My Protector (Bewitched and Bewildered, #2)

by Alanea Alder

Meryn bounced out of her seat and jumped up and down trying to kiss his face. Laughing, Aiden picked her up. "Why do you hop around like that, you know you can't reach?" "But I can reach; I just need your help." She peppered his face with kisses.

Aiden groaned, his badass image tarnished. Meryn laughed and nuzzled her nose against his. "My teddy bear."

Gavriel shook his head and turned to Elizabeth. "Try not to take over the world while we poor grunts are training." She flipped her hair off her shoulder. "We make no promises."

Aiden turned to them. "Is that true?" Meryn looked up at Aiden, "I'm sorry all I heard was 'blah, blah, blah, I'm an asshole liar, blah, blah, blah'." Aiden ignored his mate and looked at Elizabeth.

She looked up at her mate. "I don't want him here. Can we throw him back and get another one?"

I wanted to get measurements anyway to see how many feet of cable we'll need to set up servers. Come on, Hulk on Wheels!" Meryn plopped down on Jaxon's lap to his astonishment. "Mush!" She pointed to the media room. Elizabeth looked to the ceiling. "Meryn! Do not treat your minion like a sled dog!" She stopped abruptly. Had that just come out of her mouth?

Keep Meryn out of trouble." "That seems to be my new duty in life." She rolled her eyes.

"Have fun. Don't kill any of your trainees at work today, honey," she said and stopped. She had done it again! She had said something outlandish, but in this insane house, it made perfect sense.

I can't wait to meet Meryn 2.0," Meryn said, rubbing her flat stomach. Aiden frowned. "We're having a boy." Meryn frowned back. "No, we're not. We're having a girl and I'm going to teach her all about the Doctor and Star Wars and handguns and grenades." Aiden choked on his scotch. "Like hell! Even if we were to have a wee baby girl, she will be my princess. She'll have pretty pink dresses with lace and dollies!" Meryn blinked. "Dollies? Lace? Pink? No fucking way!" "Then have a boy," Aiden countered.

She left the closet and was about to walk to the library when she heard a 'thunk' sound. She stopped and looked around. The library door opened, and Gavriel walked out with a frown on his face. He had heard it, too. She was about to ask him what the noise was when she heard it again. Thunk Gavriel walked to the door of their suite and opened it. He jumped back with a curse when a small toy car raced inside and skidded to a halt in front of her. She stared down and one name came to mind. "Meryn," she said grinning. The small car raced around her feet. "Hurry up, I'm bored!" Meryn's voice sounded funny coming from the speakers of the small car. "Coming, dear."

Elizabeth could handle Cranky Meryn, Angry Meryn, Spazzing Meryn, even Crazy Meryn, but she could not stand the fear in her friend's eyes.

Aiden shook his head and mumbled. "I don't get her sometimes." Gavriel sat down in the wingback chair next to them and picked up a copy of the Lycaonian Herald, the city's newspaper. "We are not meant to. Only get concerned if they are not smiling," he advised. Aiden brightened. "Sounds good to me." Meryn looked at Elizabeth and rolled her eyes. "Men!"

"You're going to have a jackalope!" Meryn said and collapsed against her mate giggling. Elizabeth felt her jaw drop. "My baby will not be a Jackalope! Meryn, you take that back!"