Immortally Ever After
“Thaïs stood front and center, flanked by two heavily armored investigators. The operatives wore head-to-toe red, with polished boots and the crest of the gods on each shoulder.
Sweet Jesus. I couldn’t deal with them right now.
My gloved fingers supported the baby’s head as a tiny asp from her hair wound around my thumb. This was what mattered. This baby. This life. I locked eyes with Medusa. “I’ve almost got her.”
“Halt!” Metal screeched against metal as one of the investigators pulled his sword. I glanced up. The other whipped out a roll of parchment from his coat, his back ramrod straight, his jowls sagging. “We have a warrant.”
“It’s going to have to wait,” I called above the winds, my clinical armor threatening to crack as Medusa geared up for another contraction.
She sat up on her elbows, body clenched, breath tight. “Get out!” She glared at the intruders, her hair twining. “Out! I command!” Her jaw clenched and her irises reddened.
Oh, no. Not now.
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