Bo's POV
I remember in Hecuba prison when I was holding Slvie's baby and Lauren said she wanted kids. In that moment I turned to her and immediately wished the baby I was holding was ours. No she wouldn't have looked like Lauren but the way Lauren lit up at the thought, I knew I had to make it happen. I wanted to make it happen. I needed to make it happen.
Lauren has it all. Brains, charms, she's a genius beyond all reasoning and she's delicious. But more than anything I wanted to give Lauren a life she deserved that she wouldn't have gotten as a slave to the fae.
I knew I wanted to give that to her the minute she bent over me the first time asking me to come with her. She then told me I was Fae and a Succubus.
When I asked if she could fix it and she said there was nothing to fix, she had me. Of course I was afraid I would kill her if we ever made love. And I do mean made love because I can have sex with anyone but without the depth of feelings that I have for Lauren, it's just sex.
That night she came to talk to me about LouAnn I knew why she really came over. She'd been wanting me as much as I her. We both stumbled around it but I finally told her exactly what I wanted. I threw her the biggest hint I knew a genius like her would pick up on when asked "And who would want to live it with me? When I got up after that pretending to leave and she grabbed my hand I thought I was going to melt into her. Her aura was so bright it made my mouth immediately dry. I probably should've drank another sip of wine but who cares I would quench my thirst and my growing hunger by tasting her many times that night.
I knew the Vex excuse was a lie because she was so quick to dominate me. If you want to stall someone you go slow but it still hurt because damn it, it was Lauren and our first time and I was already craving her a second time. Then all of those damn cases got in the way of our relationship and I allowed it. But not anymore. This is the life I chose the minute her tongue entered my mouth for the first time so when she asked for a break I knew I had to get her back because this was the life she chose too.
She wasn't free yet but I knew I was her choice. That's why I worked my ass off trying to free Nadia. Lauren deserved to be free. Free to love. Free to able to do whatever she wanted to do to her hearts content. Yes it was a gamble but I knew I was her choice but I wanted to give her another chance with Nadia and if she really loved her the way I could see that she loved me, I could accept it. Unfortunately the Garuda took that choice from her so I tried to be as supportive as I could.
So I waited. Gave her space to grieve until we knew the Garuda was coming back. I remember that day we had to bury Ciara and the drunk men abruptly entered the Dal, I jumped right in front of Lauren. Not on my watch.
That same night she came to me to talk. It broke my heart that I couldn't easily fix her pain. I don't know the stages of grief but she knew them so I was willing to go step by step with her. Even though my Succubus was roaring to go, we both knew it wasn't time again yet.
Lauren was, is mine and she always has been and always will be. I even had to check Kenzi a few times about Lauren. I really knew it the second time we made love. Spooning with her. Watching her sleep. So beautiful. So mine. All the doubts I had about killing her when we made love, gone. All of the doubts about having her the rest of ours lives, gone.
I suddenly felt something roaring on top of me so I pulled my blade...
"Bo? Wake up sweetie, she just yawned", Lauren laughed softly.
"She has got to get older soon so we can teach her how to do that quietly", Bo said stretching after Lauren took the baby.
"Well she does look a bit bigger", Lauren said kissing the baby all over her face.
"Yeah? You can tell that? Bo asked. She didn't see much difference
"Well she looks longer", Lauren said. Charlotte really was growing up fast in Lauren's eyes but Lea told them this was not normal but they shouldn't panic about it yet. The yet was always in the back of Lauren's mind though.
Was she ready to be a mother yet? Would she know what to do for the baby yet? Would she be able to teach her about being a Lioness yet? Would they both be accepted yet?
The Una Mens started this and yet the Fae were still thumbing their nose at a human turned shifter. Even one that had treated them for the tiniest of wounds and Lauren was still not getting much respect or kudos for her efforts. But thanks were never the reason she became a Doctor to begin with.
Lauren's POV
The Morrigan trampled into my lab looking for the perpetrator. She wanted to find out who and what was responsible for such a messy kill. The Light Fae didn't have the capabilities to inflict that Joker style smile on anyone and if she could find out who did it, perhaps she could convince him or her to join the Dark Fae.
I knew of The Morrigan. She was a beautiful woman but she was also a ruthless bitch. She would melt anyone faster than cheese on a hot burger. I didn't even get time to examine the guy to try and find DNA on him before I was pushed out of my own lab and ordered to find the suspect. I rushed in just as the Ash was questioning her. I knew my place so I stood off to the side. My heart was jumping inside my body. My mouth ran dry. My eyes were trying not to water up. I saw it.
I saw the lost girl in her. She didn't even know what she was and why they had brought here there. I later learned as far as she knew the guy deserved what he got and she would do it again to protect the woman she grew to know and love as Kenzi. Ahhhh. Love. The four letter word could be summed in two letters. Bo.
