The Fae Book 2: Burr and Daisy

Chapter 7: Sióg Póg

Daisy had been avoiding me for two days. Two days of blocking my calls and texts, two days of not finding her at the bakery, two days of pounding on the back door to her apartment several times a day and not having her answer the door, two days of waiting in the alley outside her apartment to see if she'd come outside. Two days of feeling like I was going to come out of my skin if I couldn't get her to talk with me. Two days of relentless, violent thunderstorms I'd called down as my frustration grew and grew and grew. I'd barely seen Ginni over the last two days and I was good with that. Better than good. 

Ginni was a mistake, a huge mistake I'd have to deal with soon, but my immediate concern was Daisy and getting her to talk with me.

How long did she think she could avoid me? We needed to talk, make plans. I needed to make sure she and the baby were doing well, take care of her medical bills and expenses. See what she needed, what I could do to make this easier on her. 

When my mother called me, I debated not answering, but knew that would just result in call after call until I caved and answered.

"Hi, honey," my mother's voice greeted me happily. I was too agitated to realize she sounded a bit off, maybe her cheer a bit forced, but I chalked it up to me having left Ginni in her care for almost two days.

"Hey, Mom."

"We're having a family dinner tonight," Mom jumped right in. "Be here at six."

Sighing, I ran my hand over my head. "Mom, maybe tonight isn't the best --"

Her voice dropped and turned lethal. "You will be here for dinner with your fiancée at six. I've already told her and she's looking forward to it. If you're even one minute late, Oberon, I swear to you, King of the Fae or not, I will make you rue the day you were born. "

Then my sweet mother hung up on me.

I was surprised she wanted a family dinner with Ginni. The morning after the reception, I'd come over to Mom and Dad's from Harmony's, and Ginni was seated at the kitchen table, cup of coffee in front of her and Mom and Nan bustling about in the kitchen.

"Obe!" Ginni greeted me, and she got up and walked over to me, pressing a quick kiss to my cheek since I moved my head fast to avoid her lips. "Did you tell your family what happened with Daisy last night?"

She tossed that question over her shoulder at me as she went back to sit down at the table.

"No," I said shortly. 

She knew I hadn't. After the ugly scene at the reception, Ginni and I had left, and I'd dropped off Ginni at my parents' house and then went over to Harmony's house. They were still at the reception and would be home later. They were leaving for their honeymoon in a week -- with Lyric because neither one of them could stand to be away from the little fuzz nut. All night long, I'd paced and thought about Daisy and our baby and Daisy and Daisy and Daisy.

I hadn't been surprised when Daisy had said she was pregnant. Looking back, when I'd been with her four months ago, I'd come so fucking hard that lightning had cracked right outside Daisy's window so loud I thought it would break the glass. I remembered thinking holy shit, that had never happened before.

Now I realized what it was. It had been the magic creating our child. The fairies interfering the way they liked to, as my sister Harmony discovered when she got pregnant by a man who'd had a vasectomy.

"What happened last night, Oberon?" my Mom asked, bringing me back to the present. Mom's ears had perked up at Daisy's name, and now both she and Nan were turned around watching us.

Before I could speak, Ginni waved a graceful hand in the air. "Last night at the reception, Daisy told Oberon she was pregnant with his baby."

She stopped there, waiting for a reaction to the huge news. Mom looked at Nan. "You need a refill on your coffee, Mom?"