Part 2

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Werewolf Lore & Mates  |   Supernatural Creatures

Characters
Maya Wright

Colton Evers

Teddy Tahir

Gemini

Wren

 Other Characters 

Porter & Rowena

Drakanos (centaur)

Mummersend Market salesmen

Grecian triplets

Gnome receptionist & Nurse Marty

Dr. Pointdexter

Rogues from the Samara Pack

Ophelia (witch)

Ch 1 - COLTON
Colton fights off five guards and sees Porter and Rowena fight off three guards as well as Tefirna's magical attacks. He looks for Maya worried that she's hurt and tries to mind link with her without luck. He continues to fight until he sees her in the corner where he left her. Then, he notices a blast of magical energy take out Porter and Rowena, which shakes the ground so hard that he falls over. This gives the guards attacking him an advantage to jump on him and use their silver chains to pin him to the ground. He then sees Tefirna start toward Maya; he tries to mind link her to run away. But, the guards are starting to wear him down and he watches as Maya starts to glow until a bright flash of light with a surge of energy fills the room and zaps through him. The guards are knocked off him and when he tries to look for Maya, he finds Tefirna dead on the ground. He calls out to Maya and finds her laying down on the ground, the water barriers disappears, and the final round of guards attacks him. He feels recharged after the blast and manages to take them all out. He shifts back to human form and runs to Maya. He asks if she's okay and how she was able to reproduce the bright light effect from the compound. She tells him she doesn't know and he tells her that it killed Tefirna. Rowena has regained consciousness and heads towards them. He's afraid that she might be angry at them for killing her mother while Maya tries to explain that it had to be done. However, she thanks them, stating that Tefirna was never a mother and more like a captor who tried to control her. Maya asks what they are supposed to do now and Colton states they should be able to relax for once. But, Rowena tells them that's not possible because the supernaturals will feel the void of Tefirna and those who want more power will start to come and seek it. That Tefirna had a lot of enemies and those enemies will smell the blood in the water and come hunting.

Ch 2 - TEDDY
Teddy's short and unadventurous life flashes before his eyes while Wren straddles him, prepared to stab him. He tries to beg her not to kill him because they were friends and tries to ask for a compromise. He promises to help her get a new start, but she refuses to listen to him. She tells him that he has to die as payback for ruining her power and purpose. That him and Maya ruined everything and they both will be punished. She laughs and raises the knife; Teddy believes that it's the end for him when he realizes that she has stopped her attack because Gemini has 'inhabited' Wren. When Gemini leaves Wren's body, she jabs her knee into Teddy's testicles before smothering him with her weight. He asks Gemini, now in her own body, to help him get Wren off. When she does, Teddy stays on the ground trying to catch his breath, but she yells at him to move. When he complies, she tells him that they now have to talk about payment.

Ch 3 - MAYA
Maya is angry that even though they finally defeated Tefirna, they now have to deal with other villains. Porter tries to defend Rowena, which sends Maya's hormones into higher gear, and she accidentally blasts him with her mysterious power. Rowena goes to check on Porter while Colton gets excited with her new ability. Maya is stunned that she had done something to Porter and realizes that the power is coming from the baby - that it's protecting them without caring who it perceives as a threat. Colton gets even more excited and wonders what other powers his child may have. He pretends to be aggressive towards Maya and when nothing happens, he gloats that he knew he would 'pass' and that the baby has his instincts. He goes on to claim that the baby forcefield gives him some relief that he no longer has to worry about guys getting too close to Maya. However, Maya is internally freaking out about not having control over her body and what this could possibly mean. She tells Colton that it's her body and choice to go find professional help because not being able to control the force inside her could be potentially dangerous. She asks Rowena if she can help. Rowena tells her that pilgrims used to come and ask Tefirna about many things, and one that she remembered was a supernatural doctor. Colton is suspicious that Rowena, as a witch and Tefirna's daughter, may be leading them into a trap. Rowena insists that she could have killed them if she wanted to and Maya thinks that she will temporarily give up her search for Wren for the sake of her child. She tells Rowena she wants to find the doctor, and Rowena corrects that it's actually a supernatural OBGYN.

Ch 4 - TEDDY
Teddy wonders what kind of payment Gemini could want, hoping that she will ask for cash and not a body part. He tells her that she never disclosed that her services would come at a cost nor did he have a chance to haggle, and really, he never asked for her help in the first place. She tells him he owes her for saving his life and for taking her score. He tells her that he thought they were friends, but she clarifies they are not. She tells him that Cerberus was supposed to be her kill and he stole it from her. He insists that she take the prize if she wants it, but she states that's not how it works. He insists that he doesn't know how to harvest souls, so she can take the demon dog and the sacrifices it had taken over the years. She gets upset that he's not listening, and slaps him. He tries to give her a hug as a thank you as a last resort, but she pushes him away. She tells him that she agreed to this mission only because she was supposed to get something out of it. She explains that she's a succubus, or a sleep demon, that gets her powers from entering dreams. Cerberus' dreams would have given her a power boost and he is now indebted to her by needing to obtain three supernatural souls to replace the ones he took from her. He wonders how he's supposed to help her gain three souls when he just learned about his jinn powers. They suddenly hear a noise and realize that they don't want to be caught by cult members who have yet to discover the dead demon dog and a knocked out High Priestess. Teddy tells her that she doesn't want cult member souls and that they should escape with Wren. Gemini suggests she take Wren's soul instead, but Teddy refuses. He carries Wren and leads Gemini to someplace that she's not going to like the smell of.

Ch 5 - COLTON
Colton does not believe that Rowena actually knows such a doctor but Maya doesn't listen to him. Rowena tells them that they should go to Jackson Hole to ask around for Dr. Silver Delia. Maya wonders if this doctor has enemies and asking around will throw the doctor's whereabout off. Rowena tells them that it's the only option, and to look for an insignia of a baby wolf in blue circle, which is her sign. Colton is skeptical and wonders why she has a sigil but Rowena explains that it's just a sign noting her establishment. Maya breaks up their argument and tells them that Jackson is a couple of hours running in their wolf forms. However, Rowena tells them that Porter and her are not coming with. Colton gets suspicious again that they are not accompanying them, and this time Porter steps up to state they are tired of his second guessing. He goes on to explain that they held up their end of the bargain and have gone above and beyond in helping them. That they are newlyweds and are returning to the Cobalt Pack as he will be stepping in to lead the pack. Maya and Colton realize this is all true and Rowena casts a protective spell on the falls as they leave. However, Colton notices that she sneaks something into her satchel, but doesn't confront her about it. They shift and start off towards Craters of the Moon to drop off Porter and Rowena before continuing on to Jackson. During their run, Maya and Colton mind link about seeing the doctor - which Colton has a bad feeling about. He insists that they should go back to Oregon to ask Big Mac and Mrs. Smith their advice, but she insists they weren't able to help them before. She further clarifies that the Redwood Pack is not her pack, that she's a Rogue who doesn't belong there, and shuts the mind link between them. This makes Colton determined to take her back to Oregon.

Ch 6 - TEDDY
Teddy continues to lead Gemini while carrying Wren through the tunnels to a place he knows that cult members wouldn't willingly travel to. They get to the part of the place that smells disgusting - the cult's sewer system. Gemini looks at the place and refuses to continue through, but Teddy insists that they have to wade through a couple hundred feet of the death water to get to freedom. Gemini argues that skin absorbs things and that they can find another way. Teddy reasons that the massive amount of cult members who will be after them once they find out that Cerberus is dead and their High Priestess is missing will make this passageway the most direct way of getting out of the catacombs. They finally get into the water and gag while trying to wade through until they find the exit. Gemini runs towards a river and they dive in to cleanse themselves. Teddy tries to bring some water to Wren, who they left on the shore, but is unsuccessful. Gemini slaps Wren awake and immediately have to wrestle her to the ground. Gemini rips pieces of her shirt to tie Wren's hands and suggests they hypnotize her to undo the cult brainwashing.

Ch 7 - MAYA
Maya is trying to run faster to keep away from Colton, but she's still weak and tired from her previous blasting at Tefirna's. He catches up with her and mind links to warn her that they will do things her way until things go bad, which he will then take her back to Oregon. She ignores him and sets her mind on finding the doctor. She watches Porter and Rowena running ahead of her and feels envious that their relationship seems so easy. She feels the baby move and realizes that her current life of always being on the run is not the sort of environment to raise a newborn. She thinks about Colton and starts to get mad that she has started to have feelings for him while unsure of their relationship in the future. She wonders if their connection is just the mate bond or something else, and if it is love, then why was it so hard. They shift back once they reach Craters of the Moon and say farewell to Rowena and Porter. They shift back and head towards a motel and she wonders how she could ever spend the rest of her life with him or if there was a way to leave him forever.

Ch 8 - GEMINI
Teddy taunts Gemini to enter Wren's mind. She watches as Wren screams, bites at her restraints, and spits at Teddy. She grabs a rock but Teddy prevents her from knocking her out with it. He tries to reason that it would be easier to infiltrate Wren's dreams if she was lucid, which Gemini agrees with. She asks Teddy why they don't just leave her behind, but he refuses. She asks him why he's so loyal to her, and he explains that she was his first real friend since he was kicked out of the Arrowood Pack. Gemini tells him that she needs to know more about Wren so that she can safely enter her mind because the last time she did it was through force which has put her in her current state. Teddy starts rambling random facts about Wren, which manages to put her to sleep. Gemini uses this opportunity to enter her mind. She tries to find the cult section where she finds a memory of an old woman offering Wren a drink and repeating cult ethos to brainwash her. Gemini shoots a beam of smoke at the images to try to dispel the memory. While she is working, she hears a disturbance coming from the earthly plane and realizes that there is something wrong.

Ch 9 - COLTON
Colton watches Rowena and Porter leave them and notices the item that Rowena had taken from Tefirna's. He decides not to say anything and ends up comparing their relationship to his and Maya's. He decides that in the end, as long as Maya has his back, it was enough. Just as long as she doesn't come at him - unless it's in bed. They shift and head to the motel, reaching Jackson Hole by dark. They shift back and get dressed before heading into town. Maya tells him that she's tired and wants to get some sleep before they start looking for the doctor. They get to the motel, who only has one room with a king bed available. Colton is excited to share a bed with Maya, but tries not to show it. In the room he wants to talk things out with Maya, but pretends to rest on the bed while Maya sits far away from him. He tries to start up their conversation but they end up arguing about him leaving her after he finds out she is pregnant. Maya gets upset and tries to tune Colton out by turning on the TV, which makes him want to annoy her into talking to him. He asks if she has forgiven him for leaving her but she tells him she doesn't know; and asks if he would forgive her if their roles were reversed.

Ch 10 - MAYA
Colton thinks about Maya's question and tells her that if their roles were reversed he probably wouldn't ever forgive her. She tells him this is exactly the issue and he thinks it over. Maya starts panicking that they are about to have an intimate conversation and she would rather avoid it right now. She tells him that she will try to forgive him but for now she's angry and doesn't want to talk about it anymore. Colton agrees and asks her what she wants to do. She tells him she just has too much angry energy and he suggests she hit him. She hits him in the face, then in the gut, which gets him laughing and taunting her to continue. When she tries to punch him again, he grabs her fist, and pins her against the wall. However, she kicks him and tries to take him down by the neck, but he manages to toss her on the bed. She fights him off of her and gets into a fighting stance insisting they fight. They start to physically fight, Maya jumping on his back and swiping claws at Colton's face. He retaliates with two kicks to her left shin and holding her in a half nelson facedown. They both get up laughing and Maya pounces on Colton, knocking him onto the bed and cracking the frame. They start to get intimate, dirty talking and being rough, with Maya taking the lead. When Colton takes the lead in their lovemaking, Maya realizes he's being gentle and sweet. She's about to climax when Gemini pops into her mind. Gemini tells her she has a message about Wren needing her.

Ch 11 - COLTON
Colton is confused about what is happening to Maya in the middle of their lovemaking. She tells him about Gemini visiting her and stating that Wren needs her. Colton gets upset that Gemini has reminded Maya about Wren and that Maya has decided to follow Gemini's message to go to Wren. Colton tries to reason they can't go back to the cult compound, but Maya tells him that Wren and Teddy are with Gemini at a river. He tries to explain that Wren doesn't care about her and might end up harming her. They start arguing with Maya stating that she doesn't want to abandon Wren and Colton giving the ultimatum of Wren or the baby. He watches her think it over and decides to see if she will accept a compromise. He asks if Gemini, Teddy, and Wren can travel to meet them in Jackson instead of them backtracking. Before she can answer, she doubles over in pain, and Colton panics that they need to find the doctor immediately.

