Angela put a finger to her lips and thought. “Oh, right Kris is living with you now… Fun times all around for the lot of you.” She waved her hand at her brother in law and gave him a smile. “Do give him my hellos. I will have to stop over for some tea and give him a proper guildmate greeting. Though I don’t know how much longer I’ll be walking like this.” She patted her pregnant belly once more and gave him an innocent smile.

Angela reached her hand down and pet her brother in law’s hair as he pouted and cried all over her leg. She gave him the truth of what was to become of his little pup within his wife and soon he looked like a true idiot. “You look like Toya. Guess it’s true what they say, eventually you start to look like your spouse.” She chuckled softly.

She tilted her head at Blaine and shrugged. “Easy, once all the others leave court and Kirika leaves… We sister talk about our sex lives. Toya is adamant that her’s are better than mine… and boy for a while you were sounding a lot better than any of the lovers I’ve ever had until Adraejen. Jealous I was.” She winked at Blaine just a bit.

“I didn’t tell you any of this though. It was supposed to be a secret. I knew that you would get your wife pregnant because you two can’t stop screwing around once you start… All I had to do was give you a little bit more of a push and void out the potions she takes. It would take care of itself. Oh, and I made sure she was having a boy so you weren't punished completely with her. I figured that it would balance itself out. Now I can have months of peace while she is pregnant."

Blaine wasn’t finding anything funny about her jokes and was starting to ponder whether he should have not interfered when his wife wanted to punch her in the face when she was still a mortal. But she didn’t caused as much trouble back then as she did now. He looked to her belly and nodded, “Yeah, I’ll pass the word down to Krys then. But this doesn’t help this matter though.” Heaven knows what his big brother was thinking about what they were up to. Not that he really cared anyway.
 
But it felt like everything changed once she informed him of the true gender of the baby. He had always wanted another son, something that didn’t seem to be possible with how the Rosenites were able to produce more daughters than sons. Both Jayden and Kite had been miracles for the White Rose Court and apparently, through some ingenious motives, another one was coming. Blaine, while he was starting to be happy about this, had wished he hadn’t questioned the probability of her plan. His mouth hung once more before scurrying away from her leg. Lucian groaned out loud when he heard that too and decided to walk away from the scene with his head hung low. “I could have lived my whole life without hearing that. Thanks, Uncle.”
 
Blaine thought about what she meant and soon covered himself up with his hands. “Dammit, you know I can’t look you all straight in the eyes ever again, right?” The fact that it happened in the past override anything she could try to tell him now. “Your plan is flawed, you know that right? Who’s tend to be her physician and has to deal with the blunt of her worst moments? He didn’t bother to wait for an answer, instead opting to point straight forward. “That would be you, dear sister.” He was wondering if her mind was indeed affected.
 
Lucian ran back into the room, panting and huffing. “Aunt Toya…she’s here!” Blaine looked and groaned as he could hear his brother yelling not to far behind. “Toya, this will solve nothing! What do you think you are going to do?”    

“Sorry Lucian, your uncle did ask… I’m not one to lie.” Angela was quite coy about it but she hadn’t wished to poison the mind of her young son. “They talk about a number of different things… I’m sure your sisters talk about their love lives and even encourage Episcia to share too.” Not that it would have made Lucian feel much better about that…

Ang tilted her head. “Oh come on, an old dog like you should feel good about yourself that so many women are envious of your wife.” She chuckled just a bit. Her smile slipped just a bit as she had forgotten she was Toya’s primary way of healing and she shrugged. “It sounded like a good idea when she was pissing me off.” She patted her belly. “But at least you get a son right?”

Finally when Lucian ran in Angela rolled her eyes softly. “Of course, the big bad dragon is here. I wouldn’t expect less of her.” Her ears twitched a bit as she heard Krys and Toya… There was another person. “Jayden is with her too.”

Toya came lugging in Krys on one side of her, he was all banged up, and Jayden was clinging to her begging her to stop. “I’m GOING TO PUNCH HER IN THE FACE!”

Angela was grinning a bit as she kept moving back from her sister who was swinging her fists at the goddess now. Suddenly Toya looked a tad green in the face as she leaned over and grabbed a hold of a very old looking vase. Vomiting into it Angela frowned and tilted her head. “You know a famous sculptor in Parvpora made that for me 1000 or so years ago and you are getting your bile all over it. I had to pose naked for that!”

