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Did he hear her right? Did
she just say that she loved him? Maybe she was
dreaming but
she had said his name. In the five plus years that they had known
each
other, neither one
had said those three words. They both knew how they felt towards
each other
and had
thought that actions spoke louder than words. And it was just
unnerving that
somebody
would admit that they loved him after knowing everything he had
done, like
she did.
"My tenshi, why did you
say that?" he whispered down to her. "Do you have
any idea
what that does to me? This is not the right time to say that.
But since you
have started, I
feel compelled to comply. Tenshi, I..."
A knock on the door interrupted
him. Anubis let out a sigh of frustration
(or relief) as he
slowly lifted her arm away from his waist. He picked up his robe
and put it
on, heading
for the door. There had better be a good explanation for this
interruption,
he thought.
He opened the door and found
Cale's turned back. By the slump of his
shoulders, he was
in deep thought which caught Anubis' attention. There wasn't
much deep
thinking going
on in the castle. The only person that did that with regularity
was fast
asleep and only
when her children were involved.
"This better be good,"
Anubis said with as less threat in his voice as he
could muster. He
stood there at the door, arms crossed in front of him.
"I think it is," Cale said. He went in without permission.
Anubis closed the door behind
him and watched him cross the room. He saw him
glance
at the bed and quickly turned his way.
"I hope I didn't interrupt
anything." Cale turned back to the bed and found
the form there
asleep.
"No Cale, you didn't interrupt
anything. Now, what did you come here for?
Somehow I
doubt that you just wanted to catch me on the act."
"It's about the boys." That caught Anubis' attention.
"What about them?" the Warlord defensively said.
"I think the Ronins are getting to them already."
"And what brought this on?" He walked closer to the other Warlord.
"They wanted to know why
they had to fight them. Torrent wouldn't fight back
against
Kieran and it got him a little confused."
"What did you tell them?"
"I said that the Ronins
are trying to stop their Sofu from going to the
Mortal World for a
visit like their Mama."
"Sofu? Grandfather? Who's their Grandfather?"
"From how they acted, I'd say Master Talpa."
"What?"
"I take it you didn't know
about that either. Good. I thought I was the
only one."
"They have never mentioned
that to us. What is going on here? Who told them
to call
him Sofu?"
"Who's calling who Sofu?"
Mia's sleepy voice said from the bed. Both men
turned and
found her yawning and pulling the blanket around her.
"Nothing, go back to sleep."
That seemed to only fuel her curiosity even
more.
"We are not doing that."
She moved to get up but Anubis was next to her
already and
pushed her back.
"My dear, I will explain everything later but not right now."
"And why not?"
"Because it'll only upset you more then you'll go hunting again."
"But...?"
"No buts. Although I enjoyed
seeing the shock in Dais' eyes, I don't want
you half naked
going down the halls looking for him."
"Then I'll put on clothes."
"No you will not!"
Mia stopped as she heard the first command he had ever
told her.
"You will stay in here until I come back so I can tell you
what I know." He
turned for the
door. "Come on Cale. The faster we get them, the faster
we'll get back."
"Where are you going?"
"I'll be right back, then
I'll explain everything," he said as both he and
Cale disappeared
behind the door.
Mia stared after them. She
didn't know what to make of it. He had never
commanded
her to do anything before, even when they were enemies. Yet,
there was
concern behind
it and she just knew that their children were involved in it.