Ch 12 - TEDDY
Teddy watches Gemini turn into vapor and go into Wren's ear. Suddenly, Wren opens her eyes and begins speaking in tongues. Teddy yells that he can't understand her but she continues to speak gibberish until she gets up and starts making random movements. Teddy starts yelling for Gemini's help as he tries to redirect Wren from running into trees. Gemini speaks through Wren that she might have it until Wren slams into a tree, and Gemini's vapor comes out of Wren's ear. She tells Teddy that there's a blockage with one of Wren's memories the day Maya was kicked out of the pack, and they need Maya to help fix Wren. Teddy tries to restrain Wren again while Gemini settles to get into Maya's head. He then goes to scout the area and thinks about how he discovered he is a jinn - how he is afraid of his family finding out and ashamed if they already knew that he was different. He wanders around in though until he runs into three men by the river. He hides behind a tree and sees that they are all identical, beautiful, and wearing togas. He watches them take in the environment like they are seeing it for the first time and thinks that they are tripping out in the woods from a costume party. He turns to head back to Wren and Gemini when the men shout out to him in a foreign language.

Ch 13 - MAYA
Maya is tired of arguing with Colton about her sister because he will never understand her family dynamics when suddenly she feels pain that keeps intensifying from her stomach. Her vision gets blurry and she finds herself in another place, a dark pit with images of her life. She watches her memories until Gemini appears to assure her she's not dying just passed out from pain. Maya asks what Gemini is doing there and she tells her that she's trying to help Wren. She explains how they escaped the cult den and she tried to un-brainwash Wren. She found a memory that is blocking her and acts like a key, so she needs Maya's assistance to unlock it. Maya tells Gemini to come to her and Colton; that they are in Jackson Hole trying to find a wolf OBGYN because something is wrong with the baby. She tells Gemini to meet them at the Jackson Hole landmark of the antlers and Gemini leaves Maya. Alone in her subconscious, she notices a small child that resembles her and Colton. The toddler calls her Mommy and asks to play. She asks the child who they are but it asks her what she's looking for. She tells it she's looking for her family, but it tells her to stop looking because she's building a family. Maya doesn't want to believe that someone can create their own family but she goes and plays with the baby. It tells her that it's time for her to go and that it's okay if she loves him.

Ch 14 - TEDDY
Teddy is worried that Gemini will get mad at him for running into the triplets and tries to lose them by running away in his wolf form. He runs in the opposite direction for a while and finds that they are still following him. Unable to shake them, he decides to head back to Gemini and finds that Wren is awake. He goes into the river to bathe, thinking his smell must be attracting the triplets, and sits next to Gemini. She scoots away from him to say that he still smells bad but he shifts back to human form and tells her that they need to go because he's being followed. Teddy shifts back to wolf, they put Wren on his back, and Gemini climbs on. He runs until he's exhausted and Wren demands to be taken back to her people at the mountain. Wren and Gemini argue to the point where Wren tries to attack Gemini with her hands bound. Teddy screams at them to break up their fight and informs them that the triplets have caught up to them. Gemini doesn't see them and thinks that Teddy is hallucinating.

Ch 15 - COLTON
Colton panics as he tries to help Maya who has gone unconscious. He puts her on the bed and tries to shake her out of her seizing fits. He plans to throw her in a cold shower to get her to wake up but is afraid she would be mad at him for doing so when she does wake up. He checks her out but is afraid to touch her stomach until it's the only thing he hasn't done. When he places his hands on her belly, she calms down. He then talks to her belly, introducing himself. Maya's skin begins to glow and feel warm, which Colton believes is the baby liking his voice. He continues talking to the baby about Uncle X, that grandfather is dead, and that he's going to try his best to be a father. He lays his head on her stomach and tells it that both Maya and him love it very much until Maya awakens and tells him that he should say nice things to her face and not to her stomach.

Ch 16 - MAYA
Maya watches as Colton jumps away from her, embarrassed that he was caught talking to the baby. She tries to play it off as a joke but is also really embarrassed that she found proof that Colton is actually very caring. He starts rambling about how he was bored and likes the sound of his voice, starts pacing, then tries to switch the subject to her going unconscious and not listening to him. Maya just watches him finish making a fool of himself and tells him that she's ready to find the doctor. She goes to take a shower and they leave. She notices Colton stay quiet during their journey and realizes that he will need to start manning up to his feelings for the sake of their child who will need a father who wasn't afraid of his feelings. She gets lots in her thoughts of how they were going to raise the baby when she decides not to have a deep conversation with him in public. She instead decides to talk about Cali and Xavier and asks what they would do. They start to make fun of Cali and Xavier being over dramatic about everything and make a story about the long triangle with Cali, Xavier, and Greyson until they laugh so much it makes Maya hungry. She suggests they go to a diner close by and sit down at the bar when they realize that they had sat next to Porter and Rowena.

Ch 17 - TEDDY
Wren comes up to Teddy and asks if he's birdwatching, but he continues to insist that there are three men where he's pointing. He describes the triplets as Greek gods complete with the toga attire and notes that they are still coming towards them but not actually getting closer. Gemini comments that they must be figments of his fantasy, which he has to clarify they are not his type, and he notices an expression in Gemini's face that leads him to believe she might not be entirely honest with him. She tells him that they need to start heading to Jackson and reminds him that not only does he owe her three souls, but a fee for the side journey they've taken to save Wren. Wren asks if she can have some water, which angers Gemini, but Teddy promises to lead Wren to a stream and they can continue on their journey in ten minutes. He leads her towards the stream when Wren decides to talk about Gemini. Teddy starts to feel like Wren is back to herself like when they used to have a good time together until she asks him to untie her. She promises that she's better now and he contemplates if he could trust her; realizing that he is only trying to save Wren for Maya as she is the one who is special to him.

Ch 18 - COLTON
Colton demands to know why Porter and Rowena are in Jackson after they had left them at the Craters of the Moon. He remembers that Rowena had stolen something from Tefirna's lair but did not mention it because he believed they would never cross paths again, and thinks it's suspicious that they have. Porter explains that when they went back to look for the pack where they left them, there was so much destruction from when they had escaped, and realized the pack had moved to another location. They followed the pack's trail and found that they were all slaughtered with no survivors as there groups of werewolf hunters camping around. Maya and Colton are appalled that the huge Cobalt pack had been wiped out, but Colton still finds it suspicious that they had found them at the restaurant. Porter tells him they figured they would end up there and asks if they can join forces again. Colton and Maya mind link to discuss it - Maya stating that a witch and a fighter on their side would help, but Colton insists they already have a pack. Maya corrects that Colton is part of the Redwood Pack, not her, and insists that they should allow them to stay. He reluctantly agrees, but is happy that instead of arguing they were able to come to a compromise. Colton suggests they order food and drinks while informing Porter and Rowena that Wren, Gemini, and Teddy are heading to meet them while they continue to look for the doctor's sigil. Porter and Rowena offer to help them when Maya excuses herself to use the bathroom. On her way there, she gets catcalled by a group of snow boarders, and Colton tells them that she is his pregnant woman. Maya slaps him and the ringleader says she doesn't look pregnant so she's still fair game and challenges Colton. The ringleader throws a punch but Colton catches it and slams him into the table. Before the others could join in, Porter and Rowena assist in the brawl until the owner threatens to call the police on his cell phone. They run away and stop in an alleyway to split the group in search of the doctor sigil - Maya and Colton on the west and Rowena and Porter to head to the east.

Ch 19 - TEDDY
Teddy is in wolf form with Wren and Gemini riding on his back heading towards Jackson. He recalls to her begging to be untied and his refusal and guilt to not trusting her, plus her reminders of being mad at his decision by often digging her heels into his back. He realizes that sticking with Gemini and Wren has put him in a leader's position and that he would rather be in the back seat while someone else led the way. After a few hours, they make it to Jackson, Wyoming and he shifts back to human form. He notices Wren look a little out of it and asks Gemini what's going on with her. She admits that the was digging in Wren's mind and is impressed that she is still standing as most people are out of days afterwards when Wren falls over. Teddy decides to untie her and Gemini gets upset; but he insists that Gemini just said she should be out of it for a while. Suddenly, Wren head butts Teddy and she runs away. Gemini and Teddy watch her run towards town and chase after her through a crowded strip mall. They start to lose her and fear that she might shift when they suddenly see someone come out of the shadows and jump her.

(Note: Teddy had just shifted from his wolf form to human form when they reach Jackson, so it's assumed he put on clothes before he decided to run after Wren through the crowded streets)

Ch 20 - MAYA
Maya and Colton are looking for the insignia and are getting tired of not getting anywhere. Colton suggests they ask around but Maya thinks that’s too dangerous and suggests they check close by hospitals. She asks about Dr. Silver Delia and gets nowhere, and finally decides to try baby stores. In the store, Colton picks out a pink skirt and comments how it’s cute and matches it with a blue bow tie and Maya points out Daddy’s Little Girl onesie which he dislikes. He then picks up a horn to blow on but Maya informs him it’s a breast pump and he throws it away. They banter and play around which makes Maya feel better and visit a few more shops before they started closing up. Back at the center of town, under the big antler statue, Colton leans on it and get cut. Maya then notices that the antlers are the insignia and exclaims that she loves him for finding the entrance and realizes what she had said.

Ch 21 - MAYA
Maya starts to panic about what Colton might say or do now that she has admitted to loving him. Before she can spiral she decides to change the subject because Colton just looks shocked at her admission. He realizes her play and tries to get her to talk about it but she’s busy ignoring him and concentrating on the antlers. But he insists by forcing her to look at him and asks if she meant it when she said she loved him.

Ch 22 - COLTON
Colton is afraid of what Maya might say but is determined to get the truth out of her. On one hand he wants her to say that she didn’t mean it so they could go back to how they have always been. He knows how his brothers have changed since they have fallen in love with Cali and is afraid of what they might do to him. But he also wants her to say she loves him and that there is something between them. He wants to be able to settle it before she runs away again and they don’t get another chance to deal with their feelings before the baby comes. Maya does admit it and his heart beats faster as he asks why she was acting like nothing happened when she tells him he’s being weird. He realizes he is acting weird because he doesn’t know how to process that she loves him. He tries to respond but chokes when a figure appears - a centaur. He introduces himself as Drakanos and will be their guide into Mummersend Market.

Ch 23 - TEDDY
Teddy sees Wren being captured by a stranger and tries to help her, asking Gemini for help. They realize that the stranger is Porter and are surprised to see him in Jackson Hole. He asks about Rowena while fighting Wren and is worried that something happened to her when she appears behind him. He’s happy to see her until he sees movement behind her and believes the toga guys are still following them. Gemini offers to keep Wren restrained while he talks to Porter and Rowena, and he gives them a hug while they discuss what happened after they had split ways. Teddy finds out that everyone is in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Gemini suddenly scream at them because she senses something isn’t right in the air.

Ch 24 - MAYA
Maya doesn’t feel confident about meeting Drakanos but before she can say anything they are transported suddenly into another world. The centaur gives them a tour, mentioning Marie’s Makings as a location for alternative lifestyle wares and warning them of kale ale. They are surprised at the other creatures they see until they reach the bazaar and Maya asks about magical medical care. He offers Felix’s Fangs Dentistry run by a vampire, Ghouls Gallbladder Removal, Vera’s Visionworks run by a cyclops, Dr. Pointdexter that runs Puppy Pregnancy & More, and mermaids that do medical stuff. Before she can ask anything more, Drakanos is pulled away by another creature. She decides that she wants to try seeing if Dr Pointdexter might know more about Dr Silver Delia when she realizes Colton is gone.

Ch 25 - COLTON
Colton had not been listening to the centaur talking during the tour and had been distracted by all the sights and sounds of the place. After Drakanos is taken away, which he thought was rude, he is distracted by a salesman with cologne because he wanted to make Xavier jealous. He checks out the cologne and realizes he doesn’t know what the currency of firelings is, so he tries to haggle. He manages to get a cheaper price but still doesn’t know what a fireling is when Maya shows up furious. She drags him away despite him wanted to do some more shopping at other stalls. She finally brings him to Puppy Pregnancy & More building and tells him she can’t do it.

