Chapter 73: *“We have to find her…“*
Stephanie looked at Sebastian with a whole host of emotions running through her. She could not blame her mate for sleeping with the she–wolf during the Blood Moon event. It was before her mate had met her, and he was already over a century old by that time. The event was to blame for a lot of unplanned pregnancies, of both the mated and unmated supernatural beings.
What she felt towards what happened was heartbreak on behalf of her mate. Even though the child was unplanned, it had still been a precious life created in part by her mate. It didn’t help that when they located the she–wolf. They had found that she had been married at the time of their Moon forced interlude.
The female’s married status had made Sebastian feel guilty, even if the female hadn’t been married to her fated mate. If the female had been married to her fated mate, Stephanie would at least feel that Sebastian’s guilt over the forced interlude was valid. That female had been where she was that day because she had intended to find someone for a liaison in the first place. Therefore, her mate’s guilt over the encounter was misplaced.
Stephanie also felt anger at the anguish the female had caused her mate over the lie that his child with her died. As well as outrage over the female using the death of another infant to disguise her lie. At the same time, there was a spark of hope and excitement at the thought of the child still being alive.
“We have to find her…” Stephanie said the thought aloud in a faint voice. Her eyes snapped back to focus on her mates, in a firm voice she repeated what she said. “We have to find her.”
King Sebastian smiled down at his mate. It was not the first time Sebastian felt so grateful, that she was the mate the Gods and Goddesses of the world had blessed him with. Cupping her face in his hands, he kissed Stephanie deeply. “I love you so much my dear Annie. More than anything.”
Stephanie smiled up at Sebastian, feeling a little giggly and a whole lot tingly from the kiss. “I love you too, more than anything.” She stepped back and dropped her arms. “Now. Let’s get started on finding your daughter.”
Sebastian nodded, then turned back to his desk, but stopped and looked down at it with a grimace. “Well, this is an awful mess.” Looking up at his mate, he gave her a pleading expression. “My dear, can I beg your help with this?”
Stephanie looked at her mate with pursed lips, her eyes dancing with amusement. Moving past him she looked down at the mess, noticing that one of the documents that was damaged was a very important one. Her brows raised and eyes wide, she said. “Oh, well that is indeed a mess.”
Opening several of the desk drawers, Stephanie pulled out a purple glass bottle of ink remover, a small polished black granite ink bottle, and several sheets of blank parchment. What she was doing was technically a combination of magic and alchemy. Although some would say it was strictly alchemy and not magic craft. In Stephanie’s opinion, what she was doing was more magic craft than alchemy.
The items were to help her with her spell, while following the law of equivalent exchange. It just made the spells she was going to do easier to perform. Instead of purely manufacturing the ingredients needed to complete her task, she was going to use the ingredients that were already present. Manufacturing the ingredients from nothing would use up more energy than was necessary. Energy conservation and storage was one of the first skill sets taught to arcane warriors.
After retrieving the items, she placed them on the desk, standing back she raised her hands and snapped her fingers. A quick flash of light and the mess was gone. The original documents were fixed and there was now a duplicate set just in case. With a satisfied smile, Stephanie returned the bottles of ink and ink remover to their proper drawers. Then she squeaked as her mate grabbed her in a fierce hug of gratitude.
“I don’t ever want to find out what I would do without you.” Sebastian said before loudly kissing her cheek.
Stephanie giggled while saying, “Okay, okay. Your gratitude is noted. Now put me down.”
Instead of putting her down, her ever responsible minded mate held onto her and asked plaintively. “Do I have too?”
Stephanie giggled again, before sobering and reaching a hand up to pat one of his arms. “Yes Bash, my darling. Especially because we need to find our not so deceased eldest child.”
It warmed Sebastian’s heart to hear Stephanie call his missing child theirs. “You’ll help me?” he asked her.
Stephanie smacked him on one of his biceps. “Of course!” Then she wiggled. “Can you set me down now?”
Sebastian laughed and gently put her down, but still held her loosely in his arms. Taking a
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I'm really enjoying the story but the overuse of "my mate" starts to get old. Also, I understand that it isn't a final edited copy but lot of grammatical and spelling errors that I'm coming across on all the chapters. Is there someone editing this? Is there a way to remove the update references?...