Chapter Three Hundred and Forty Four

Celeste’s POV

I nurture my grandsons for days, cradling them in my palms for as long as I have the time.

I speak to them, read to them, ensure they are warm and happy.

Who knew one child would bless me with more than one grandchild?

Theseus hasn’t been home for me to reveal the truth, to tell him of their existence but I’m presuming he already knows, that’s Lilith has revealed her pregnancy by now.

It’s only but a few short weeks until they should be born, four… maybe five at the most.

And I’m aiming to spend as much time as possible with them until they leave.

It’s getting lonely up here without Theseus, lonely, boring and cold of a night.

I had never spent so much time without him, never slept in my bed alone.

And I had never envisioned he’d leave.

Not that he’s left because he’s left me but rather because he chose Lilith over me.

I’ve never had to fight for his attention before but it’s starting to feel as if I might have to.

He’s spending so much time on a realm we are deemed not