Des'Tai: Book Two

142: Faye

Exiting Luna's workshop, I couldn't help the grin that was spread across my face as I watched Nero and Ty walk ahead of me, discussing the trials like old friends, laughing about something one of the contenders had done.

A few short months ago, Nero had been one of my only friends here at Difoda and I was eager for Ty to meet him, but their initial introduction had been less than pleasant. Nero didn't have a mean bone in his body, but he was fiercely protective of those he cared about. When Ty showed aggressiveness towards him, his instinct was to keep me safe. Hell, both of their instincts were to keep me safe, but Ty felt offended by Nero's gut reaction to protect me from an unknown male without knowing Ty was my Mate.

Now, however, they were like the best of friends, and to see such a shift made my heart overflow with happiness. Nero was like one of my brothers despite being older than me and since I couldn't see the twins every day like I used to, Nero was the next best thing.

Thinking of twins, I felt a giddiness swirl through my stomach. There was a chance Ty and I could have kids and with my brothers being a set, the likelihood I would have them was pretty high as well. If Ty and I truly could have children, the prospect of twins had me practically glowing. Now, I just needed Ty to see he would be a good father, the absolute best.

'You know I can hear your thoughts, right?'

'Yep!'

I watched as Ty shook his head, his shoulders shaking as he chuckled while Nero rambled on about how excited he was at the prospect of a female Watcher being on staff.

"It'll be super-duper neat having a female helping us out! This way it won't be uber-duber awkward patting down a female who comes to visit, Sybil can do it!" Nero nearly cheered, his eyes aglow with excitement.

"Whoa, now, let's not count our chickens before they hatch," I laughed as Ty pulled open the kitchen door, both males standing to the side so I could enter first. "What if we find two macho men who we have to have tomorrow?"

"What do chickens have to do with being a Watcher?" Nero asked as the screen door slammed closed behind him.

"No...not...let's just not give the role to Sybil yet. I think she's brilliant..." Rune, who had been sitting at the counter snacking on crackers and cheese, cut me off as I sat down beside him.

"And let's not forget sexy as fuck."

Rolling my eyes, I shook my head and stole a piece of his cheese, "She's off-limits."

"Just like Aja and Rayne," Senna agreed as she produced some lemonade for the three of us, Rune already had some.

"Probably should throw in Maverick, too, just to be safe," I grinned as I stole another piece of cheese.

"Annoying little mouse," Rune grumbled. "You're lucky you two are mated," Rune pointed at Ty and then over to me. "Sybil is exactly Ty's type. Tall, thin, brunette...fewer curves."

Smacking Rune upside the head, I growled, "You keep calling me fat and you're going to end up a eunuch."

"A u-what?" Rune coughed on the cracker he'd popped into his mouth.

Glancing over at Ty, I felt him dive into my thoughts for the definition. A sly grin appeared over the rim of his glass, "She'll remove your manhood."

"Ah! Even better, then I'll be Ty's type! Flat-chested and sexy as fuck. Girl, you better watch yourself," Rune snapped his fingers at me as he flipped his hair in my face.

Rolling my eyes again, I turned back to Nero, "As I was saying, I think Sybil would be a great addition to our team, but I don't want to get our hopes up. Knox was right, what if Blaise doesn't perform well? She might turn down the job and then we'll be stuck with Kal."