“Blow me Bitch,” was what she could hear from her little sister who was heaving in between words.

“Can’t Dear, you lack the necessary parts.” Moving past her sister she embraced Krys. “It is good to see you. I had heard you were in Sularia… to stay perhaps? We would love you over for dinner sometime… You’ll have to forgive my twins being in the way. Are they not growing beautifully?” She rubbed her hand across her large swell.

There was no telling whether she wanted to torture Lucian or not, but she wasn’t helping the matter one bit. Blaine felt a bit bad for him, know that his twin sister in particular had a large mouth when it came to gossiping and likely what Angela stated could have occurred. Meanwhile he had to deal with the words directed at him and and faintly cracked a smile. “I would have loved it more back in my youth, trust me.” He wasn’t the sort to be boasting around about his “skills” like he had back in the day. It seemed as though he wouldn’t have to anyway with his wife gloating about him. A part of him felt it was childish but another was amused, he’d admit. Apparently Angela may had been scatter brained for a moment when she came up with her punishment because now it dawned on her that it could backfire. “Mark my words, it will get worse before it gets better. You know how she operates.”
 
“Yeah”, he admitted, though it could have happened on better terms, he’d like to think. All it took now was for Toya to get used to the idea. Which was likely to happen after she got out all her aggression, though from the looks of it, Krystopher had already received quite the number of it. “Mother please. This is no way for you to act. Think about the child inside you. You will do them no good if she imprisons you or worse”, Jayden spoke, trying to reason with her. His uncle looked at her sternly, not giving up just yet. “Toya, you blockhead, knock it off!”
 
“Heaven help me”, Blaine called out as he watched the pitiful display happen between sisters. Fortunately she got too sick to continue on her crazed quest and took to a vase. He stepped around to Angela and looked with shifty eyes, “I told you. This is only the beginning. She’s going to make life even more of a hell now that the sweet little babe is in her." He looked to his wife and came over to her, patting her back and holding back of her hair. “Toya, there’s something you should know. Angela did get us pregnant, but it’s a boy. What about that?”
 
Krys let go of her and looked himself over. He did look like quite the mess, but that was only because he underestimated her early on. Fortunately Jayden knew better, which was why he was unscathed. While the lovely couple were busy with each other, he found his former guildmate and Prodigy embracing him. “It’s been a while, Angela.” Quite a lot had happened since he last saw her, especially when he heard about her domains and her expanding family. “For a bit, don’t know how long especially if Toya is going to be like this for a long while.” He didn’t mind the catching up part for sure, and it wasn’t until he noticed her state that he realized that she too was pregnant, though much farther along than her sister. “Look like you will be ready to have them at any moment.” He smiled though it did serve to remind him that he had yet to find his own daughter yet. She may have been old enough to leave but he was a father wolf and missed his pup, wherever she was. Hopefully still alive. 

“Oh, you do crack me up, Blaine. In my eyes, you are still quite young.” She chuckled a bit at her brother in law and sighed a bit. “Oh I know, I know my sister quite well when I am thinking rationally. If we didn’t have each other we would be lost though.” She waved her hand at the man.

Toya was waving her arms at her sister and she was hearing Jayden but it wasn’t registering. “Yes, Toya think of the child. What will you do.” That just seemed to piss the woman off more though before she ended up in the vase. Blaine was a good husband as he held his wife’s hair back.

“A boy?” Toya calmed down as she looked up at her husband. “Is it really?” There was absolute shock on her face as she finished her puking montage and fell into her husband’s arms. “I can’t believe it… after all those girls… We’re getting another boy?” Her eyes drifted up at Jayden and she was sort of in shock now.

Angela began to clean Krys up of his would be bruised. “I think Toya will be just fine now.” She patted Krys’s shoulder and smiled at him. “You’ll fit right in as long as she’s calm.” Angela nodded now and moved Krys’s hands so that he could feel the twins within her. “As for your wish, you could always ask me to find her Krys. I’m more than capable of it if that is what you want.” It was a whisper she was sure only the wolves in the room could hear.

