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“He’s even more perfect than I remember,” I crooned “Aren’t you Ren? My beautiful Byren Jonah”

“Byren Jonah?” asked Jonathon with a smile

“Well, your dad’s naht Byren would be appropriate They sound si the same and then your name is Jonathon, so Jonah represents you”

“It’s perfect,” said Jonathon “I love it”

I cooed to the beautiful sleeping Byren inhim His heartbeat and blood didn’t call to ht I rocked hi softly to hi to sently rubbed his eyelids His skin was so soft, so perfect, it was olive-toned like mine had been but I could tell it was hard like a vampires I handed him to Jonathon and turned to Mason

“Let me see my other son,” I reached my arms out Mason relinquished the tiny baby to me

I growled and then hissed “Why on earth ispink?” I spat the word

Jonathon shter”

I cradled her against asped, stunned I looked up at Jonathon ide eyes “But you said there were no girl dhampirs,” I accused

“She’s special,” he said with a gooey look He handed Ren back to Danny and cahter, so I did He undid her blanket and pulled her right arht “Look”

A silver symbol was embedded in her wrist “What is it?” I asked “How is this possible? She’s just a baby”

“She’s going to be very, very powerful, and very coveted The prophecy predicted her arrival That’s why I kept saying we’d have to wait and see until the baby cainals ant her”

“What can she do? Why would the Originals want her?” I asked, worried for hter’s life

Jonathon stroked her face “She can bring the dead back to life”

The rest of the family had joined us and all their heads snapped up This was obviously the first they were hearing of this