21 - Chapter Twenty-One - Emerald Victorian's Point Of View.
âYears have gone by*
Quinn invited me and the boys out to the beach with him, Lucca said he
would join us out there when he was finished with an important stack
of paperwork. Lucca and I hated the fact that our twin boys would be
16 soon. They were by no means grown-ups, they acted like they were
5, they pulled pranks on Lucca,
The latest prank they pulled was they took his car and moved it to the
grandparents house and said that he told them to put it there for a
little while. I thought Lucca was going to kill our kids.
Alex was the biggest trouble maker though, he was forever starting
problems. Benji was quiet and was always in his room, Lucca tries to get
him to be one with the family but he just prefers to be on his own. But
he has been like that since he was ten, I'm worried he will just be lonely
and won't have someone who understands his wants and needs,
someone that isn't his twin brother Alex. Alex being the troublemaker
had his fair share of problems that made me glad Ben wasn't like him,
but Alex also had a really good side to him, but we really only saw that
when Ben was involved or he was talking to me.
Which got me thinking about recently, the boys were quite obsessed
with Quinn's son, Atlas, They followed him around like a lost puppy and
picked on him lightly when they got a good chance too. It made me
wonder if just perhaps there would be a future with all the boys, but I
wasn't going to get my hopes up in the circumstance.
I packed up the boys and told them to behave, I let Ariel sit up front,
Ariel is just like me, short with a loud personality, he would make a
wonderful king or queen if he gets the chance. Lucca and I will typically
rule for 5-6 centuries. ( 500 -600 years)
The twins sat in the back, Alex was pestering Benji, calling him names
and taking his book away from him until Benji slapped Alex right in the
mouth. They were going to have a backseat brawl. I hated this part of
having young teenage demons that we strung highly and liked to solve
their current problems with violence,
"Enough you two, don't make me drop you back off with your father,
Do you understandâ
"Si Mama,â Benji said smiling.
"Yes Mother" Alex said Shooting his twin a dirty look.
We arrived and I made the twins carry the beach stuff, Quinn saw me
and waved us over. I just wanted to bury myself in the sand, my ears
were ringing from all the fighting and I so badly just wanted to rip them
both a new rear hole, but that's what I had a big scary husband for after
all.
"Alex, Ben, You two better behave, don't make me tell you're father,â I
said, scarring the boys once more for good measure, after all, I didn't
need them making a scene on the beach
Ariel and Quinn's boy Atlas got along really well, they were always
together. Quinn and I hopped they were mates, with all the time they
spent together. But again, It was hard for me to think that when I saw
the way the twins were with Atlas.
" Has Thanatos made any move into Forest's life?" I asked, Quinn, had
told me about what was going on with forestsâ future around the same
time he told me he was an elder wolf.
" He hasn't spoken to me or Kane since the wedding, even his parents
won't return my calls. Honestly, it scares me that one day I'm going to
wake up and the forest will be missingâ Quinn said, fear showing on his
face. I really felt bad for him, Quinn had been through so much and
there was the constant fear hanging over his head that the vampire
prince would come to steal his boy and take him away forever. If that
were to happen it would damage Quinn so deeply and I just knew it in
my soul.
"I'm sure he would say something,â I said, trying to help Quinn get
over his fear, no parent should be afraid their child is going to
disappear.
"1 would hope so" he mumbled
" How did Forest's first shift go?â I asked
" He was huge, almost as big as his father, * Quinn said Pride on his
face.
"Wow, I can't wait till Atlas is old enough he's going to be massive"
" Gosh I can't tell you how much he is like Kane, they sleep, eat and act
the same *
" That's like the twins, they are so much like Lucca it scares me"
* Any child that acts like our husbands should scare us,â I said and both
me and Quinn had the world's largest laugh. If our boys turned out like
our husbands it would be just our luck.
We stood up and went to join our boys on the beach. Alex was
throwing sand at Atlas, Benji for some reason attacked Alex and
smashed his face right into the sand, they chose the perfect time to
fight, I was going to say something when I hurried Lucca yell clear
pissed off
" THAT IS NOT THE WAY YOUNG PRINCES SHOULD ACT YOU
ARSEHOLES," Lucca screamed, walking up to the twins started had the
sand dusted off them and were both looking at me to rescue them
from the wrath of their angry father,
I loved my family and come hell or high-water I would be there for
them. They all knew that though, that's why they put up with me.
I watched from the beach as Lucca chased the boys around and Ariel
and Atlas made sandcastles. It wasn't too long after that that the twins
came to bother poor Atlas. Alex pulled his hair and flattened his
sandcastle. Benji didn't like that and tried to help rebuild his sandcastle
before just deciding that beating up his twin was a great way to avenge
Atlasâ castle. If that poor boy was their mate he was in for so much hell
and I truly felt for him.