled the food into her mouth. Moaning at every cheesy, eggy bite.

I sat down next to Bo, running my hand through her hair. She was not as drunk as she was when we got home, Sera was right when she told me what Bo was thinking. We fumbled around through some quick , drunken sex, taking the edge off of Bo's hangover. I whispered, "Bo, honey. You need to eat."

Bo frowned and shook her head, "no." I bit my lip as I smiled, I bent forward and kissed her on the lips. She responded and through the groans behind us from Kenzi and Sera, bo began pulling chi from me. When I broke away from the intense kiss, before it became a total embarrassment, Bo was smiling and pulled off the sunglasses, she ran her hand down my face, "you are the best hangover cure."

I stood up, pulling my wife up, "better than my omelets?"

"ooh you made the cheesy ones." Bo hopped up and slid into her seat across from Kenzi, who was almost done with her plate. Kenzi stared at her, "maybe you should give me yours, since you have hotpants to fix your hangover."

Sera leaned over Kenzi, setting another plate of food in front of her, "mum and I were prepared for you. There is plenty for you, and then you can open your birthday presents."

Kenzi pushed her sunglasses up, "PRESENTS! I forgot about them!" she stood up quickly, as if she was not suffering the worst hangover she most certainly carried. Then the bright sun hit her, she groaned as she covered her face, "why, why do I keep going back to vodka after I break up with him."

Bo laughed, "because it is your one true love, Kenz."

I looked up at Sera, I could tell she was eager to present her gift to Kenzi, almost bouncing as she stood. I smiled, "kenzi, my daughter wants to give you her gift now." I pushed a glass of water to her, "you think you can go without the sunglasses for a few minutes?"

Kenzi thought about it, then pushed the sunglasses up on her head, "anything for my niece." Kenzi looked at Sera and held out her hands, "you may present your offerings to me."

Sera laughed and reached behind her, sliding the royal blue box to her aunt, "i hope you like this AK, its taken me years to make it for you."

I felt Bo's hand find mine under the table, our fingers lacing together as we both eagerly awaited Kenzi to open the gift.

Small hands grabbed the box, picking it up and examining it thoroughly, "diamonds?" she sniffed it, "perfume?" then a small shake, "a new car?"

"oh my god, AK just open it!"

"jeez, in a hurry?" Kenzi pulled off the lid and picked up the small injection pen that Sera had written on, Kenzi squinted and read it aloud, "to the best Aunt a nerd could have. I give you eternity." it was all in perfect Russian. Kenzi looked at Sera with her typical what the hell, look. "um sweet perfume, kiddo."

Sera rolled her eyes and moved to sit next to her aunt, "AK, in your hands is the rest of your life." Sera dug in the bottom of the box and pulled out the formula that was now clearly written on fancy parchment paper. "it took me ten years and a lot of trial and error, and stealing some of mums work." she flattened out the parchment paper, "but here, if you want it, is my gift to you to be around as long as the rest of us."

Kenzi was still confused and looked up at Bo and I, "wanna help me out here hotpants, Bo Bo?"

Sera grabbed her aunts hand, "the one thing that you have thought about since I was born, and think of everyday is that you are human and one day you will be left behind. Right?"

Kenzi stared at Sera, "geez kid, I thought they taught you privacy with your superpowers."

"Aunt Kenzi, I made you a way to be immortal. Simple as that, if you want it. I can make sure that you are around forever to drive mum and mom nuts as you teach me how to gamble and eventually drive for real."

Kenzi was still confused as it was slowly sinking in. Bo spoke, "Kenz, she is not lying. Lauren can back up noodle on this one, our kid did it."

I could feel Kenzi struggle with her emotions, "do I have to sleep with the succubo or anything weird like that?"

"no, AK, nothing like that. It is just a few injections and we refresh your blood, mum and grams already agreed to help me with that." Sera was starting to get nervous, thinking that her gift might have been too much to handle. She let go of Kenzi's hand, "but it depends on if you want this."

Kenzi went silent, then grabbed sera in a tiny bear hug, "you did this for me?"

Sera nodded as tears threatened to sneak out, "i did, I cant imagine living forever without my favorite aunt by my side." Kenzi pulled back form the hug, mascara streaks running down her eyes, she swiped at them, "you promise I wont turn into a freak or get back hair?"

Sera nodded, "i promise. You just stay thirty seven forever."

Kenzi laughed and hugged sera again, "oh kiddo, where were you when I was thirty two!? That was a helluva year." Kenzi turned to Bo and I, "i lurve this kid."