When I had been ordered to examine her, I had to laugh. Although I was a slave, this was definitely going to be a perk of my job. It was. It was the minute she stripped naked. The minute I looked into her eyes with my little light. The minute my hand lightly glided down her back. The minute I stepped in front of her and saw how beautiful she was. She thought I meant physically, I knew I meant the whole package.
Her heart. She was Fae and had the biggest heart I had ever seen pass through my labs, my hands as a Doctor. She cared. She cared about people. She cared that humans be treated fairly. When she smiled, I saw that she cared about me! Me! She cared about me. Turn away Lauren. Turn away. She will see you blush.
Ash be damned I was going to help this young and unknowing Fae learn all about herself. It was not long before I was coming up with serums and injections trying to find a way for her to control her hunger. But I was finding it hard to control my own hunger. My hunger for her. Her eyes. Her smile. Her body.
We were weeks into her injections and getting to know and comfortable with each other. I drank her in every time I saw her. Which was often as she would come by for a case she had been working on with Dyson. The dude's a cop and a Detective, he can't solve his own cases? But enough of him. I didn't care why she came by as long as I got to see her.
The Ash. A pompous murderous asshole. He must have noticed the eye sex Bo and I were having every time our eyes locked. He wanted me to keep her distracted. Ok yeah it was up to interpretation about HOW I was to distract her and I fully went there just to talk to her. But honey have you seen her? When she moved her lips to talk, my tongue wanted to just jump in. Not to shut her up but to dance in her mouth. Lick her body clean like a cat. I felt my insides purring at the thought.
I snapped out of it in time to hear her ask "And who would wanna live it with me? My brain was screaming, ME, ME, AND ME! She got up to leave. I may as well have tossed my glass of wine because when she sat back down. I had to have her. Not for the Ash. Not to stop her from going after Vex. For ME!
I wanted her that night, the next morning, and the next afternoon. But then she was up ready to leave to find Vex. How could I explain why she needed to stay and for me to stay in her good graces? I couldn't lie to her, so I told her but she ran off and I understood why. She wanted to find and perhaps kill him. I saw there on her bed, wrapped in her sheets, that held her scent. But I know as angry as she was when she left, it was more than just sex for the both of us.
So we went back and for about it for weeks. She kept coming back with cases and I had to stay professional afer she shut down my attempts to talk about it. The Ash was replaced. He already imposed restrictions. So I ran to the only help I knew I would get no matter how angry she remained at me. Then our second time happened and I had to have her even more than I did before because it really could have been our last time. So I devoured her as much and as often as I could. Then spooning and kiss the next morning that she thought I wasn't awake for or didn't feel it.
Hecuba. Oh goodness gracious Hecuba. I just thought I was going to find an old colleague. It was cute how jealous Bo got about a 600 year old woman. And then it happened. Sylvie had her baby. When I saw Bo hold her, I wanted to see Bo hold ours. Mine. Hers. Ours. Did I say ours? I never thought it would happen like this and we have one and she's ours!
"Lauren? Bo laughed.
"Bo? I called snapping out of my daydream. My life dream.
"I asked if you were hungry? Bo asked now holding our baby.
Wait I thought I was holding her?
"I'm a bit hungry and how did you get the baby? Lauren asked.
"Ummm your the Scientist I thought you would be working on that", Bo said warmly.
"Well I will. But I meant how did you get her now? Laurend asked.
"Ohhh well you seemed to be spacing out, I heard you repeatedly yell ours and you nearly dropped her", Bo said raising an eyebrow.
"Ohhhhhh no! Lauren said holding her head in her hands.
"It's ok babe. I was here and watching you. Wherever you went must have been a beautiful place because you looked beautiful thinking about it", Bo said.
Lauren blushed but she was still feeling guilty about zoning out and nearly dropping Charlotte.
"So...are we going to get takeout, order in or cook? Bo asked.
"Let's order something because it has been a rough couple of days and I don't think either one of us have been getting much rest", Lauren sighed.
"Yes that was brilliant of you to get the guys blood and send Tamsin to run his name through the Police data base", Bo said. She was still worried but she didn't want Lauren to see it because if she saw the Succubus worry, she would worry even more.
"Yes. Hopefully she will find something and soon. How they hell he got in here is still a bit frightening", Lauren said. Looking over the house they had already installed a security system that Tamsin picked out. It would really be helpful when Lauren was in the lab and Bo was out on cases.
Kenzi and Tamsin
"You got anything Tam? Kenzi asked.
"No. We don't have anything on this guy and it's bullshit. Nobody is that clean", Tamsin said slamming down a folder she was holding on the desk.
"I don't have anything either and I know this guy isn't just a random intruder. All of the stuff Bo and Lauren have and all he wanted was the baby? Nah something ain't right here", Kenzi said.
