Page 68 of Prince with a Chance of Darkness

Jonathan opened his mouth to say something.

Willa put her hand over his mouth. “Thank you, Lucian. That’s what he was going to say.”

Jonathan’s brow crinkled and he mumbled something that sounded like, “bloody hell.”

Willa grinned at Lucian. “Did Hannah let you in?”

Lucian’s grin faded. “No. The front door was wide open. I let myself in.”

Seward rubbed the bridge of his nose. “Marcy, did you happen to go out frontagainto talk to the stars,again, and forget to shut the front door—again?”

“Nope. Wasn’t me,” she said, patting her husband’s cheek gently. “You look a bit pale, Honey-Bear. You should sit down.”

“What is wrong with Bram?” asked Lucian.

“Just found out he’s going to be a daddy—again,” I supplied, not missing the way Lucian flinched slightly as if the news was happy and painful for him.

“We are with child?” Bram asked, his voice barely there. “I am to have another daughter?”

“We are, and you are,” Marcy said in a loving tone, patting his cheek more. “Burgess is so excited. He thinks we should name her Dandelion. It was between that and Peanut, but that one is only because they’re his favorite treats. Buffy voted for Trash Can, but I think we all know why. I vetoed that one. I’m going to miss her when she’s gone.”

“Gone?” asked Austin, worry in his voice. “Where is she going? Is she sick? Is everything all right?”

“Everything is fine, but she’ll be with her new family before long,” said Marcy. “Where she was always supposed to be.”

Yeah. She was a tender soul but crazy as all could be.

“Dandelion?” asked Bram, totally out of it.

Seward clasped the man on the back and shook him. “Congratulations, brother. And word to the wise, settle on the name Dandelion or Marcy may suggest something like Moonbeam Sparkle Stars.”

Marcy began to jump up and down, causing her breasts to bounce. All of the unmated males in the room took notice. “Ohmygod, that one! Let’s name her that! It gets Jack’s vote too!”

“It does?” asked Seward.

She pouted slightly.

He groaned. “Fine. It gets my vote too.”

Lucian touched my shoulder and leaned, putting his mouth near my ear. “Hannah? Where is she?”

Henry’s gaze narrowed on Lucian. “I don’t like you being so close to her.”

“I don’t like you at all, so there is that,” said Lucian, staying close to me.

“Uh, up on the main level with Temperance, watching movies and eating junk food. Marcy was just with them,” I said with ashake of my head. “I can’t believe you could miss them. They watch movies at a volume level people ten states over can hear. If that isn’t a big enough indicator, the army of alpha-male wolf shifters Jonathan makes follow his daughter around should be.”

Lucian squeezed my shoulder. “Mina, there are no shifters above. The girls are not there.”

“W-what?” I asked, my stomach dropping. “Of course they are.”

Marcy stepped back from Bram. “The shifters you and Jonathan left on guard duty tonight are busy.”

“Busy?” Jonathan asked with a growl. “Their only job while I’m down here is to guard Hannah and Temperance.”

“They were called away,” she said.

“By who?” he demanded.

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