“I’m due to pop anytime now actually. Drae, my husband, and I are quite excited about it.” Toya finally stood up and came over to Ang. At first, Ang was about to back up but soon the younger sister was curled up on her older as Angela hugged her close. “You are very welcome.”

“I would kill you but I… am grateful?” Toya was choking it out and it would be the first time that she remotely admitted to being wrong in front of anyone but Blaine.

“Oh look, it does grow up.” Angela gave her a smile and kissed the top of her head. “You are welcome little Sister. Now try to stay calm.”

Toya seemed to calm down once her husband told her the details of the pregnancy while Krystopher practically was licking his wounds given to him from her. Had he truly gave serious thought to what she was capable of, then he wouldn’t have tried to restrain her as he had. Jayden had enough sense to avoid such and try to reason with her verbally, not that it helped since she got all the way here even with the two of them hounding her. At least Blaine could get her to calm the hell down. Their son wasn’t too surprised about her reaction to learning that she was carrying another boy- the scars of pain from Costel’s death ran deep in her still. She wouldn’t be the same woman she was before but some solace was that she found his father because of it. Perhaps it was fate or maybe his late brother’s will to guided them together. Jay smiled at his mother knowing that it was a rare thing to have sons, much less three in one’s lifetime.
 
 Krys watched her calm down and nodded to his brother before paying heed to the Goddess. She felt different, much like how Moliira explained to him. The crossing over of realms had changed not only the setting, but some of the people he knew and cared for. For better or for worse. “I would say that Moliira gives her regards, but I think you know by now of her…disappearance.” His smile dropped a bit but then she placed his hands onto her belly. He could feel some movement, reassuring his belief about them being due soon. His eyes were lifted up when she offered to help him in his search. “But…how did you…” He wasn’t sure how she knew what he was thinking but the offer wouldn’t be refused. He needed to find his daughter at some point and hopefully that she would be safe and alive.
 
“That’s great, I am truly happy for you and yours.” All the males looked over to Toya as she went over to Ang and the younger ones pleaded with her not to do anything rash but then the room fell silent when she chose instead to thank her. Blaine came over behind her and stroked her back lovingly. Krystopher sighed and felt himself relax with the situation being defused now. At least he hoped so.

Angela nodded a bit and frowned. “I perhaps knew before anyone. I wanted to be the one who told the Conclave about Moliira. It makes my heart heavy but this was of her own choice. I can only imagine what was going through her head.” She bent over and kissed his cheek with love. “I know a great deal many things. That is what you desire most right now, and I can see that just as clearly as you can see me now. Come to me when you are ready to find her or find the truth. We’ll make sure we have all of our family together.”

Toya hugged into her sister and everyone seemed happy for the time being. Angela laid a kiss on the top of her head. It was true that Toya had suffered greatly at a world that was way too cruel. It had seemingly picked the poor woman apart and luckily Blaine had found her… or rather Toya had found him. Either way, he was slowly mending her broken soul. While Toya had her moments were madness took her, it was improving and with lots of love from her family, it would continue to become better.

A few months into her pregnancy Toya laid next to her loving husband and felt the baby that grew. There was a smile on her face as she looked up at Blaine and chuckled. “He’s so active. I had almost forgotten what this was like…” They had sworn off children after Aurora and were dead set on moving to their golden years. Though from the looks of things they would have another long ways to go before they could truly take a break from children that were their own. They didn’t consider their grandchildren in the same category as their own children. Raising their own children seemed so much more a hassle.

“What type of person do you think he’ll be?” Toya scooted closer to Blaine and put her head up under his chin as she snuggled closer to him. She moved her face so she could put her nose to his skin and take in his scent. This baby was a miracle despite how his existence had come to be. She would have to make sure not to let the baby know his birth only happened because his aunt was a hag, the thought made her chuckle. “We should think of a name for him already… He’s been unnamed Son 3 for months now.”

Blaine fell silent as he thought about his blood sister. Heaven knew that Angela was right about her- that she was up to something and yet hadn’t told anyone but likely Krystopher and the goddess had felt it perhaps before that. He was saddened by her dismissal since he felt close to her just like his other siblings. “Don’t worry, we will find your daughter”, he spoke, his heart also went out to his missing niece. It had been quite a while since he saw her as well. The poor girl, he thought to himself. Krystopher nodded, knowing that somehow, some way he would get the answer he long for.

