This may be the last chapter of this book, I am debating a last chapter or just starting the next series with a bit of a time jump. The next book will take place most likely in the middle of the new fae war that all of the children will have a huge part in...and that next book will be a ways down the road. so I may do one more chapter where Sera becomes Ash and Kenzi has her little one...I have to think on it! But enjoy this small chapter!

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After I walked my parents out, carrying out a tired little sister as well as a cranky, tired Aunt. I went back inside. I could not help but smile at all the work my family did to get the house in order. All that was left for Tamsin and I to do, as the minor things of making a house a home. I picked up the empty boxes, setting them by the front door as I walked to the bedroom. There I found a very tired Valkyrie, passed out in the brand new bed, a empty bag of chips in her hand as she slept lightly.

I crawled into the bed, moving slowly to Tamsin. I propped myself up on my elbow as I looked at her. Smiling lightly as she slept peacefully. It had been a huge change for the both of us over the last few months as her pregnancy furthered along. Tamsin had calmed down, opened up a little more about her feelings when she wasn't complaining about the side effects of being pregnant. She had stopped going on orders from Odin in her second month and I could tell she was going stir crazy, sitting at home or spending time with my family as her only activity since my grams had but her on limited activity until the baby was born. It also gave us much needed time together to grow our love. Tamsin and I were incredibly bonded and just as in love as my parents, it was sickening at times, but there was no one else I wanted to spend the rest of time with. Tamsin had her moments, cranky, frustrating, and still learning how to be dependent on others, but I loved her as much as I did the first time I realized she had my heart.

I placed my hand softly over her large belly, gently rubbing it and feeling the little one move around to my touch. I could not tell what my child would be, it seemed Tamsins block carried over to our child. I smiled as I paused, feeling the baby kick a little. I sighed as I lost myself in the thoughts of how this was possible, it was fascinating. I closed my eyes as I continued to feel the gentle movements of the baby. I took a breath and that's when it hit me, it was a rapid fire flood of visions. I saw a blurred image of a baby in my hands, then a small child, then and adult. All visions of my child were shadowed so I could not see if it was a boy or girl, or what they looked like. As the blurred image of my child as an adult hit me, it was surrounded by violence, fear and war. I was the ash and talking to my child, as a war raged around me. I saw Tamsin rushing to me, spattered in blood and panicking to reach me. She yelled that I had to be taken to safety, that the security of the compound had been compromised. As Tamsin and my child grabbed to pull me to safety, I saw my mum walk into the great room. She had mom in her arms. Mom was lifeless, bloodied and I could tell my mum had been crying. She looked at me in the eyes, "Sera, you are the only one who can prevent this. Your child and you." The shadowed figure, turned to me, their hands glowing a gentle gold, "Mom, let me end this war, it has carried on for too many years." with that, a hand was raised and the room was engulfed in a bright golden light.

I gasped as my eyes shot open, I looked down at Tasmins stomach. Breathing heavily as I felt her hand cover mine, "The baby is a little nutso today, running a marathon all day." I looked at Tamsin, she was smiling as she held my hand against the baby, "Calmed down at your touch."

I placed a kiss on her forehead, trying to calm down my mind and heart from the vision I saw. "How are you feeling?"

Tamsin pushed herself up to sit up, "I sleep more than I ever have, but I feel good. I will be happy when we get this little person out soon." She turned to look at me, "Your grandmother is doing the ultrasound tomorrow, so we will find out if we have a he or a she in here." She lightly patted at her stomach.

I smiled and leaned against Tamsin, "Chances are it is a her, succubus generally only produce girls to continue on with the species." Tamsin frowned a bit, "You take all of the fun out of things, Sera."

I laughed and laced my fingers into Tamsins, "Well, there could be a small chance that we could have a boy." I looked into the cool blue eyes, "It would be nice to balance the scales in this family, we are all girls." Tamsin nodded, and then looked at me hard, "Are you okay? You look a little pale."

I kissed her softly, "I am fine, just a little tired from moving and listening to you and AK bicker all day." I laughed to try and throw her off the fact that I was a bit disturbed at the vision, resonated by Ayn's previous declaration. Tamsin groaned, "It was a cruel hand to deal to us to have both Moscow and I pregnant at the same time..." she held up the empty bag of chips, "She pillaged my secret stash."

I laughed as I snuggled up closer to the Valkyrie who had stolen my heart, "Good, you need to stop eating that junk." I sighed hard as I rested my head on her shoulder, "We are going to be parents soon." it was a gentle statement. I felt Tamsins hand run through my hair, I could feel her nerves as she said nothing and held me.