Ch 26 - GEMINI
Gemini tells the others there something up on the supernatural plain that she noticed a few days ago. She tells Teddy that they need to take cover because they are out in the open with ethereal commotion going on. They don’t listen to her, or don’t understand her warning, which frustrates her. She locks eyes with Rowena and knows she also feels something odd when she mentions they have rented a room they can stay safe in while the psychic storm calms. Wren starts screaming again and Gemini threatens to enter her mind again until she quiets down. They go to the Lamplight Lodge where they’re staying and Gemini has a feeling about Rowena that she doesn’t trust. Teddy continues talking and finds out that the Cobalt pack was slaughtered. In the hotel room, Porter goes to get ice while Teddy ties Wren to the radiator. Gemini feels something off with Rowena’s aura bur is unable to penetrate her mental block so she riles her up enough to let her lose focus and enters her mind.

Ch 27 - MAYA
Maya is panicking about finally finding a place that might have answers for her that she might not like. She psychs herself into leaving but Colton refuses. She tries to make excuses about going back to the pack house but Colton insists they need to know why she glows. She starts to have a panic attack and admits to him that she’s worried that something might be wrong. Suddenly there is a loud boom that freaks her out even more, and when a second one happens Colton shoves her into the building to protect her.

Ch 28 - TEDDY
Teddy tells Gemini to quit fighting with Rowena, thinking that Gemini looks like she’s gotten bigger for cowering over the witch. He tries to intervene as Gemini interrogates Rowena about liking to use her powers to inflict pain on people and killing her mother. Teddy is surprised to hear this news and goes to comfort Rowena, telling her if she had to harm her mother there must’ve been a good reason for it. Rowena explains that she had to protect Maya and the baby. He gets angry at Gemini for causing his friend pain but she insists that she’s there to collect power and Rowena is her target. She reminds him he owes her and before he can do anything, Rowena uses her magic in Gemini. Gemini vaporizes while they fight and Teddy tries to uselessly get the to stop. Finally a sonic boom manages to catch Gemini and throws her against the wall while Teddy complains about incidental fees in the room that was placed on his credit card. But Rowena is horrified about what she did.

Ch 29 - COLTON
Colton is on high alert to protecting Maya that was having a panic attack and was starting to flow before the booming sounds happened. They hold each other in the middle of the room until someone asks if they are going to take a seat. He realizes it was a pregnant pixie who directs them to the receptionist. She explains the boom are what kelpies do when they’re excited a sacrifice has come to them, much like fireworks. He leads Maya to the reception desk and rings the bell constantly until she gets annoyed and tells him to sit down and wait for her. He thinks it’s a test but realizes she’s serious. He peruses through the magazines and pamphlets and decides to stop when he reads about fang sharpening for vampire babies. He sees a sign that says they’ve been in business since 8 A.D. and all the media types that show pictures of the babies that have been delivered. A mother and her toddler walks in and he decides to play with it, but doesn’t know how to play with the toy it was offering to him. Suddenly the baby turns into a rabid wolf trying to bite him and he holds it while looking at the unfazed mother about what to do. Instead he tries to get Maya’s attention to the tiny wolf.

Ch 30 - TEDDY
Rowena is confused about how she was able to create the sonic boom that knocked Gemini. She tries to back out the room to find Porter and leave when he realizes she’s going through something and wants to help her. He holds her hands and tells her she will wait for Porter with him and she appreciates his comfort. Gemini on the other hand is not doing well but Teddy tries to get Rowena settled and a cup of water from the bathroom. He rambles on while she explains that her grief seems to be manifesting in the physical sense and is making her more unstable. She breaks down that she hasn’t been able to sleep because of it. Also that hurting Gemini had felt great and is afraid she’s turning into her mother. Gemini is irritated and starts another argument when Teddy tries to get them to stop and wonders where Porter is. Suddenly there’s a knock on the door and someone outside tells them they know they’re in there.

Ch 31 - COLTON
Colton gets no attention from the wolf’s mother or Maya and decides to take care of it himself. He tries to talk it to shift back so they can play and puts a chew toy in its mouth. He watches it play with the toy and bring it back so they can play tug of war. He thinks that if having a baby wolf is playtime like this then he can handle it. He then yanks the toy and wins the game when the wolf shifts back to human and starts crying which makes him panic. He tosses the toy at the kid and jumps away to return to Maya’s side who is upset with the service. He decides to be annoying to get someone’s attention while Maya takes a seat and finds a gnome slowly making his way to assist. Maya comes comes to check what’s taking so long when then gnome complains about his day. He hands them some forms to fill out and Colton tries to clarify if they can see the doctor today. The gnome is sarcastic until Maya returns the forms and asks to see Dr Silver Delia specifically but the gnome is even more sarcastic and tells them it’s impossible.

Ch 32 - MAYA
Colton and Maya are upset about not being able to see the doctor and he yells at the gnome. Before she can have another panic attack bout not having options the gnome stops Colton’s tirade and insists only addressing Maya only. He explains that Dr Silver Delia retired last month and Dr Pointdexter was trained by her and has an opening in an hour. She agrees and drags Colton outside to kill time. He wants to shop and she is disgusted because she hates to shop. She is lost in her thoughts when he pulls her into an apothecary shop and gushes over everything. Maya decides to try something when a salesperson tries to sell her a truth serum and before she insists on having its efficacy proven by testing it in Colton the salesperson sprays it in her face. She then turns to Colton and tells him she wishes she could take back saying she loved him.

Ch 33 - TEDDY
Teddy reluctantly asks who is at the door and they reply it’s room service. He tells them they didn’t order room service but the person on the other side insists room 411 ordered fries and an ice cream sundae. Before he can do anything else, the door is kicked in by 5 hunters who are looking for Wren. She tells them that she wants to make a deal, to have them kill who she’s with as long as she can join them. They decide to take her and handle the others when Gemini starts fighting them. She tells Teddy to shift but he can’t because who could potentially be seen from the window. He tries to close the blinds but ends up opening them wider and sees the balcony across from them full of people looking in. He waves and closes the blinds and the curtains (note: Porter had already done this before he left the room) and returns to the fight when Porter finally returns. Teddy realizes then that Gemini is missing and finds her fighting off a hunter in the shower. The hunter turns and punches him so hard he lands next to Wren who laughs at him. She tells him to untie her and she can help, and he wonders if he can trust her.

Ch 34 - COLTON
Colton doesn’t know how to respond to what Maya admitted under the truth serum and wishes he had never brought her inside. He states he never felt so sad about shopping and is hurt by what she said. The salesperson realizes the tension and leaves them and Maya stomps out the store. He decides to go after her and say that he loves her too to fix the situation but he doesn’t know what to expect. He realizes he has always been told he was loved out of obligation but not for being just him. He finds Maya at the fountain and asks if she wants to talk but she refuses. He stumbles over trying to tell her he loves her too but she cuts him off because she doesn’t want to hear it. He decides to let it go because they needed to focus on the baby appointment. They get lost in their own thoughts when he realizes he’s being stared at the man approaches them focused on Maya. He gets on his knees and exclaims that he can’t believe that the mother who is about to birth the child that will change the world is there and reaches to touch her belly.

Ch 35 - MAYA
Maya jumps in panic away from the man and wonders what he is talking about. Colton steps in and the man thanks her for letting him witness the power. She mind links Colton to be careful as there are many spectators and instead of attacking he demands the man explain himself. She asks how he knew she was pregnant when the stranger tells her she has the glow. He bows and backs away until he disappears and they are dumbfounded. She decides to have their conversation mind linked in case other people can overhear and agree if the weirdness of the encounter. Her alarm chimes that it’s time for their appointment and she begins to panic spiral again. When she’s called to go to the exam room she expect Colton to accompany her but he refuses to budge from his seat.

Ch 36 - TEDDY
Teddy takes stock of the situation and thinks that they are starting to lose the battle and weighs the pros and cons of letting Wren loose so she can help them. A hunter comes after him with a metal baseball bat and he decides immediately to set her free. She starts to attack the hunters and Teddy believes he finally made the right choice and asks her to help Rowena who is being overpowered. But during their fight he realizes that she’s not really attacking to kill and that she’s probably betrayed him again.

Ch 37 - COLTON
Colton is panicking about entering the exam room with Maya and tells her he did his part by helping to get the appointment. She gets upset and tells him it’s also his responsibility. He reluctantly agrees and follows her and Nurse Matty inside exam room one. He explores the posters on the wall until Maya mind links to pay attention. He asks if Maya can shift while pregnant which she says it is until the final month when they are bed rest. Maya doesn’t like this news and the nurse brushes it off to continue with doing the exam with the doctor. Maya asks about the glowing before she gets Dr Pointdexter and the nurse gets fidgety and leaves them wondering if that is not normal.

Ch 38 - MAYA
Maya starts to panic when Dr Pointdexter comes in who tries to joke with them but they are serious. He tells them about the symptom of glowing being unusual and rare enough to only be something he’s read about. He goes on to say it only happens when there is strong Alpha blood in the fetus. Colton explains that he has Alpha blood with his father and twin brother Alpha of their pack (note: Xavier becomes interim Alpha of the Redwoods by a vote during the battle of Letifer when Greyson is compromised by a witch mark placed by a revenant in Book 16). Maya thinks about how strong her baby is and that if it’s a boy would be the one to inherit either Colton’s Redwood Pack or her grandfather’s pack, but she was not a member of either pack. The doctor wants to continue with the exam when Colton gets suspicious and Maya mind links not to make a scene. The doctor then asks if they want to hear the heartbeat.

Ch 39 - GEMINI
Gemini has killed the hunter attacking her and overhears Teddy coaxing Wren to fight realizing she’s on the loose again. She’s about to go out the bathroom when she slips on some blood and knocks her head. When she does go out she decides to use her kind tricks instead of hand to hand combat and enters the mind of the hunter Teddy was fighting. The hunter that was fighting Wren decides to also attack Teddy but Wren blocks him asking to trust her. Gemini starts to lose the hunter she was holding down with her mind and he tries to attack her. Teddy tries to fight him but Wren also blocks him. She has both hunters and tells them they need to get info out of the which Gemini thinks is a smart idea. Teddy asks why they need two but Wren tells them they need to check the stories against one another. Teddy tries to get the hunters to talk by threatening to use the taser. But Gemini takes over by entering their minds and realizes that there are more coming and they aren’t after Wren - they’re after Rowena.

Ch 40 - MAYA
Maya is afraid that once she hears the heartbeat she can no longer deny or run away from the issue, that it would make it real. The moment she hears it, her life is changed and she knows she will do anything for it and love it unconditionally. Until Colton speaks and ruins her epiphany. She looks at the doctors face and starts to get worried because he looks worried. She asks him what’s wrong but he doesn’t answer and she starts to get tearful and afraid when he says he has to go check something and leaves the room telling her he needs a more accurate reading. She immediately blames Colton for doing something and starts crying. She starts to have a panic attack again and her belly starts to glow when Colton tries to calm her down. The doctor comes back and tells her she’s having a boy and a girl - twins!

Ch 41 - MAYA
Maya and Colton think the doctor is making another bad joke about them having twins but he insists they are having fraternal twins. He explains that having a pregnancy with twins means that she might deliver earlier and experience sharper kicks because they are trying to fight for dominance in the womb. He tells her she has to be on bed rest for the last few weeks but she tells him that’s not going to happen. The gnome comes over the intercom about centaurs having contractions now and the doctor rushes off. Colton is in shock but after sitting with Maya in silence he tells her not to worry because he can do the shopping for both babies and can build their cribs. She feels glad that she can trust that he will be by her side and doesn’t appear to want to run away from her again. But she remembers the vision at the Enrial Depths and tells him that it can’t be true.

Ch 42 - TEDDY
Teddy is surprised to hear that the hunters are after Rowena and tells Gemini to back off as she tries to taunt the witch again. He looks at Rowena and realizes that there had to be consequences of killing a powerful witch and her own mother. Like what happened to her magic, and if it had transferred to Rowena and now she is one of the most powerful witches. And their group each has enemies from their past. Gemini is about to ask another question when Porter, enraged at the news their target is Rowena, slits their throats. Gemini yells at him but he insists he doesn’t need to hear anything other than the fact they threatened his wife and he took care of it. Wren tells them they have a problem and points to the window curtain that was knocked open to show a balcony of people who just witnessed what happened.

Ch 43 - COLTON
Colton is confused because he started to come to terms with the news of twins and wonders why Maya seems so sure about it not being true, like she can’t just say it and it will be so. He tries to argue with her that she’s in denial when she explains it’s because of the vision she had in Tedirna’s lair. She tells him she was shown one baby named Remy and he gets upset that she kept everything from him. He decides to step up his game so that she can trust him enough not to go through this alone when the nurse comes in to kick them out. Maya tries to tell the nurse she has more questions but the doctor left but the nurse doesn’t care and tells them to process it on their own time. Maya refuses to leave and demands more testing and Colton threatens the nurse. She tells them she will do what she can but the doctor is in delivery with a centaur and those take a long time. She suggests they stay somewhere close overnight and return the next day to get some tests and Maya agrees.

