- Can I ask you a slightly strange favor?" asks Celia as we get ready for the evening.
- Say...
- Would you mind "lending" me one of your men for the evening? Just so I don't have to hold the candle...
I frown, not quite comfortable with the idea. But after all, one of them will soon belong to him. At any rate, I hope for all three our sakes, so I take it upon myself to answer.
- Ask them, I don't want to make them do it, let alone choose...
- Thanks, I promise I'll free him if I find a prey," she says with a smile.
And I laugh for real.
The boys are waiting for us in the hall.
- Guys!" Celia calls out to them as they stare at me like they're going to jump me. Will one of you be my date tonight? With all due respect, of course!
- No problem," replies Dereck immediately.
I cringe. Dereck walks over to me, cups my face and kisses me.
- Don't worry," he whispers. I've only got eyes for you. But this idiot need
- Look at how the boys are positioned," says Celia.It was her idea, so she's giving the orders. I lean out of the window and see James look up.- Dereck on the right, then Reed, James and Mathis," I tell Celia as I close the window.- OK. So, Tanya, you'll stand facing Dereck, then Télia, Clara and me.- Put your hands in your pockets," I tell the girls.- Why do you do that?- I'm not taking off my engagement ring.- It works.- I'm already certain that James won't be fooled, so if we speak up, we're dead, they'll know where we are.- Here we go," says Celia.We get into the right order and, dressed in completely identical outfits from head to toe, including make-up, hair and jewelry, we head downstai
- Well, my beauty, what's got you in such a state?" asks Godfather as I enter.- I can't wait to see the manor again, it's a gem!- The house will be empty without you," says Maman.- I hope it won't be long before it's filled with grandchildren," replies Rebecca.I'm choking, Mathis drops his fork, Reed bursts out laughing, Télia and Clara blush like two teenagers, Dereck and Célia smile and James remains impassive.Did my mother-in-law really just drop that in the middle of dinner? I look at the parents, who are unperturbed.- That would be great," adds Godfather.This time it's Dereck who chokes, and I laugh, until Celia turns pale.- Do you really want to be a grandfather before you're 40?" I ask, thinking that making him realize this might ch
The four of us have a quiet evening together, and the next day Celia comes to get me out of bed at eight o'clock.- Hmm... I groan.- Come on fat girl, get a move on, we're leaving in thirty minutes.I pick up my phone to check the time and come across a message from my fiancé.--------------------------------------------------------------------------Jamy :Hello my angel, I left you my cardcard in your wallet.Have a nice day. I love you ❤--------------------------------------------------------------------------I reply quickly before Celia gets angry.----------------------------------------------------------------------
We come home and spend several hours strengthening our bond by making love, kissing, cuddling, saying sweet nothings and expressing our feelings for each other. And I can feel her heart lightening.- When did you become Beta?" I ask later in the evening.- When you had your second cardiac arrest...- You saved me a lot of time..." I say, understanding that it's his commanding voice I'm hearing in my head in the moon pool. You saved us.His lips press tenderly against mine.- I can't live without you. I'd die of madness if I lost you.- I love you, James.Her body tingles and I feel our bond vibrate.- I love you too, Tanya.This time, it's me who's shivering.I visit my sisters
They look at me with shocked eyes.- That's why you're emotionally lost. A part of me lives in each of them. But you mustn't forget that they are beings in their own right. Even if we'll always be linked in some way, just like Dek and me.- They're a bit like... your sisters, then? muses James.- Yes, even more like twins. We'll be quadruplets, in fact.- Oh shit!" echoes the mocking voice of Dereck, who's just arrived.- What do you mean?" insists Celia, annoyed.- You were already a pain in the ass with just the two of you, let alone the four of you!Célia hits Dereck and he laughs out loud, delighted at her stupidity.- I've got a confession to make," I say, plunging back into my memories. I beg your pardon," I say specifically to James, taking him in
- Célia, you mustn't pierce the pockets," I say, grabbing my sister's hand.- I know, don't worry, I've explained everything to them.The doctors put me in the stirrups and before I can say "whew", I'm seized by abdominal cramps.- Célia, you've got to cut me open," I say between my teeth.- But why? Why?" she panics.- They're not in my uterus! They can't come out this way!- Get the surgeon in here, get a move on!" screams Célia as I suffer in agony.I almost feel like cutting my own belly open, and I curse the goddess and her reincarnation.Nurses arrive with another bed and quickly take me to the operating room. I hear James panicking and Celia trying to reassure him.- What are you waiting for?" I shout as the