Julien sat and stared at the dancing flames as he sipped the whiskey Luke had served him.
Suddenly, he felt the newly familiar pull of his magic brimming to the surface. Not knowing what else to do, Julien risked it and gave in. Letting the cooling swirls of his water magic skate through his veins and around his mind.
Then, it was no longer the flames in the hearth that Julien was seeing, but a much different scene began to unfold in his mind.
“There you are baby, here let me finish those you go outside and play with Jamie and the kids,” he said as his arms snaked around Charlie. His hands carefully slid under her swollen, pregnant belly and gently lifted, relieving some of the pressure the weight of the twins she was carrying from her body. She was only 5 months along but with it bei
