by A. B. Marie
She waves me off, “Yeah, yeah.” She stalks into the gym and slams the steel doors. I look over to Luna and smile at her. Her hair is getting longer and is starting to fall into her eyes. Maya usually ties it up at the top to make her look like she has troll hair. I’ve tried to replicate it a few times and end up making her look like an alien. I can’t work the damn hair ties properly. I smile over at her while she rolls to her back and squeals at Marie who is nuzzling under her neck. “Well, that was pointless. He’s working himself out into a puddle.” She rolls her eyes. “I think I’ll follow him to the club and get him to relax. He’s probably stressing about leaving the academy. He always wanted to be a professor…” She frowns and looks out into the distance. “Do you think he’s making a mistake?”
I shrug. “He needs to figure it out. Come here.” I pull her down into my lap and I kiss down her neck. “Do you want the rest of us to go to the club with him to see what’s up his ass?”
She tilts her head and slightly shakes her head. “No, I want to get out of the house anyway. I haven’t been there in weeks.” She grinds down on my cock with her ass. “Mmm. Too bad you’re staying here tonight.”
I grunt, “I am?”
She looks back over to me and winks. “Yep! You’re staying with Luna!” She jumps up and runs over to where Luna is sitting up with a toy in her mouth. “Hello baby girl.” She sits down and plays with her until Luna’s ready for a nap. “Let’s go get you cleaned up and fed baby girl.”
I wave them off and get all the toys cleaned up and put into a bin by the back door. Malek is going crazy in the kitchen making Luna her own menu for when she’s ready to start solids – Maya is adamant about waiting until she’s six months old and even printed us out a checklist for when she’s ‘ready’.
Sits up on her own
Reaches or asks for solids
AT LEAST SIX MONTHS OLD
It’s posted on the fridge for us to see every day. I walk in and see Malek whistling an
blending up a bunch of random shit in various blenders. I wrinkle my nose. “You sure she’s going to eat that?”
He gives me an affronted look. “I’m Malek, everyone will eat what I make.” He winks at me and I shake my head. I pull out some wraps he’s made for lunch and eat, while I watch him dance around and putting a bunch of weird shit into glass containers to set in the fridge. I hold in my laugh and go head up to the magic room to see if Graham needs any help preparing for our exams.
Chapter 4
Maya
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The twins, Nolan, and Graham already left to head to the club. I roll my head along my shoulders and look in the mirror to fix my dress. It’s a shimmering, maroon colored, translucent dress that sparkles when I walk. I sit down on my bed and put on my white stilettos and head down the stairs.
“Have fun, gorgeous. See you later.” Collins gives me a kiss on the head, and I walk out to my car. Mark is in Luna’s room, rocking her and reading her a book to put her back to sleep. She’s having a hard time sleeping in her own room lately, but she’s too big for her bassinet and the guys won’t let her sleep in the bed with us. I take my purple Bugatti and moan when I fire her up. I never get to drive her anymore, it’s such a shame. After I park, I go through my glove compartment and throw on my thigh sheath with a knife or three. I didn’t want the guys to see it on me while I was leaving.
Someone is getting stabbed tonight if what I feel like what is going on with Nolan is happening. No one ignores their mate and hides at a club every chance he gets for no reason. I smile evilly as I make my way in and head to the bar on the first floor. I order a few shots and glide to the elevator and go to the BDSM club. I’m trying to keep a pleasant expression on my face, but it’s getting more difficult by the second. I haven’t seen any of the other guys around, usually there’s at least one at the bar downstairs.
Walking around the club, I find the twins on their own at a corner table talking with their heads close together. Graham is sitting at the bar having a drink and talking to another man that’s to his left. He’s nodding at something and they toast. No. Fucking. Nolan. I let out a pulse of my magic to search for his signature and see red as I see he’s in a private room. It’s not just him that’s going to be stabbed tonight. Graham and the twins will be, too, for literally being right here.