Ch 44 - TEDDY
One of the witnesses screams and runs away which creates havoc on the balcony. Gemini tells the to run because she’s not going to a human prison and drags Teddy who decides to wait for the elevator. She drags him to the stairwell but there are shouts of people coming after them from downstairs and they have to retrace their steps back up. She leads them to the fire escape and they are about to make it down when the last ladder is jammed, leaving time for law enforcement to show up. Rowena insists her weight on the last ladder rung could be enough to un-jamb it and jumps.

Ch 45 - MAYA
Maya spirals about the visions she’s always had of having only one baby and if that means she was destined to lose one. They go back to the gnome to make an appointment despite his grumblings. Maya is so tired and hungry by the time they get their appointment but realizes Colton is still talking to the gnome when she’s halfway outside. She tells him to hurry up and asks what they were talking about but he tells her it was nothing. He takes the lead to find them a hotel room and some food and she is surprised how he’s caring for her. He tells her he’s a changed man sort of and she wonders what this means.

Ch 46 - GEMINI
Gemini gets worried Rowena will smash into the ground and break her legs but she manages to use her powers to slow her descent. Teddy reminds her to help guard Wren once they all reach the ground. Rowena tells them her magic needs some time to recharge and Wren assures she won’t run away. She reminds them they are all covered in blood and look shady as they take the alleyways. They run through the antler arch to an abandoned building that was locked. Wren tells them they should shift and get out of town but Teddy reminds them they are there for Maya. A police car gets closer and Teddy suggests a dumpster to hide in. Everyone but Teddy and Wren jump in and Gemini thinks Wren is going to get them caught.

Ch 47 - COLTON
Colton is feeling pretty good about avoiding a fight with Maya and decides to drag her around to find out what she’s craving. He tries chocolate, then hot dog on a stick. (Note: Colton previously didn’t know or have any firelings that was the currency of the area to purchase anything but now is able to come up with money). Maya slaps the hot dog out of his hand and it rolls on the floor, which he has to end up paying for, and he eats it anyways. They go around until the thirty minutes is up and go to their room to binge on snack food while relaxing on the king sized bed watching Greys Anatomy. Maya pouts when she realizes he’s engrossed in the show and doesn’t answer her, and he finds that she must have a craving for lemon lime soda since she’s had four cans. He enjoys their time until Maya finishes eating and becomes grumpy. He tries to ask her what’s wrong but she gets more agitated and tells him he didn’t satisfy all her cravings. He realizes she means a craving for sex.

Ch 48 - MAYA
Colton gives Maya some foreplay, using whipped cream and chocolate syrup and she lets him because she wants him. They have passionate sex and she falls asleep. She awakens in the dark and finds Colton is no longer in bed with her and that the windows are open. She fears he ran away from her again and hears that he might be in the bathroom. She goes to investigate to be sure and asks what he’s doing.

Ch 49 - TEDDY
Teddy hopes that Wren isn’t going to turn them in when Gemini jumps out the dumpster to eyeball Wren. Wren is about to run but Teddy trips her and Gemini catches her. They toss her into the dumpster and narrowly miss the cops searching the area. They overhear them discussing where they should head to next and that all roads out of town were blocked. When the cops leave they discuss what they should do next. Wren tells them they should leave and Rowena agrees because Maya and Colton aren’t their pack or people they don’t have allegiance to. Porter also agrees because hunters have tracked Rowena there and she is more important. Teddy begs them to stay because he doesn’t want to do a solo journey looking for Maya.

Ch 50 - MAYA
Maya has caught Colton in the tub reading baby books but looks like he was caught reading porn. She pokes fun at him while he scrambles in embarrassment and looks at the books he has: The Hairy Expectant Father An Ultimate Guide for Were-Dads-To-Be. He admits he has asked the gnome receptionist for book suggestions and that he was trying to research her glowing response but didn’t find anything about it. Despite being disappointed about not finding any info she is happy that he was trying for her. Colton wonders if she’s going to be mad at him and she tells him she’s not and that they should read together. She tries to join him in the tub and seduces him.

Ch 51 - GEMINI
Gemini starts to wonder if she should also cut her losses but realizes she’s become attached to Teddy, for her own sake. She wishes she had been able to get Cerberus power and left them behind but instead has to wait for the three specters that are after Teddy to attach to him, then she can kill him. She explains that the three warlocks that were trapped in Cerberus as a prison for bing too powerful are after Teddy as a new host. She can also try to wait for him to relinquish their power to her. She also doesn’t want to leave Rowena because she has become powerful herself after Tefirns’s death and wants to see her potential or take it for herself. She decides to use her persuasion powers to talk the group to stay and tells them there is strength in numbers. Everyone starts to discuss this except Wren and she wonders if she’s on to her. Wren asks if she already knows what they are going to do and how they are going to do it because it seems like she orchestrated the whole situation they are in.

Ch 52 - COLTON
Colton is happy that he gets to bond with Maya and has a feeling that the heartbeat he heard proved they were having twins despite what Maya believes. The books they are going through are magicked to have actual smells and illustrative pictures to show lifelike demonstrations of pregnancy, birth, and newborn care. He sees a picture of a family and realizes that if people in the books were having problems then what would it be like for them. Maya asks him if he’s happy about this and he feels it’s a test so he really thinks about it. He feels like they are being brought together under the circumstances and she gets upset the the is taking too long to answer. He tells her it’s complicated because he didn’t want this and she jumps at him before he can explain. He tells her she has to be willing to listen to his whole answer. He explains that even though they are in this now he is willing to go through it as long as it’s with her and asks if she is happy as well.

Ch 53 - TEDDY
Gemini plays off Wren as talking nonsense but she insists that Gemini hears what she said at the antler arch and doesn’t want the others to know. She tells them that she saw the insignia and said so but nobody heard her except Gemini and she made everyone continue anyway. Gemini continues to deny and tells them they should go back. Teddy doesn’t know who to believe and feels strange, thinking that the others must be feeling tired too. They argue about going back or not and who is to blame die their situation. Teddy quiets them by saying it has to be him to go out and see if the insignia is there because he has the least to lose and wants to find Maya. Before they can talk him out of it he jumps out the dumpster and makes his way to the antler arch, dodging police. He makes it and finds the insignia, but before he can run back to the others the triplets have found him.

Ch 54 - MAYA
Maya is surprised that Colton not only gave her a thoughtful answer but flipped the question to her. She things about it and tells him she is. They kiss and have amazing sex in the tub. He takes her to bed and dries her off and they snuggle. She’s so relaxed and happy that she starts to spiral questions about how it will be for them in the future. She imagines them getting married and is about to go to sleep when she realizes he’s looking at her and wants to ask her something. She starts to panic that she had accidentally mind linked her imagination to him and scared him away.

Ch 55 - GEMINI
Gemini is upset that she is still in the dumpster waiting for Teddy and that her plans have been outed. She tries to use her mind powers on Rowena but gets caught and immediately can’t take staying inside anymore. She searches Wren’s mind and sees she was telling the truth about the insignia and tells them all to get out. They make it close to the arch when she realizes Teddy is not there. They go to the arches to inspect it when he appears and tells them he’s been running to warm up. They all take turns touching the insignia, blowing on it, and Rowena attempting to blast magic at it until it blasts her first. They start to panic but Wren tells them it’s obvious what they have to do. She explains blood is needed for rituals and Teddy pricks his finger before disappearing. Rowena and Porter disappear next when Gemini hears Wren say something about Rowena wasting her inherited powers.

Ch 56 - MAYA
Maya starts to worry that her feelings of wanting to get married and being happy in a family with Colton is going to scare him away because he was attracted to the old her that was independent and not like the type of girls he tended to date and leave. Instead he asks her about baby names. She tells him she hasn’t come to terms with the whole situation yet and he asks if he could pick the names. Unfortunately, he tells her that if it’s a girl he wants to name her Megatron - Meg for short. Maya refuses and tells him that they both should make a list of names they can vote on but would be better if they just met the child first. Colton agrees and tosses out names like Sue and Maya tries Aurora. Colton then says Nutella or Pistachio which Maya refuses and tries Lacey. Colton asks about Hairy and Maya asks about Dean. They decide to look up baby names on the phone and he thinks Remy for a girl or boy would be good. But Maya is reminded of Tefirna. Colton tries Ruth which is vetoed and Olive which she also refuses because it’s another food name. She asks if he’s hungry and he tells her he is hungry for something, and pulls her close.

Ch 57 - TEDDY
Teddy finds himself at Mummersend Market and meets Drakanos the centaur. He’s too confused to make a sentence and the centaur tells him to breathe while they wait for his 3 other companions. Teddy is confused because he counts Gemini, Wren, Porter, and Rowena. But the centaur tells him it’s his Grecian friends that are attached to him. Teddy is horrified but happy to see the rest of this teammates appear. They ask where they are by Drakanos tells Teddy to take care of the introductions because he has to go. They wander around and purchase some things from the stalls - Rowena excited for some witch items and Gemini not impressed until she finds top grade sleeping powder she has t been able to find in a while. Teddy doesn’t understand the fireling exchange rate and asks Rowena to buy him some clothes but decides to focus and look for the doctor. Soon, he overhears a man preaching about a raven haired wolf goddess who is carrying the chosen child with the glow that will lead all supernaturals out into the mainstream so that they never have to hide again.

Ch 58 - COLTON
Colton and Maya have passionate sex and order room service. But before they can settle someone knocks on the door demanding them to open up.

Ch 59 - TEDDY
Teddy is sure that the”prophet” is talking about Maya and Colton’s baby and decides to go talk to him. The rest of the group listen to the man speak of a wolf cast out of a powerful pack that will bring a baby that will inherit the Earth and a new dawn of wolfkind. Teddy starts to think that Maya and the baby were in danger of the man and his followers, that they might want to steal the baby. They look for the baby doctor and enter the clinic where Teddy goes to check out the receptionist. He argues with the gnome he refuses to give out information about patients. Teddy insists that the person he is looking for could be in danger and finally gets the info that Maya was in earlier and will return tomorrow - by looking at the calendar. They agree it’s good news and decide to track them to a hotel in the area. Teddy pretends that he’s Colton and forgot his room and gets the number 114. They joke pounding on the door and barrel themselves into the room when Colton answers. They greet each other and Teddy asks dibs on the shower when Colton tells them they can’t stay.

Ch 60 - COLTON
Colton doesn’t want them to stay in their room because he wanted it to be just him and Maya. He forgot that there were others in their traveling party and doesn’t know how they found them and isn’t happy to see Wren their either. Teddy asks why they are being kicked out - more specifically why he can’t stay, but Colton tells them to get their own room because there’s only one bed. Maya tells them it’s okay and that what’s yours is ours and they go wild on the snack bags Colton had bought earlier. They tie Wren’s leg to a chair and exchange info. Colton mind links Maya if she wants to share the twins news, but she wants proof and security first. Teddy rips through the food and drinks and Colton tells him he’s going to be paid back for it all because he’s a lone wolf not a loan shark. He tosses Teddy out with Gemini going after him. Rowena and Porter tells them that they hears fanatics talking about the baby in the market and fear they might be in danger, but Colton insists it can’t be about them. Rowena tells them about the wolf that glows and that even she can scent Maya even though she’s not a wolf.

Ch 61 - MAYA
Maya feels worried and mind links Colton his take on the info. He’s not concerned so she tells Rowena that they will leave after their appointment in the morning but can’t do anything currently. She insists they have to play normal and suggests they go out to dinner (note: what happened to Colton order 2 pages off the menu for room service?). Colton agrees to lay low and suggests ordering room service again but Maya refuses and wants to go out and says Wren can come too. They all reluctantly follow her and get ready when she feels the sensation of warmth and starts to glow. Colton notices and stops her from leaving and she stops glowing. He tells her maybe the baby is sensing danger and that they shouldn’t go out and Rowena tells her there might be a spell she could do to help. It can cover the pregnancy scent and might help with the glow but Maya is worried the spell might harm the baby.

Ch 62 - TEDDY
Teddy and Gemini head to get their own rooms. He is happy to have found Maya again because being near her makes him feel safe because she could call the shots and he was more comfortable being in the backseat. After he left the Arrowhead pack as a Rogue he couldn’t handle being on his own anymore. He thinks that if she joins a pack he would join it too but it would be better if she starts her own pack as a female Alpha. He asks Gemini how long she’s going to stick around but she tells him she doesn’t have a plan. He books them two rooms when he sees the triplets and he grabs Gemini to point them out. She looks and tells him she doesn’t see anything until she tells them she didn’t know she meant the triplets. He demands to know what she knows about them. She tells him that the three are brothers and was supposed to be her score but he took them from her.

