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Chapter 31:Our tiny miracle
Ares POV
"Hey!"She said warmly, a smile spreading on her beautiful face.
"Hey!"I retorted, instantly forgetting all about my hardly bearable physical pain.
She made her way to me and then she took a seat on the bed.
"Meet Adam…" She proudly stated, while placing my son in my arms.
I took him with care, his fragility scaring me as nothing else in my life did…so small and beyond beautiful…He was perfect.
"He's perfect." I murmured, unable to take my eyes of him, checking him with immeasurable attention. I had spent all of my life wanting to feel this joy, and now it was actually happening…..with her by my side. She had given me our son….
"Our son…our tiny miracle..."I added looking at her now. She looked really tired….more like drained. The childbirth must have been a real torment for her.
"Daddy!" Eve woke up, wanting to take me in her arms.
"Careful Eve…"
"Do you like Adam?" she asked happily giving her brother a kiss on his little forehead and he yawned.
"Of course I do. How did you pick out his name?" I asked Eve, anxious to hear her opinion.
"Not me…mommy did."
"I didn't know you picked a name for him."I returned my gaze to my Princess.
"I didn't…It was Solan."
"Solan?"I asked confused…She just nodded and then explained it to me.
"The day Eve was born and I was in Tartarus trying to help Solan to cross to the Elysian Fields, he said that if it shall be a girl it had to be named Eve and if it was boy than he shall be named Adam." She explained her eyes in tears at the remembrance of her lost child.
"It's perfect!"
"You like it?"
"Of course I do...I think it suits him just fine."
"I missed you Daddy!"
"I missed you too Darling…" I said kissing her on the cheek…
For a moment that farmer girl's face appeared before my eyes but I shook her off.
"How are you feeling?" Xena asked and if I didn't know better, concern was spread all over her face.
"As if a wagon full of rocks had fallen over me but I'm still alive….that's good news, I guess." I smiled at her. "You? How are you holding up?"
"Alright…I thought I…we lost you, your heart stopped for some seconds there."
"How much time was I out?"
"Two days…"
"I see…Xena…I…" There were still so many things I wanted to tell her, but Adam woke up, opening his amazingly bright eyes, looking straight to me and all words fell dead on the tip of my tongue. It was as if I was looking into a mirror…he had my eyes. I had never felt so naked before.
His face changed soon after and he began to cry, quietly at first like a melody and louder and louder after that.
Xena took him in her arms and he calmed down for some moments.
"He's hungry…We have been here for hours...I will go now…Eve would you like to keep Daddy company for awhile? "
"Sure mommy." She said hugging me, never letting go of my arm. I felt imprisoned by her but I loved it.
"Well…I'll see you two later than..."
She wanted to leave but that very moment, she opened the door and Dite came right out of nowhere, taking us all by surprise.
"Hi there guys!"
"Aunt Ditaaaa!I have a brother!"
"You sure do Honey Pie! Gods ..you did grow a couple of inches since the last time I saw you! And you are so beautiful too!...I could be jealous, I swear!"
"Dite what are you doing here?" Xena asked suspicious.
"Xenaaa ! I just had to see my stunningly handsome nephew! He is so, but soooo cute...Take a look at that face! He has your eyes Stud! " She burst out, wiping a tear in the corner of her left eye.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that you are ok too Bro, but your Son is so much fun..."She mumbled while taking a glimpse of him in my Princess's arms.
"He will not be for much longer if I will not feed him…Now excuse me..."
"Xena."
In a split second, Dite's tone turned from a bemused to a quite serious one.
"What is it?" My Princess asked and then my Sister's gaze passed at me as if throwing a ball.
"Could you please answer?" I half demanded her. I hated this type of conversation when you wait for someone to say something that you know it must be important judging by their gaze, but the words would not pour out on their own so you must literally pull them out….that pretty much characterized every conversation with Dite anyway.
"I have news…."
She hesitated a bit, and as dramatic as it may sound, I couldn't help holding my breath.
"They aren't precisely good…." she continued.
"Would you spit them out already? Are you trying to induce a stroke here?" I snapped, loosing my patience.
"It's Athena!"
Xena's face instantly paled and I was sure that mine wasn't looking better either.