I brought Bo's hand up to my lips, kissing her knuckles, "you have to admit, that our kid is beyond amazing." Bo nodded as she wiped away tears, "you say that now, but after a few hundred years of Kenzis dances parties I think you may change your mind."

I pulled her hand to my chest, "never." I watched as Kenzi and Sera broke into a impromptu dance party over the gift of life my our daughter just gave.

A month later, Kenzi had completed the full process and was now settling in her new life. I was monitoring her to see if there were any side effects from the formula, there weren't any, aside from Kenzi having more energy now. Even more so now that she had the crash pad to herself, Tamsin had indeed moved in with her girlfriend and we only saw her a few times a week when she would stop by. Sera had eased up a little on Tamsin, but it was only because they were no longer in close proximity with each other, the tension was still there, but both remained civil when they were in the house together. Things seemed to be settling into a groove, Bo and I started talking about more kids again as Sera was filling out college applications and deciding on majors. Then one day while I was with my mother working on splicing the DNA of a particularly nasty underfae, I received a phone call from Sera's school principal. Sera had an incident that would could not be discussed over the phone, but bo and I needed to come get our daughter as soon as possible.

"Lauren, I don't understand why the principal would not tell us, the kid never gets in trouble." Bo kept a firm hand on my knee as I drove, "what if she's sick? She never gets sick." Bo was mildly panicked, our daughter never got in trouble at school, I was mildly panicked as well. "lets just see when we get there, it could be nothing or it could be something silly." I was silently praying it was nothing.

WE received stares as Bo and I walked through the school towards the principals office, I could pick up some of the thoughts radiating off our gawkers, making my heart quicken. When the school secretary let us in the office, we found our daughter sitting in a chair, the hood up on her sweatshirt and she was slumped over. Only a few strands of the fire red hair falling out. The principal, a light fae merman greeted us, "Dr. Lewis and Mrs. Lewis. So good of you to come on such short notice." he motioned for us to take seats next to Sera. I could feel something was upsetting Sera but she was hiding it from me, a new ability that she had suddenly developed over the last few weeks, she could cloud her thoughts.

"oh course Mr. Simon, we came as soon as we could." I looked over at Sera who had not moved since her mom and I came in the office, "is there something wrong?"

Mr. Simon took his seat behind the desk, "i would like to first say, Seraphina is an exceptional student and a delight with all of her teachers. We never have any problems with her at all." he paused and pursed his lips together, "your family is very well know in the community so to speak, and I um, well this is hard for me to approach." he looked at Bo, "Mrs. Lewis, I understand that your daughter takes after both you and your wife in the fae capacity, and uh it appears."

Sera suddenly broke in, "this is painful." she pulled off her hood and looked at Bo and I, her purple eyes were glowing, but now there were blue highlights in the irises, "I juiced someone on accident, mom. I feel all crazy and anytime I near anyone, I crave...things."

Bo and I whispered at the same time, "oh shit."

Bo stood up and bent in front of her daughter, "its okay, noodle. We will take you home." Sera nodded and pulled her hood back up. Bo reached down and grabbed her backpack, "Lauren, we will be in the car, I am going to, uh, start that talk." Sera hung her head down, arms folded across her chest and leaned on her mom as they left the office.

I turned to Mr. Simon, "I apologize, we didn't expect this for a couple more years." I could feel the embarrassment rising in both of us, it was one thing if she was caught cheating, but my kid just hit the epic of all puberties in the middle of class. Her succubus powers had woke up.

Mr. Simon nodded, "its understandable, I do appreciate you and your wife telling us when Seraphina entered the school, we all also did not expect this to happen for a few more years."

"can you tell me what exactly happened?"

"seraphina was walking through class change, and that wood nymph, Danny taunted her a little about you and Mrs. Lewis. She reached out and grabbed him, pulsing him, or juicing him as she calls it. He collapsed in puddle of hormonal enjoyment. The as teachers rushed to see what happened, Seraphinas eyes had the blue addition, and then." he took a deep breath, "your daughter grabbed her friend standing next to her and proceeded to kiss her in the middle of the packed hallway. The English teacher, a siren was able to end the situation. Seraphina panicked and ran straight to my office and hid here until we sorted things out." Mr. Simon fidgeted with his sleeve, "your daughter is quite powerful, I will understand if you want to keep her out of class for a few days until you and Mrs. Lewis deal with this?"

he looked up at me tentatively, I knew what he was asking. A high school was a ripe hormonal playground for regular teenagers let alone a brand new succubus. I sighed hard, "I appreciate that, will sera miss any homework."

