An Eternal Family (Book 1) by Stein Willard

Author:Stein Willard [Willard, Stein]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

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Nimiri looked at Jemima with wide eyes. “When I said you smelled different, I wasn’t expecting this.”

Jemima grinned as she kissed her daughter’s apple red cheek. “Yep, it is what it is. I’m food now.”

“And you’re okay with that?” Nimiri asked with a small grin.

“Not particularly, no.” She looked at Nimiri. “I loved being a vampire. It has a lot of advantages.”

Nimiri shook her head. She had experienced a lot of things in her life, some she couldn’t explain. But this topped them all. A vampire becoming human again. She wondered what Tahlia’s take was on this.

“And the queen?”

“What about her?” Jemima asked as she deftly removed the diaper from her daughter. “Please, pass me the powder.” Nimiri handed her the powder. “You wonder how she’s taking this.”

“Yes.”

“I’m not sure. She hasn’t said anything to me yet.”

Nimiri blinked. “You mean this is a new thing.”

“Twenty-six hours, to be exact.” She held the baby out to Nimiri. “Here, hold her.”

Still reeling from the unexpected news about Jemima’s transformation, she wasn’t sure she was ready to hold the baby. She could drop her and it wouldn’t bode well for her to drop the daughter of the vampire queen and the soul mate of her own Prime. She began to shake her head.

“I won’t have that. You said it yourself that you were tasked to watch over her in Leonara’s absence. Now, hold her.”

“What if I drop her?” The baby was hanging in the air, staring at her with a peculiar expression in her eyes. A disturbingly mature look for a nine-month old. “Anyway, she doesn’t seem to like me.”

“I didn’t hear her say anything.”

Dragon’s bones. The last time she had touched a baby was such a long time ago. She tore her gaze away from the child’s near-hypnotic glare. “I assure you, she doesn’t want me to touch her.”

“She always looks like that. She’s Tahlia’s child,” Jemima threw over her shoulder as she gathered the soiled diaper for disposal.

No pressure, huh. She hesitantly reached out and grasped the baby under her armpits. The blue eyes studied her closely.

“Hold her against your body. Babies like that.”

Nimiri carefully pulled the baby against her chest and she was stunned by the heat that came off the small body. It felt wonderful. She didn’t know what came over her, but she gently pressed a kiss to the soft head. Almost immediately, her body was infused with a delicious heat and she looked into the eyes of the baby. They were warm and twinkling.

“See, I told you that you wouldn’t drop her.” Jemima came closer and rubbed her daughter’s back. The next moment, Aria let out a piercing cry that startled both Jemima and Nimiri. Nimiri immediately held the baby out to Jemima, who cradled Aria against her chest, making soft noises to calm the baby.

“Jemima, I think...”

“She likes you,” Jemima said quickly as she kissed the crying baby’s cheek. “Maybe she just got startled by something.”

“She’s bleeding, Jemima.”

“What?!” Jemima looked at her and Nimiri held up her bloody hands.

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