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Steven heard his lover's confession.
Dare took a deep breath. "Steven?"
"I'm here." The wolf shifter rushed to his mate's
side, took his hand, and placed a soft kiss on Dare's
forehead. "Anthony will do everything he can to help with
your eyes." Steven's glare at Anthony said more than any
words could.
Before Anthony could answer a loud crackling
filled the air. A bolt of lightning hit the floor leaving a burn
mark on the carpet and Zeus in its place.
Anthony's heart slammed against his chest when he
saw his grandfather held a baby tucked in one arm.
"Anthony, your father's been kidnapped."
The baby gave a squeal. Zeus ignored it. "I have a
proposition for you, grandson. You know as a god I can't
directly interfere with the fae king. I suspect the king only
has your father as a way to trap you in the land of the fae.
Gallien doesn't have your strength. He has too much fae
blood in him to stand up against King Linnel for long. I
need you to go in and get him. In return for this, I will give
you your child."
Anthony didn't let his expression convey the joy he
felt at the thought of keeping the child himself. He'd
purposely tried to put the idea of his child living with Zeus
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out of his mind. Inside, he was doing back flips. On the
outside he kept his face expressionless. Lesson one he'd
learned at his grandfather's knees. Never let a god know
they have the upper hand.
"Can't handle a baby, huh?"
Zeus frowned at him. "They are a bit more work
than I remember."
As Anthony didn't think the god had raised any of
his own children, he wasn't the least surprised. Honesty
forced him to confess. "You know I would go save my
father anyway."
Zeus nodded. "But I can't ask for something without
offering something in return."
"Is that in the god handbook?" Anthony asked.
"Yes, as you will know one day."
Silver wrapped an arm around Anthony. "What do
you mean?"
Zeus smiled at Anthony sending a cold chill through
his body. "I put a wolf god in your body. You didn't think
you lost all abilities when I took him out, did you? You are
still too young to handle all of your powers, Anthony. I've
blocked most of your stronger abilities until you are a few
hundred years old."
"Striking people with lightning isn't a major
ability?" Steven's voice shook as he dared to address the
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god.
"Child's play is what it really is. Anthony is like a
baby god learning what to do with his abilities. When he's
ready, I will give him more. After all, he's the one who will
inherit all of my abilities if anything were to happen to
me."
"What!" Anthony blurted out.
Zeus pinned him with lightning-filled eyes. "Surely
you can't be surprised, grandson. You knew you were my
favorite. It's why you have the wolf mark on your cheek. It
marks you as my heir. Don't panic. It will be many more
years before I am ready to pass on my abilities. For now, I
need you to rescue your father and I am willing to trade my
son for yours. Let me introduce you to Trin Carrow."
Anthony's hands shook as he accepted the baby
from his grandfather.
"Hey there, Trin," he cooed to the baby.
"You want to tell me when you fucked a woman,"
Silver's angry tone cut through Anthony's joy as he cradled
the stunning baby who had eyes surprisingly like his
mate's.
Zeus stepped in before Anthony could say anything.
"Anthony agreed to let me take his essence as payment for
removing the wolf from his body. He never touched a
woman."
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"Who's the mother?" Anthony asked, stroking the
baby's brilliant red-gold hair.
"A siren who owed me a favor. Don't worry about
her coming for the baby. Sirens have little interest in
motherhood. As you can see, I mixed in a little of your
mate's essence also."
Anthony raised an eyebrow at the god. "What
happened to 'I won't take your seed without permission'?"
"Your seed. I said nothing about your mate's."
"That's my child?" The awe in Silver's voice had
Anthony turning to see the look of pure joy in his mate's
eyes. Before he could say anything more Silver snatched
the baby from his arms and proceeded to make goo-goo
noises at it.
"With a siren mother does he need to be in water
often?"
Zeus shook his head. "He likes it but he has enough
mixture of you and Silver to not need water. I did make
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