Blue Moon Rising

Serenity's POV

I stirred in bed and stretched, letting a smile creep into my lips before turning around to snuggle from wherever the heat came nearest- my husband.

To my surprise, I was alone in bed.

I frowned and sat up looking around the dark quiet room.

Josephine?

No answer.

Josephine? I called to my wolf again, which was answered with silence.

My heart starts to skip an extra beat as I made my way off the bed, my toes touching the soft ticklish rug on the floor. I looked at the clock on my side table, 630am.

Where is he? I wondered.

I try to remember the moment before I fell asleep.

Arriving from work the previous night, I checked on the kids before lying down for a quick nap, she remembered seeing them doing homework at the kitchen.

I crossed the dark room and opened the drapes to let the early morning light in, brightening the room in an instant. Seeing everything in place, I walked toward the door and was greeted by an all too familiar song. That alone calmed me, as the memory of the first time I heard it come into mind.

Hearing giggles from the nursery, I peeked inside and see my husband sang his supposed chosen lullaby to our children.

“…laka ukulele, mama made a baby…

I really don’t mind the practice, cause you’re my little lady…

Lady, lady love me, cause I love to lay here lazy

We can close the curtains

Pretend like there’s no world outside

We can pretend it all the time…”

I leaned on the side of a door, crossing my arms over my chest, watching him with a smile as he moved to the crib where my son was waiting for his attention.

“But the telephone is singing, ringing

It’s too early don’t pick it up…”

I heard my baby boy gave a hearty laugh and I couldn’t help but chuckle making him turn to me. At first he was surprised but then he made my way to me and continued to sing.

“We don’t need to,

We got everything we need right here and everything we need is enough”

He took my hand and pulled me to him, an arm encircled around my waist as he start to dance around the room making me laugh, while he just continue to sing.

“Just so easy…

When the whole world fits inside of your arms

Don’t really need to pay attention to the alarm wake up slow

Mm-hmm, wake up slow…”

He smiled down at me and rested his forehead with mine, as his voice dropped into a whisper.

“But baby, you hardly even notice

when I try to show you this

song is meant to keep you from doing what you’re supposed to

waking up too early

maybe we can sleep in

making banana pancakes pretend like it’s the weekend now…”

He stifled a laugh with me before he continued to sing.

“We can pretend it all the time

can’t you see that it’s just raining, ain’t no need to go outside…

Ain’t no need, ain’t no need

Rain all day and I really really really don’t mind…

Can’t you see, can’t you see…

Got to wake up slow…”

I giggled and gave him a light kiss on the lips.

“Cute.” I said.

“Cute?” He stifled a laugh, “That’s all I get for getting our kids to sleep?”

“Baby, you just got them more excited, so yes, cute is all you get. Besides its morning, they’re supposed to be awake.” I slipped out of his arms and walked toward the cribs that stood adjacent to each other, each holding the most important people in my life, aside from my husband of course.

“Well, they loved it, don’t I get a plus for that?” he whispered behind me, his arm snaking around my waist and rested his chin on my shoulder.

“Fine.” I turned to my side and whispered, “I’ll give a plus later.”

He gave a light groan and pulled me closer to him, making me laugh. Later never came though, since he practically dragged me out of the nursery and into our room took it as ‘now’.

The song was playing in full volume as I make my way downstairs, often paired with laughter and squealing. I looked around the main room, but it was empty, I moved to the receiving room, but it was again empty.

Damn dad and his surround sound. I thought as I made my way toward the study room we had made for the kids when they started preschool, again it was empty.

I put my hands on my hips, getting frustrated. I thought for a moment and smiled. This wouldn’t be first time I get lost in this house though. I gave a mental laugh remembering a few years back waking up in panic for the very same thing.

I walked toward the music room where we usually spent weekend mornings, but to my dismay it was empty. The fear of having my children abducted by hunters or vampires were long gone, but not forgotten. But I was sure this wasn’t one of those, I can feel them, it’s just a matter of finding them in this big damn house, I thought.

