Topher's P.O.V. I hate when she does this. Her shadows were open just an hour ago. For some reason she feels the need to close them when she goes to see Percy. I pictured his lips on her again and it had my blood running cold. My hands were in fists and I was ready to go beat his as.s if he was touching her again.  I don't understand why she's with him. She has Kiran and now she has me. Why does she still need him? I didn't think she was a cheater, but she seems to be proving me wrong. She told me she wanted to wait to seal our bond all the way, but yet she goes with him.  Fu.ck it. I'm coming to her. I don't care if they're in the middle of the hottest sex of their lives. I'll rip them apart, taking Zerena home, and r

Topher's P.O.V. I'm a fu.cking idiot. Of course, she didn't cheat. She's not that person. No instead I accuse her of cheating when she was actually raped. Shadows, I'm such an as.shole. I'm the worst!  I kissed her forehead again. Wiping away the silent tears I made her cry with my stupid pestering. I should have left it alone and trusted that she wasn't doing anything.  'There was no way we could have known that.' Luscious tried to excuse my behavior.  ' We should have. We knew she was being held with some sick bastard. I'm such an idio.t.' "Z, I am so sorry." I kissed her cheeks again,then her jaw. 

3 months have passed already, with no headway on the Isaac or Alester problems. On a more positive note, Kiran and Topher have been getting along great. They don't mind sharing a room or bed, as long as I'm in the middle. They each get their night where we could spend one on one time. Somehow Topher and I have managed to not have full on sex, getting away with oral stuff. I swear I'm going to choke and die on his d*ck one day. The thing is massive.  Ares and Augustus have been growing well. I've swollen quite a lot, making it hard to fight or train with my body. I've been using my shadows, but not too much. I don't want to hurt Ares by accident. I pull Percy here to visit at times, but I mainly see him every morning. Sometimes I stay and visit with Mom or dad and other times I stay to visit Ember and her family. She's become a good friend.  

Percy's P.O.V.  This is it. I've waited months for this moment. I was worried I'd be waiting years for this. Finally our paths have crossed, allowing me to save my parents. I know Zae wishes she could be here, but it's probably best that she's not. I don't like to think of her fighting while being that far along. I know Zae is Zae, and more than capable of doing it, but I'd rather she didn't. So secretly, I'm very happy that she can't come. Thankfully she'll help in another, safer, way. Topher gave me reign over this job, but it's really Zae that will be running things from the shadows, quite literally.  "Okay, so when we get there we are going to split up. We're looking for my parents and the ringleader of the carnival. Let us know if you see any of them." I sat down the portraits of m

"These three employed the ringleader of Ness Carnival show to hire demons for them. They had demons kill each original family, staging it so that it looked like they were killed by other species." I finally told them, pointing an accusing finger at the trio. There were gasps and murmurs.  "This is all fabricated lies. She has always hated the way we run things here since she learned about us. She wasn't even raised as a shadow weaver. She just got the taste for being a Watts and now wants to be the only one. Her pregnancy hormones must be making her delus