As Clyde thought about his past, he was always one to protect his sisters. Even when they gained their powers, he still protected then. That was what an older brother does. He smiled a bit as Ana came into his mind. Now she was trying to protect him and everyone else around them. Namely, Lily. He pushed the chair out a bit so she could sit onto his lap. She fed him a piece of bread, he gladly ate. He did wonder about them. He wanted to be together with her but there was a danger in it. Maybe that was why he wanted her so much. Danger always made everything exciting. But there was other things that was great about her.

The elemental put his arm around her and took another bite of bread. “I can handle sassy. Ana has been in my life.” He joked. His sister has always been stubborn, sassy, but poleit. She knew when there were times to just keep her mouth shut, but sometimes she didn’t care because it needed to be said. “Nymph will one day become like Ana.” He paused as he thought of his sister. “Ana was the same at her age. She always did what she wanted and spoke her mind. Ha. The girl would always tell everyone that they couldn’t tell her what to do. Then after she grew up, she changed. She was a polite young woman, but there are times where she still shares her thoughts.” Putting both his arms around Lily’s waist he started up into her eyes. “Don’t take her unwanting us to be together get to get to you. She is very protective of me and doesn’t want me to get a broken heart again. She was there before…” He paused. She could be very kind when she wanted. “She just need time to accept that we care for one another and it’s different this time.” He held back the other reason why his sister didn’t want him to be with Lily.

He leaned up to kiss her. It was short and sweet. Standing up made Lily stand, taking her into his arms he leaned down to kiss her again. Pulling away, he needed to check on his daughter. “I will be right back, going to check on them.” Kissing her again, he pulled off his shirt, his tailing kissing down her shoulder. “Mmm. We will finish this later.” He smirked as he put his shirt on along with his other clothes. “I won’t be long.” He said as he gave her a quick kiss and left.

Clyde hurried to the castle and to the room his sister and angelique was in. He knocked softly. His sister was quick to open the door. “How is she?” He asked in a whisper as he walked in, his sister closing the door behind him. Angelique was sitting on the bed looking out the window. “Cleaned. But I think she needs to speak with you… I’ll leave you two alone.” She gabbed her coat and left.

The elemental nodded to his sister and headed towards the bed. His feet moved slow, not to startle his daughter. He stood at the foot of the bed as his eyes looked over her red ringed eyes. “You are my father.” She was the first to speak as she continued not to look at him. “It was hard to process before. The only father I knew beat me. And I knew who you were when I was a child. You were sweet, caring and never wanted to hurt me. When you left. It hurt. I missed you. Then mother died and he started to beat me. I wished you would come and save me. But instead Nikolaus did. He became my new father, but a father who didn’t really care. I forgot about you for a long time. Then you come back.” She paused as she looked over to him. “You were the father I always wished for. The father every child deserves.” Standing up, she went to him and fell into his arms.

Clyde heart broke with every word. She wanted him to be her father and he would accept this. His arms circled her and held her. His lips kissed her head and his fingers comb through her hair. It was like she was a child again. Pulling away, she looked up at him. “I sent a message to Nikolaus. He is at Adeluna. Reaver is there somewhere. He has been looking for me.” She paused as her arms dropped. “Can you travel with me to find him?” She asked averting her eyes. She wasn’t one to ask for anything. “Yes, we need some time together I think.” He replied. He knew Lily would understand. He would always come back.

“After we find Nik. You can come back here.. To Lily. I think one day she will be my mom. I am okay with that. ” Angelique smiled up at him. She saw how much she cared. “Don’t let her get away.” With another hug, she told him to leave. They would travel the day after tomorrow. She needed to sleep. Her body needed it. Like a child, he tucked her into bed and kissed her head. Saying goodbye he left. Ana wasn’t anywhere to be seen so he went back to Lily.

As he entered, he hung up his coat and headed upstairs to her room. Hoping she would be awake for him to tell her the plans. His mind thinking of Angelique and her words. Don't let her get away.

Lily gave him a soft smile. “Ana reminds me a lot of Toya. Toya loves with all her heart but she is too rigid to actually show it. I understand Ana and I know she is just looking out for you.” She gave him a light kiss back. She put her forehead into his before he told her that he was going to check on Angelique. She put her arms up as he slipped the shirt off and she chuckled. “You better make that a promise.”

Dressing herself she went downstairs and prepped a bath for Nymphaea. She would be home soon with everyone else now that Angelique was all settled down. The holy water steamed as she poured it into the large pool. She did a few odd things around the house before she went back up to her room. She changed back into her nightgown and sat down on the bed with a book.

She had cleared all of the food as well and set up the bottle of wine and glasses by the side of the bed. It was nice to have someone come back home to her. She set up the bed for two people instead of just her. It took getting extra blankets and pillows down just for him. She was carrying them back into the room when he came up the stairs. She offered him a smile. “You’ll be staying in my room right? I mean… you wouldn’t actually sleep by yourself after this?” She teased him as she went back into the room and tossed the stuff gently onto the bed.

As he walked up the stares, he spotted her with blankets and such for him. He smiled over to her and laughed a bit at her joke. “If you will have me.” He said but knew her answer. In just a few steps he was next to her. He laughed a bit as he picked her up into his arms, including the blankets. He kissed her cheek before he carried her into the room. Using his foot to close the door behind him.

Reaching the bed he tossed her onto it. With a laugh he pushed the blankets off of her, climbed on top of her and kissed her lips. He brought his hand up to cup her cheek as they kissed. He loved the taste of her, her smell, her touch. Pulling away, he kissed down her neck, his hand traveled slowly down to the space between her legs. It was like he couldn’t get enough of her. He did promise her to finish what he started before he left.