Ch 63 - COLTON
Colton isn’t sure he can trust a witch and isn’t sure if the potential risk at the market overrides the potential risk to the babies. Maya asks to talk to Colton privately. She tells him she’s leaning towards yes but wants his input and he’s happy that she is thinking of them as a team. They discuss the pros and cons of doing it and she believes that Rowena is in control of her magic. Colton decides to agree to go along with her as along as they find out what the catch is. He takes lead and asks Rowena what’s in it for her and she looks offended and tells them it’s a favor. Maya mind links to him that for a deal to be done they would have to state the conditions first and know that it can be called upon in the future, and Colton thinks that an unknown favor is a big risk. He tells her they agree as long as she doesn’t screw them up with the favor.

Ch 64 - MAYA
They decide to shake on the deal and Maya is comforted by the warmth from Rowena’s hand. Porter goes to shut the blinds while Rowena positions Maya in the middle of the room. They gather supplies while Colton talks to Wren and she starts to get nervous. Rowena tells her she’s going to mess with her hormones so she might feel hot and cold flashes and nausea. Colton comes over and tries to stand next to Maya but Rowena warns it’s risky for him to do so, which he ignores once he hears the word risky. Rowena starts chanting an incantation and she feels the hot and cold extremes and a tingling power. Once it’s done Porter says he can’t smell her pregnancy anymore but Colton can - but Rowena tells him it’s because he’s the father he will always be able to smell it because the baby is partially his. They start to get ready to go out again when Maya opens the door and the glow starts again, this time directly from her belly and brighter than before.

Ch 65 - GEMINI
Gemini is enjoying Teddy being confused and he tells her that she needs to explain the issue with the three brothers or she can leave because he no longer needs her help since he’s found Maya. Gemini thinks about it and sees it’s true they no longer need each other because her new main target is Rowena. She decides to give him the info in hopes he could distract the others so she could focus on her new mission. They go to the room and she stalls in telling him the three Grecian brothers are actually who have been imprisoned in each head of the Cerberus because they wronged a god. Now that they are released they are after him because power is never lost only recycled and are coming to inhabit him. Teddy starts to panic and tells Gemini to take them off his hands but she tells him they have to enter him and then she would have to kill him. Teddy is surprised to hear this but she assures that she doesn’t want to kill him because she’s taken a liking to him because she told him everything already and no longer plans on killing him. She laughs and tells him she’s curious to see what will happen to him once they inhabit his body when there is a knocking at the door.

Ch 66 - COLTON
Colton is upset that their situation is now worse and demands Rowena to explain. She insists that her spell was novice level and should have worked but Colton continues to blame her for now making Maya a spotlight that won’t turn off. She gets upset and asks him to stop yelling at her when Wren tells them to both stop talking and figure out a plan because the light is so bright that it’s also able to been outside through the window curtains. They cover ever crack with sheets to block the light and Colton demands Rowena fix it. He decides to check on Maya in the bathroom and see if she can calm down to decrease the light but finds her talking to her tummy because the glow happens when there is danger. He decides to try by touching her belly too but it gets worse and Maya wonders if it was because he was touching her when Rowena did the spell.

Ch 67 - TEDDY
Teddy is panicking that the Grecian brothers have found him and Gemini watches in interest. He decides to ask who it is and finds it’s just the concierge returning his credit card he left at the front desk. But as she walks away he hears her greet the triplets and knows they are close. He decides to try jumping out the third floor window and asks Gemini to come with him. When they reach the ground they look to see the brothers at the window and starting to come down. They try to go back inside the hotel to Maya but Teddy forgot the room number. But Gemini notices the light and they go to the room where they guess what happened. Colton comes out and tells them that he thinks something is wrong and that they need medical attention. He realizes this is the first time he’s seen Colton express fear and that could only mean Maya is in real danger.

Ch 68 - MAYA
Maya is upset that now her and Colton have finally reached a place in their relationship he can’t touch her let alone look at her because of the light. Colton comes back inside with sunglasses on and she notices his hands are glowing. They realize it was because Colton was touching her during Rowena’s spell and and she asks him to go back with the others to discuss what to do because she can’t handle more than just her own issue. When he leaves she stares at her glowing belly until she finds herself in a vision where the boy from all her other visions appears along with a girl, who looks a lot like Colton. They ask her to play with them when she realizes there is another person with them, her grandfather. He beckons to the kids and she tries to get them away from him but she awakens from the vision, trips, hits her head on the bathtub and blacks out.

Ch 69 - TEDDY
Teddy is with the others thinking of ways they could fix the situation when they hear Maya fall in the bathroom. They find her regain consciousness and Teddy offers to go find the doctor immediately but they can’t risk moving Maya because the religious cult could be looking for her. Maya thanks Teddy and tells him to hurry because she’s starting to burn up. He rushes into the hallway and sees the triplets and takes the fire exit. Outside the market is quiet and the doctor’s office is closed. He tries to ask straggler passerby about how to find an after hours doctor and bangs in doors but finds nothing. Just as he gives up he hears someone.

Ch 70 - COLTON
Colton wishes he could be doing something instead of having to wait in Teddy to take care of business. Wren bothers him to release her bindings because she’s bored and he refuses unless she gives information about her family because he knows he can never get it out of Maya. She refuses but he wants to know if Maya’s condition is something that runs in the family. She admits that it is not something that runs in their family but she has seen it before. Maya starts coughing and Colton rushes to her side and she tells him the light is sucking her life. He feels she is burning up and wishes Teddy will hurry up.

Ch 71 - TEDDY
Teddy follows the voice to a small door and sees the gnome receptionist having drinks with his friends. He overhears him talking about him and the group and confronts him. The gnome is ready for a fight and complains about his job until Teddy panics and snatches the gnome to carry him away. He runs back to the hotel and makes it to the elevator when the gnome pops out of his jacket and the desk attendant sees.

Ch 72 - TEDDY
Teddy hauls the gnome into the room and ties him up. Colton gets upset that he brought the wrong person to help them and the gnome refuses to give any information. Colton begs the gnome to help them because Maya and the babies are in trouble and she cries out in pain. Teddy tells the gnome they will pay him for info and the gnome agrees, with how he was kidnapped, 10 thousand would do. They haggle until the gnome tells them 5 thousand or they kill him. Teddy agrees but the gnome doesn’t believe he has the cash, but he insists he’s part of the Arrowood pack, but the gnome wants to see the cash. Teddy is upset when Gemini decides to help by using her mind control tricks, telling them it’s easier when they are drunk. They don’t know how to move Maya undetected so Gemini adds this to her directions and he tells them there is a tunnel system that runs under the town and he knows because he’s been there for 150 years. Teddy is doubtful and that it could be a trap along with Gemini telling lies because she can do kind control. Teddy decides to question it later and helps Colton to move Maya but he feels like he’s missing something.

Ch 73 - COLTON
Maya tells Colton they can’t bring Wren and explains to her she doesn’t want to burden the others by having to carry both of them. Wren tells her they should just untie her but the group agree to not do it and that someone has to stay and babysit. Colton suggests Teddy but he refuses because he was the one who found the gnome. But Colton tells him that Porter is his backup and they he won’t leave Rowena behind. He realizes the only person left is Gemini and he doesn’t trust her either. Maya notes that she can’t trust her either but they vote that it’s the best option they have. They make it to the front lobby when someone stops them.

Ch 74 - GEMINI
Gemini makes sure everyone’s left because she’s tired of pretending to be nice. She mentions that her time with Adair taught her how to listen to legends and stories and chase after them, being flexible and able to adapt to anything. She reminds Wren that Colton gave her the okay to kill her if she wants to. She mocks Wren about her idea of letting her go so she can leave and get out of everyone’s hair. Wren tells her she’s not interested in Maya even though they are family because a family is more than blood. But Gemini tells her she knows that Wren isn’t leaving without Rowena and does her best to make insults so that she can get mad and make it easier for her to get into her mind. Wren tells her that she might have gotten a sliver of her mind but doesn’t know who she is or what she’s gone through to get what she wants and if she did she wouldn’t have spoken to her the way she has.

Ch 75 - MAYA
Maya recognizes the man who stops them as the concierge, who asks if they are from room 5411, which turns out to be the room Rowena and Porter will be in. Porter tells them that they can handle the issue and will meet the others at the restaurant. Teddy mind links Maya his confusion and the group slips outside to follow the gnomes directions. They take a break as Maya is getting weaker which gives Porter and Rowena a chance to catch up with them. She stumbles and Colton tries to catch her but if he touches her she burns brighter and it hurts him. Teddy offers to carry her and Colton relents, trading Maya for the gnome. She feels comforted in Teddy’s arms when she realizes she’s burning through the fabric of blankets covering her belly.

Ch 76 - TEDDY
Teddy imagines he’s a hero of some story carrying a damsel in distress and getting recognition from his pack. He’s pulled out of his fantasy when he realizes Maya is on fire. They have trouble putting the fire out and Teddy asks what happened. Rowena explains that the magic had made the fire worse too and the gnome implies that they need to move fast as there could be a cave monster. Teddy tries to pick Maya back up but she’s just about naked, so he turns his head and pokes her butt by accident. She gets annoyed and tells him to get over it and Colton looks at him with a warning. Maya confides that she is afraid and he promises to not let anything happen to her when Rowena screams.

Ch 77 - COLTON
Colton runs to Rowena and finds that her foot is caught in a sewer grate and the gnome tells them they are there. He asks Teddy if he can handle carrying Maya up the ladder but she refuses and Colton is happy that Teddy isn’t holding her anymore. The gnome points to a house on a hill and Colton thinks it looks like a haunted mansion. They knock and get no answer. They bang on windows and yell for the doctor when he apologizes for watching Grey’s Anatomy. He sees Maya and asks why the glow hasn’t gone away. He invites them inside and tells them he can run some tests but he’s not sure what he can do. But he can’t perform the tests because she gets brighter when he gets close and he tells them it’s a defense mechanism. That her body isn’t shutting off from the danger it perceives and is trying to protect the babies. Colton admits they had tried to dull her pregnancy scent and glow with magic and he tells them the babies were protecting themselves from the magic. He tells them he can fix it but it’s risky and Maya tells him to do it because she might die if he doesn’t.

Ch 78 - MAYA
Dr Pointdexter suggests the witch who did the spell should reverse it but Rowena refuses to do any more magic on Maya. He tells them that they will have to make so with his attempts even though he’s not a witch and pulls out a spinning top on a golden thread and tells her to swallow a pill. He tells her and Colton to focus on the glow. She feels it getting warmer until the doctor tells her to open her eyes and the flow is gone. Everyone is relieved when she asks if the baby’s is okay and he clarifies the babies are fine. But to make sure he goes to get his portable monitor and Maya can hear the two heartbeats.

Ch 79 - GEMINI
Gemini is enjoying eating snacks at the minibar knowing Colton would be charged for it. She tells Wren to tell her a story and tries to bribe her with food but they both don’t want her to feed her because she’s still tied up. Gemini makes an offer of hearing a good story to let one hand be untied but she passes because there isn’t chocolate in the trail mix she’s being offered. She thinks about a stakeout she had done with Adair once. She decides to go ahead and untie one of Wren’s hands because she’s bored and gives her the potato chips. She asks Gemini why she’s there because she doesn’t think Teddy is her type. She admits to Gemini she thinks she’s staying for the same reason as her even though they had many times they could’ve escaped. She admits she’s staying to snuff out Rowena and proposes they join forces because she already has a plan.

Ch 80 - MAYA
Maya realizes that the children in her vision is confirmed but wonders why she saw her grandfather. She asks the doctor about having scary visions and he assures nightmares are common in pregnancy. But she clarifies these are visions and he offers to look into it. She explains what she saw and he asks how long she’s been having visions. Suddenly she feels like she’s being placed back into the hotel room and realizes it’s Gemini linking them. She tells Maya that Wren kept some info from them and let’s Wren take over the conversation. She tells Maya that she studied about the glowing in the compound and didn’t say anything before because she knew Maya wasn’t going to like it. Because she has to go back home to their pack to find out more.