I storm over to the private room he’s in and kick the door in and stop in my tracks.
“You’re fucking sleeping?”
He sits up, grumbles, and wipes his eyes. “I drank too much, the guys dragged me in here to sleep it off. The door was locked.” He lays back down and covers his eyes.
“You’ve been here for not even an hour.” He nods and waves his hand around. “You’ll need to spit it out, Nolan, I’m not good with the talking shit.”
He pats the bed next to him and I go and sit down. “I’m just stressed about leaving the academy. I don’t know what I will do during the week.”
I mull it over. “Why don’t you set up weekly seminars or have appointments available for the supernatural customers at the shop? We’re crazy busy there, we could use your help until you figure out what you want to do.” Before I even finish talking, he’s snoring again. I roll my eyes and leave him in there to go sit with Graham at the bar.
“Ah, you found Nolan.” He nods and finishing his drink. “I saw how pissed off you were, stomping all over the place.”
I glare at him and order my drink, “Why didn’t you just tell me he’s sleeping off a bottle of whiskey?”
He shrugs, “Wanted you to see for yourself. He’s like this every weekend, we always make sure to keep an eye on him and throw him in the private bedroom to sleep it off. He almost got into a fight last month.” I groan and we head over to the table where the twins are sitting.
“Hey baby, we were just talking about building another small building in the backyard. What if Nolan sets up private tutoring for supernaturals around London that can’t afford the Goddess Academy?” Troy says over his tumbler of bourbon.
I nod and mull that over. “I think it’s genius. I’ll call Brant in the morning.”
Troy nods to the performance area. “No need. Go talk to him and relax. We’ll leave after another round!” Ross rolls his eyes and takes another swig of water.
I chuckle at him, “Ah, grabbed the short straw for DD tonight?” That’s a good thing, too, I’ll have to leave my car here over night. I give Graham a kiss on the cheek and head over to Brant. He’s sitting alone on a lounge chair watching the show. There’s two women on stage going at it and I sit next to him while watching.
He startles and narrows his eyes at me. “What can I do for you, Maya?” He sets down his glass and moves so he can look at me.
“Can you draw up plans for another small building in the back of the estate? We want to have a private tutoring area for Nolan to teach the supernaturals around London that can’t afford the academy.”
He hums. “Yeah, I’ll work on it. What do you need in it?”
“A large main room, maybe a separate magic room, a bathroom, desks, a comfortable area for meditation and astral projection… a separate office? There will need to be shelving in the main room, some floor-to-ceiling windows…”
He chuckles at me and types in his phone. “I’ll email you some proofs by next weekend, how does that sound?”
I look back over to the stage and nod. “Sounds good.” The women are now standing, naked, after getting each other off and looking for a participant. They’re pointing at random men and women and all of them shake their heads so far.
I nudge Brant, “Go up there!” He laughs, and when they point to him, he blushes and looks like he’s about to bolt. He’s a handsome warlock. Around six-foot-four, golden blonde hair, bright blue eyes, and is stacked with muscles from his construction work. I shove him up and push him towards the stage.
He glares at me. “Are you really going to sit there and watch, Maya? I don’t think I’m comfortable with that.”
I chuckle and wink at him, “Then why are you in my club?” He groans and makes his way to the ladies and they’re helping him undress and touching him all over his body. I lean back and finish my drink.
“Really, Maya? Poor Brant.” Troy sits where Brant was, and he throws his arm around my shoulder. I shrug and one of the ladies is down on her knees sucking his cock. It’s a nice size, long and thick. I squirm in my seat as he gets more into it and fucks her face. He has one hand on her head, and with the other, he grabs the other woman to drag her closer and kiss her while he’s groaning and pistoning his hips.
I look over to Troy, “Too bad there’s only one stage. We could have had a competition.” He barks out a laugh and he pulls me up to stand next to him.
