Algin walked into the garden with tears in his eyes. He searched around for Igris, who was out here teaching the children to crawl.Igris looked over as Algin walked towards them and asked, “Why are you crying?”Algin crashes into his husband’s arms, saying, “It was a false alarm.”Igris knew what he was talking about. Algin had just returned from the physician to see if he was pregnant and gladly, he wasn’t.Kissing him on the forehead he said, “That’s alright, we have our whole lives to have more children. Let’s focus on the triplets until then, okay?”Algin nodded his head and wiped his tears away. He looked at his children who were lying on the grass, then frowned when he saw Saule grabbed at a weed and was slowly bringing it to her mouth to eat it.He rushed up to her and picked her up. “No!” He said firmly and Saule pouted her lips. She turned toward Igris, who raised a brow at her. “Child, don’t look at me. He’ll kill me even if I do something,” Igris said, then started laugh

Igris called for a family meeting that night.The family members were gathered around the table.Melnais looked across the table at Mayom. Mayom stared at him, but there was no expression on his face, and he wished he could read his mind.Athena sat down beside him and placed her hand on his. “Melnais?” She whispered.Immediately, Melnais noticed Mayom wasn’t happy about her touching him.He glanced over at Athena as they waited. “Athena?”“I’m sorry about last night,” she said apologetically.He nodded his head and looked away from her. Pulling his hand away, he recalled what he and Mayom did the morning. He licked his lips as his thoughts trailed back.“I’d like to make it up to you. After the meeting, will you have lunch at my place?” She asked, interrupting his thoughts.He turned to her and

Melnais frowned as he walked up to the entrance. Athena was waiting with the others, and it seemed like he was the last to show up.Rubbing his neck, he said, “Guess I’m the last.”“You’re lucky you’re early enough. Where are you coming from?” Prince Quaddrintin asked.Melnais tried his best to not glance in Athena’s direction, answering, “That is for me to know and for you to eventually find out.”Igris walked up to him and placed his hand on his shoulder. “Is there something from with your neck?”He shook his head. “Not really, but something like that.”Dao flew over and settled on his head. She glanced down at him, pulling on his hair as she lowered so that he could see her. “I know where you are coming from. How are you still alive?”Melnais’s frowned deepened. He took her off

“Don’t be ridiculous,” Mayom scoffed and tried to stand up, but the pain was too much.He could feel that he was sweating more now and glanced over at Algin and saw that he had a smile on his face.Narrowing his eyes, he asked, “What did you do?”“I drugged you and fed you the womb worm, so the first person you slept with got you pregnant,” Algin bragged.Mayom raised a brow, trying to think up when this could have happened, and said, “I don’t believe you.”Algin shrugged. “Believe it or not, but it seems like your symptoms are worse than mine. Maybe your child will come out sooner than mine did. What was the pregnancy period in your world?”Mayom shrugged it off. “Go back to you palace. You’re annoying.”Algin chuckled. “Suit yourself. Just make sure you eat, right? The worm supplies yo