Epilogue
Enzo
“ZIO!” The girls rush up to us holding their candy buckets.
“We’re ready to go trick-or-treating. Will you come?” Leigh asks as Trixie drops her hands to her hips.
“Zio, where is Ms. Theia?” Her suspicious eyes narrow at us.
“I’m right here, girls.” Theia appears in her full Goddess form, which is the perfect Halloween costume for her.
Her hands glow with her power, while her face radiates happiness and joy.
“Oh wow, Theia. You’re literally glowing.” Abbie says as she comes up and hugs our mate.
Can you hear that?
Nico asks in our mindlink, and we both nod at him but keep our mouths shut. We could all hear his son’s heartbeat before, but three more have made their presence known in the last twenty-four hours.
When you’re mated to a goddess, conversations about how conception works would be had before a mating rut, but we’re all adults and went into this with open eyes.
Well, you two work fast. Congrats.
Nico’s mental voice is full of warmth and pride for us. I can’t help the smug smile that pulls at my lips, and I catch Dario smirking as well. We watch the ladies talk while the girls discuss what candies they want and the route they want to take.
Dario and I have donned our costumes again, and we all leave the villa via the portal to our first stop because when your nieces are magical beings who can transport anywhere on Halloween, one town just won’t do.
First stop, Salem.
Second stop, Sleepy Hollow.
Our third and last stop is the most magical place on Earth. Disney World.
By the time we’ve made it back to Nico’s home in Italy, the girls are fast asleep in their parents’ arms, and ours are about to fall off from carrying all the candy they managed to collect.
We collapse on the couch with Theia in between us, and I pull her feet into my lap, slipping off her shoes and massaging her feet. Dario works the knots out of her shoulders as she purrs contentedly with her eyes closed.
“Are you ready for our own little ones?” I ask to test the waters.
“Mmm, we have plenty of time. No need to rush it.” I bite my lip and glance at Dario.
“How does conception work for a goddess?” He asks with a tone of curiosity I would have never been able to fake.
“Well, once I know it’s fairly simple. They just come to being.” My eyebrow raises, and she chuckles.
“Procreation in the normal sense isn’t something the gods did. If they wanted to create new life, they wove it into existence with sheer force of will and power.” Oh shit.
“So you’ve never actually given birth to a child.” She rolls her eyes.
“Well, no. Not in the sense that I’ve carried one in my womb, grown and borne into the world.
Nor have I raised a child in the traditional sense either.
All my children were created as they are today.
I just molded them the best I could, like any other mother.
” I look at Dario in panic and shake my head.
“So no diapers, midnight feedings, or pregnancy cravings?” She shakes her head at us with a curious look in her glowing eyes.
“No, I always did wonder, though. What that would have been like.” I grin as Dario turns her to him.
“Would you like to experience that first with us?” Confusion fills her face for a moment as I clear my throat.
“I’m not sure that’s possible. I’m so sorry if that disappoints you both. I do not want to rob you of the chance of being fathers.” I raise my hand as I feel her distress filling the bond.
“Little mate, you could never rob us of anything. Besides, it seems fate is giving us a gift we knew we wanted.” I glance at her belly, and she gasps.
“No! I mean, would I feel it?” She stands abruptly, and the glow of her palms pierces her still flat stomach.
“HEY! Careful, don’t irradiate our pups!” I call out as the glow highlights three little sparks of life.
“THREE!” she yells as I sit back with my arms tucked behind my head.
“Thrice blessed.” Dario stands and lays a kiss on her that has me panting.
When they break apart, he whisks her up into his arms and carries her into the bedroom.
“We should celebrate!” I say as I follow after them.
“That’s how we got here! Too much celebrating. Now I’m having a litter.” Her tone is irritated, but I feel the wonder and sheer excitement in the bond she can’t hide.
“Come now, little mate. You enjoyed making those lives just as much as we did. Besides, look on the bright side; at least you’ll only be pregnant four months instead of nine.
” Dario is busy ripping the toga off her body and falling to his knees to kiss her lower belly before burying his face in her core.
“Fuck, those tongues of yours are dangerous. Can talk the panties off a nun and lick her within an inch of her mortal life,” she hisses the words out as Dario sucks on her clit.
“Now that is a kinky role play we must try. I do believe Halloween is my new favorite human holiday. We must recreate all our mating anniversaries this way. In costumes. It’ll keep the bedroom play nice and fresh.
” Dario growls in agreement as he surges up and lifts Theia up into his arms, plunging his cock into her soaking-wet core.
“You’re insane!” Theia calls out a curse as Dario brings her to orgasm roughly against a wall.
“Watch the pups!” I remind him, but he turns amber-glowing eyes on me in warning not to interfere between him and our mate.
“She will not break. Our pups are protected.” The growly voice of his beast comes out hoarse as he fucks our mate hard.
He cums on a roar, turning and dropping her on the bed, messy and utterly blissed out. I strip and pull her onto my lap. I give her a moment to get her bearings and smile up at her flushed face.
“Ride me, little mate. Show us how happy you are to be bearing our mark, carrying our pups and otherwise loving us to the end of days. I want to feel it all as I knot you so hard you shake this estate to its rocks.” Theia laughs and bends down to kiss my lips.
“Such a fucking dirty mouth. I don’t think Nico would appreciate us destroying his home.
So how about I make love to you instead and then you both take me together before we fall asleep in each other’s arms?
I am growing three babies and need my rest.” Her smile is warmer than the sun on my face, making me see for the first time why she is the Goddess of light.
“Anything for you, little mate. Just as long as you never stop smiling at us like that.”
DEAL.
The End