Chapter 10

I didn’t see either of the men until dinner time. I went into the office after leaving the basement to gather my thoughts and get some work done. The girls helped with the weekend chores waiting for dinner. I had opened a bottle of Jameson and poured drinks for Sylvi and myself as I explained the day’s events. She wasn’t as shocked as I expected her to be.

          “What did you expect? Lex has been watching you for a year living, screwing, LOVING, another man. It makes sense he wants you to continue to have that joy… Kilian has known for years that you would never be his forever, this gives him a chance to keep a piece of you, why wouldn’t he say yes?”

          “Well when you put it like that, I sound like an idiot for not thinking of it to begin with.” I scoffed at her. I still did not like the idea of not belonging completely to one of them. “Anyways, how are things at home? Luke still being a movie-class hubby?” I giggled at the end. Every woman around was jealous of the way he looked at her. It was always funny to watch the women on dates with their husbands notice, they would make it a point to mention it to the poor guys.

          “Always wonderful, actually… I wanted to mention something to do that he brought up on the way here last night…” She paused so I could give her my full attention.       

          “What’s up?” I sat down next to her, focusing.

          “There is a man he works with that just had a brother pass. The brother’s wife died giving birth to their son 4 months ago. The poor baby is an orphan. The man and his wife were going to take the baby in, but their children are all older. They remembered Luke and I were not able to have children and approached him about the possibility of adoption.” She seemed like she was trying to hold back the excitement in her voice. “Luke said he thinks the goddess is trying to give us the chance to be parents.”

          “I am daughter. She will be an amazing mother.” The words rang through my head. I guess I now have a direct line to the goddess.

          “Oh, my DAMN!! You are going to finally be a mother?! I am so excited for you! Why do you seem like you aren’t sure?” I asked.

          “It all seems to good to be true. Maybe they will change their mind and decide the baby is better off with his relatives?” The worry in her voice was heartbreaking.

          “I understand not wanting to get your hopes up, but I think Luke is right. She is giving you the best gift in a lifetime. Do you know his name?”

          “Mason, he has light brown hair and crystal blue eyes.” Sylvi said with a smile. She pulled out her phone and showed me a picture.

          “Have you given them your answer yet?” I asked.

          “Yes, they want us to go to the lawyer’s tomorrow afternoon. We are going to finalize everything and hopefully bring him home. I know your girls are older, but do you have anything that I may need and can borrow until I can make it down to the city? Luckily, he is still little, but I don’t have anything! I feel like it is not right for me to ask the family for his stuff.” She stated turning beat red.

          “Don’t you worry about it girl, I will take care of everything tomorrow morning while you are at work. You will be all set to handle the little man when you bring him home. I’ll take what I have over and set it up.” I told her the wheels already turning in my head with a plan.

          The back door opened; Lex came walking inside with basketball shorts hanging low on his waste. Sylvi looked at chest and down to his V and blushed turning towards me. Her eyes made me laugh out loud.

          After Lex entered there were 3 young men walking in. The first stood about 6’0 tall, he had red hair, green eyes and a baby face that gave away his age. The next was around 5’10 with dark brown hair and deep tan skin tone, his eyes were a beautiful brown with long lashes. The last to step in was around 5’7 and skinner than the other two, you could tell he was the youngest. He had blue eyes and blonde hair that was two different colors. You could tell he had gone almost white at one point, but the natural color took up about half of the length.   

          “Who do we have here?” I said with a smile on my face approaching the door to greet my guests.       

          “Princess, I would like you to meet the 3 warriors, or bodyguards, that will be escorting the mini princess’ whenever they leave the house. Would you like to get everyone together and do this once?” He had a point, it was only Sylvi and I in the room. I put a finger in the air to motion ‘1 minute’ and sent a group message to Kilian, Freya, Helga, Ingrid, and Luke. As soon as the message sent you could hear approaching from all directions into the kitchen.

Everyone filed into the kitchen looking towards out guests, I heard one of the girl’s gasp when they walked in. They are not used to seeing boys that are this big, this young. I smiled and nodded back to Lex for him to continue. She grinned at my efficiency.

