Circle of Three

Chapter 30

"They're perfect." Greed smiled as he held Keres in his arms. "Wholeheartedly agree." Lust said as he cradled Raven. Envy was obsessed with Mara as she wrapped her tiny hand around his finger.

"You did so good, babe." Gluttony turned to a tired Mikayla. "Thanks. I'm so glad you guys thought to sends the girls to Harlow's and give Damien a heads up."

They chuckled as they thought about the mini meltdown Mikayla had during labor when she realized they had two other infant daughters unaccounted for.

"I'm so happy we're home." Mikayla sighed. They knew she liked hell, but she wasn't a fan of the time difference. "We are too, my love." Envy said before they heard the girls crying. "We've got them." Gluttony and Pride spoke up as they made their way to the nursery.

"We're next." Gluttony spoke from the rocking chair as he fed Emrys. "Yeah," Pride chuckled as he rocked Fury. "She needs a break." Gluttony said with a sigh. "We have to talk to the guys and our demons. No more after Lorelei and Delilah." Pride nodded in agreement.

Lust, Envy and Greed walked in holding the newborns with Wrath behind them. "We heard you and we agree." Wrath said leaning against the wall. "I think she forgets that we can read her thoughts." Greed spoke up.

"Maybe because she tells us not to." Lust retorted. "Fair, but she makes it so hard when they're so loud." Envy sighed. "I didn't know she was feeling the way she was about our relationship. I had no idea that she was worried about us losing touch with one another."

"It makes sense though." Pride spoke up. "Mortal couples struggle all the time after the birth of one child. She had two and then we saddled her with three more after she verbalized a need to wait. We're lucky she even forgave us."

They nodded their head feeling guilty. "I know she wants them back-to-back, but I think we should wait for Lorelei and Delilah until Fury and Emrys are at least 18 months." Gluttony looked at his brother and nodded his head. "I think that's fair. They'll still be close."

"She's asleep." Sloth said coming from Mikayla's room. "I checked in with Willow. She said Mikayla won't admit it, but the fact that they are so close together is affecting her. The births are impacting her physically since she's still 1/3 human. She's going to be down for the count for a little while." Pride sighed loudly. "That confirms it. Gluttony and I will wait until the girls are 18 months before trying again. We need to make sure she's healed fully first and foremost."

They all nodded their head. "She gave them to us." Greed said looking down at his sleeping daughters in their unique crib. "She made us fathers." The men all smiled at their daughters.

"You niggas are gonna be looking crazy when they become teenagers. Boys. Girls. Kissing. Sexting. The skies the limit and the only common denominator is they'll hate all of your asses for 'ruining their lives.' I can't fucking wait." Archie cackled as he left them alone scowling.

"Remind me to whoop Seth's ass for giving him the ability to talk." Greed growled earning nods.

Philip chuckled as he watched his mate decorate his townhome. They had spent days making love in various parts of the home, except the guestroom. He had apologized profusely which she forgave him and apologized herself for kissing Avery.

She was shocked to know he had already known about the kiss. She was mortified that he had seen the kiss thanks to her grandfather. Freya didn't want to christen the guestroom without changing it, which led to their current status.

Freya filled Philip on everything that was going on with her growing family. She also expressed that though he was emotional now, she had a strong feeling that only applied to her. "I think you'll be nicer to others, but like a step below cordial. My family is big and loud and emotional. I think us living with them would be too much for you and I don't want you running off and leaving me." He cupped her cheek as she wrapped her hands around his waist. "I'm never going to leave you." She smiled at him before pecking his lips.