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“I can’t,” Tempest said. “We’d lose you.”
“What? I’m not going anywhere,” Daisy said.
Tempest shook her head. “Can’t let you see,” Tempest said, then started panting again, tears streaming from beneath her closed eye lids despite her trying to hold them back, with a growing moan building in volume.
When the contraction passed and Tempest was breathing a little easier, Daisy tried again. “Tempest, I can ease the pain.”
“She can’t, dear,” an unfamiliar voice said from right behind her.
Daisy spun to a defensive position, facing the woman suddenly standing behind her. Daisy placed herself between the woman and Tempest who was in no condition to protect herself while at the same time she heard a commotion from Brandt’s living room. Shouting, the sound of scattering feet, the demand from several males for someone to identify themselves.That alone unnerved her, but to be facing a woman who’d just appeared out of nowhere, had already pretty much set her on high alert.
“It’s okay, Daisy. I’m Lily, Tempest’s mother, and the sounds you hear from the living room are because I dropped Tempest’s father, and grandparents, and her uncle there as I appeared in this room. Everyone is a little surprised, I’m sure.”
“Hey! Hey!!” Daisy heard Brandt yell. “This is Tempest’s grandparents and her dad! Calm the hell down!”
“I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you. I only met you the one time, and I’m a little stressed here,” Daisy said.
Lily smiled at Daisy. “It’s fine. I understand. When I was last here, it was a quick visit.”
“Mama,” Tempest whimpered, and started crying. “It hurts so bad. Make it stop, Mama. Please make it stop.”
“Let me feel what’s wrong, Tempest. I’ll fix it,” Lily promised, as Daisy moved out of the way so Lily could sit beside her daughter.
Tempest reached for her mother, and Lily leaned toward her, holding her as her long silver hair fell like a curtain around them. Immediately purple and silver mists began seeping from Lily’s body, and slowly enveloped the both of them. Within seconds Tempest stopped panting and the labored breathing stopped. She was surprisingly relaxed and appeared to be resting.
“Is she okay?” Daisy finally whispered.
“She will be. The baby is turned. That’s why she’s in so much pain.”
“I tried to help relieve some of it, but she wouldn’t let me,” Daisy said.
“It’s not safe for you to have access to her mind that way,” Lily said. She glanced up at Daisy and could see that Daisy didn’t understand. Lily smiled at her. She really liked this girl. She waskind, and gentle, and loyal. Not to mention, she was a natural healer. “If you were to see the things that Tempest can see, you’d be deeply disturbed. Things from the spirit world, things that move just out of sight and reach of the mortal world. You may lose all sense of sanity, and certainly any sense of safety. It was for your own sense of well-being that she refused.”
“I’d have taken the chance. It was killing me seeing her suffer so badly.”
Lily smiled. “Me, too. And don’t worry, she’s not hurting right now. Everything will be fine. Perhaps you could go into the living room and soothe those who are still a little unsettled,” Lily suggested.
Daisy heard the front door open and close again and more and more familiar voices, some of them exclaiming, ‘Holy shit’.
“I think they’ve met Tempest’s grandfather, or father, depending on how he’s reacting. Both can be a little unnerving. Can you see to it for me while I tend to Tempest?”
“Yes, of course. Anything you need, please don’t hesitate to ask.”
“Thank you, Daisy,” Lily said.
Daisy watched as Lily took Tempest’s hands in hers, and began to meditate, her mists began to swirl and completely enveloped both Tempest and Lily more heavily than before. Though she wanted to stay and watch, she knew she’d told Lily that she’d keep things calm in the living room, so, off she went, closing the door quietly behind herself so as not to disturb them as she left.
“How is she?” Brandt demanded the moment Daisy walked into the living room.
“Much better. Her mother is with her and she’s actually getting a little rest,” Daisy said.
“All will be well, then,” Delilah said.
“It’s amazing,” Daisy said wide-eyed as Delilah nodded at her.
“To be that powerful!” Daisy said.
“It’s a great responsibility,” Delilah said.