Mr. Simon laughed, "oh certainly not, she is well above and beyond ready for graduation. We all just enjoy having her around as she has begun to help her friends with their schoolwork and challenges the staff to stay fresh on assignments." he leaned forward on his arms, "I will make sure her absences are not counted against her."

"thank you." I stood up and grabbed my bag, "I apologize for this, like I said. We were hopeful we had a few more years." I walked out of the office and understood now why people were staring. I caught Danny sitting outside with his friends, I shot him a hard look and he looked away from me. I could instantly feel how embarrassed he was for bringing out the succubus in my daughter.

When I got back to the Camaro, Bo was sitting in the backseat, Sera leaning against her, sniffling. Bo smiled weakly at me as I got in the drivers seat. I turned to look at the two, "hey, its okay. We aren't mad at you."

Sera frowned, "i know. I am just mortified, I kissed Liza and I liked it. Her and I have been best friends since junior high and I don't think she will ever speak to me again." Bo squeezed her daughter closer, "it will be okay, I once made out with the nun that ran the bake sale at the church in my hometown."

Sera groaned, "mom, that's weird." she wiped at her tears, "how do I control this? I feel insane right now with hunger and it isn't the type of hangry AK gets..."

Bo looked at me, "your mom and I will help you, but just forewarning. We are going to have to go into specific detail of the do's and don'ts now that you are a succubus." I reached and grabbed her hand, "it means we have to have the super special birds and bees conversation with you." Sera said nothing and looked at me with a frown and a sense of desperation that made my heart break.

"she's passed out, I have a feeling her first juicing took a toll on her." Bo came downstairs and sat next to me on the couch, grabbing my half empty glass of whiskey I had been nursing since we got back from the school, Bo and Sera went upstairs to start their talk while I stayed downstairs and called my mother.

"mom is bringing over a stockpile of injections for us. The ones I made for you years ago, I think it may take the edge off." I leaned back on the couch, "i am completely not ready for my little one to be..." I drifted off, I could even bring myself to say it.

Bo ran her hand over my hair, pushing back the blond strands, "she actually asked for the injections. It seems she is equally as unprepared to deal with what comes next. Which is fascinating to me, when my powers came forth, I was a maniac and could not think straight." Bo held her hand against my cheek, "it appears her restraint is coming from you, but I agree, I think its best if we keep her on injections until she decides what's next for her."

I looked at bo, "i know that I cant ask her to refrain, because it is how she will stay alive, but good lord I did not want to deal with this for a few more years." I leaned into her hand, "did I tell you she is clouding her thoughts around me, I have no idea what she is thinking anymore."

Bo leaned and kissed my cheek, "maybe that is for the best, Lauren. Take the pressure off of both of you. She is a good kid, more responsible than I was at the age or even now." She smiled hoping to lighten my mood, "we will be fine if we just show that we love her and not trying to smother her."

Bo was right, we offered love and support to our daughter and it seemed to make her transition into a succubus easier. Sera did take a few weeks off of school until the injections settled in while Bo and her spent hours talking about what it meant to be a succubus, all that came with it and that it was possible for a sexual creature to find monogamy and stability aside from all of the rumors and jokes Sera would hear from her classmates about Bo. Sera would also spend a lot of time with Kenzi, who would tell her the stories of how Bo finally settled down when she met me, that I had changed Bo from feeling like she was a monster to the domesticated Bo of now. Tamsin came by the house shortly after the incident at school and tried to say something to Sera and it had an adverse reaction. Tamsin made a comment about Danny being a dick and getting what he deserved and Sera lost it, her eyes blazed purple and blue and she held back screaming at the Valkyrie, instead pulsed her and told her to leave the house. Bo was not happy about that and actually grounded her daughter for the first time ever, telling Sera that juicing people was not to be used like that.

Tamsin had not come back over to visit since then, only calling or sending me silent messages to make sure Sera was not around before she met with me or any of the rest of the house. My mother had begun to study Sera's succubus traits, to help her gain better control as wells as figure out why her eyes remained purple and only tinted with blue when she was upset, that and it was apparent Sera could cloud her thoughts around my mother as well as I. Her powers were growing at a exceptional rate now that the succubus had arrived.

One night I sat in my lab playing with notebooks before I went to bed, Tamsin had stopped by to talk about Anya and that she would be gone for a few days in the desert, and she was for the first time in her life worried about leaving and not coming back. Pressure from the dark fae had been building again and there were rumors circulating that Tamsin was being targeted now that she had completely left the dark fae and was now living as an unaligned. Tamsin also asked if Bo and I would double date with her and Anya when she came back, it appeared Tamsin was getting pretty serious about the light fae elf and I could feel she was building the courage to take it to the next level, and wanted my final approval.