Stopping, he pulled away. He needed to tell her that he would be gone for a week or so. He didn’t want to drop that after they had there fun with each other and her getting pissed off. Removing his hand, he put his hands on either side of her face to hold himself up over her. “Angelique will be asleep for a day or so. She asked me to join her when she travels to Adeluna. I told her I would go. We need some time together.” He needed to inform her just in case she didn’t want him to leave.

If she was understanding, he would let her take the lead this round before bed.

Lily squealed as he picked her up. She certainly wasn’t use to things like that. She gave a smile and a laugh as he carried her to her room. She flailed a bit in the air as he tossed her and she laughed with him. Kissing him back she shook her head as if she couldn’t get enough of him. She was barely recovered from her laughing fit as he kissed down her. This was all the attention she would ever need, she was convinced.

She looked rather disappointed as he stopped but soon that look was replaced with one of understanding. She pushed herself up on her elbows. “Love, she is your child. I wouldn’t think a woman in my position should even think about coming in between that. She was there first.” She smiled at him and turned her face so she could kiss his palm. “You do what you have to and then get your ass back here as soon as you can. I would want the same of you for Rowan or Nymph.” They were two adults and they didn’t have to dominate each other’s lives especially when there were children involved, no matter the age of said children.

Taking the very subtle hint that she was to be the one to lead she was actually graceful and fast at how she accomplished not only undressing them both but flipped him on the bed. Deciding it was high time he saw just what he was getting into he would learn everything that she knew, and what she knew was a lot.

After their time she settled for laying on his chest and pulling the blankets up around them. “Hopefully Nymphaea doesn’t have a fit about the noise. She is home now.” She chuckled as she thought about what her youngest would do in this situation. She imagined her with cotton stuffed in her ears. “You spend all that time with Angelique that you can get. You hear me? I’ll be here waiting.” She offered up a smile.

Lily was quite the master at making him feel great. Every motion, every kiss. It was all amazing to the elemental. Their moans filled the room and their bodies heated up. His hands didn’t leave her skin and kept gliding up and down. She was the most beautiful being he had ever scene. No matter how many times he saw her, he always thought she was beautiful. The glow of her skin and hair maximized it.

After they finished, he pulled her into his arms. He snuggled her close and kissed her head.  He thought about her words before. She was such an understanding woman. His thoughts were froze when she mentioned that Nymp was in the house. They were rather loud. “Wh–at?” He sat up to look down at Lily. “You're kidding me!?” He was a bit stroke by this. He wasn’t one to have his sex life to be heard or talked about. A sigh left his lips as he laid back down on the bed. His eyes on the ceiling. “I will apologize tomorrow.” No matter what she said, he was going to.

Pulling her back into his arms, he snuggled her close once more. “Thank you for being so understanding about my daughter.” He said into her hair. The shock from before cleared away and all he talked about Angelique.

Clyde didn’t want to speak about anything else, he wanted to enjoy that moment. In the silence, he soon fell asleep. The long day taking its toll on him.  His soft breaths filling the silence around them.

Lily laughed a bit as she pulled Clyde close. “If you are going to live here… there isn’t going to be many moments when we’re alone.” It was something she had come to accept and maybe eventually he would as well. There were just too many people who came in and out of the house for them to be completely alone. 

She snuggled closely to him and kissed his cheek. “You know… You would do the same if it was Nymph or Rowan. That is what good lovers do. They acknowledge each others’ families no matter what.” She kissed his shoulder. Once they were asleep it melted away.

The next day they did whatever they could with each other. Clyde apologized to Nymphaea who gave him a blank stare. “I really honestly… don’t care. You do you and I’ll do me… and I’ll just ignore loud moaning into the night. Yaeger talks louder than you both do anyways.” She tapped the blade and offered Clyde a smile. “Don’t hold back on my account.”

The sword spoke up, “I heard that you little brat.” Nymph shot the sword a look but Yaeger was laughing as she slammed the sheath up so no one could hear him anymore. After that, she was on her way.

Lily finished showing him all of Arri that day. Their activities turned towards the night and they tried to make up for everything that they would miss while they were gone. In the morning Lily dressed and followed him quietly down the stairs. “Be safe Clyde. Don’t forget to come back and make sure Angelique finds her way peacefully.” She rubbed his shoulders and kissed him gently.

“And you… be safe and make sure your father stays in one piece. I kind of like him that way.” Lily came over and gave Angelique a quick hug and kissed her forehead. “You stay sane alright? The world is dark and full of many terrible things. I don’t want you to lose your way again. If you ever need anything just write or come here and I’ll help you.”

Lily didn’t know what to say to Ana as she looked over but she offered the woman a smile. “Keep them both safe. Gods know they both need a foot in the ass probably.” She offered these words to Ana before seeing them off. She waved her hand though Ana didn’t seem to be moving.

"Danger is before you if you choose to be with him. Maybe even death." Ana's words did not shake Lily. It just made her smile. However before she could tell her that Lily could, in fact, take care of herself, Ana had begun to catch up with Clyde and Angelique.

"Mom does she know that your oath isn't really necessary anymore?" Nymph was behind her leaning in the door arch. "Not that I would let anything happen to you anyways."

"I think that's why she walked away. She didn't want to hear my answer. Let's just assume she knows." 

"Oh.. well I like them. I think I'll let them stay." Nymph gave her mother a smile.

"As if you had a choice," Lily chuckled and hugged her daughter close as they watched the group get more distant.