“What the hell?” I frowned, finding the dining room empty, the nagging nerve and fear crept up as I continue my search.

My thoughts were distracted by a squeal from the kitchen so I ran there and felt myself relax seeing my daughter being twirled around by my husband while my son was busy mixing a bowl of pancake mix, with flour all over his clothes and arms, some was on the tip of his nose.

They turned to me simultaneously, the twins’ smile never faltering. But I caught Eric’s face grew worried.

“Mommy!” Chance, my son, shouted and waved the beater around making some of the pancake mix fly all over the room.

“Hey!” I hear Fate, my daughter, whined as a few drops fell on her face. “Mommy…”

I smiled and walked toward them and took her from Eric and set her on my hip.

“Good morning.” I greeted Eric and stood on my toes to catch a kiss from him.

He smiled and gave me a kiss before I made my way to my little boy who was looking all guilty and sorry.

“Hey baby, what you cooking?” I ask, he lit up instantly and raised the beater up again.

“Banana pancake!” he cheered.

“Hm, sound yummy.” I said before setting Fate down by the sink, grab a tissue and ran it under the water and start cleaning her up.

“Are you mad mommy?” she asked.

“What?” I stifled a laugh, “No I’m not, baby, what makes you ask that?”

“Cause you looked like you were when you came in.” she whispered.

Then Eric cleared his throat as he help Chance with the mix while he glanced at me.

“I was just wondering where you guys were.” I admitted, “I was scared that I couldn’t find you.”

She then grinned, “We weren’t playing hide and seek, mommy.” I stifled a laugh, then she threw her arms around my neck. “Don’t worry mommy, we’ll try hard not to hide so good.”

“That’s right!” I hear my son cheered again.

I laughed and pulled her into a hug as well. “I think that’s hard, you tots got that talent from me.”

She giggled as I picked her up and twirled her around until we stopped between Eric and Chance.

Eric gave me another kiss before he took Fate and danced around again. I laughed and turned to Chance who raised the beater up for me to take and ran his finger through the mix, raising his finger for me to lick.

I grinned and licked off the mix making him giggle. I stood behind him to help with the mix as he tried to crack another egg and started mixing it again.

“Just how many eggs have you put in there, baby?” I asked, looking at the stack of egg shells on the table.

He giggled, “A lot.”

I laughed and shook my head, “Well, we should add a lot of flour as well, don’t we?”

His eyes and smile grew bigger before nodding as I try to salvage the pancake madness he was making, soon he was out of my hold and on Eric’s other arm, dancing around the kitchen.

I beat on the mix glancing there way as they fool around and singing- a- long with the same song that was obviously on the loop.

Then the door opened and a little girl stepped in, scratching her eyes with one hand, while holding a blanket on the other.

“Hope!” Chance calls out before sliding out of his father’s hold and ran to his youngest sister.

“You slept well, sweetheart?” I asked. She nodded while Eric made his way to her too.

Eric knelt in front of Hope with Fate still in his arms, “Good morning princess…”

“We made pancakes today Hope, c’mon, you can help mommy mix.” Chance says taking her hand.

“But she’s dancing along with us.” Fate says grabbed and pulled her younger sister’s hand.

“No, she’s cooking pancakes with us!” Chance tugged her back.

And the weekly tug of war of my youngest daughter began, and like always she whimpered and looked up at me.

“Ok, ok, break it up…” Eric says, picking up Hope.

But she stepped away and ran toward me, stretching her arms for me to take.

I smiled setting down the mix and the beater and picked her up. “You ok sweety?”

She nodded again and snuggled under my chin. I frowned feeling her having a temperature.

“Eric, Hope has a temperature.” I said reaching for her forehead. Eric walked toward me and checked her temperature as well. I pressed her near me feeling her shivering. “God, she’s shivering.”

“I’ll call Jean.” Eric sets Fate down and run out of the room.

“Mommy, what’s wrong?”

I forced a smile and bent down to meet their worried looks. “Hope might be a little sick, so I need you to be really good today ok? Can you do that for me?”