“Time to go, beautiful.” He hollers, woops, and waves at Brant. “Have fun!” I look over one more time before we leave and he’s gearing up to bend over one of the women to fuck her from behind. Damn, I never really paid attention to how gorgeous he is. Fuck. Ross and Graham drag Nolan from the private room and pour a healing potion down his throat.
“You keep those up here?”
Ross shakes his head, “This one is from my office. There are mild ones we sell in the shop though, just in case someone is too rough and wants to heal their bite marks or something.” I laugh and we head down to Ross and Troy’s SUV.
“I only had one drink, want to come with me and I’ll drive your car home?” Graham asks as we make it to the lot. I nod and we head home. I spend Sunday annoying Nolan and explaining to him what the twins came up with. He mostly tries to dodge me and groans when I tackle him in the grass in the backyard.
“I’m serious, Nolan. You can continue teaching and make a difference!” He nods at me and races away to the pool house. I chase him in there, and when I make it in, he scoops me up and throws me in the pool fully clothed. “You dick!” I levitate him up next to me and drop him on top of the water on his stomach.
He laughs and we spend a while in the water chasing each other and throwing balls of water with our magic. At one point he had all of the water from the pool floating above our heads and crashed it all down on top of my head.
“Okay, okay. I’ll look into it.” I smile at him and head back into the house.
It’s the last week of courses, and Graham, Mark, and I are in the magic room at home after getting home from the shop. I groan while looking through all of this term’s syllabi, then I look up everything we will be doing next year. “Summoning spirits, necromancy, runes for glamor, and making weapons out of your elements, man, year three is finally going to interesting!”
Graham groans at me, “Let me guess, you can already do all of that?”
I nod. “Mark’s dad was extremely thorough, and now I know why. Damn Richard probably didn’t know what a normal witch or warlock knew at our young ages, and just taught us everything.” I laugh while thinking back to when I was around eight. I was bored in my classes and sent to Headmaster West, the current Headmistresses’ father, and he sent me to detention for disrupting the class. I was trying to tell the teacher that she wasn’t doing a spell correctly for something dumb, like changing the color of a flower. Man, I was always a little shit.
I hear a tiny voice whining to me from the video camera. “I got it, baby. You sit here with Graham. My legs are falling asleep.” Mark gets up and gives me a kiss on the head and walks out of the room.
I lay down on the nest of blankets and pillows and look over to Graham, “Anything you need help with or want more practice with?” He shakes his head and continues reading in his book and highlighting his notes. I close my eyes and astral project my spirit out to look around the grounds. Brant just left after picking the spot for the new building, he sent me the plans and I approved them with Nolan. Once he has the permit he will be starting, it should be done by the time we get back from summer vacation in August.
Maggie and Malek are talking in the kitchen and I see how close they are standing together. Malek is whispering in her ear and she throws her head back and kisses him. I knew it! I wonder if Gerard joins them. They never sleep in the same rooms when we travel and they’re so good at hiding this! Those dicks. After checking on Luna and Mark, I go back to my body.
Lola and Polly come barreling in and telling me that Luna’s awake. I giggle. ‘Yes, my babies, she’s been awake for a little bit.’ I give them some cuddles and ask them to go annoy Malek and Maggie for hiding their relationship from us. They run out of the room, and I giggle when I hear Maggie shout out a frightened yelp.
Maggie is my amazing housekeeper. Not only does she keep everything clean and organized, but she’s also a great friend and I try to help her around the house as much as she allows. She’s around my height, has light brown hair, and sweet blue eyes that are always kind. She usually wears nice skirts, a blouse, and heels, but when she’s feeling comfortable, she runs the household in her pajamas. Gerard gives her a look whenever he sees her wearing anything casual, he has a large stick up his ass to ‘always look presentable’. I think he forgets that this is the twenty-first century, and I am not a normal estate owner. I’m crazy, and will stab or kill without questions first, but I mostly run around in my panties and one of the guy’s shirts on a daily basis.
