Of all of his wives, Kass was the last one he expected to have a child with first. He’d considered all of the possibilities and even talked about it with all of them. Nyxara made the most sense because she was older and this would produce an heir to the Rask throne. She purposefully took his last name so that when she took over, it would be her family that took it and her choices would impact the lives of the vampires in the future. Had she kept Atwood as her last name, or even added Rask-Atwood, she felt she was giving some form of her throne away.
Then there was Sophie and Amanda. Sophie was mature well beyond her years and he knew Amanda wanted to wait, even with most of her race being destroyed. That wasn’t to say he didn’t picture Kass being a great mother, she was just usually the one who goofed off the most, used to slack off in school really badly and never really seemed the type to want to settle down at 19 or 20 with a kid.
"We don’t need you to hit a milestone to have a child Kass. If you want one, we can have one." Tyler kissed her.
"You’re so sweet. I want to set that as a personal goal, that’s why I mentioned it. I want to be strong enough to protect our child from everything and if we’re both SSS and I get one of those really cool aura things like you, Sophie, Nyx and Zinnia have, I’ll be that much better of a parent. Plus I also want to get to the bottom of this whole Zinnia thing. I still don’t understand why she let Lily live. That doesn’t make any sense. Now she admitted through Vivian’s charm that her intentions were to never hurt any of us or give us to the Necrams," Kass let out a deep sigh.
"I don’t understand her motives either but I know one thing is certain...Bahamut and Asura wouldn’t have handed her those blessings if they didn’t see her as a suitable future wife. I need to get her one of those bracelets you all wear, hold on I’ll be right back." Tyler smiled while kissing Kass on the forehead.
He quickly got dressed, headed to the same jewelry store and bought the same bracelet the rest of the girls had but this time bought a garnet gemstone. For some reason, of all the remaining colors, this one seemed to remind him of her the most. IT was also the same gemstone used in his staff, so if anyone could help him reach level 10, it was the badass demon who just went beyond limitless.
Tyler returned and saw Kass was sleeping peacefully in his bed. He walked out to the living room where Zinnia and Nyxara were sitting alone talking. He gave Zinnia the bracelet and she accepted and gave him a big kiss. She put it on right away and frowned.
"I can’t wear this Tyler, they will know." She said while taking it off. "What if I kept it here and wore it when I’m with you? Is that ok?"
"Yes, of course it is! I’m sorry Zinny, I almost put you in danger just by being a dumbass," Tyler admitted while giving her a hug.
"I would have stopped you from doing something really dumb your majesty," Nyxara giggled. "Seriously though, I would."
"I know you would! We’re supposed to balance each other out, right?" Tyler laughed.
Zinnia noticed the genuine love Tyler had for the other girls and she started to desperately crave it. It was real, authentic and something she’d never received in her life. Now she was getting it from someone she was supposed to be handing over to the enemies. It didn’t sit well in her stomach but she knew she was doing the right thing. If she pulled out now, they’d lose their inside tract up to the top. If she was somehow able to pull of getting promoted to a maroon mask, she would have everything she needed to find out more.
"Tyler, tomorrow when you and your wives attack Vexa I need you to ensure you kill the maroon mask when he shows up. You can do that, right?" Zinnia asked with a large smile.
"Hell yeah we will!" Nyxara said excitedly. "There’s no way that fucker stands a chance against us."
Tyler chuckled. "I love your confidence Nyxara but we have to be smart about it too. I’m sure he’s loaded with Necram power and we have no information on him. We’ll go in ready for a fight, but if we have to bail or it puts Zinnia at risk, then it’s really not a good idea to be overconfident."
’He’s so...perfect. What the fuck? This blessing must really be taking over my emotions or something,’ Zinnia thought, getting turned on by Tyler’s presence and the way he carried himself.
"You’re right. You could always just have Leviathan swallow everything or Alexandria rain down hell," Nyx grinned. "Or have Gaia cause a massive sinkhole, Ash burn it all down... want me to keep going?"
Tyler grinned. "I get it. We need to get my staff to level 10, though. If we don’t do that, I can’t summon Bahamut and Asura. That’s going to be a sight to behold."
"No kidding. Anyway, I have to get back. Be safe tomorrow and message me on our systems when you’re done. Later babe," Zinnia said while walking toward Tyler and kissing him.
"I’ll miss you and I hope I see you tomorrow. It’d be nice if you got the maroon mask so you had more freedom to be out and about. They can’t track you if you don’t have a specific hideout. Just don’t expose yourself, not even to Zed and Dak. They have to fear you and respect you as their leader." Tyler said with a kind smile.
"What if they attack me?" Zinnia frowned.
"Then you kill them." Nyxara said sternly. "I love my cousin and Dak, trust me I do, but if it comes down to blowing your cover or saving those two, you fucking kill them Zinnia. That’s a direct order from the future Queen of the vampires."
"And the future King endorses her message. It’s your life of theirs Zinnia, don’t hold back. They’d be foolish to try fighting you anyway. If I had a guess, I’d say your stats are probably outrageously overpowered with the limitless system," Tyler smirked.
"So I answer to a vampire King and Queen now? Since when?" Zinnia playfully teased.
"Since the moment you joined our family," Nyxara smiled, standing up and giving her a hug.
"You’ll eventually be a vampire noblewoman yourself, so I suggest you start working on your people skills before it’s too late,’ Nyxara said with a large grin before disappearing.
"Guess that just leaves you and me," Tyler grinned.
"As much as I would love you for you to fuck me silly right now, I have to go babe. Promise me you’ll always be there for me?"
"I promise," Tyler said while giving her one last kiss before she teleported away.
He returned to bed and Kass woke up.
"Everything ok babe?" she asked while rubbing her eyes.
"Yeah, I think so," Tyler said with a smile.
The two drifted off to sleep.
*******
Zinnia returned to her hideout and sat in her desk chair. She opened up her laptop and saw a message from Dak on her phone.
"Everything is going smoothly. Thanks again!"
She leaned back in her chair and felt a sense of relief. She took her mask off and noticed someone was opening her entrance. She got in position to strike, but stopped.
"Hello Zinnia, I think it’s time we had a little talk about things," the maroon mask known as agent 4 said calmly. "What is your real objective? It certainly doesn’t seem to be handing over Tyler to the Necrams."