“Ok…” Fate says with a frown staring at her sister. “You’ll be ok Hope.”

“Yeah, Aunt Jean will take care of you.” Chance says. “Right mom?”

“That’s right.” I kissed Hope on top of her head and walked toward the door walking toward Hope’s bedroom.

An hour later I walked to the playroom where Chance and Fate were reading a book, sitting in the middle of the room, underneath the sunlight from the window.

I stared as they pointed out pictures, Chance made his fingers crawl up on Fate’s arm and tickles her like what Eric and I do.

“No fair, big brother!” she laughed.

“But that’s what the story says.” He laughs along and continued to tickle his sister.

I chuckled and they turned to me, their face quickly turned sad.

“Where’s Hope?”

I forced another smile, remembering why I was there in the first place. I sat with them on the floor and tuck Fate’s hair behind her ear.

“Well, Hope might need to stay in the hospital for a few days.” I explained, doing my best to cover my sadness and worry.

“Is it her heart again?” Chance asked.

“It is.” I pushed his hair away from his face.

“Do the doctors need to open her up again?” Fate asks with the same sadness in her eyes.

“I hope not.” I said, “But they would do anything to make her better.”

“I don’t want to go.” Fate mumbles, looking down at her hands.

“But Hope needs-“

“No!” Fate shouts, standing up and ran out of the room.

I sighed, since Hope’s operation about a year ago, Fate had grown scared of hospitals. I remembered how she never left Hope’s side after the emergency operation to check on what repair the doctors need to make on her heart.

“Mommy?” I turned to see a teary eyed Chance, “Will Hope be ok?”

“Yes, sweety, of course she will be.” I said.

“Really, really, ok?” this time he looked at me with wide eyes, as if telling me don’t- you-dare-lie-mommy.

I frowned, “Well, I’m no expert at it, but I think she will be, or at least, I want her to be.”

“This isn’t fair mommy.” He looks down at the book he was holding. “Fate and I got fixed hearts, why does Hope get a broken one?” then he looked up at me, eyes wide, “She’s isn’t bad right?”

“No, no… she’s your sister, none of you are bad.” I assured him pulling him into my lap.

He gave a relieved sigh and snuggled closer as he cried on my chest.

“Shh… everything will be fine.” I said.

Later that night I laid beside Hope on the hospital bed, she snuggled close to me, warming up.

I stared at her sleeping figure and brushed off a strand of hair away from her face.

“…laka ukulele, mama made a baby…

I really don’t mind the practice, cause you’re my little lady…

Lady, lady love me, cause I love to lay here lazy

We can close the curtains

Pretend like there’s no world outside

We can pretend it all the time…”

I smiled as I saw her lips move into a smile as she tried to get closer to me. I stifled a laugh, only to realize that I was crying.

So I pulled her close to me, covering her body, trying to reassure her while she tightened her hold of my hand.

“Everything will be fine baby…” I whispered.

She was scheduled for a surgery the next day, Eric went home with the Chance and Fate, after fussing about staying over night.

Then I heard the door open, and I looked up and saw Jean in her lab coat.

“Hey…” she whispered.

“Hey…” I smiled at her and wiped away the tears.

“You ok?” she asked.

“Yeah, just worried.” I said, loosening my hold of Hope a little.

“So am I.” she says as she stared at Hope, “But she’s a fighter, she’ll pull through out of this one.”

“I know.” I said staring at Hope as well. “But there is a better way-“

“This is better.” Jean cut me off, “It’ll be too early for them to know.”

I frowned, “Just thinking of reconsidering if all else fails.”

“It will not fail.” Jean promised me as she reached out for my hand and gave it a squeeze.

Everything will be fine, princess. Josephine says to me, and somehow, that did made me feel better.

I stood at the same hallway, ten years after.

Proud to say that my kids kept their promises and hid enough for me to find them- always.

And Jean did kept hers as well, after that surgery Hope got better and stronger, she was able to keep up with Chance and Fate, but still she was careful with herself. Unlike the two who had extra curricular left and right, Hope would stay at home and read a book.

