Chapter 0218
**Josie’s POV **
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It had taken almost a week to fully recover from the psychle attack from Cornellus. I had spent most of that time in bed with Mason. We watched movies and slept a lot for the first few days. On day three Mason felt back to normal, but due to my pregnancy and that I had depleted my energy to fuel the rest of my bonds I’d needed longer.
The rest of my bonds have been navigating the aftermath and keeping the and Mason Informed. We recently learned that Cornelius was confirmed as spark bonded, which adds another layer of betrayal to his entire scheme. When Cornelius died, one of the females captured by Raff‘ team became distraught, screaming in anguish over her loss. Three other males tried to console her in the holding cell, revealing their identities in the process. I chose not to find out what happened to them afterwards, I can’t imagine the depth of her pain in losing one of her bonds, even if he had committed terrible acts. The thought of her dealing with that loss and the separation from her other bonds weighs heavily on my heart. I hope, for her sake, that she found some measure of peace, even if that meant execution. I know that’s the fate I would hope for in her situation.
The best news had been that by some miracle there had been no fatalities in the fight, well, apart from Cornelius. Some humans had suffered minor injuries and there had been more severe injuries on both sides of the fighting Greys, but everyone is expected to make a full recovery.
I’m told the human realm is recovering and that we have a team working to establish a new treaty between our realm and theirs. Freya told me that most of the humans believe we are heroes and are supporting an open door policy for Greys to be welcomed to visit there. There is a small faction that doesn’t trust us after Cornelius‘ actions though, which is understandable. More teens like me have been identified and are being integrated into our society this week.
I’m so glad all this is almost over and we can start to live our lives, although I’m still pissed that I missed the end of the fight and didn’t get to see Cornelius fall. I’m so proud of Theo for being the one to put an end to the rogue’s takeover.
Axel has stayed home with me today as Mason was going a little stir–crazy and wanted to be involved in the investigation into the rogues. After a bath this morning and some TV in bed I decided it was time to get up and do something. We have the gender reveal party planned for two days from now and there is a lot to do. Starting with finding names I like to add to the name buckets.
“How many names have you added to the buckets?” I ask Axel.
“Five, three for a boy and two for a girl. Have you added any yet?” he asks.
“Not yet but I’m about to look. Do you do middle names here? Also, how does the surname work?” I frownL
“What do you mean by middle name?”
“Like two names. For example, I’m Josie Jade Banks,” I explain.
“Oh, yes I have heard of people with two names like that,” he nods. “For the surname, most children carry their biological father’s name, but I guess it is a personal choice and something we should discuss with the others,”
“Okay, let’s just assume it will be Marshall for now,”
“Does the surname affect your choice of first name?” he asks.
“Well yes,
the two names have to go well together. For example, if the surname is going to be Collins then 1 wouldn’t choose a name like Colin because Colin Collins doesn’t sound right,” I explain.
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“Yeah, that makes sense, but if the names don’t fit we can just choose another,” he shrugs and pulls me to sit on his lap on the couch.
I lean back against him and begin to scroll through a list of pames on a baby name website on my phone. I soon give up with a huff and move to online shopping. Axel and spend the next few hours picking out baby clothes and making lists of equipment we will need and by the time the rest of our bond group gets home we have a shopping list that amounts to the price of a decent car in the human realin.
“Order it,” Deacon shrugs, handing me a credit card.
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