I leave Graham in the magic room and change into a swimsuit before walking into the nursery and check on Mark and Luna. “Hey, you guys want to go swim?”
He looks over the book he’s reading to her, “Yeah, we’ll meet you down there.” I head to her closet and pick out her swimsuit, a swim diaper, and her life jacket and put them on her changing table. I wave on my way out and am thinking about how excited I am do to some laps when everything goes black and I open my eyes to a large splash and landing in the pool.
“WHAT THE FUCK?” I yell out when I make it to the surface and look around. I don’t see anyone. I get out of the pool and sit to astral project, spreading my magic around the grounds to see if there is anyone here. Nothing. I huff and sit down in a lounger and scowl at the pool. My phone is at the bottom and I hold my hand out and use my magic to bring it out. Well, at least it still works, so far.
Mark walks down when Luna and gives me a weird look. “You okay?”
“Umm, I think I teleported. I was walking towards the stairs from Luna’s room, next thing I know, I was in the deep end of the water.”
He gives me a funny look and sets down Luna’s diaper bag. “Hmm.” He gets into the pool with her and drags some floaties and toys closer. “Try it again.” I close my eyes and think about my shower in my bedroom, open them, and there I am. I wonder if I can go anywhere… I think about Collins’ office at the academy and land on his desk with an ‘oomph’.
“Fuck, I guess I need to be more specific.” I look up to Collins who is gaping at me.
“Did you just fucking teleport?” He asks while he relaxes back in his chair.
I nod. “Looks like it. Just figured it out.” I give him a kiss and stand up. “Sorry about your desk. I’m going to try it a few more times.” He waves me off and picks up all of the wet papers, says a few words and the water evaporates.
“Good as new.” I close my eyes and think about our magic shop, upstairs just in case. I open my eyes and I’m standing in the middle of the room. Holy shit. One last time, to try a distance, I think about my island. Sure enough, I land a few feet from the water and sit down for a few minutes, wondering if I can take other people with me. I should try it with Mark first… or Troy when he’s pissing me off, just in case. Fucking. Awesome.
I land back in the pool house, out of the water this time, and see Gerard talking to Mark when I open my eyes. “Ms. Strom, did you happen to go to the island about ten minutes ago?” I smile and jump on him for a hug.
“Sure did! I can teleport!” He gives me a nod and slowly removes my arms from him.
“Very well, I was worried since I felt the wards.” He turns and walks out. I look over to Mark and jump in the pool and swim to him.
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sp; “I did it! I went to my bathroom here, Collins’ office, the magic shop, then to the island!”
He chuckles at me, “Nice baby.”
“You should see if you can, too! Just close your eyes and think about where you want to go!” He moves away from Luna and pushes her to me. He gives it a try and disappears, reappearing over the deep end and plunging in.
“Fucking hell!” He swims back over to me and gives us both a kiss. “This will come in handy. I wonder if this is a demigod power, or something to do with our bond. We should have the others try when they get home.” I nod and we relax in the pool until lunch time.
We try the teleporting with Graham, Troy, and Ross after dinner, and they’re only able to move about twenty feet at a time so far, no matter what location they think of, so it should be the same for the others. Maybe with more time they can jump further away? I need to figure out a way to talk to my parents and ask about all of this shit. Do we have a soul bond? What sort of bond happened when I bonded to them when my powers unlocked? Will they be immortal with me? I’ve tried astral projecting or teleporting to the Heavenly realm, but I can’t make it there, for some reason. I know that my father said something about anchor points. I’ll ask Collins to help me check the library.
We spend the rest of the week at the magic shop, helping Graham study for his exams for this weekend, and practicing our new teleportation powers. So far, it’s just Mark and me that can teleport at any distance, while the others are now making it to at least the backyard. On Friday night, when Collins and Nolan stroll in, we spend the night watching movies and eating snacks to celebrate the end of year two, well, after we take our exams tomorrow.