          “Let’s start youngest to oldest,” Lex winked at Freya, “This is Haldor, we usually call him Hal for short. Don’t be to hard on him learning the ropes Freya.” He patted the guy on the back, Freya was going to eat him alive.

          “Gudbrand,” the young man with dark features stepped forward and bowed to me then to the 3 girls, “he will be paired with you Ingrid.” Lex nodded in her direction so the two knew who each other were.

          “It’s an honor to serve.” He had his fist over his heart then took my arm into a warrior shake, bowed his head one last time and stepped back behind Lex.

          “Pleasure to meet you and have you.” I said to him smiling. I could tell he is a by the code type of person.

          “Bjorn over here is the oldest.” The 6 foot almost man stepped forward and walked straight over to Helga. He took her hand and kissed it before bowing his head then he smiled at the other two girls on his way to me. He went down on one knee.

          “I will give my life to protect you and your family. From this day on, I will be at your service.” He said holding my eyes. He stood as I thanked him and went to stand behind Lex.

          Shane and Tristan came walking in the door and looked around the room. They could sense that they walked into something, but you could tell by their confused faces that they were not sure what it was.

          “Uhhh… Sorry Astrid, Lex said for us to come right in, he figured everyone would have already started eating when we arrived.” He said nervously.

          “Of course, you guys are to funny.” I started giggling. “Everyone hi, I guess this is the new norm around here. Let me say this now, you are welcome to anything you need. I only ask no one goes getting any of my daughters pregnant.” I kept a straight face and the look of terror on all the male faces (excluding Kilian, Lex, and Luke) was hilarious. The males paled in comparison to my three daughters who were mortified by my comments. They know that I am one to say crazy things, but I don’t think they expected it now. I finally broke out in laughter.

          “You all are way to uptight, please enjoy mi casa, es tu casa. But seriously, daughters are off limits. You do your jobs and before anything else happens you come to me. Understood?” I stared at them all in warning. They all nodded with strong yes ma’ams. “Now that that is settled, I am Astrid, you may call me by my name. This is Kilian, my current husband and father of these 3 beauties. Again, their names are Helga, Ingrid, and Freya. I am not sure if you know Sylvi and her husband Luke.” I was moving my hand around the room making sure to point to everyone.    

          “Sylvi was kind enough to prepare dinner tonight, I am sure she doesn’t want us to ruin it by letting it get cold so please grab a plate and a drink and we can all get to know each other better. I motioned my hand towards the food and then the dining room which luckily had a table to seat 15. I loved having dinner parties.

          The dinner was great, the girls banded together and sat across from the guards. They answered some basic questions for all of us about their family and favorite foods. Sylvi out did herself with the chicken and beef tacos, Spanish rice, and beans that she made. Kilian ended up volunteering to make chicken parmesan for dinner the following night. Helga kept going on about how it was the best they would ever try. He was so proud that she was bragging about it, he instantly volunteered.

          After dinner we gathered in the living room and made sure that everyone knew the basics for school the next day. The girls needed to make sure that their stories all aligned with the guards and parents. We decided that the three of us, Alexander, Kilian, and me, would go to the schools to speak with the administration personally as well as introduce our third parent to the group. At this point we were just going to limit the information as much as possible, but the men agreed to let me do the talking and have complete control. Helga is in Highschool, but Freya and Ingrid are still in the middle school, they are both in 8^th grade. After my time homeschooling Freya, she was too far advanced, everyone thought they were twins anyways.

          The girls each took their own guards on tours of the house. They went in different directions to get comfortable with each of them before tomorrow. I could hear Freya giggling like crazy when her prank spider contraption sprung out at Hal. Tristian and Shane were shown the room in the basement, I guess Kilian and Lex thought it would be a good idea for them to rotate using the extra bed. Shane really liked the idea and went to take a shower before taking the first shift, sleeping. Tristian was getting ready to head back out to check on the patrols.

          “Is there anything else you need before I go tonight?” Tristian questioned.

          “Not at all, but I do have a question, how do you guys do laundry at the camp? Would you like to drop off a bag or two in your passing’s? I want to help everyone out there as much as possible.” I pleaded with him knowing their first response would be to refuse.  

