Bonds that bind us novel Chapter 22

“I… I need to check on the boys.” I hurry from our bedroom and into the boy's room, grateful to see they are asleep. Slowly and silently, I reach up to the top of the door and slide the lock across; resting my head against the wood, I take a few deep breaths, trying to gather my thoughts.

‘You can’t run away from this,’ Nyx tells me.

‘I’m not. I’m just… I need time to think, Nyx. And before you start, I know what you are going to say. They are my children; Dane and I created them, but I can’t think when Dane looks at me like he was just now.’

‘We can’t abandon them.’

‘I didn’t say I was going to, did I?’ I snap back as I check on Evrin and Logan. Both are heavily asleep, knees tucked under their bodies, bums stuck up in the air without a care in the world. The girls had shifted before Logan; how was that even possible?

I drop into the rocking chair and sigh. The girls were already hunting their prey; as they grow older, it will only get worse.

‘Unless we nip it in the bud,’ Nyx mutters.

‘If you are telling me to consider…”

‘Fuck, no. The girls are ours; there is no way I want them bound. It was hard enough with us.’

‘Good, because that is not an option!’ I snap.

‘Good!’ Nyx declares, ‘I’m glad we are on the same page.’

‘But it doesn’t give me an answer on how to deal with it, I sigh.

‘Actually… I think we already have our answer.’

‘What are you talking about? Are you suggesting I let them stalk someone?’

‘No. Aderyn and Willa responded to Dane’s order.’