I finally reached the place where the music was coming from where I can now hear my family arguing.

I smiled seeing everyone in their pajamas, Eric was playing the piano while Chance was on his guitar and Fate, as usual, was lying on top of the grand piano with a song piece in her hand. Hope was watching them, laughing her heart out.

“Dad, I know this song by heart, by mind and asleep.” She groaned and sat up, “Let’s just do the record already.”

“I know baby girl,” Eric says, “but your grandpa wouldn’t want it to be just like a regular thing for us-“

“But that’s the best part of it,” my daughter argues. “it’s natural and it’s genuine.”

“I have to agree with Fate on this one dad.” Chance says, “We sound better like that.”

Eric shrugged and nodded, “Fine… we’ll let your grandfather be the judge of that.”

“Yes!” Fate cheered and exchanged high fives with her big brother.

“Ok, ok, get your ass off of my piano Fate.” I said as they all turned to me.

Fate laughed and jumped down the piano and ran to me, she snaked an arm around my waist and gave me a kiss.

“Good morning mom.” She says.

I grinned, “Good morning, princess.”

“Mom…” I hear my little boy whined, “its butt or behind or tush, remember? How do you expect us to follow your rules if you break them yourself?”

I grinned and ruffled his hair as he leaned in to kiss me on the cheek.

“As if you don’t say ass at school.” Fate rolls her eyes, “Look man, that’s one fine ass there.” She says in a deep voice, failing to imitate her brother making us laugh.

“I do not talk nor sound like that.” Chance whines.

Then I felt another set of arms snake around my waist, I turned to see Hope smiling at me as she rest her chin on my shoulder.

“Hey baby girl, you feeling good?” I whispered and kissed her on the forehead.

She shrugged, “I had better days.”

I frowned, “Why? Is anything wrong?”

She forced a smile and shook her head, “Nothing’s wrong mom, I’m just a little down in the dump, I guess.”

“Did something happened in school?”

“Chance happened.” Fate answers for her.

I rolled my eyes at another familiar conversation. “What did Chance do this time?”

“You say it like I’m doing something bad.” Chance argued, “I’m protecting my baby sister, and I’ll be damned that she dates a douche under my watch.”

“Date?” Eric ask from behind us, I can practically see his wolf ears twitching at the word.

Hope groan and hid her face on the crook of my neck.

“Did I hear it correctly? Date?” Eric asks again.

“Yes dad, date.” Fate says. “You know, a guy asks a girl out for dinner or movie or a walk in the park, or a party…”

“We get it, thank you Fate.” I said giving her a look which she returned with a smirk.

Eric walked toward us and hovered over Hope. “What’s his name and where does he live?”

“Dean Bolton.” Chance answered. “A new kid, I think he lives just a couple of blocks from here.”

Eric turns around walking toward the door.

“Daddy…” Hope whined.

“Eric, come back here.” I snapped, finding the whole scene ridiculous.

Eric stopped, though I knew it was against his wish to, I didn’t need to use the alpha or the deity tone on him, he knew when I would seriously be pissed off when he does something stupid.

“Sit down.” I said to Eric before turning to Chance, “And you stop egging your father to go and scare the living daylights out of that boy.” I shrugged, “Lord knows I have enough trouble with you going all ninja and stuff on your sisters.”

“You can say that again.” The girls said in unison.

Then I turned to Hope. “And you, when is this supposed date?”

I caught her blush for a moment, “Tonight.”

“Tonight? Are you serious?” She nodded.

“Oh let her go mom,” Fate says. “I went to my first date ages ago.”

“Yeah, and look where that lead to.” Chance pointed out.

A boy with a broken arm and nose. I hear Eric chuckle as he went back to the piano. I gave him a look and he gave it back.

What? He says in our link, At least I know my baby girl can kick a guy’s ass.

I shook my head, dork. I heard myself say in unison with Josephine.

“Mom?” Hope asks.

I kissed her on the temple and slipped an arm away, “I’ll talk some sense to your dad.”