Ch 81 - GEMINI
Wren tells Maya about the healer Ophelia who lives on the periphery of the Grimcrest pack in Washington. Gemini wonders if the plan is working when Maya kicks them out of her mind. Wren tells her the plan worked and that Ophelia is a powerful shaman. Gemini tries to get into Wren’s mind to get more info on Ophelia when she is kicked out of her psyche. Wren warns her not to do it again and Gemini realizes she made an agreement without knowing the full story and might not have the upper hand anymore. She decides to use another tactic to get more info since she no longer can use kind tricks on Wren. She tells her that Tefirna killed her 55 offspring until she reached a suitable heir which was Rowena but Wren corrects it was 75 children. She tells Gemini to just leave Rowena to her because she knows what to do and Gemini decides to focus back on Teddy and hopes that Wren isn’t getting the upper hand in her.

Ch 82 - MAYA
Maya returns to the present and Colton is upset that she had blanked out. She mind links him to assure that Gemini and Wren contacted her to tell her about Ophelia. He doesn’t trust it and during their mind link conversation the doctor tells them that it’s time to wrap up their visit. He gives her a bottle of 3 pills to counteract her glowing but she gets upset that he’s not giving her more. He tells he that she needs to be actively pushing the glow out and keeping herself stress free instead of relying on the pills. He warns to use them carefully as they can disrupt her body chemistry and can harm the babies so she can’t take all three at once.

Ch 83 - GEMINI
Gemini is getting sleepy and accidentally falls asleep and dreams. She is with Wren in the Pacific Northwest forrest and she leads her to a house. Wren tells her to go first and when she turns to do so a demon jumps out at her. She awakens and sees Wren still on the bed so she goes to the bathroom and sees the demon’s face over her shoulder in the mirror. But this was another dream which she awakens from and this time Wren is gone. She realizes she’s only in the bathroom and starts to panic on how she lost control of her power, if Wren was somehow responsible for it. She sees that it’s only been three minutes since she had fallen asleep and pretends that nothing happened when Wren asks her. But Wren goes back to bed and tells her they’ll be back in the redwood forrest which makes Gemini uneasy. She realizes that she doesn’t know about what kind of powers the Grimcrest pack has, and asks why Wren left. She tells Gemini that she has to settle the score with the pack and that she won’t get in her way with Teddy if she helps Maya and Rowena to go back to her pack. Gemini is stunned she knows about her plans for Teddy.

Ch 84 - MAYA
They leave the doctors house and the gnome takes off. At the hotel, Rowena and Porter go to their room and Teddy says he wants to find something to eat. Maya requests bacon and tells him to stay safe because they are leaving in the morning. Colton and Maya decide to get another room for just them because they don’t want to deal with Wren and Gemini or Teddy. Maya goes to shower and thinks about what Wren had told her. Colton comes to join her and they discuss going back to the Grimcrest pack or figuring out what’s best for their new family. Colton tells her if she wants to see Ophelia he will back her up and she agrees to go back and will tell him if she wants to back out.

Ch 85 - TEDDY
Teddy is looking for anyplace that is open like a 24 hour store or a nightclub and thinks back to his time in the Arrowood pack and how he’s better off. He finds a bakery and and heads back to the hotel proud that he contributed to the group. He realizes the triplets are not following him anymore and is even more proud of himself. Until he trips out of tiredness and sees they are there waiting for him. And they jump inside of him.

Ch 86 - COLTON
Colton and Maya have amazing sex in the shower, he repeating that he loves her in his head. They snuggle in bed afterwards and he thinks about how happy he is and wishes that Teddy and Wren hadn’t come to ruin their time together. He decides to make sure that he will protect Maya from her family when she tells him that she remembers the curse marks in his chest because she sees a faint outline. He starts to panic that there is still remnants of the curse but she assures if he doesn’t feel any different it shouldn’t matter. When she falls asleep, he touches the areas of his chest and neck and can’t shake the feeling about the curse.

CH 87 - TEDDY
Teddy fears that the three men that jumped inside his body will make him explode from the force of the small space. The pain suddenly disappears but he’s spent and he hears a shopkeeper ask if he’s okay. He brushes it off as having indigestion and rushes away hoping to talk to Gemini. In the hotel room he rushes to the bathroom to inspect himself in the mirror but sees nothing out of the ordinary for what he experienced. But he notices in his left pupil 4 rings appear and Gemini comes into the bathroom. She asks him if they had caught him and are now inside him and Teddy tells her they did and they are. She then explains that now it begins.

Ch 88 - MAYA
Maya awakens and takes a shower ready to leave Mummersend. She wakes Colton and he complains how Teddy never returned with food last night. (Note: Teddy only manages to find a bakery as the only shop opened previously, and somehow Colton knows that he had gotten pastries when he states he was looking forward to croissants). They go down the elevator and run into a crowd of people dressed in dark robes. They try to bypass them to get some continental breakfast but once they notice Maya they all turn to stare at her and one grabs her. They pass her around to say strange statements until Colton gets her back. An acolyte calls them by name and tells them that they knew the day would come and pulls out a knife. He screams that he has waited to bleed for the promised one and knifes himself in the gut. As they try to get out the other robed figures follow suit screaming about bleeding for the promised one.

Ch 89 - MAYA
Maya and Colton run to the elevators and make it to Teddy and Gemini’s room to bang on the door then to Porter and Rowena’s room. They burst into the room as Rowena is changing and ramble about leaving immediately because of acolytes cutting themselves when Gemini, Teddy, and Wren come in. Porter asks where they are going but Maya and Colton don’t have an answer. While the others prepare Maya worries about the acolytes hurting themselves and escalating to hurting her and the babies. Wren gives her attitude about keeping her prisoner and tells Maya she knows she doesn’t have it in her to kill her. She tells Maya she gave her the info to find Ophelia but Maya thinks it’s a trap. She assures Maya that she has Colton and Teddy to protect her on the journey to the Grimcrest pack but Maya insists that Grandfather might find out she’s there. Wren taunts she’s still afraid of him even though he’s already dead.

Ch 90 - TEDDY
The group leaves the hotel through the back and escapes Mummersend, with Drakanos thanking Teddy for taking care of the triplets. Colton tells them they can shift and run once they get to the outskirts of Jackson Hole while Teddy walks behind everyone to think about what happened. Gemini tells him to face reality about what happened when Rowena overhears. He tells her it’s a joke and they distance themselves further and Gemini tells him he can’t ignore it. She explains that the longer they stay inside him without addressing it the more they will gain power over him. He gets annoyed and tries to leave but she pesters him loudly about being possessed and knowing meditative solutions and exercises for his psyche. She offers to help him find out what the brothers are doing inside while he’s asleep but he is suspicious. He asks her what she gets out of it.

Ch 91 - MAYA
Maya keeps an eye on Wren’s wolf as they run. They get halfway to Grimcrest territory when Colton suggests they rest up. He tells her he’s going for firewood while she sets up and warns the others to keep watch over Wren. After Rowena places her in magical bonds, she and Porter tell Maya they are going to look around too. Gemini and Wren are also not around so she goes to sit next to Wren to reminisce about being kids. After a moment Wren tells Maya that it will feel like they are at home once they get there and that she has no intention of hurting her or her babies. Maya decides to test Wren by removing her bindings and Wren tells her she promises to be their guide. Maya reminds her that if she betrays her again she won’t be able to hold anyone back from killing her a second time.

Ch 92 - TEDDY
Teddy is trying to think in the woods about how strange Gemini acted about trying to get in his mind and then backing off when he confronted her about it. He’s so exhausted that he decides to get some rest but when he falls asleep he sees the triplets staring at him within and through him. He awakens and sees Gemini watching him and tries to get away from her but she tells him she has a debt to repay him for saving her in the Feeding Place (note: Gemini had always told Teddy he had debt to her in souls). She calls him her friend and he softens at this, agreeing to her help. She tries to explain to him what she’s going to do but he doesn’t understand. She gets irritated and tells him she will be in his very nucleus which makes him anxious about trusting her to go inside somewhere important.

Ch 93 - MAYA
Maya ensures Wren knows she’s serious about protecting her new family and has a feeling that leads her into the woods, that the babies are urging her to find Colton.

Ch 94 - TEDDY
Gemini had told Teddy that it wouldn’t hurt much and he chickens out because he doesn’t want to experience anymore pain. He starts to run away but his body won’t listen and he hears voices in his head. Gemini comes and tells him that she needs to help him now and he lets her. He finds himself at his summer house but he’s not alone.

Ch 95 - COLTON
Colton gathers wood and daydreams about his children and all of them running as wolves in the woods. He suddenly scents something but is not sure what it is when a grizzly bear appears. He at first thinks it’s a shifter so he tries to talk to it but realizes it’s a real bear and starts to panic about what you’re supposed to do in the situation. He dodges it’s attacks and decides to try and shift but he can’t.

Ch 96 - GEMINI
Gemini sees the posh Hamptons beach house and doesn’t want to get on task before enjoying the scenery. She has to first see what the triplets would do to Teddy before she could assume their power. She tries to go inside the house but it’s locked and she realizes she needs Teddy. She finds him in the front and watches him, realizing that she’s attracted to him. She wonders what the place means to him and her attraction to him disappears as she imagines his elite family and their privileges, believing he gets what he deserves. She makes herself known to him and asks where they are which makes Teddy a little emotional. This surprises her and makes her feel uncomfortable so she tries to push him, but he starts to have second thoughts. She gets irritated and jokes he just be scared of the house being haunted and she starts to worry when he just looks at her.

Ch 97 - TEDDY
Teddy remembers his time growing up at the house and how his parents didn’t approve of their impure neighbors, werewolf ancestry that was muddied. His father came back one night when he was 16 covered in blood which began the killings of impure werewolves. He realized his older brothers were in on it and that in fact his entire pack was for the cause. Gemini reminds him their purpose there and they go inside the house. Gemini tries to open drawers and finds them locked, telling Teddy to loosen up. She insists he open a door under the stairs and he reluctantly does it when a dragon tail slaps him in the face. He screams and finds himself back in the woods and tells Gemini he needs a break. Trying to get away he scents Colton and finds him wrestling a grizzly. He goes over to ask why he hasn’t shifted but Colton can’t speak, so Teddy shifts and takes out the bear, then realizes Colton couldn’t shift.

Ch 98 - COLTON
Colton is ashamed that Teddy had been the one to save him and doesn’t know how to talk about it. Instead he lashes out at Teddy who is amazed that Colton would be acting as such. Colton refuses to have Teddy be smug about saving the day or telling people about it and yells that he took away his glory by butting in. Teddy shrugs and leaves and Colton tries and fails at shifting again. He gathers the firewood and goes back to camp thinking about what was wrong with him and how he couldn’t shift anymore or what it would mean for his new family. He bumps into Maya who asks what happened. He ignores her so he can go be alone but she follows him to the stream where he tries to clean up. She asks him again what’s going on and he tells her about the bear, not being able to shift, and Teddy saving him. She tells him it happens to everyone which makes him upset. She stops him to explain it must be a one time thing but he insists exactly 4 times it didn’t happen and he begins to spiral about what this means.

Ch 99 - TEDDY
Teddy is heading back to camp feeling better about being distracted from him Hamptons psyche trip to one up Colton. He asks Porter and Rowena where Maya is and they tell him she went off with Colton. He decides to make a fire before looking for them to he can rub in Colton’s face in front of Maya how he saved him. But Gemini finds him and asks him if he’s ready to try again. He refuses and again is suspicious why she’s pushing for it. She tells him it’s because he’s special and he jokes to her about how she proclaims her love of him. She gets annoyed and tries to leave but he follows her to taunt her but she tells him he can keep the Grecian brothers and the dragon jinn. He gets anxious hearing about the dragon jinn and she tells him he better figure out what he wants to do before it’s too late.

Ch 100 - MAYA
Maya feels guilty for not being able to calm Colton down and tries to assure him that they will figure it out together. She wonders if it has to do with some residual magic when Colton tries to pick a fight with her about being a weak human. She decides to play along with the argument and slaps him across the face and taunting that he is whining. They start to physically fight and argue when he calls it off, spent. She decides her next tactic is to make him feel strong and desired despite not being able to shift. She aggressively seduces him and he take the bait.

Ch 101 - MAYA
Colton and Maya have amazing sex and afterwards he shows his vulnerability to her by asking if he will never have control of his wolf again. She tells him that Ophelia will have some answers for him, even though she’s worried that there will be no answers for either of them and she might end up going through everything alone.

Ch 102 - TEDDY
Teddy thinks hard about being brave enough to face himself and tells Gemini he is ready to try again. He tells the others that he and Gemini are going to take care of stuff and he asks if Rowena and Porter are acting funny. Gemini tells him that they think that they are having sex and he gets embarrassed. She jokes that of course because who wouldn’t want her and he clarifies she is penetrating him, realizing too late the pun. She tells him to assume the position and he gets weary. Back in his psyche he asks if she is his demon and she agrees that she is a kind of demon. He goes back into the door under the stairs and opens it to find two red eyes looking back at him. Facing his fear he opens the door and lets the jinn out.

