Piper X Annabeth Novels & Stories

After that dream, I was more suspicious of the beast and couldn't trust its enormous weight around the little girl. Belinda stepped out of the house to join us. She helda tray of cookies and juice for Anya. "Come, come, have your snacks first. You must be tired of playing with that beastly," she said to Anya as she settled the tray on the table inside the pergola. The little girl pouted and glanced at Fluffy before soon giving up to sit on the sofa. She happily enjoyed her treat while I put a baby towel Belinda handed to me on her back. I sighed at the amount of sweat on her dress and decided to fix her ponytail for her again.

The last thing I needed was to become visible, because you can't quietly search for the truth when everyone is watching you. Still trying to make sense of everything that had just happened, I turned toward Piper. She hadn't moved. Her mouth hung slightly open, and she stared in the direction Alpha Zayn had disappeared as though she'd just watched history rewrite itself. "Piper?" She blinked several times before finally looking at me. "Hm?" I hesitated. "Was he one of the Four Cardinal Alphas?" She stared at me like I'd just asked whether water was wet, then grabbed my shoulders. "Yes!" she practically squealed, her eyes shining with excitement. "Didn't you see how handsome he was?"

His heart rate picked up upon seeing the surrogacy agency’s number and almost missed the call from his frozen state of shock. Almost. He answered. “Blackwell.” A bright, professional voice chimed through the speaker despite it clearly being after hours. He hadn’t heard her voice in months, but he knew it instantly. Annabeth Hale — part witch, part human, and stubbornly determined to live her life on the human side of the veil. He didn't mind her. She knew enough about the supernatural world to be useful, but identified herself as human and he respected her choice especially since she seemed to genuinely respect his choices too. Not often single men wanted to become fathers.

He hadn’t wanted me dragged deeper into the circus, and if I threw this truth into the fire, Lily might just drag me down with her. So I swallowed it. The door creaked open and Piper returned, humming, looking like the happiest girl in the world. Her cheeks glowed pink, her smile stretching ear to ear. “Hannah!” she sang, spinning around like a ballerina in the middle of the living room. I blinked at her sudden energy, torn from my spiral. “What? Has he finally declared his feelings for you?” Piper stopped mid-spin, her grin faltering for half a second before she pressed her lips together dramatically. She plopped onto the couch beside me, clutching a pillow to her chest.