"Yeah. I put a few of my Detectives on it, and reached out to a few precincts. Someone has to have something", Tamsin said.
"I called in a few favors too. I hope some of my contacts come through because if Bo or Lauren find out who the scumbag was working for, they will kick ass first and ask questions later", Kenzi said rubbing her forehead.
"That bastard had the nerve to try it while I was there. That makes it personal for me too", Tamsin said.
"We'll just have to keep digging. Find the lowest of thieves. Everyone has an enemy maybe if we slyly show his picture around someone will recognize him", Kenzi said.
They had spent hours pouring over files and paperwork from the lab and nothing was jumping out at them. It was like the man was a ghost.
"Lea said she would have people out looking too. She seems have grown to love that family as much as we do", Tamsin said.
"You and Lea huh? Kenzi laughed. She saw Tamsin's face light up as soon as she said the woman's name.
"Pftt. Girl please that's their friend", Tamsin shrugged.
"But you'd like her to become your friend and a lot more wouldn't ya? Kenzi laughed.
"Kenzi focus", Tamsin said fidgeting in her desk.
"Fine but I'm not letting you off the hook with this", Kenzi said.
Dark Fae Compound
"So did you find out who the idiot was the Succubus ran over? Evony asked.
"I couldn't find anything on him", Vex said.
"Yeah well you need to before one of them comes here thinking he was one of mine", Evony said.
"They likely won't think it's us. Nobody in the Dark Fae is stupid enough to try and get the baby that way", Vex said.
"Honey they're Dark of course there are idiots like this out there. Which is why we need to find out who he was", Evony said.
"Do you really think they would think it's you? Vex laughed. The Morrigan could be so paranoid at times to be so powerful.
"Have you met the Succubus? She's impatient and irrational", Evony said. She almost felt sorry for them. It sounded embarrassing that someone could penetrate their house and get so close to taking their baby.
"See...", The Morrigan said watching the Succubus walk in.
"Oh Evony. Evony. Evony. How do I kill you? The Succubus bristled.
"Honey calm your ass down. I didn't do this" Evony said.
"Tsk. This reeks of your cowardice", Bo said walking around the office and looking for some kind of clue.
"Shouldn't you be at home protecting your family and not here up my ass? Evony asked.
"Lauren is prepared. An ant wouldn't dare go up in there right now", Bo smiled. Lauren was beautiful when she shifted. So beautiful Bo snapped a picture before she left.
The Morrigan paced a bit. This was worse than she thought. Lauren had made a lot of friends over the past year, if they were to attack the Morrigan wouldn't get very far before she became someone's breakfast, lunch or dinner.
"Talk Evony! I don't have all day", The Succubus screamed.
"I don't know who he was. I have my own people trying to find out so nobody would think it was any of my Fae", Evony confessed.
The Succubus squinted at her. She almost looked like she was telling the truth but then again Evony always had the same, flat careless face no matter if she was lying or not.
"Evony if I find out you're lying..I might just send my own Lioness. She can get her faster and it would be a lot more brutal. So IF you know anything or find out anything it would be wise for you to tell us", Bo warned walking out. She so wanted to kick Evony's ass if not for her baby just for fun. But that's what was preventing her from doing it, she didn't have proof and needed to be there for her family in the long run.
Unknown location.
"So what happened to Stanley? The lady asked.
"He went in alone ma'am, we warned him it would be better if we all went in but he thought it was best to go in alone since the Cop car was there", Robert said.
"Well we can't go back so soon, they will be prepared for that but Robert you better be thinking of another way to get her. I want the baby and soon", The lady said.
Bo and Lauren's
Lauren? Babe are you here? Bo called out.
When the Succubus didn't hear anything she went upstairs to look for her girls. She looked in Lauren's lab and a few of the guest rooms. The place was big. Lauren insisted they build about 5 guest rooms. She knew Kenzi and Tamsin would likely spend the night here and there.
"Lauren? The Succubus called out again.
"In here", Lauren called from one of the rooms a few doors down from the master bedroom.
Bo opened the door and her mouth dropped open. The room was pink and black. Pillows, blankets, sheets and stuffed animals were everywhere. On tables, litte chairs and shelves. There was even a pink and black changing table. Across from the pink and black crib was a matching love seat. Packages of diapers by the truckloads were neatly stacked in the closet.
"Kenzi", Bo smiled trying not to cry.
"Kenzi", Lauren said. Tears were falling down the Doctor's face as she handed Bo a piece of paper.
Dear Bo and Lauren,
When the Doctor told us Lauren was pregnant I started working on this. At the time I only had black but when Charlotte was born I ran out and got pink too. The black is for Bo because let's face it mama number 1, you love the color. The pink is for Lauren and Charlotte. Sorry Lauren I didn't know your favorite color was when I was setting the room up. I hope the three of you enjoy it.