I smiled as I stared at the note Tamsin left me, it was her new address with Anya. I was happy for the Valkyrie and that she was finding her place.

"mum, I kinda get why you and mom cant keep your hands off of each other." sera flopped onto the leather couch, covering her face, "the injections help a lot, but god lord, how did mom do this without those things?"

"she didn't, she almost starved herself once and for a long time she was borderline anorexic." I looked at my daughter, I felt bad that she had to deal with her body's sexual revolution in a heartbeat whereas in everyone else it took a slow steady uphill climb, "how are you feeling?"

"i feel anxious, but better than the crazy and it helps when I am not at school." Sera peeked at me, "there's just too much going around." she pulled on the strings of her hoodie, "at least Andy understands."

I bit my lip. Andy was a nice shifter that was the only person who was nice to Sera after she went back to school. I could tell the nerdy, but cute boy from the chess club, liked my daughter, but he was pure of heart. The two had just started dating and as much as Bo was okay with our daughter starting to date, I was still hesitant, especially when we had to have the safe sex conversation, use protection and try not to deplete any of her partners to the point of coma or death. "Andy is a good boy, I do like him."

I did like the boy, he matched my daughters intelligence, he was polite and respectful to Bo and I. He even passed Kenzi's tests, but again he did bring her cookies the first time he came over for dinner. More importantly, I knew Andy would wait until my daughter was ready. "mum you like him because he read your paper on DNA splicing and understood it." Sera smiled at me, "he is cute and I do like him a lot."

I took off my glasses and set them on the desk, "as long as he makes you happy."

Sera stared at the ceiling of the lab, the gentle sounds of Kenzi dancing around making us both smile, "he does, and he doesn't care my gramps is the ash and grandpa trick is blood king, or that you and mom are the superstars of the fae world. He just likes me for me." she propped herself up to look at me, "kinda like you did for mom." she smiled. When Sera had woken up after that first day of her powers taking over, I went up and told her the story of Bo feeding from me for the first time and that it never mattered what Bo was, it was who she was that kept me coming back and staying.

I smiled back, "then that's all that matters, I love your mom because she forgets to turn the lights off when she leaves a room, or when she smiles I get lost in her dimples, and lastly that every time I look in her eyes I can see how whole I make her. It has nothing to do with her powers or anything like that."

Sera mocked me, "so sappy you are." she laid back down on the couch, "but I get it. I am not that far in love with Andy or at all. I just like him because he is kind hearted to me and makes me laugh." just then her cell phone beeped, she pulled it out and smiled wide, "speak of the devil." she answered and rolled off the couch and ran outside for some privacy. I stared at the empty couch and let my memories drift back to the first few days I met Bo.

When I went to bed that night, I was alone. Bo and Kenzi were out on a new case for Finnegan, Sera was chatting the night away with her beau, and I was left to a rare night alone in the giant bed and a science book. I passed out two chapters in and fell into a deep sleep that brought a dream with it.

I was standing in the middle of a dark alley, the air around me was eerily quiet and the air was thick. I could feel fae around me. Taking steps to the end of the alley I heard shouting and yelling. I turned in the direction of the noise and saw Sera standing in front of me, her eyes were blazing brighter than ever and she was standing in a hard stance, her jaw was clenched. I righted my steps and headed towards my daughter when my eyes drifted to something laying in front of her. It was Bo, unconscious on the ground, she was bloodied and her breathing was ragged, next to Bo was Anya, lying unconscious and not breathing. I started to run towards her but saw I was not a complete part of this dream I was an observer. I stood next to Bo trying to touch her as I feared that she was barely alive, then I heard Sera, "set the Valkyrie down, she does not belong to you."

I followed my daughters eyes and saw a black, unrecognizable shape holding a broken Tamsin in their grasp. The shape mumbled something, and it apparently infuriated my daughter, who spoke louder, "you once feared my mother, now you must fear me." I turned to look at my daughter as she raised her arm and stretched out her hand, her eyes glowing brighter and brighter until it filled the entire alley with a blinding purple light. I heard a rumbling noise that shook my body as much as it filled my ears, then the dream was broken.