She nods and joined her siblings, I watched them and start to compare the three of them. Chance and Fate had the same dark brown hair and nose, the only thing that they share with Hope was their eyes. They all had baby blue eyes, but when you look deep enough in Hope’s eyes, it often change into a shade of green, each color a total contrast to her strawberry brown hair.

I left my children to their usual morning banter and walked toward Eric who was still by the piano and checking out the music sheets he was supposed to work on today.

“Hey…” I greeted and slipped my hands over his shoulder and linked it over his chest.

“Hey…” he greets back, taking my hand and kissing my knuckles.

“Someone’s been giving my babies a hard time.” I teased.

He shrugged, “I’m not, I’m just-“

“Yes you are.” I hear the three say behind us.

He chuckled and nods, “Fine, so I might just be… a little.”

“A lot.” Fate says.

“A lot.” Chance repeated and sat beside his sister.

“A lot.” Hope third.

“Alright, alright…” Eric gave up and made me laugh. “A lot.”

I shook my head, amused, “Let me show you how it is done, mister.”

“Someone’s cocky.”

I gave him a look, pushing him lightly to make space for me, but to my surprise he pulled me to his lap.

“Ok, well, this is different.” I said facing the piano.

“Not really…” Eric whispered, reminding me of a certain day more than a decade ago.

“Urgh!” I hear Chance groaned.

“Eww, dad? What the hell?” Fate says.

“Language.” I said.

“C’mon mom, we haven’t even had breakfast.” Hope whined.

“I don’t care, I’m not letting go of your mom while you whine about me kicking your behind to work.”

Adrian asked me and Eric to play some songs for him and his company as a sample in his office. So when you come into the office, it will be us you’d be hearing every day all day. And when the kids started to show the same talent in music, you can just imagine Adrian and Eric’s excitement to join them in the fun.

It took time for them to make me agree, I was still worried of being discovered and all that, especially Fate who seemed to have taken the road of looking a lot like me.

They continue to argue and I just shook my head, deciding to shut them up by playing.

It was a song I usually play when I was stressed and well… it chills the lot as well.

I grinned as I was half way of the music piece entitled Pick It Up.

To my surprise a second set of fingers played beside mine to play the duet part. Chance looked seriously on the keys, making sure he keeps up with me. Chance grin up to me as we reached the end without flaw, I ruffled his hair again making him laugh.

“Someone has been going through my music sheets.” I said.

“Yeah, well, you’d be surprise of what you’d find if you’re bored around this big house.” He said giving me a look.

I shrugged, I knew where this was going. When did our life became this monotonous?

“Where’s the party?” I groaned.

The three exchanged looks before bursting into a fit of information overload.

You could have warned me about this. I say to Eric.

He sighed and ran a hand down my back. Your little girls got me with just a pout. I rolled my eyes and shook my head. Though I’m having second thoughts now with Hope going on that date.

I groaned, I bet the date is at the party.

You two are such a push over. I heard Josephine say.

You could have given me a heads up too. I say to her.

I’m not the one with kids here, she points out, you were supposed to know these things about them.

Well, I’m not in tuned with them without their wolves yet, am I?

The three teenagers blabbed and plead away before I raised my hand and waved them in front of the triplets to shut them up. They all stopped in unison and stared at me, almost begging.

I closed my eyes and rubbed my temples.

“Mom-” I hear Fate start.

But I raised a finger to make her stop before she can use any of her begging ability on me.

Baby, it isn’t that bad. I hear Eric tell me, it’s just three blocks down.

I know… I groaned inside, it’s just that… it’s almost that day.

Two weeks, it would be the twins’ 16th birthday. I wasn’t worried much of the girls just yet, but Chance… Chance was different. He had always been protective of his sisters to the point of almost getting in jail at the age of fifteen.

It’s still two weeks away. Eric pointed out. Think about it, love, after that we can tell them everything then they’ll understand why we’ve been so hard on them all this time.

He had a point, but looking back now, it didn’t even feel that they had it hard.

They asked for a car, we bought them one each even if they were just 15. Adrian had to pull a few strings for that.

