She held his hand on her shoulder. Her husband was not standing in front of her to shield her or wasn't standing behind her to get her back, but he was standing beside her. And these were the values she wanted to give to her children. She hoped she would succeed and that the time that she had asked from Brantley would be spent in sculpting her child beautifully.

Suddenly Darius cried… loudly.

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Bianca and Darius

Age 4

Over the last four years, their lives had changed completely. Dawn and Daryn were constantly on their toes. The kids were more than enough to keep them occupied and at the verge of madness. Why? Because they were born with magic and had little control over their emotions.

Neal had married Cara and they now had a two-year-old baby girl, Gina, who was obviously Darius and Bianca's best friend.

Twenty-year old Cole had joined college and was pursuing Bachelors in Chemical Engineering because he was sure that he would take the reins of Wyatt Business, which now included Starfish Refineries. Under David, it was doing pretty well. Cecelia, who was now twenty-four, was his best friend and best cousin and two had struck a chord somewhere. She was into fine arts and she loved it. She had started frequenting Silver Mansion every now and then.

It was not often that Dawn and Daryn were able to sleep together. The reason was ridiculous. The kids created a 'middle'.

In the middle of a night, Bianca held her teddy by the ears, which was almost as tall as her and dragged it to her parents' bedroom. Her red curls were a tangled mess and cheeks matched the color of her hair. She climbed up the bed. "Da-da, I want to sleep here."

"Mhmm…" Daryn picked her up and made her sleep on his side. However, the teddy also had to be adjusted, so he shifted more towards Dawn's side. But Bianca wasn't happy. She climbed over her dad and started pushing herself between mommy and daddy. "What are you doing Bia?" asked Daryn sleepily.

"I am making 'middle'," she said and slid between them easily.

Suddenly Daryn saw his son standing with his teddy and he also climbed over him. "I have to make 'middle'."

Dawn turned to the kids. "Aww, my babies," she said and hugged them both and the three went off to sleep.

As for Daryn, he was found sleeping between teddies and by the time it was morning, Darius had climbed over his dad's chest and was sleeping across it, while Bianca was found curled against him on her father's belly.

As she pulled her hair in a bun, Dawn grinned at them and got out of the bed. Today, Ileus was going to come for something very important. So she went downstairs to tell the chefs on what to prepare.

Daryn had a warm feeling in his chest. As the soft, tender flesh snuggled down against their warm, hard bed, a contented sigh escaped him.

Wait.

Soft and tender?

His eyes flew open. And then a smile came on his lips, as he lay frozen in his place, afraid that if he even stirred a finger, the kids would wake up. Daddy Daryn closed his eyes and slept again, only to wake up at 9AM after mommy Dawn had picked the kids and taken them to the nannies to get ready for the day.

"You really spoil them," Dawn complained when they were having a late breakfast.

"Hell, I don't!" he protested. This thing was he knew that he was way over-spoiling them, but what else could he do? The kids were hardly demanding.

"Two days back, you bought a drone for Daruis! A drone, Daryn, a drone!" Dawn glared at him. "Just because he wanted to fly something like Quetz and that too with control in his hands!"

"That was the next best thing," Daryn said matter-of-factly. "Quetz wouldn't want him to hold his ears and turn around. I am scared when I see you flying with them on Quetz. It's pretty frightening. I think the drone is going to keep him busy for a long time."

"Darius is only four! He doesn't know alphabets. How do you expect him to know about drones?" This man often shocked her with his stupid theories.

Knowing that this was a never-ending argument, one that he could never win from her, Daryn quietly ate his buttered toast and sipped orange juice. He was well aware of Darius and Bianca's abilities. He had taken them to the south garden when Dawn had gone to the office for urgent work and taught them how to fly it. The best part was that they learnt it within an hour. So Daryn was only finding solutions for them and not pampering them – according to him.

After that Darius and Bianca 'operated' upon it to see what made it fly. Secretly, they made a plan on operating Quetz to see what made him fly. Daryn had to buy another drone for the kids. Only a solution.

She shook her head because she knew that Daryn tossed all the logic out of the window when it came to his kids. "Ileus will be coming by evening."

"Do you think it is necessary?" He kept his fork down and looked at her. "To stop them from using magic?" Being a half sorcerer, the kids inherited magic and unlike his mother and father, he didn't stop them from using it. He couldn't.

Dawn crossed her hands across her chest. "Do you know what they did with the nannies or rather what they must be doing with them?" The nannies were werewolves, and loved the kids but they were constantly… let's say… thrown around. "I had chided Darius and he listened to me, but Bianca—that girl is wild!"

Daryn poked his tongue in the cheek.

"So yes, we need the kids to stop using it, and I hope Ileus comes up with a great solution!" Dawn said exasperatedly.

Their conversation was broken when the kids ran down the stairs—Darius chasing Bianca.

"Da-daaa!" Bianca said and hopped in his lap.

Darius also rushed after her and jumped in his father's lap.

"Now what do we have here?" asked Daryn with a frown, trying to look as serious as possible.

"Bia just blasted my teddy!" He launched forward to smack her and she did the same to smack him back. And within seconds the two were flapping their hands on each other.

"Stop it!" Daryn laughed. "Stop it!" His hair, his tie, his suit—everything was tussled. He tried to create distance between them as he held them each in different arms. "How can she blast the teddy Darius?" he asked. "And don't worry I will buy a new one for you."

With brows knitted over his black eyes that looked exactly like his father, the boy said, "I want a bigger one." His cheeks were puffed with anger and the locks of his hair were on his forehead. Daryn looked at his son proudly. The features were strikingly like the Silver clan.

"Then I will blast my teddy too," said Bianca. "You buy a biiiiig one for me also." She started giggling.

"No!" Darius shouted.

"Yes!"

"No!"

Dawn put her hands up in the air. "Jesus!"

Daryn rose to his feet and walked out with his kids in his arms. He sent a thank you prayer to Skadi as he saw his cute bundles. He left for the office after they made him promise that he would take them to his office soon.

Ileus arrived in the evening and found the kids building mud castles. He joined them.