Astraea

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A week later

I woke up and had sex with Luxane. "Birthday sex baby", I told him as we dried ourselves up after showering. My arm had finally been taken out of the cast and I couldn't have been happier. He was about to select an outfit and then I stopped him and gave him the bag with his attire. He put on the white polo shirt and the matching chino pants and the white loafers. I wore an all-white mini dress with matching loafers and then did my makeup. My hair was natural again so I just put it in an afro puff and then went down to get Xylo ready. We then drove to the estate where we would have the mini tournament. He was surprised to see all of his sentinels and the few friends he had. The brunch and tournament went off without a hitch. Afterwards we all left to go and refresh ourselves. Xylo and I had baked a cake for Luxane so we gave that to him and he was really taken a back but happy. I then gave his second outfit of the day and then we drove in the Blue Rolls Royce to Li'Ren.

There was a play area for kids that had been created for us that was close enough for us to personally watch Xylo even though the security was with her. People exchanged stories about how they had met Luxane and wild experiences they had had. His eyes were the warmest I had ever seen them around people. We were doing speeches and now it was my turn. "When I first met, Luxane I thought to myself this will be a fun one-night stand and then I will move on". Everyone chuckled. "Baby you have taught me so much and given me my best friend and for that I am so thankful. You are an amazing man and father and for that I am grateful. Keep being you and let's have round 7 in the wraith later." They all started to whistle and cheer, he just gave me a warning look and then winked. We got home and slept, exhausted from the day's festivities.

I woke up and cursed when I realised that I had missed my meetings and taking Xylo to school. Luxane had left earlier and left a note. I decided to work from home. After a kick boxing workout video and breakfast, I decided to finish off the wild book I was reading called Him & I. It was a nice switch up to have a black heroine, star in a vampire romance novel, who was jaunty and full of life. Around noon I put Xylo down to sleep and then started working. I had put on black tank top and black track pants and my old skool vans. Living in a large house was nice at times because of the peace but at the same time sometimes the peace could be suffocating like it was today. On a whim I entered Luxane's office and looked at the security cameras like I did now and again. 

Ryan had gone off duty and Seth had taken his place by the gate. Neil and Shawn were by the pool and Grace, Kyle and Alice were walking around on the lower floor. After an hour or two of work I decided to take a power nap. When I woke up about an hour later I was feeling really thirsty and wanted the snack bars Luxane kept in his office. I went back in and took 3 of them and then headed out. As I was closing the door, my eye saw on a monitor a scene that brought me to an abrupt stop. My beautiful gate and yard had been destroyed.

Something had gone wrong. Wrong like never before. I felt the breath in my chest hitch. I couldn't breathe for a second or make sense of what I was seeing. My blood chilled and I thought of Xylo as I heard a loud explosive sound downstairs and guns firing off. I ran to her room and grabbed her sleeping frame jolting her rudely into consciousness from her sleep. I then fumbled around looking for the machine gun that Luxane kept in a secret safe in the room and then I grabbed a grenade just in case. Shots were sounding off all around the house. 

Saying a quick prayer, I ran out holding Xylo tightly against my hip with my one arm and the machine gun in the other. The gunfire was now being directed at me. I then fired back in the direction of the intruding and impending danger. My mind refused to process that I could be killing innocent people trying to do their jobs. People like Luxane and I who were parents, people that were part of families. All I knew was that my family was under attack and I had to protect it with the only currency that would yield that outcome in this life that I had chosen.