Chance was part of the varsity as Fate was on the cheering squad and Hope was on Glee.

They have different set of friends and then some.

They were guard free and strolling the mall or the school grounds without worries.

They definitely have it easier compared when I was in high school.

“Mom?” I hear Chance.

“This is tonight?” I asked looking up at them

“Yes.” Fate says.

“This is where your date would be?” I asked Hope.

“Yes.” She says in almost a whisper.

“And this is for what?”

“It’s Toby’s birthday.” Chance says.

I raised a brow, “Toby? Your team captain?”

“Yes.”

“He’s a senior?”

“Yes?”

I looked at him straight in the eyes, “Is he or is he not a senior?” I asked again.

He shrugged and nodded, “A senior and legal.”

A senior and legal! I turned to my mate with wide eyes.

“Mom, please?” Fate begs, “It’s the first party of the year, and it’s our junior year, we’re just getting acquainted with the right people-“

“Ok, ok…” I shrugged.

“Ok?” Chance asked, “Ok as in yes?”

I groaned, “Yes.”

“Yes!” the two cheered, Chance threw his fist in the air and Fate jumped around and hugged Hope who was jumping around as well. “But!”

It was like watching cartoons stop jumping on mid air as they turned to me, worried.

“I’m not stopping you guys from having fun, but please… please… bring Gary with you.”

“What?” they snapped.

“I want Gary with you on this party…” I said crossing my arms over my chest.

“No!”

“Mom, c’mon-“

“It’s that or no.” I said, putting my foot down.

“Mom, we’re almost sixteen-“

“Exactly!” I snapped. “And I’ll be damned if I’ll let you walk out of this house without guards!”

I rushed into a stand but had to stop when a sudden nausea hit me. I reached down to the piano keys to stop myself from falling, causing a loud mismatch of keys sound off the room, making the nausea feeling worst.

“Serenity…” I hear Eric call for me, before I felt him catch me.

“Mom… mom!”

Serenity, breathe… I hear Josephine says.

But slowly all their voices move further and I was seeing visions of what seemed to be a sight of the future. There were people but no faces. And after a minute I hear a voice that I never expected to hear again.

“…home.”

“Serenity!”

I gasped as I snapped back to reality. To my surprise I was facing the ceiling and Eric and Jean was hovering over me. I gasped again, trying to catch my breath.

“Baby, breathe… c’mon, breathe for me…”

“Princess, listen, can you hear me?” Jean asked.

I closed my eyes and looked away from them, I ran a hand over my face trying to calm myself.

“Mom…” I hear Chance call for me. “Mom, wake up.”

“Shh,” I waved a hand up, “just give me a moment baby.”

They all moved back and I closed my eyes, counting my breath until it had calm down.

“Mom, look, if this is about the party-“

“It’s not.” I took another breath before looking up at them and tried to sit up. Eric helped me up and let me lean on his chest as I faced the others.

“Are you ok mom?” Fate asked handing me a glass of water.

“Yeah…” I sighed. “I’m just…”

“You’re too pale for my liking, princess.” Jean says. “Let’s get you in bed, ok?”

I nodded but before I could stand Eric had already picked me up, I wouldn’t argue this time. It’s been a long time since I had a vision like that.

“Mom…” Hope stood beside us.

“I’m fine guys, for real” I said, “It’s probably nothing.”

“You’re probably hungry.” Eric says.

“Yeah,” Fate nods, “we’ll make breakfast.”

I nodded and rest my head on Eric’s chest, “That would be nice.”

“Go back to bed mom,” Hope says, “we’ll make you breakfast in bed.”

I gave them a smile, too weak to even nod. I closed my eyes as Eric make our way out the room.

“Mom…” Chance walked up to us and sighed, “We’ll let Gary tag along.” I stared at him and he grinned, “As long as he stays outside.”

I chuckled and cupped his face, before I reached for his hair and ruffled it third time that morning. “Thank you.”

“Go rest mom.” Fate says, “We’ll take care of the house until its time for us to leave.”

