I am soooooo soooooo soooooo soooooo soooooo sorry! I have been swamped with homework and such (Junior year is killing me!) and I haven't even been able to keep up very well with my WATCHING Bones, let alone writing it! (Just now watched last week's episode) Anyways, I'll try to make an effort to keep writing more regularly but I can't make any definite promises. But, for right now, enjoy this long awaited chapter!
Chapter Eighteen: Baby
As soon as Temperance stepped into the house, with Parker and Angela in tow, she was greeted by the screams of a newborn baby, being bounced uneasily in Michelle's arms as she walked hurriedly towards them.
"You have to help me!" Michelle said to Angela, who was trying hard not to laugh out loud at Michelle's appearance. Her hair was dotted with bits of greenish goo and there were bags underneath her eyes, though she looked wide awake, and the clothes that the Queen had left for her seemed two sizes too big for her, as she kept tripping on her skirt, but she didn't seem to notice, as the only thing she was worrying about was the tiny baby girl in her arms that would not be quiet.
Smiling kindly, Angela took the baby from her arms, and quickly snuggled her to her chest, rocking her body gently, quickly quieting the infant.
When the infant was completely silent, Angela gently placed her back in Michelle's arms.
"H-how did you do that?" Michelle asked, taken aback by the baby's sudden silence.
"Sweetie, I'm a mom. It's sort of my thing." Angela said, smiling.
"Well, I wish this one's mother was the one taking care of her, but they won't even let her near the kid." Michelle said, with a sort of said hint to her voice.
"What do you mean?" Temperance asked, looking at the baby, who seemed somewhat familiar.
Michelle sighed. "Well, her mother, Maggie, as they call her, has had four children already, the oldest being a little girl, not much younger than the Prince here, and she hasn't been allowed to interact with them very much."
"But, why?" Angela asked, not able to imagine her life without seeing Lance every day.
"Because they're training them." Parker said, quietly.
Temperance, Angela, and Michelle all snapped their heads towards him. "What?" they said in unison.
"Well, they're all Jared's children and all the women who bear them are those whom his father, the previous king, had kidnapped as toddlers, to be the many wives of his sons-"
"Sons? Jared has a brother?" Temperance asked.
"Yes," Parker replied, "and you know him."