Bo startled me awake when she climbed into the bed, "you are all sweaty, you starting without me?" she smirked at me. I saw there were a few bruises on her cheeks. I reached up and held her chin, "bo, I hate when you work late night cases."

she bent down and kissed my sweaty forehead, "this one is Kenzi, she kicked open a door I was standing behind. Other than that it was simple case. Your dad the ash wont send me on anything super dangerous anymore." she pouted, "its kind of a bummer. Anyways, why are you all flush?"

I rolled over and sat up, "i had a dream, premonition. It was about Sera." I paused as I reviewed the dream in my wakened state, "something is coming." I looked at Bo as her face fell.

She sighed and snuggled into me, "at least we went a few years before trouble started up again."

I held her closer, "true, just promise me that you will be extra careful for awhile?" I looked down at my wife. We had escaped trouble for many years and I wanted to keep it that way, but I knew eventually as Sera grew older and moved closer to taking over as ash we would meet face to face with challenges. Bo nodded as her hand settled on my stomach, "so, this Andy boy. What do you think of him Doctor?"

I smiled at Bo's subject change, "i think he is good for our kid as a first boyfriend."

Bo and I both turned at the sound of our daughter giggling, she was still on the phone with Andy. I sighed and suddenly heard her say goodbye to the boy. She then padded over to our bedroom, knocked lightly and opened the door, "i am sorry, I know its late." she climbed into the bed like she did when she was little and sat between us. "i am glad you guys like him. He just asked me to be his girlfriend and I said yes." she looked quickly between us, "that's okay?"

Bo and I made eye contact, both of us thinking the same thing.

Four months later and our daughter was practically in the midst of her first love affair. Andy was a great kid and Bo and I began to love him just as much as Sera did. Even Kenzi grew attached to the kid. Sera was able to control her succubus nature with the injections and as far as we knew, the heavy teenage petting sessions. I would constantly keep an eye on Andy's thoughts and was relieved that nothing more had happened. AS it moved closer to Sera's sixteenth birthday, I had begun to forget about the dream I had and focused on helping my daughter navigate the multiple college interviews that were coming her way.

Standing in Kenzis crash pad, hands on my hips as I stared at the pile of party supplies the Russian girl procured for Sera's big party in a couple weeks, "how much of this are you actually going to use?"

"alllll of it hotpants!" kenzi danced around me, "i intend to spoil the shit out of the kid forever." Kenzi began digging in a box, "it is the least I can do for the amazing kid genius." she stood up holding a bag of confetti smiling at me. "i can read what you are thinking, no skydiving this year. Bo would kill you if she knew that's what you were planning."

Kenzi pouted, "totes not fair you can read minds." she moved to the back of the crash pad, shouting back, "are you and succumom still good on going halfsies on the kiddos new car?"

"yes, that's something we are still on board with. Finnegan is having the car worked on in the meantime." the three of us went in on a vintage mustang for Sera. This would be the year she would get her license and I knew she was starting to truly hate having to be picked up after school on the days Andy had late classes.

"when are you going to buy me a car Captain? I vaguely remember you saying you were going to get me one." Tamsin walked into the room, a large box in her hands. I smiled, "we did buy you a new car, after Betsy met an untimely death."

"eh, that doesn't really count. The truck was older than betsy and I had to kick it to the curb last month. Transmission dumped out of it." Tamsin set the large box on the coffee table. "i am currently tooling around town in a sensible sedan." she gave me a look that told me it was excruciating for her to be caught dead in a boring sedan.

Kenzi ran out of the room, issuing a drive by high five to Tamsin, "yo yo Blondie! Long time no see!"

"i know, still getting adjusted to living with someone and them understanding that I often have to disappear in the middle of the night." She folded her arms and looked at me, "i stopped by to drop off the midgets birthday gift."

"tamsin, you didn't have too."

She shrugged, "i know I don't, but she's the midget and I have yet to miss a birthday. Even though she and I are in a delicate peace treaty, its her birthday. I actually wont be here for the party, I have to head to Africa next week for Odin." She sighed, I could tell that she had been called to collect more souls and it was more than she was expecting. "and with that, would you and the wife want to come out tomorrow night with Anya and I? That double date?"

Kenzi leaned on the kitchen counter, "oooohhhh durble date! You getting serious about that chicky Blondie?"

"i am, Moscow red. I would invite you as well, but you would eat everything and make me pay for it."

Kenzi pointed at Tamsin, "you got that right, and I don't want to make your lurver jealous of me."

"Moscow, never happen." Tamsin shot her friend a look. Kenzi stuck her tongue out, "make sure when you are done getting the hotpants approval, you bring her over for zombie night, that will be the true test." she hopped off the counter, "anycrap, I have to go to the dal and meet up with dyson for drink."