“I think your dad can handle that for me.”

“No fair.” Fate pouts, “We only get the kitchen on Saturday mornings. We’re damn good cook woman!”

“Fine,” I say after laughing along with everyone. “But I expect the best service.”

“We wouldn’t give any less than perfection.” The trio says.

They all ran off as I leaned my head on Eric’s shoulder, took a deep breath and closed my eyes, resting.

“You ok?” Eric asked as we climbed the stairs with Jean.

I shook my head, “I thought it wouldn’t be this soon.”

“What do you mean?” Jean asked.

“The past seems to be catching up to us now.” I frowned, “They’ll be finding us soon.”

Jean frowned, “Are you sure?”

I forced a smile, “My story is far from over Jean.” I said, “We all know that they will catch unto us.” We finally reached our room, “For all we know, they just tried to give us the freedom we asked for all these years. They wouldn’t be looking for us if they didn’t need us back home.”

Jean sighed and nodded, “It was good until it lasted.”

“And it will remain like that even after we go home.” Eric says setting me down on the bed and setting the pillows against the head board for me to lean on, “Jean, I think its time that you face him already.”

Jean sighed and sat on the bed beside me. “I should have known that this conversation was leading to that.”

“Jean, we know that you’ve moved on with the cold and the pain and maybe even the urge of seeing him.” Eric pointed out, “But the fact that your mark is still there, it means that Cole hasn’t gotten rid of his mark. Plus, he deserves to know.”

She glanced my way, frowning, “Was it him?”

“Lucky for you it wasn’t,” I said, leaning back and pulling our comforter over my legs, “it was Liam.”

“Did he say what he needed?” Eric asked sitting beside me.

“No.” I rubbed my temple again, “All I heard was home then I snapped out of the trance.”

“When was the last time you had one of your visions?” Jean asked.

“Years.” I said. “I think the last time was during holidays.”

“I remembered that one.” Eric grinned, “It was Anna wanting you home for Ximm’s birthday.”

I grinned remembering Anna whining and pleading.

“Maybe its just one of those times.” Jean says. “I mean, is Liam’s birthday coming up?”

I shook my head, “Not in a few months.” I shrugged.

“I’ll make some calls and try to crack this mystery, you get to bed and get some rest.” She stood up.

“Where are you going so early in the day?” Eric asked.

“Work, I have a surgery in an hour.” She says making her way out of our room, “Good thing I decided to drop by, get some rest Serenity, you hear? I’ll see you later.”

“Good luck.” I called out to her.

“Thanks!” we heard her shout from down the hall. “Eric, I’m serious about Serenity getting some rest, you hear me? I’ll kick you out of this house if I have to, so leave my poor sister in law alone.”

“Yes mom!” Eric shouts back, making us laugh before we heard the front door close.

Then I felt Eric wrap his arms around me, and I reached for his hands entwining my fingers with his.

“What do you think is it?” I asked.

“I’m not sure.” He shrugged, “Baby?”

“Hm?”

“What if Siam and Anna is having a daughter?”

I frowned, “Well, it will be hard to tell, I mean, Josephine is still here with and we would know, wouldn’t we?”

“Let’s just assume for the worst for now,” he says, “I’m pretty sure your brother will be going crazy with his daughter if that’s the case.” Then he chuckled, “But once he sees our girls, I have a feeling he would be giving them a hard time too.”

“I think so too.” I agreed, “The kids would hate me for this. I mean, they’re actually having fun now, they’re out of that private school and those ridiculous uniforms, then, only for me to take those away again and dumped them in my mess.”

“No they won’t…” He kisses me on top of my head. “They love you too much to hate you-“

“Yes they will.” I argued, “I’m keeping a secret from them. I’m keeping their real identity and now we’re pulling them back with us to that life, unarmed and unaware. We raised them up teaching them that lies and deceit are not allowed in this house, only to find out that their whole life is built on lies and deceit.”

“They’re smart kids.” Eric says, “I think they’ll see more than that.”

I shrugged. “That’s what I’m afraid of.”