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"Ohhh… so you and Mr Derek made a baby?" Abby looked up ather head "We ht her hand, walking her over to Aiden "See? This is irl, and this one’s a boy"

"Ohopen as she stared at the two identical babies as though they were aliens froht, she seeross, Sofia Because this means that you and Mr Derek…"

Her voice trailed off and I was thankfully spared whatever embarrassment she was about to subject me to in front of h-pitched scream

"Oh! What happened to your dad, Sofia?"

Aiden chuckled as he met Abby’s eyes "I could ask the same of you, little vampire"

"You look like a bird!"

Aiden nodded and stretched out his wings for her

"Whoa" Abby took a few steps back "That’s so cool How co a valy beak face"

Abby giggled at that and nodded "Yeah, I wouldn’t want to be a Beak Face"

I took her hand before she could ask more questions and walked her back toward Ashley Ashley was s me with children was a bittersweet experience Sheof the family she could have one day had with Sam

"Hey!" Zinnia’s voice sounded out froed toward us, Gavin by her side

"Sweet Jesus, what happened?" Gavin said on seeing the two babies and Aiden as a Hawk

I recounted the details of our adventure to them as they listened in awe After I’d finished, Zinnia went up to Aiden and gave hirinned "I uess I missed you too, kiddo" He smiled

"Um… Sofia?" Gavin’s voice now took on a serious tone "I hope you don’t one All the bereaved fa for them to help soothe their pain And we didn’t want to wait around, ith all the bodies…"

It cut ht of all the innocent lives lost at the hands of the Elders, people Derek and I were duty-bound to give protection to I thought of the ih to Cruor already, lives we could never reclaiht of Xavier