          “We should refuse, but I know you would like to help, when I come back to get some rest in the morning, I will gather a bag or two from the men.” He smiled at me.

          “Thank you for not making me work for it. Be safe and have a good night.” I waved and closed the door behind him.

          My phone vibrated in my pocket and I pulled it out as I sat down on the couch. It was a message from Sylvi, we made it home safe, thank you for always being so supportive. I really hope we can bring Mason home tomorrow and he can meet his amazing Aunt Astrid. I love you babe, goodnight. My smile was so wide I kept staring at my phone. I was overwhelmed with joy that my best friend, my sister, was finally going to have a chance at becoming a mother.

          I set the phone down and felt two hands start to rub my shoulders from behind the couch. I knew it was Kilian, the energy that I feel when Alexander touches me is different. I allowed him to work a couple knots out before speaking.

          “You know, if you keep doing that a door may open you can’t close.” I teased.

          “Maybe I want to blow up the door with dynamite.” He protested.

          “Then keep rubbing like that…” I said closing my eyes enjoying the sense of calm that was washing over my body from my shoulders.

          “Why don’t you follow me into the room, this way I can give you the attention you deserve.” He said taking my hand and leading me from the couch.

          “I still haven’t made any decisions regarding that, maybe that is not a great idea.” I was tried telling myself that I did not want to make any rash decisions. The truth was, I did, I wanted to go into the room, feel him rub all my worries away, then feel him ravish my body inside and out.

          “I am not asking for anything except to help you relax. If you don’t want a massage that is fine, but no strings attached. However, if you go for it, I will not be stopping you. I am not a god; I do not have that will power.” He smiled looking into my eyes.

          I followed him into the room, he made sure to rub my entire body. He started at the top of my head, down to my neck, after my back he started on my hips. When he reached my ass, he spent extra time, making sure there were no muscles left untouched. I felt his hand brushing the fabric between my legs. He continued down my legs massaging my feet when he was finished, he flipped me over and began working his way up my legs.

          “Now this is something a girl could get used to…” I teased.

          “If that is what you want, then wish granted.” He said with a smile his face getting closer to my body as he was working my hips staring at my stomach eyes drifting to my exposed breasts.

          “What if I don’t have the answers,” I began asking and shivered when I felt his hands cups each of my breasts and begin to massage them, “but I do want this right here, right now, if this is the last time, can you accept that?” I finished between heavy breaths. I was losing control, but I did not want to hurt him.

          “Love, I would be crazy to turn down at least one last time with you. Nothing will change the way I feel for you, one last time or not.” He finished his lips were not brushing lightly against mine. He was waiting for me to make the move, as promised.

          I crushed my lips against his, pushing my head and upper body forward and let myself let go of control. Tomorrow does not matter right now, I needed to do this for me, for the last 14 years of my life with this man.

          I pushed myself on top of him wearing only my panties and pulled his shirt over his head. We were engulfed with each other; I began to explore his body as he explored mine further. I began leaving kisses down his neck and onto his chest before finding my way to his shaft. I took it in my hand and began to pump it as I licked it from the base to the tip with my tongue teasing him. He groaned in pleasure and that caused me to take him into my mouth as far as I could. He was well-in-doubt, so I used my hand to grip his base and push him further down my throat.

          He spun my hips around, so I was sitting on his face, he used his tongue to trace my thigh to my dripping lips. He gently teased me before flicking my clit with his tongue. I moaned with my full mouth at the feeling. I felt his tongue requesting entrance and I thrusted my hips towards him. He parted my lips and began to massage my walls.

          After he was sure that I had orgasmed at least twice he took my body beneath his and slowly slid his manhood into me. I saw black spots as the ecstasy pumped through my veins.

          “I love how you feel.” He said kissing my neck. “Your so damn tight and perfect.” He was answered with a moan that I knew would be heard by others in the house.          

          I flipped back over on top of him again, him still buried deep inside me. “You like it when you make me cum all over your cock?” I moaned with pleasure.

          A deep groan exploded from inside his chest, he pulled me close while improving his speed, friction, and depth every thrust. I began to orgasm, he joined me, we both yelled out in pleasure as we reached our climax. I was trying to catch my breath and I rolled over and darkness took over.