I smirked, "you mean meet his partner, hale for drinks." Kenzi froze in her steps, "stop cheating like that hotpants...next year I am going to ask the kiddo to make me a fae so I can dig around in your thoughts and make fun of you."

I shrugged, "or get to see Bo naked a lot."

Kenzi shivered, "ew ewew ewewewwweeewwe!" she grabbed her bag and high fived Tamsin and ran out.

Tamsin chuckled, "i must say, I am kind of glad the midget made Kenzi immortal, I would miss her ridiculousness." she let out a breath, "Captain, I also came to talk to you about other things."

I motioned for her to take a seat on the couch as I sat in the chair, "the rumors are starting to pick up, aren't they."

She nodded, "yea, and I have had a couple weird moments when I was out on orders. Something has been following me, I know its one of the morrigans sub sect of cronies. I am still trying to figure out what the contract is and why its out on me." she rubbed at her face, "i should be able to handle whatever comes, but I am more worried about Anya."

I could feel something in Tamsin, "do you love her?"

she half smiled, "that's a bold question from you, Captain." she leaned back in the couch, "i am still figuring that out, I love her very much. But its been hard, we fight here and there about my past as a dark fae and she has a hard time when big poppa Odin calls. I think its mainly my fault, I have not loved in almost a century like I once did and being free from that curse is new to me. I lived a long time miserable and only caring about myself." she dropped her shoulders, "one day I think I want to marry her the next day I want to wait another ten years."

Tamsin stood up, "I do care about her safety and certainly do not want her to be caught in the middle of what my past still carries for me." she pointed at the box, "make sure the midget doesn't get that until her actual birthday, it wont make sense if she gets it before hand." she walked to the door, "tomorrow at say eight? We can all meet on the north side and go to that new Mexican place."

"tomorrow yes. Bo and I will be there."

As Tamsin left I picked up the box and marveled at how heavy it was, I wanted to open the box and look inside of it, but then I felt Tamsin creep in my head and tell me to back off. I laughed as I stashed the box in the same closet that held the other gifts we were hiding.

"we are going to be late." I glanced at my watch as Bo navigated parking. She giggled, "i couldn't help it, anytime you wear those jeans I love, I have to take them off, hotpants."

as she put the car in park, I climbed out and waved at Tamsin and Anya. Both smiling but I could tell Tamsin was mildly irritated we were almost an hour late. Bo ran around to the front of the Camaro and grabbed my hand, "also, let it be noted, Doctor, you didn't necessarily put up much of a fight." I blushed, "i hate being late."

"no, you hate that I am right." I didn't reply as we greeted the smiling couple. I smiled as I said hello to Anya and could feel how much she cared for Tamsin.

Tamsin stared at me, "since you two are late, I pushed the reservation back an hour." she pointed down the street, "there's a bar up the way here that is one of my favorites."

Bo smiled, "i could use a drink or two." she looked at Anya, "I like your outfit, where did you get it?" Anya was wearing something similar to what Bo was. A royal blue leather jacket, a tight grey tank top underneath and dark jeans with calf high boots. Bo was dressed almost exactly, just in reds and blacks. The two women began chatting excitedly about what shops they loved in the city. Tamsin and I stood back, both sighing hard, "Captain, it looks like we have become the couch husbands."

I laughed, "this is true, thank god Bo never carries a purse, she usually has to hold mine." I grabbed at her jacket, "come on, let me buy you a drink."

Tamsin and I walked, chatting about her latest project in the army. Both of us watching the women in front of us. As we walked by an alley I had a strange feeling overcome me, I focused in on it and I began to feel a strange fae presence hovering. I looked at Tamsin, "you feel that?"

she met my eyes, nodding lightly, "yea, I do." I turned to look down the alley, "i think its coming from there."

As Tamsin turned to look, a black cloud surged at us like a rocket, knocking Tamsin to the ground hard. I yelled at bo, who turned around as the black cloud surged to her, pushing her and Anya down. For some reason the cloud would not come near me. I rushed to tamsin, who was groaning and holding her head. The black cloud surged back into the alley and took the shape of four men, four large men in what appeared to be all black suits. They stopped and pointed at Tamsin, "Tamsin Walkerie, you've betrayed the ones you served. Time to pay."