Love,
Kenzi.
The Succubus could no longer hold her tears. She took a few deep breaths as she held Lauren in her arms, as Lauren held Charlotte in hers.
"At least we know why she picked the room farthest from ours", Lauren half laughed through her tears.
"What are we going to do with her? Bo asked through her own tears.
"Well she's already an aunt, make her a Godmother? Lauren asked.
"That's perfect. Perfect babe", Bo smiled wide kissing Lauren on her forehead.
Charlotte let out a low roar.
"Damn it. Not again and so soon", Lauren snapped.
"What? What is it? Bo asked pulling her blade from it's sheath.
"Let's go downstairs", Lauren said.
"Yes. Let's go! Bo said running down ahead of her family. She didn't see anyone but heard a knock at the door.
"She opened it with her blade drawn and dropped it slightly when she noticed their guest.
"What are you doing here Trick? Bo asked angrily.
"You said I could come by when you were both here. I haven't seen my great-granddaughter in days Bo", Trick started.
"You are lucky you're seeing your granddaughter", Bo snapped.
"Can I come in? Trick asked.
"Yes but you won't be staying long", Bo said.
Trick slowly walked in. He had never been there before because they were hardly home before Lauren got sick and Bo hadn't invited him to her house warming party. According to Kenzi it was lit and a lot of people came. Doctors, Lawyers, most of the good Fae Bo knew.
"I heard what happened I came by to see if I could offer some help", Trick said standing only in the foyer.
"Do you know who did it? Bo asked coldly.
"No. I have people looking into it though", Trick said.
"Then get out", Bo said. She wasn't going to play his bullshit game of providing as little info as he could until it cost her or them something.
"Can I at least hold her? Trick asked gently as he walked over to Lauren.
When he reached them Charlotte roared a little louder.
"That's a hell no. Now get out Trick", Bo snapped. She didn't want to be angry with him but his blatant disregard for Lauren's life or anyone's for that matter. The fact that he just handed over the deadly seed to the Una Mens not knowing who or what they were going to use it for, wasn't something she could get over so easily, if she ever could.
Lauren didn't say anything. She felt like Bo. It was one thing when it was just them he was trying to keep apart but he was butting his nose into their family life too. Charlotte would never be someone she would gamble or risk with Trick around.
Trick bowed his head and turned around. There was a new part of his bloodline and he hadn't even touched her yet. He wanted to spend time with her and knew Bo and Lauren wouldn't be allowing it anytime soon. He would have to bide his time for now. He slowly walked out of their house and heard Bo viciously slam the door behind him.
"It's me. No I couldn't get near her", Trick said into his phone.
"Stop it. I said I would try and I will" ,Trick said hanging up.
Old Una Mens lair.
"So the Blood King went by and he didn't get in. The Succubus went to Evony and she didn't find anwers. This is amusing", Steve said rubbing his hands together.
"What do we do now sir? Greg asked.
"Keep watching, we will get our opportunity to strike", Steve said.
Dark Fae compound
"Vex you better have news boy! Evony screamed.
"I got nothing seems to be a slick operation so far. Not even the Police has anything on him", Vex said slamming the photo of Stanley in front of Evony.
"Never seeen him before in my life but I damn sure want to find out who's trying to take the litle monster before I can even get close to her", Evony said.
"Better watch who you call a monster. Considering there would be two that would have their feet up your ass so quick you would think your vibrator was working again", Vex laughed.
"Get out and find me some information! Evony screamed.
Kenzi and Tamsin
"Damn we've been at this all day long and we don't have nothing on this guy. Nothing", Kenzi said.
"Let's go to Bo and Lauren's. We can call put our heads together", Tamsin suggested gathering her things.
Bo and Lauren's
"You know maybe we need to use the shifters", Bo suggested.
"That's a good idea but I'm not leaving her Bo", Lauren said.
"I know babe", Bo smiled.
"But the shifters can get his scent if we can find a fresh one and maybe they can trace it back to wherever the hell he came from", Lauren said.
"Exactly what I was thinking", Bo said.
"I will call Lea and see what she thinks. Maybe she can get enough on the job that we should have answers by morning", Lauren said. She knew Bo would leave the house but with Lauren still being a new shifter herself not all of them would know who Bo was yet and would likely attack her.
Bo was still worried but this was a better step and lead then they had at the moment. Why someone would want their baby so soon pissed her off. She always expectec to be a mark for the Fae but to come after a newborn could and would bring the Succubus and Lioness out of them.
Unknown compound.
"Come in! a lady's voice screamed.
"Mrs. Thornwood. We found a sure fire way to get her ma'am", Robert said.
"Excellent. Tell me more", Mrs. Thornwood smiled turning her full attention to him.
TBC