Ch 103 - COLTON
Colton and Maya have amazing sex again except this time Colton can’t climax and brushes it off as not having enough time between their sessions. She thinks it’s a joke and comments on it but realizes that he started to panic again. She tells him Ophelia will help so he should calm down. He leaves her to be alone and decides to try again to shift.

Ch 104 - GEMINI
Gemini is amazed at being able to witness a jinn in its true unfiltered form. She sees Teddy in a new light for being able to house a magnificent beast. The dragon stretches and yawns and looks at Teddy lovingly. Teddy pets and hugs it while Gemini feels moved by master and jinn meeting for the first time but had to remind him of their mission to find the triplets. Suddenly a door in the house slams shut and Gemini notices the dragon looks scared and she realizes that the jinn is a part of Teddy because they share the same fears. But instead of the triplets appearing, Teddy’s father does.

Ch 105 - COLTON
Colton concentrates hard to shift and is able to go into his wolf form. He realizes that under pressure he can’t perform and feels strange in his wolf skin, like he is self conscious and his wolf is trying to kick him out, when he shifts back unwillingly. He wonders if if it’s because of something with him or something else that forced him to shift back. He worries his wolf wants to leave him and decides to brush it off and return to camp. On his way he sees Maya where he left her talking to her belly. He sneaks up on her and asks what she was talking to the babies about. She admits she was telling them how excited she was to meet them. She offers to have him talk to them and he tells them to always listen to their mom because she’s always right. They both start shooting ideas out on how they will raise them when they both say st the same time how badass they will grow up to be.

Ch 106 - TEDDY
Teddy is fearful of seeing his father who is cracking his knuckles and staring at him. He feels the dragon’s fear as well and realizes they are emotionally linked. He tries to go comfort it but he retreats back to the room under the stairs. Gemini clarifies that it’s Mr. Tahir and asks why he’s so large when he realizes that his subconscious has made him seem larger. Mr. Tahir asks if Teddy, his prodigal son has returned. Teddy tells him he just came to grab a few things and Gemini admonishes him for allowing this figure to rule his subconscious. She goes on to try to politely get rid of Mr. Tahir but he tells her that they are in his house and they don’t plan to let Teddy go. She asks why he speaks in the plural and they see his entire Arrowood pack members gathering. Teddy is panicking in fear and Gemini tries to urge him to take control. But he realizes he doesn’t have it in him to get through this.

Ch 107 - COLTON
Colton and Maya talk into the night and fall asleep in each other’s arms. He awakens with a desire for her and she does to. He is able to climax which he’s relieved about. They head back to camp with Colton suggesting they play a game where they pick object they see and a memory that relates to it. Maya chooses blades of grass and he tells her it reminds him of growing up with Xavier. They get to the camp before she can respond and notice there is a weird vibe with the others. Teddy is apologizing to Gemini who doesn’t want to hear it, she goes to Colton to say she’s ready to go and that she wants to ride on him instead of Teddy. Colton tells her to ask Maya for permission first but both females roll their eyes. Colton shifts and Gemini rides him (he mentions the others except Wren) and they get about 50 miles when he’s forced to shift back to human.

Ch 108 - GEMINI
Gemini lands on Colton and is upset for the sudden shift. The rest of the group joins them and she realizes Colton is hiding something. Teddy starts questioning them when Maya speaks up saying it was her idea to stop because she was tired. Gemini accuses Colton of having shifting issues and demands to know the truth because it could cost them in a fight. Maya denies it and Gemini is over it. She surveys the others in the group and wonders what Wren is hiding as well and how useless Teddy had been, even though she too was afraid of his father. She forces herself to think about something else, like their situation and decides to demand Rowena use her powers to give them a bit of comfort instead of sleeping in the dirt.

Ch 109 - MAYA
Maya takes Colton aside and asks him what’s going on. She decides to ask him if it’s a side effect of the curses or Tefirna’s. But he tells her that it feels more like the shifting problems is more like a warning. She then suggests it’s a mental block and wonders if it has to do with him not wanting to go back to her pack, the changes he’s about to encounter in being a father, or something else. But her questions make him more agitated and upset. He admits to her that he’s scared that he’s not enough for her and she wonders if she’s ready to commit to a lifetime of reassuring his insecurities. They start yelling at each other and she doesn’t stop because she wants to fight for him, with him.

Ch 110 - TEDDY
Teddy feels bad about Gemini taunting Rowena but has to agree that having some comfort during their journey would be nice. But Porter gets upset and yells at her but Rowena tells him she should be able to do the task. She asks for some fabric, sticks, and moss which Gemini and Wren happily gather. Once the supplies were ready Rowena casts her spell and everyone is awaiting to see what will appear out of the smoke. But they see Rowena on the ground and Teddy is worried until they see the tent beyond her. Rowena is happy that it appeared to work despite draining her and they go inside the fancy tent. They are pleased when the fireplace catches the tent on fire.

Ch 111 - TEDDY
The tent burns up and everyone starts panicking for an escape. Barely making it out Teddy feels as if the magical building had wanted to kill them and Rowena feels guilty for almost harming them. She insists on being left alone but Gemini assures Porter she will take care of it and goes after Rowena. This makes Teddy suspicious and he tells Porter he will check. He tries to sneak up on them when he overhears Gemini demand Rowena to give it to her but they notice him and Rowena runs off. Gemini is upset and Teddy is confused about what he witnessed and follows after Rowena. He finds her back at camp with Porter so he asks Porter what’s really going on with Rowena. But he gets defensive and upset at everyone butting into their business and Teddy realizes that he doesn’t know them and that they aren’t trustworthy. He decides to ask how long they were going to stay with their group but Porter is vague and that he can’t go back home. He asks Teddy his thoughts on Gemini and he answers that you can’t trust her.

Ch 112 - MAYA
Maya thinks about the fight they had and how she wants to support Colton. But the next day there is no issues with him shifting and they are on their way. She worries about him not being able to protect the babies if something were to happen to her because they were always in trouble. When they reach Washington, Wren mindlinks her about nostalgia. They decide to go to a roadside diner to eat, and notice it has a lot of security cameras. Porter and Rowena get their own table and the waiter is a teen who spills their water and disappears making Colton and Teddy become irritated. Maya decides to go see what’s the hold up when one of the four men at the counter recognizes her.

Ch 113 - COLTON
Colton is left with the remaining group who complain about the service and tells them to relax as they wait for Maya to handle it. Teddy and Gemini poke fun at him and play an annoying game with straw wrappers while Wren tries to chat with him and gets miffed when he ignores her. Colton shuts down the fun between the two and they complain how he will be to his kids. Teddy finds the mini jukebox and Colton warns him not to touch it so Gemini and Teddy instead start singing. He instead asks Teddy what’s going on with Porter and Rowena and he mentions they might ditch the group soon because there was an incident. Colton gets upset and decides they should leave the group sooner than later if they continue to act sketchy and didn’t contribute to their cause. He decides to talk to Maya about giving them the boot when he realizes she’s been gone too long and sees her up against four guys.

Ch 114 - TEDDY
Teddy is irritated with Colton’s party pooper behavior and feels bad that Rowena and Porter are his next targets for something he didn’t even know that happened. He notices Colton acting funny and looks to see what he’s looking at and realizes the situation Maya was in. They both go towards her and he sees that the four men were Rogues and overhears Maya telling them that they’re being watched by the cameras. Colton attacks one who lunges at Maya and she fight another who grabs a knife. Another one uses a stool to try attacking Teddy and he manages to toss him back into the candy dispenser. Wren joins the fray for the fourth Rogue, taking him out. Teddy feels the adrenaline pumping and is happy his team is winning when Maya starts yelling at Colton to stop. Colton is so angry he demands to know why he has to stop when she tells them she recognizes the from her old pack.

Ch 115 - COLTON
Colton asks if the men are from the Grimcrest pack and he gets suspicious when she doesn’t answer. She finally tells them they are from the Samara pack and he gets jealous at remembering Nolan wanting her for his Luna. He gets more angry about that and how they attacked first but Maya insists on not harming them further. The one Colton is pinning down tells him he ruined their pack but Colton tells him their leader was the one who kept kidnapping his brothers mate. But Maya wants to hear what he means, instead he tells Colton that having Maya as a potential Luna for the Samaras was a good thing that was taken away by him. Colton and Maya begin arguing after he tells the men that he didn’t even like Maya to begin with and didn’t steal her away. When the mens start fighting again she tells them that she left them on her own. He tries to get Maya back to his side when another grabs a butcher knife and snatches her and tells him they are taking Maya back.

Ch 116 - GEMINI
Gemini watches the fight in interest, mainly watching Teddy. She also notices Rowena and Porter edging to the emergency exit and follows them out to an abandoned gas station. She flags them down and puts on an act to say she needed to talk to them. She uses her power to make Porter pass out and tells Rowena she can help her with her powers before she harms someone else. She tells her to give up some of her power because she can’t use it and Rowena starts to panic and bargain that she won’t cast spells anymore. Wren tells her she hurts people without even trying and tells her that without even trying she had harmed Porter. Rowena is shocked and horrified but Gemini tells her she can help by holding her power for her to keep people safe. Rowena seems to be about to give in when Teddy calls out for Gemini to help them in the diner.

Ch 117 - MAYA
Maya hears Teddy calling for Gemini to help and realizes she is too far from the others and potential weapons or escape to get help. She decides to talk her way out of it and tells the man holding her she doesn’t recall them from the pack. He admits they went Rogue before she was in the Samaras because Nolan couldn’t lead the pack. But Rogue life was not for them and they were hopeful that she would bring the pack back under good leadership. Suddenly the man drops the knife and she sees Gemini give a thumbs up from across the diner. Colton demands they kill them but she decides to let them go. Teddy asks the cook cowering in a corner to make them some burgers and decides to eat a pecan pie off the counter instead. They discuss how the diner is a wreck when the waiter comes back to ask their order but looks at the destruction and quits. Porter comes in and tells them that he can’t remember what happened but Rowena is missing.

Ch 118 - TEDDY
When Teddy hears Rowena is missing he goes to Gemini to ask what she did. She tells him she was with them during the fight the entire time and that she is too tired from using her power to save the day. He decides to check on Porter and ask what he last remembers. Teddy assures Porter they will find Rowena but Colton tells him they’re not. Porter gets upset at Colton while Teddy tries to think of a reason for Rowena to leave. Maya talks to Porter to reason with him about not being able to stay due to the damage done to the diner and the cameras that are sure to bring the authorities to the area. She tells him that she’s sorry that her decision to to continue in their journey as planned because their time is limited and wants to know if he will go with them or will he stay there.

Ch 119 -GEMINI
Gemini is not touched by Porters broken best over Rowena. He tells Maya that his only decision is to stay back and search for Rowena. She watches as Porter says his goodbyes and reminds the group they got to get going. Back on the road, Gemini rides on Teddy again, and wonders why she had bothered to run and save him when he called out to her. They soon come to a meadow and she realizes the wolves had snatched some food from the diner and realizes she’s hungry and didn’t get anything. Soon they are running again when the wolves get sucked into a bog filled with leeches and Gemini goes flying.

Ch 120 - MAYA
Maya is surprised to have fallen in the bog and forces herself to not get sick. She looks around and notices everyone except Wren is in the bog. They begin to panicking when they realize they are also covered in leeches and Wren tells them she didn’t bother to mention the place because nobody bothered listening to her anyways. Maya wonders if Wren will run off and asks if she will help them or not. She finally does and helps Maya out first and they both help the others. When everyone did out they start removing leeches, with Teddy passing out when he sees on on his penis. Gemini eventually removes it for him and they continue this time with Wren leading them. They finally get to a cottage and Wren tells them they’ve reached Ophelia’s.

Ch 121 - COLTON
Colton tries to be a comfort to Amaya once they reach Ophelia’s cottage. He mind links a reminder that she can opt out but she wants to go through with it despite feeling anxious and afraid. Colton tells Gemini and Teddy to keep watch outside and he Maya and Wren knock on the door. Colton tries to take charge but Ophelia only answers when Wren speaks up and she is happy to see Maya too. She brings them inside and tells them she knew they were coming but didn’t know when and offers them cookies she baked. Wren grabs a cookie and makes herself at home which Colton realizes she’s been to Ophelia’s many times, and is suspicious about that. He mind links Maya to be careful because he doesn’t trust Ophelia and what she plans when Ophelia turns to them to say that the rumors are true.