I stood up as Bo and Anya recovered, the two ran towards me. Bo eyes were glowing a bright blue and Anya was holding a wooden bow that appeared from nowhere. Bo' s voice dropped, "you boys should leave before someone gets hurt." she opened her mouth and attempted a chi pull, there was no blue wave that came out of the mouths of the four men, a strange red chi swarmed around them and as it hit Bo, she began to choke and her eyes turned red. She dropped to her knees, coughing. I rushed to her side, pulling her to look at me, "it burns, Lauren." I heard arrows whiz over us as Anya let them loose on the four men in black. I held Bo close, trying to pick her up, watching as arrows met their mark and did nothing to stop the men. Anya yelled to us, "these are dark cloudsmen, pure evil through and through, my arrows alone will not stop them. Their chi is pure hate and fire, that's why your wife is struggling." Anya reached down and helped me pull bo back as the men continued their advance. I looked and saw Tamsin had gotten to her feet, the wings slowly coming out of her back and illuminating the dark alleyway. "Anya and I can hold them off until you get bo fixed."

Tamsin motioned to her girlfriend and the two moved to block us from the advance. I leaned forward to Bo, "kiss me." Bo didn't hesitate, I could see how much the evil chi burned as her throat was red like a hot coal. I watched it dissipate as she fed from me, I allowed her to take more as she would need the strength. Bo stood up, still kissing me as she pulled me up with her, she turned to look at the clash of the two women, "stay close, I may need you again." she reached down and pulled out the boot knife she always carried and ran to Tamsin and Anya. I watched as one of the four broke past the three women and charged me. I moved fast and caught him off-guard as I barreled into him. Throwing him to the ground in a sliding motion, slamming him into the wall of the alley. I jumped to him, and landed knees into his chest, hearing a huge gasp of air as I pushed every inch of oxygen out of his lungs, collapsing them.

I moved to help the others when I heard a shriek and watched as a red hot arm push through the center of Anya. One of the cloudsmen had bested her and I could smell the burning of her clothes and flesh. The cloudsmen then dropped her to the ground, Tamsin became enraged and her wings grew brighter as she choked out the man standing in front of her. I rushed to Anya, she was still alive, coughing, I covered her wound. I looked back at Bo who was focused on me now, her senses moving into protection mode. As she turned to come to me, one of the cloudsmen grabbed her arm, red hot fist searing through her leather jacket and burning Bo. I stood to run to my wife, instead the cloudsmen threw her at me. Bo landed on top of me, throwing us to the ground. The last two cloudsmen turned on Tamsin. Their hands glowing bright red as they advanced on her, she pulled out her sword and waved for them to come to her. They smiled and rushed her.

I focused on Bo, who was unconscious on my chest, I could feel she was still alive, just in an immense amount of pain and shock. I lifted her up and laid her against the wall, trying to wake her up to get her to feed from me, so I could get her to help Anya.

I heard Tamsin scream and I looked over my shoulder, the cloudsmen had her by her arms, restraining her movements as they burned through her arms.

I went to rush at them to break their hold on Tamsin when I heard tires squeal around the corner, a bright red mustang came into the alleyway, stopping at a crooked angle. The drivers door kicked open and I saw a blur of flame red hair and bright purple eyes run toward me. Sera stopped next to me, her eyes blazing as she stared at the cloudsmen, "i am sorry about the car, I have known for weeks."

"sera, you shouldn't be here." I was now in full panic, I needed to get Bo awake, save Tamsin and get my daughter the hell out of here.

Sera smiled, "i got this." she took slow steps towards the cloudsmen, "hey jackasses, how about you put the old lady down and come play with me." The cloudsmen and Tamsin turned to look at the young girl. Tamsin yelled as tears of pain streamed down her face, "get the hell out of here kid, this isn't your fight."

Sera shrugged, "not that I would ever listen to you, Valkyrie." she stared at the cloudsmen, "you two need to put her down before I get mad."

One of the cloudsmen laughed, "you are nothing but a child. Listen to the soon to be dead Valkyrie, and move along. Go play with your toys."

I could feel the rage in Sera build, her eyes now showed the bright blue flecks. "I really wished you had not said that, I have a bit of a temper." she opened her mouth and started to pull the red chi from the cloudsman who just mocked her. My eyes went wide and I yelled, "sera! No! Don't their chi is..."

I stopped as I watched my daughter take the evil chi as it was nothing, and drain the cloudsman until he fell to his knees. "hmm, tastes like cinnamon." she turned to the other cloudsmen who was still holding Tamsin. "you think you want to let her go?"

she received a hiss and a shriek from Tamsin as the man grabbed harder onto tamsin, increasing the searing burn on her skin. Sera suddenly raised her arm, extending her hand, "men, never listen." I watched in horror and amazement as my daughters hand turned as purple as her eyes. The cloudsman began making a choking sound and a hand moved to clutch at his throat. My daughter was choking the man out, I whispered, "sera...don't." He let go of tamsin, but before she fell, Sera shot out her other hand stopped Tamsins fall, slowly setting her to the ground before returning to the man she was choking.

