Page 62 of Daddy Frost

“You shouldn’t hog the downstairs bathroom,” Damon said loudly from the other side of the door. “Some people would like to use it for its intended purpose.”

“I’ll get the frying pan,” Kalen whispered with a smile.

Delta snickered. “And I’ll go grab the shovel.”

* * * *

Panahasi stood inside the woods, watching the backyard barbeque in full swing. The smell was killing him. If there was one thing he could attest to, Kalen Frost knew how to cook. Now Panahasi’s stomach was rumbling.

“Did I miss much?” Aldrin asked when he appeared at Panahasi’s side.

“Food, fun, and cute little babies with chubby cheeks.” He would have simply walked into the gathering and helped himself to some food, but ever since his major fuckup with Damon and Casimir…

“They don’t hold a grudge against you.” Aldrich slipped his hands into the front pockets of his slacks. “They’re actually grateful since what happened allowed them to have a family.”

“Stay out of my head,” Panahasi snarled. “Did you figure out why the protection spells you placed over their home failed?”

He watched as Damon and Casimir fawned over their daughter. The mated couple appeared even happier now that their pup had been born.

But she was more than just a pup.

“You’re looking at the reason,” Aldrin stated.

Frowning, he turned to look at the keeper. “But she would have still been in the womb.”

“I told you she would be the most powerful being known to mankind,” Aldrin replied. “She felt the protection spells like waves tickling her, so she wanted to play with them.”

Panahasi turned his head back around to watch her. Zyra lay in Damon’s arms, sound asleep. But when Panahasi focused on her, the baby’s eyes opened as if she felt him. Felt Life staring right at her.

They were connected through a deep bond. It had been his blood that had helped to save her father and had also screwed things up, but still…

“The entire Ultionem has a bond with her,” Aldrin said. “Yours and their blood flows through her veins and is embedded in her very DNA.” The keeper scowled at Panahasi. “No, that does not make you one of her daddies.”

“Thank fuck.” Panahasi breathed a sigh of relief. “I don’t need her fathers to have another reason to hate me.”

The keeper chuckled. “You’re relieved because you don’t have to pay child support.”

“You’re an ass.” Panahasi grinned. That was not what he’d been thinking. “So, she disrupted your spells because she wanted to play with them?”

That was some feat considering Aldrin was the primal source, the creator of their universe. No one trumped his abilities.

Turning to fully face him, Aldrin slowly shook his head, his eyes troubled. “No, Panahasi. She destroyed them.”

THE END

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