Page 44 of Releasing Darkness

Now, as I held my mate on my lap, I felt my heart speeding at her softly spoken words. I ran a finger over her soft cheek and thought about having a daughter with her hair and vivid yellow eyes. Already, I could feel my heart beginning to ache with want.

“Then, a family we shall have, mate. As many children as you want. And when they grow and find mates of their own, I will give you more, as long as you want. For the rest of eternity.”

Her quiet laugh was tempered by the moisture in her eyes. “That’s a lot of children. I was thinking of one or two to begin with. We’ll see how it goes after that, maybe?”

I kissed the tip of her dainty nose. “Whatever you desire, mate.”

Our quietly spoken conversation was interrupted by the pounding of the front door. I looked up to see my brothers in similar positions, their mates tucked in close to their sides as we all took a short break from the endless plotting we had been doing in between the search for Vanthos.

“Uh oh,” Sasha said as she stood from my lap. “The last time there was an unexpected knock at the door, it was Asmodeus bringing me a letter from your mom.”

She had shown the letter to all of us once we arrived at the mansion, and we were indeed able to identify the seal as our mother’s. At Shasha’s words, we all stood and, with wary glances at each other, moved as one toward the front of the house.

Before we could reach the entry, we heard Charon, who had been in the kitchen preparing lunch at the time, open the door. His surprised greeting has each of us running forward.

“Lilith!”