“A MISTAKE?!” she roared.
“They did not make a MISTAKE, Mama. They did this intentionally. They deceived and abused you so easily because you trusted them! I swear to God, Daddy, next tI see you, I’m drawing blood!”
I felt awful for making her so upset. She was obviously reacting to the note I’d sent her. Desperately, I tried to soothe her, but she ignored me. Shockingly, Damien agreed with her. If she punished him, that would be fine, he could see now he deserved it.
“We never meant to hurt you,” he said to me. “Hannah will exact revenge for you.”
“Nobody needs to exact revenge for me,” I said trying to placate my daughter. “I overreacted, Hannah. Damien Loves me-“
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“He LIED!” she roared. “This is not a joke, Daddy,” she said coldly.
“You owe me.”
Hannah’s transmission ended and her line went quiet after her final statement. I sat staring at the blank pad, but she didn’t cback on. I sent her a note asking her to be calm, but got no response. It worried me, but not the men. Hannah was just upset.
“She probably went to go calm herself somewhere,” Damien shrugged.
“Or she’s flying here to churt you,” I fretted, tapping on the pad. I had no idea how to contact the girls if they didn’t pick up. They seemed to be the only ones capable of initiating the videophone Link. I fussed with the pad for a while before Bane took it from my hands.
“You need to eat,” Kein said pullingto stand.
I went willingly and sat with the men at the kitchen table. Everything was as it had been when I stalked into the bedroom. They had not even touched dinner yet. I remembered as I was settled in a chair, family eats together.
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My plate was piled high with nutrient rich foods. I was not given any choices tonight. Kennedy’s Sisters had scared my men. They hadn’t realized the pregnancies could weaken me. None of this was my favorite food, but I understood why they gave it to me.
We ate in silence. The men seemed to be deep in conversation between one another. In no small way I missed knowing what they were talking about, so I asked. Damien smiled atlooking guilty before he answered.
“We are glad for more family,” he said simply. “We are sorry you were upset, but we hated to torture you, as we did last time.”
I had to smile sadly. They loved their daughters and Bane’s son. More family was just someone else to love.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBane grunted loudly before he spoke, “Nu-reeh will want to know. We could hide it from her, since she did not want it yet, but that may be unwise. We will have to talk to the General in the morning and he will Let her know,” he said.
“She will be angry,” Evan said picking up sfood from my plate and putting it at my lips.
“She will say we knew and she will be right. We will take whatever punishment comes for this
I wanted to fret, but the men wouldn’t allow it. They’d done something they knew they weren’t supposed to. If it resulted in punishment, they’d take it. Tellingthey were breedinghad always
madesad. This tthey’d accomplished it without upsetting me, at least until now.
After dinner I was cajoled back into the bathing room. I’d rubbed my body to remove the dirt, but I’d barely cleaned the surface. My skin was still dingy and I had not treated myself with the cream. My hair wasn’t cleaned yet either. In the shower room I was rubbed and pampered. Once they were done they putin my linen shift.
The day had been long, stressful, and exhausting. I was asleep before my head hit the pillow.