I stood next to my mother as Sera held Tamsins hand, both staring at the small screen of the ultrasound machine. My mother was studying the images carefully. The baby was big and so far healthy, my mother was trying to figure out the sex of the baby. Both my mother and I could not determine with our powers what the child would be. Ayn was the only one who knew and she was far too hyper or distracted to clue us in. I was interested in determining what powers the baby would have, Sera was powerful and I wondered if she would produce a succubus or would other hidden genetic traits push through, I squinted at the screen as my mother clicked and saved pictures.

Tamsin was fidgeting, it was humorous to see my old friend dealing with being pregnant. She had changed over the last few months, it made me happy to see her finally finding love on so many levels even if she complained worse than Kenzi as she carried my grandchild. Tasmsin threw an arm over her face, "How many Dr. Lewis does it take to find a p or a v on a baby."

My mother held back the laugh as she glanced at Tamsin, "You are lucky that you have this exceptional level of care." she turned back to the screen, "Ah, here we are." All of us leaned closer to the screen as my mother adjusted the focus. She smiled and turned to Sera and Tamsin, "You are having a little girl." Sera smiled as she looked at Tamsin, "Sorry."

Tasmin let out a sigh, "Don't be, I only care that the little girl will be healthy." she raised an eyebrow, "But I get to name her."

I laughed as I helped my mother with cleaning up the equipment, "The succubus trait is hard one to shake, I have only found a handful of cases of boys being created from a succubus impregnation." I winked at Tamsin, "I had secretly hoped for a boy, instead I got Ayn the hyper active tom boy little girl."

Tamsin smiled as she was helped up by Sera, "Captain, I hope that my kid is not as hyper as that little tornado." Sera helped her pull on a sweater, "Can either you or momma Lewis tell what she will be? A Valkyrie? A succubus? Telepath? An ogre?"

I shook my head, "Sadly, we cant. Your psychic block that you have with Sera seems to transferred to the little one. None of us can pick up what powers we will have." I glanced at Tamsin and saw the worry come over her face. I walked over to her, placing a hand on both my daughter and the Valkyrie, "She will be loved, that's all I know."

Sera smiled, "Mum is right, she could be an Ogre and I would still love her." Sera bent and kissed Tamsin on the cheek, "I am going to go get the printouts from grams, I am a little excited its our first baby picture." Sera smiled and followed her grandmother out, leaving Tamsin sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Captain, I am scared shitless. I barely kept myself alive let alone a baby." She stared out into the window that was in the private room. "What if I fuck up?"

I sighed, "That's all part of being a new parent, Bo and I made many mistakes with Sera. More as her powers grew and came into effect." I placed my hand on her back, "Tamsin, you will do fine."

Tamsin nodded, "I just wished I knew what she would be, Odin and all that." she furrowed her brow. I went to say something when I heard Bo and Ayn giggling as they walked towards the room.

Ayn burst away from Bo as soon as she saw Tamsin. She hopped up onto the bed and sat next to her, hugging her. I could not help but smile as my youngest daughter adored the Valkyrie. "Hi! HIIIIII! Valkyrie! Mommy and I were coming to get you and Fi and mummy so we can go to lunch with grams and gramps." Tamsin smiled as she steadied the little girl as she tried to climb closer to Tamsin.

"Ayn, careful with Tamsin. Remember what I said." Bo's voice carried over as she entered the room. Ayn pursed her lips and stared at her mom, "She is not a jungle gym even though her belly looks like a giant bouncy ball."

I had to hold back the laugh as Ayn gently sat in Tamsins lap. Bo came to stand next to me, immediately sliding an arm around my waist, "That's right, so be gentle." Ayn nodded and lightly patted Tamins belly, "I will mommy." I looked at Bo, "We will have our first granddaughter in a little while, mom just confirmed it." Bo smiled wide, as she looked at Tamsin, "Soon we will can field our own girls softball team." Tamsin groaned at the bad joke as I watched Ayn look at Tamsins stomach, she then bent closer, "Hey, hurry up and come out. You can take me flying and let me play with your wings."

All three of us fell into silence, Bo spoke first, "Ayn, do you know what she will be." Bo nodded at Tamsin. Ayn nodded, "She is going to be a flying lady like Tamsin and strong like santa, stronger than him." she then bounced her head, "She is excited to meet all of us. She is like Fi and I too." Ayn leaned against Tamsin smiling. Tamsin looked at the little girl, "She is a Valkyrie like me?"

Ayn shook her head no, "She won't fly away like you do." Ayn looked up at Tamsin with her big brown eyes, "Santa will be scared of her." Ayn giggled as she stood up to play with Tamsins hair. "Don't worry, she already loves you and Fi and all of us."

I heard Bo sigh as Tamsin met my eyes, "Lauren, why does our family produce children that can put the fear of life in gods?"

I smiled at Tamsin to ease her, "I wish I could tell you."