It had been a while since the sudden and miraculous (in a matter of speaking) news but it didn’t make him any less excited. Though their dream of having the nest to themselves seemed to be much further away now but he couldn’t complain. They were having another boy which was rare in Toya’s race to have one alone. But this would be her third and his second son, so it seemed like a blessing regardless of his creation. They would just have to make sure he didn’t learn of it when he got older. Blaine laid right next to her and smiled as she felt their baby. “He’s a fighter. Not sure who he gets it from, to be honest.” He cradled her in his arms as he listened to both hers and their baby’s heartbeats. “No doubt that he’ll be a troublemaker, the Wintercrest boys typically are. Even Jayden had his…joyous years, though he calmed down in his adulthood.” Meanwhile it seemed like he and Krystopher found themselves in deeper troubles as they grew up. They were generally good people, but just that trouble somehow found their way to them.

“I don’t know, Son number three sounds like a terrific name”, he joked but in all seriousness, he was pretty stumped by the idea of a good name for him. “For all I know, we can name him Sparrow, so that he can aim to fly high. And by flying high, I don’t mean him leaping off of dragons, like a certain person I know” He nuzzled the top of her head as he took in comfort that their family only continued to grow, which was a good thing.

There was a laugh from the expecting mother as she nested her head against her husband’s warm body. “If we are very unlucky he gets it from both of us and we will be in for a wild ride. Not too sure if to be excited about that or scared.” There was a hint of amusement in her voice as they talked about their son. “Like the Rose girls are any better, well some of them… Aurora acts too much like me.” She chuckled a bit more.

She groaned a bit at his joke before lightly elbowing him. They had been so stumped for a name that Son Number Three did sound like a terrific name at that point. It was when he blathered on that Sparrow might have been a good name that she tilted her head up as he nuzzled the top of it. “I really like Sparrow. He aims to fly high but not on my damn dragons.” There was more amusement oozing out now as they snuggled together on that bed.

“I wonder what this one will look like… I had thought we did every combination possible with our lot already but I’m not so certain.” Each of their children aside from the twins all looked different. They resembled their parents and you could tell they were related but aside from that no one really mirrored their parents. The only ones who were close to mirroring them were their grandchildren Kite and Tempest.

“Gods, my back aches like you would not believe. I didn’t think I would ever feel this pain again once we had Aurora… Though the twins were worse. I don’t know how many times I almost fell down the stairs thanks to them and my big belly.” She grinned up at her husband and kissed his jawline softly. “What do you think he will be like? Aside from trouble because that is most certainly guaranteed at this point…”

“Don’t be going around and jynxing us with that, Love.” Blaine looked onto her and didn’t even want to comprehend that option. Just thinking about how devious and cunning this baby would be. He snuggled into his wife even more. It was a side of her that was reserved for him and him alone. “They get that from their mother…and grandmother. You know that to be true that they carry your spunk.” Especially as they got older, more of the White Rose matriarch, even if she didn’t want to admit it. Blaine could damn sure admit it.

They both agreed that Sparrow was a strong contender for their son’s name, but he had to look at her sternly about the dragon bit. “Hell no. There’s no friggin’ way he will be riding on those things any time soon. To be honest, I don’t know what I could picture him doing later in life. I’m just excited to see the little boy when he comes out.”

“That will be exciting. Probably will still have your looks regardless. Already going four for four so for. Don’t wanna break the trend, do we?” They had that Rosenite beauty for certain while they did have some resemblance to their father. What he was certain of was that Toya was probably getting sick of the familiar pains and struggles that came with pregnancy. He watched her with some sad eyes and petted the back of her head. “Yes, well this time I won’t let you fall or anything. Have to keep the mother of my children and the love of my life alive and well.”

“I don’t know, maybe we can groom him to be a natural leader or warrior. One thing is for sure, he won’t be a dragon knight. I’m not even sure how I let you talk me into letting you do it still. I just thought you’d rode on them for fun or something from back when we met….” The other details made him laugh as he rested his head against hers. “Between the two of us, he will be strong, that’s for sure. As much as I was looking forward to the house being just the two of us, I don’t mind the sound of little feet paddling around here again. Do you?”