Thief Of Truth's Heart

Chapter 28

"Oh Gaea, she looks so cute!!"

"Yes indeed."

"She is going to be a wonderful child, isn't she Phoebus?"

"Absolutely Lana. My parental senses are tingling and it tells me that she's going to be a lively little girl. So I wholeheartedly agree with you."

Atlanta laughed as she peered over the cradle to look at the cute little girl giggling at her, waving her own finger in front of the girl's face which quickly caught the infant's attention. "Parental senses, huh? Seems like we definitely had a slightly more practice with the kids than we originally expected. I don't mind the fact at all, though."

Apollo sighed before wrapping his arm around his wife's waist and kissing her forehead gently as he watched the infant in the cradle trying to latch on to his beloved Lana's finger. "I loved the fact that all I have to do is take a look at the kids' faces to know what's going on in their heads at any given moment of time."

Atlanta chuckled before withdrawing her finger from the now upset looking girl in the cradle and leaning on her husband with a smile. "You are honestly terrible, husband dearest. Take mercy on me and check up on the kids, alright? Otherwise they can't be stopped from causing world destruction for being left alone for more than five minutes."

Apollo grinned at his wife. "No promises, sunshine. Would be a great mistake to send me to stop the kids though."

The Goddess of Innocence sighed at her husband's antics, shaking her head fondly with a smile. "You are right. I can't trust you with the kids. For all I know, you might just end up helping them by adding fuel to their raging fire."

Apollo just gave a wide grin to his beloved best friend. "Guilty as caught. Don't tell me that you won't be right there by my side screaming encouragement to us, though. I know that you love a nice little destruction here and there."

Atlanta picked up the upset infant from the cradle and turned to her husband with a small smile.

"I didn't deny that, did I, oh great God of Truth?", Atlanta asked before beaming at the little girl in her arms who tried to grasp her long hair strands in her tiny hands. "She's just precious."

"And we are non existent. Don't mind us, continue to spoil the girl. It's not like you have your own kids or anything.", Cygnus told his mother while standing next to her with a jealous expression on his face, his sister Lyra nodding in agreement by his side.

Atlanta looked down at her son who was looking at the little daughter of her Aunty Demi with extreme jealousy written all over his little face, before smiling in apology. "Oh sweetheart, I am so sorry. I didn't realise that you were feeling left out. Want to be in momma's arms?"

Cygnus nodded eagerly.

Atlanta gently put down her aunty's daughter before picking up her own four year old son with a laugh. "That's better?"

"Loads better!!", Cygnus beamed at his mother.

The daughter of Demeter immediately started crying after being separated from the Goddess of Innocence.

Meanwhile, Apollo gave an apologetic glance at the crying infant, before picking up his own daughter who was pulling lightly on his chiton as a silent demand to pick her up.

Lyra gave her daddy a big smile and hugged him, before giving the crying little girl in the cradle the evil eye when he wasn't looking.

Atlanta finally sat down with her son on the nearby couch, and had one of the nymphs working in the house bring over the crying infant to her, who immediately became quiet after she was back in the arms of the older Goddess.