Page 55 of Mated to the Kings
“He’s talking about sex,” Leli says with a grin.
“Leli,” Striker scolds her again, making her giggle.
“Oh, also there are some things that make you more powerful, like…”
“Please don’t,” Dad says, cutting her off. “Just… tell her later.” Leli cackles at his request, making me laugh with her.
“Alright,” Leli says. “I’ll tell her all the parts you all are being too weird to say.”
“I am so confused,” I admit.
“I’m not,” Daemon laughs, making Callum and Kael chuckle.
“For the love of the gods,” Dad says. “Please wait to explain. There are some things in life that a father shouldn’t have to explain to his little girl.”
“I am your youngest?” I ask, changing the subject before someone makes me blush again.
“You are,” he says. “After I felt her passing… I put everything into finding you, and I was just so heartbroken from losing the two of you that I was never willing to commit to anyone else again.”
“I’m sorry you had to go through all of that,” I say with a frown.
“God, you are just like her,” he says with a sad smile. “She would take on the weight of the world but still apologize.”
“I don’t think I do that,” I say.
“Yeah, you do,” Daemon says.
“Lilith, you have been through so much in your life… The fact that you still have empathy for others shows just how amazing you are,” Dad says. “But I am here now to take on as much of that weight as I can.”
“I appreciate that,” I say. “So, Mom had mentioned a prophecy. Leli mentioned it also. I still don’t know what it is, outside of the vision I had.”
“What was the vision of?” Dad asks.
“Uhm… A war,” I say. “A bad one.”
“Okay… How about this?” Dad says. “Let’s get you four settled. Tomorrow morning, we can start at the beginning, and I’ll explain everything in a bit more detail.”
“Okay,” I say with a smile.
“You’ll be staying with us,” Dad says. “If that’s okay.”
“Yeah. That’s fine,” I say. “We packed in a hurry, so there are a lot of things we will need to buy, but we can handle that tomorrow.”
“I’ll take care of anything you all need,” he says.
“Let’s go home. I miss my bed,” Leli says.
We walk into Dad’s house, and we set our stuff down for a moment. “So, Leli told me that there was a portal that you could open so I can get to the library?” I ask.
“Yeah,” he says. “Do you want me to open it tonight?”
“Yeah, I just found a letter among some random items in a chest that I need to have translated. Leli said someone here would be able to read it,” I say.
“Yeah, we can do that now,” he says. “Volis, can you go get your mother’s necklace, please?”
“Yeah,” he says. He goes down the hallway and disappears into a room.
“I’ll show you where it is,” he says. “You are all welcome to come, but she’s going to have to be the one to do the spell. She needs to be able to concentrate.”