She held her grip until she stood in front of him, she reached out and grabbed his arms, "you once feared my mother, now you must fear me." I watched as she pulsed the cloudsmen and pulled the remaining chi from him until he collapsed into a heap on the ground, "you hurt the ones I love and I will kill you." She kicked him in the ribs, making sure he was still alive, "go back to your master and tell him that and to leave the Valkyrie alone." Sera took a deep breath, the color falling away from her eyes, she looked at Tamsin, who was unconscious and severely burned. She ran to her, "oh my god." she closed her eyes, and looked back at me, "i just told grams to send help." she turned back to tamsin and picked the woman up in her arms, I was in complete shock as she carried Tamsin over to me. She set her down and ran a hand down her neck, "shes still alive." I caught her grab and hold Tamsins hand as she reached for Bo, "mom?"

I couldn't stop staring at Sera, "can you pulse her? And then check on Anya?" Sera nodded and sent a quick pulse into Bo, waking her up. I let our a sigh of relief as I kissed Bo, letting her feed from me again. I gave her enough to clear her head, she looked at Sera who was leaning over Anya. "noodle? What the hell are you doing here?"

Sera didn't look at her mom, "we will talk later, the ambulance is here." she scooped Anya up and carried her down the alley as the ambulance came around the corner. Sera handed off the girl to the fae ambulance crew and walked back to us, she said nothing as she picked up Tamsin, gently and held her close as she also carried her to the ambulance, refusing to allow the crew to take Tamsin from her. I watched as Sera set her on the stretcher and held her hand until they rolled the unconscious Valkyrie into the back of the ambulance.

I helped Bo up as I looked at the strewn bodies and damage, my mother had also sent a recovery crew t collect the cloudsmen for questioning and research. Sera walked up to Bo and grabbed her into a huge hug, "mom, are you okay?" I could hear the tears in her voice, her brave face was falling apart as the levity of the situation began to sink in. Bo squeezed Sera hard, "noodle, how?"

Sera stepped out of the hug and grabbed at my arm, pulling me close to her, "I was sitting at home doing my homework, when I felt a incredible burning sensation in my throat. Then it all came in as a rush, I saw what was happening. Then I felt Tamsin in pain and saw her staring into the eyes of death." she began to cry, "i had to come, I had too, mom. You were being hurt, mum, Tamsin..." she leaned on my shoulder, "i stole the mustang keys from kenzi after I pulsed her, and I know I don't have a license but I know how to drive. Then I saw them, hurting everyone, I have never been that angry in my life." I looked at Bo, who was trying not to cry, "mom, don't be mad...please."

I pulled my daughter into a hug, "we are not mad...it was dangerous for you to come." I looked at Bo, she walked over and hugged the both of us. "we will talk about it later noodle, first we need to make sure Tamsin and Anya are okay."

Sera nodded, she dug into her pocket and handed the keys to Bo, "here, I promise I wont drive it again." Bo sighed and tried to smile, "its okay."

One of the fae ambulance crew ran up to us, I motioned to Bo, "have him inject you, it will help with the woozy feeling you are having until we get home." bo hesitated, "she's right mom, that dudes chi had a bite and you are going to need more than the usual healing." Sera's words brought up a blush in bo, gently forcing her to take the lead of going to the ambulance for injections.

As soon as bo was out of ears range, I whispered to Sera, "when did you develop telekinesis. I saw..."

Sera stood up straight, "it only happens when I am extremely angry, I can move things and my hands glow. It started happening when my succubus powers came into play, I have been working on it, I think the two are tied together. Whenever I feel extremely angry, the succubus rages out and mixes with the others. That's why I can also cloud my thoughts around you and grams." she swallowed hard, "mum, that was the first time I could do what I just did. I have only been able to move books, but when I saw mom and Tamsin, something overcame me." she looked at me, with sad fearful eyes, "it scares me."

I let out a breath and grabbed my daughter in another hug, "you saved Tamsin and Anya, focus on that and we will work on the other stuff later." I held my daughter close, trying not to reveal that it also scared me.

I have to stop here until the next chapter, I may have taken some creative liberties with how strong Sera is, but it will make sense as the story continues, she is like her mom, becomes more powerful the angrier she gets...and the source of that power will eventually be revealed. enjoy the long chapter! I will have another in a day or so!