Ch 122 - GEMINI
Gemini is bored waiting outside when Teddy comes up to her. She tells him the cottage looks like Hansel and Gretel’s witch and the smoke coming out the chimney means Maya is in the oven. He immediately starts to go to the cottage but Gemini stops him and tells him to stop obsessing over Maya when her mate and sister are by her side. She then asks when they will try again to go back in his psyche but he gets mad and tries to ignore her. She gets playful with him but he gets even more upset and tells her they aren’t friends and that he is going to tell Maya to kick her from the group. Gemini reminds him she’s only staying with them for one reason and he tells her she can get it over his dead body.

Ch 123 - MAYA
Maya wonders why Ophelia is staring at Colton asking about the rumors. She tells them she heard Tefirna is dead and that Maya was with a brute of a man, she then asks Maya how she survived without a pack and being the banished runt. She tells Maya she doesn’t want to know the specifics of Tefirna’s death in case someone might hold it against her but reveals that it’s effect has placed a curse on Colton. He insists the markings are gone but she tells him that curses can still exist and that he’s in danger. Maya asks if she can help and Ophelia goes rummaging around the house until she comes up with a fishing net and asks why Colton looks suspicious. She assures that she’s loyal but Maya has a feeling she can never fully trust anyone, ever.

Ch 124 - TEDDY
Teddy decides to cut out Gemini from his life because she seems toxic to him and tries to distance himself from her. He watches the ocean until the door to Ophelia’s opens and he rushes over to see her come out with a fishing net. She sees them and invites them inside but Gemini refuses. Teddy has no reservations so Gemini reluctantly follows him. Once inside Ophelia tells them they can all stay the night but Colton Maya and Gemini refuse. Teddy wonders why the hesitancy and starts to choke on the cookie. He overhears her mumble about the effort she made to prepare their stay and decides to not be rude and accept her invitation. Maya and Colton continue to refuse, politely this time, and decide to leave for now. Teddy realizes that he’s stuck in a strangers house with Wren and Gemini and no longer feels confident about sleeping over.

Ch 125 - COLTON
Colton and Maya head out of the cottage to find a place for them to set up camp close by. He starts rambling about the group of misfits he is happy to get away from and how he doesn’t trust Ophelia. Maya is quiet until Colton can’t take it anymore and demands to know what she is thinking. She tells him she doesn’t want to jinx anything but she’s hopeful which he gets upset about because he doesn’t believe Ophelia can help. He tells her to remember what happened when they made a deal with Tefirna which makes her upset and blames that everything is his fault. He gets defensive and she tells him he has no business judging Ophelia without knowing about her. He decides to change topic and tells her he doesn’t trust anyone but her. She lectures him about giving chances and he decides to go along with her but will be in guard at the same time.

Ch 126 - TEDDY
Ophelia leads Teddy to his room and he gets nervous. He eventually falls asleep and finds himself back in his psyche. He thinks Gemini is playing tricks with him again but doesn’t find her. He finds a fire in the living room and everything even himself catches fire with him unable to move until he awakens. He tries to calm himself back to sleep until he realizes Gemini is in the corner of his room watching him.

Ch 127 - GEMINI
Gemini is in her room of pink and can’t stand it but doesn’t feel any threats. She decides to get ready for bed and thinks about how Teddy said they weren’t friends and how it kind of hurt her because she was starting to like him. She gets upset for being so affected and starts throwing things getting upset with herself and deciding to just take the triplets from him. She goes to Teddy’s room while he’s sleeping and enters his mind. There she goes to the second floor of the house and trips over a trip wire that creates flames that burn her up. Back in Teddy’s room she watches him wake up and settle back to sleep until he catches her. He grabs her in anger and she gets attracted to him, telling him she wanted to sleep near him. He lets up his anger and she races out his room to go back to her room when she realizes her legs are burned.

Ch 128 - COLTON
Colton decides to instead seduce Maya since they understood each other better physically but she refuses. She tells him she’s not in the mood and he whines about being rejected. He worries that they will become that couple and she assures she’s just tired. He falls asleep and awakens later and feels strange, even stranger when Maya also awakens and beckons him to come to her. She apologizes for their fight earlier and as he tries to assure her, another voice comes out his mouth to tell her that she will be a bad mother and their children will end up rotten. He shoves her hard and she hits a tree with a crack and falls over dead.

Ch 129 - MAYA
Maya awakens to Colton screaming in his sleep. She awakens him and he starts crying, she comforts him back to sleep. In the morning Colton is distant and quiet as they go back to Ophelia’s. There Ophelia tells Colton that he needs to get rid of his demon now and Maya asks why she is mentioning it now. Ophelia tells her there must have been a secret clause to their deal that would make the curse renewed in case she is killed or the deal unfulfilled, like the universe punishing for an unpaid debt. She insists that she will help him but Colton doesn’t know if he can trust another witch.

Ch 130 - GEMINI
Gemini doesn’t get much sleep in her pink room and goes downstairs for breakfast. She finds Ophelia making a spread but she can only ask for coffee. Wren and Teddy join them and she thinks about the defenses in Teddy’s dreamscape and the burns on her legs. Suddenly Ophelia goes outside to talk to presumably Colton and Maya and they call come back into the kitchen. Maya tells them she needs their help with Colton and Gemini refuses to help with his curse. She thinks it would be easier to enter Teddy’s dreams if he was tired and throws him under the bus, saying he would do anything for Maya. He doesn’t hear what he was being volunteered for but agrees to help Maya, Wren also refuses. Ophelia tells them they are going to the ocean and Teddy volunteers to gather a supply, but Ophelia has to warn him…

Ch 131 - COLTON
Ophelia tells Colton that he has to be the one to obtain all the items for the spell. Maya gets worried because she doesn’t have faith that he can do things on his own. He insists he remembers all the items because he made a poem: sand dollars make you holler. Three sand crab put them in the bag. My oh my seagulls fly up high. Three shells perfect as hell and kelp stalks from where it walks. Ophelia is excited but Maya reminds him to mind link her if he gets in trouble. In the ocean he pulls the kelp and finds merpeople attacking him. He shifts and fights them off. When he starts to swim to the surface, he blacks out.

Ch 132 - TEDDY
Teddy is skipping rocks in the ocean while Ophelia and Maya talk. He notices something bobbing in the ocean and starts towards it when Maya warns him not to interfere. He sees it’s Colton in trouble and he rushes out to help him, but Colton is too heavy and the current to strong. Maya appears to help and they manage to drag him out of the ocean, realizing the tied kelp around his waist was dragging him down. Maya panics because Colton is not breathing and Teddy instructs her to do mouth to mouth, but as she does CPR he worries that Colton is already dead.

Ch 133 - MAYA
Maya is in full blown panic and Teddy takes over doing compression telling her she needs to help save him. She asks Ophelia to use her magic but she refuses because it would defeat their purpose of being there. Maya is upset at this and tries to mind link Colton and after a while he revives and tells them about the merpeople he’s fought and how they must have worshipped the kelp. They go to Ophelia and Colton asks for a refresher for his list of items. He immediately goes for a seagull first, and they watch him fail terribly. Maya tries to take her mind off things by checking in on Teddy and before he can say anything, Colton returns with the bird.

Ch 134 - GEMINI
Wren and Gemini are sitting in front of the fire burning random items while she thinks about how the dream world caused her to bring back scars to the mortal world. She wonders if Teddy’s psyche is actually really strong. She recalls her last strong victim and realizes that it must be the jinn that is helping to protect Teddy. Wren tells her that she can help since this is her turf and Gemini gets suspicious.

Ch 135 - TEDDY
The group is on their way back to the cottage once Colton has gathered all the supplies which Ophelia seems surprised he managed. He decides to chat with her about her favorite TV show and she asks if she could talk shop with him. She tells him she knows a lot and asks about his experience with the Cerberus and that she knows the triplets are also audience to their conversation. He tells her they can talk privately later and goes to the fireplace in the cottage. He averts from Gemini and ends up next to Wren who tells him she wants to rebuild their friendship. He ignores her and wonders why the two women he’s stuck with are questionable company he keeps.

Ch 136 - COLTON
Back at the cottage Colton wants to shower before they begin the spell. She instructs him to go to the fifth floor and Maya follows. In the room they see that it was specially made for them and Colton has a little bit more hope and trust in the witch. He goes to take a shower and tries to play hard to get once Maya joins him.

Ch 137 - MAYA
Maya knows even though Colton wants her to beg for it she is the one with the power and ends up making him beg her. They make each other climax and finish their shower, finding their clothes gone and a closet full of new ones at their disposal. They start to go down and Maya tells Colton that she appreciates him sticking by her side and that she’s happy they are mates. He tells her belly that he would walk through hell for her and their babies.

Ch 138 - MAYA
Maya is nervous about the curse lifting spell as they enter Ophelia’s study. She warns them that her part was easy in making the potion and that his part might be difficult as the curse has layers. He has to be mentally prepared to fight his own demons before they can even start. He asks why she is revealing this now instead of on the beginning and she tells him she didn’t want to stress him out. He agrees and drinks the potion when she tells him to think of it more like and exorcism, before he starts to convulse. Maya panics but Ophelia tells him it’s what is supposed to happen and they watch as a projection of Colton’s nightmare is on display for them. Once Maya’s projection dies the demon version of Colton attacks the real Colton and Maya wishes she could help him.

Ch 139 - COLTON
Colton feels terrible during the replay of his nightmare and having to see Maya’s reaction to it. During his fight with demon him he realizes they are evenly matched with the same look, sound, and fighting style. He hears Maya cheering him on and he realizes he can’t afford to lose because nobody will be able to protect her and their babies. He fights back and kicks the demon in its heart which is reflected to a pain in his chest. Maya rushes to his side and he tells her that was the worst battle he ever fought but her voice made him stronger. Ophelia tells him the curse is lifted and goes to bake some cookies in celebration. Colton then tells Maya he loves her.

Ch 140 - MAYA
Maya is happy Colton has finally said the L-word and he tells her it’s taken him so long because he wasn’t sure he was able to love her the way she deserved. They go back to their room and have meaningful sex, telling each other how much they love another. After a while Maya decides they have to get going to take care of business with the Grimcrest pack now that Colton could protect her and take care of her glow problem afterwards. They get dressed and go down to tell the others the plan, and Maya starts to get nervous as they head to Port Angeles. Once they reached pack territory, she sees that the pack members don’t recognize anyone of the group until they see her and start whispering. Colton tells her he has a bad feeling when she sees her grandfather who tells her they’ve been expecting her.

Cultural References
-Super Mario Super Star - (ch 1) Colton states that he feels like he received this item from a video game that grants temporary invincibility

26 - Gemini uses the example of the Force

Ch 37 - Greys Anatomy

Ch 40 - Colton mentions Meredith Grey

Ch 49 - Teddy refers to the movie Knives Out when telling Porter about him killing the hunters in the hotel room

Ch 56 - Colton wants to name their daughter Megatron; Maya refuses a Transformer name

Ch 57 - Teddy calls the three Grecians It Follows. He wants to buy a pair of Dockers.

Ch 70 - Wren calls Colton Dwayne the Rock Johnson, The Hulk, He Man, GI Joe and Colton the Destroyer

Ch 77 - Dr Pointdexter is too busy watching Grey’s Anatomy to hear his door

Ch 83 - Wren mentions Dateline and the abusive parents as well as her grandfather Mr Rogers

Ch 88 - Maya references Dany (Daenerys) in Game of Thrones when her army salutes her

Ch 107 - Maya comments on the movie Saw

Ch 108 - Gemini mentions Meryl Streep

Ch 113 - Teddy wants to play Tom Jones, What’s New Pussycat or Creatures in the Night, Monster Mash, or Who Let the Dogs Out

Ch 116 - Gemini describes the diner fight as a John Wick movie

Ch 119 - Gemini comments on their journey being like Lord of the Rings, the Grimcrest pack like Mordor, and Porter equal to Boromir

Ch 125 - Colton calls the flow from Maya’s belly the Bat Signal

Ch 126 - Teddy states his room looks like a Sleepytime tea box

Ch 131 - Colton mentions he feels like he’s in an episode of Naked and Afraid. He also mentions the Little Mermaid and Peter Pan

Ch 134 - Gemini mentions that she just has to learn how to train a dragon

Ch 135 - Ophelia tells Teddy that her favorite TV show is the Great British Bake Off and he replies season two’s contestant had left Ian’s baked Alaska out of the freezer and destroyer. She responds that he threw it in the bin like a child and doesn’t understand the spirit of the competition while he believes he was sabotaged and should be pitied.

Teddy states that Ophelia gives him a sure Jan smile, referencing memes of Brady Bunch