-Two months later-

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After mum had told me what Ayn revealed about my soon to be born daughter, I delved into research. I could not find much about Valkyries, they were a basic race of fae that had a specific goal in the fae world and their powers were fairly basic and not one Valkyrie was stronger than the other. I knew my telepathic powers would carry over, they were far too strong and an apparent dominate trait in my family. After the ultrasound, Tamsin had worried about our daughter having to serve Odin, I knew there was a chance that he would call upon her, but at the same time I was hoping that he would not. Our daughter was not of a true Valkyrie bloodline like all Valkyries were. I was even more concerned at Ayn's revelation because of the vision I had.

I sat in bed next to Tamsin as she slept. Her stomach had grown larger and I knew any day our daughter would want out and join the world. I had books piled up on my lap as I continued researching as much as I could as well as sifting through the list of names we had tried to decide on. I was drowning in ancient fae history when I felt Tamsin shift next to me. I flipped a few pages when I felt her hand grip hard onto my arm.

"Sera..." the hard whisper pulled me out of my haze, I looked at her. "She wants out. Now."

I paused for a moment, then I felt Tamsin squeeze harder. I pushed the books away, "Okay, okay, okay." I hopped out of the bed, sending silent messages to my mum and grams. I went to help Tamsin up, "The car is ready, we can get to the compound in ten minutes top."

Tamsin held onto me as she stood up, shaking her head, "I'm not going to make it. She wants out now and I mean now." Tamsin was sweating as she looked at me. I stared at her, slowly realizing what she was getting at. I nodded furiously, "Okay, the bathroom."

I helped Tamsin to the bathroom as she began to groan a little, I noticed her stomach dropped and she was visibly going into labor. I knelt in front of Tamsin, "Keep breathing, mum will be here in a minute to help." Tamsin nodded and grabbed my hand, squeezing hard as a contraction rocked through her body. "The Captain is going to be a minute too late." Tamsin squeezed her eyes shut.

She was right, the baby came fast and I delivered our daughter in the bathtub. As my mum walked in, I was holding my daughter, swaddled up in a thick towel. I smiled wide at my mum as she rushed to Tamsin, my mom was close behind. I laughed as I saw they were still in their pajamas. My mum checked on a exhausted Tamsin who was wiping away tears. My mom knelt down next to me, smiling as she pulled back the edge of the towel to look at the little girl in my arms.

She whispered as mum checked Tamsins vitals, "What's her name." I smiled and looked at Tamsin, who swallowed as she was still catching her breath, "Ingrid Ysabeau Walkerie Lewis." She leaned on my mum as she was helped out of the bathtub. My mom looked between the two of us as she fought happy tears, I leaned against her, "It seemed right, mom." Tamsin leaned against mum, "She's right Bo, it only seems fitting that she carries the name of a strong warrior woman."

My mum was smiling as she looked at us, "We need to get you both to the hospital, checked out thoroughly." Tamsin nodded in agreement, "It feels like I just gave birth to a small elephant."

I handed over Ingrid to mom, so I could help my mum with Tamsin. Tamsin wrapped an arm around me, and paused, "Wait, Sera." she looked at my parents, "Since everyone is here and I should have done this a long time ago." I looked at her confused, "What is it? Are you okay?"

She nodded, "More than." she met my eyes, tears still in them, "Sera will you marry me?" it was a simple, flat out proposal, everything I would expect from the old Valkyrie. I could not hold back the stupid grin that spilled over my face, "Are you serious?"

Tamsin nodded and looked at my parents, "As long as I have their blessing, yes I am serious. I think and I know it's time. I want to marry you Sera, even though we kind of did everything a little backwards."

my parents were smiling with pride and I could feel their thoughts, I held Tamsins face, looking into the blue eyes that looked into my soul and heart everyday I looked at them, "Yes." I kissed her softly, "Now lets get you and our daughter to the hospital." Tamsin swallowed hard as a tear slid down her face, I supported her weight again helping her out to the car. My mom sat with me in the back seat as I held my daughter. It was too soon to know who she looked like, all I knew was that I had never been happier as I stared at my future wife as she sat on a angle in the front seat, her hand reaching for mine as she stared at the little girl she just had given birth too.

After grams gave the all clear to Tamsin and Ingrid, the three of us laid in the massive bed in my old room at the compound. Tamsin was holding Ingrid, constantly staring at the little girl. "Sera, I can't believe I did this." She looked at me, "Never in my life I thought I would have children, and now I have the most beautiful little baby ever." I leaned into her as I looked at Ingrid, sleeping with a slight smile on her face. "She is as beautiful as you." I ran soft fingers over the blonde fuzzy patch of hair. Tamsin kissed the top of my head, "Who knew you would be the one to wrangle an old, broken Valkyrie." she sighed, "I finally have a family of my own, Sera. You gave that too me, and I will always love you for this." I fought back tears as I kissed her cheek, "I love you old lady." Tamsin smiled and laughed lightly as I felt the wings in my chest warm up and glow, making Ingrid smile even more.