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Reece

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"ENOUGH!

" Mom bellowed so loudly that I winced and put my hands over my ears. I saw that I wasn't the only one either. Samuel had done the exact same thing. He was hunched over and cowering in fear of my mom's booming voice.

"What the hell, Mom?

" I snapped at her after my ears had recovered a little bit.

"Don't give me that tone of voice, Reece. I swear by the Goddess, I will turn you over my knee and beat your ass so hard you won't be able to sit right for hours.

"

"Ha ha.

" I heard Samuel chuckle in response to my mother's harsh words. It pissed me off, but I didn't want to say anything just then. If I did, then my mother was likely to hurt me.

"Oh, just shut up Samuel. I love you, but if you keep up this attitude, I will kick your ass so hard, you will no longer be immortal. You'll wind up some time in the past and you won't know how to get back here. If you don't believe me then keep testing my nerves and see if I'm kidding.

"

Mom was fuming mad. I swear I could see smoke coming out from her ears, and there was definitely fire in her eyes and some sort of ethereal evilness coming out of her. But she wasn't done yet, so I wasn't going to say anything.

"I am tired of the whining and complaining.

" She was glaring at Samuel when she said that part. At least she didn't try claiming that I had been whining.

"And I am tired of the big macho man attitude.

" That time she looked from him to me and then back again. OK, so I guess that applied to both of us.

"The two of you are going to get along. You're going to shut up about this whole ordeal, and you're going to just wait for the day that Trinity wakes up again. I can't wait for her to return to us either. She is my one and only daughter in-law, she is the mother of my precious grandchildren, and she is the woman that has been leading our people. She is a very important person not to just me and the two of you, but to the entire world. I love her. I miss her. And I want to cry and rant just like the two of you, but I don't. So do me a favor and stop **ing bickering before I hurt the both of you.

"

"Yes, dear.

" Samuel nodded and answered her at the same time that I spoke.

"Yes, Mommy.

" I had my head lowered and didn't look her in the eyes. She was scary sometimes.

"Good. See, was that so damn hard? Hahh.

" She rolled her eyes and sighed before she continued.

"Reece, I liked your idea of us all being here though. That way we all know right away when she wakes up. Not to mention, it will give all the kids time to be together. I think it's time to have all of the family here. But that means you need to include Juniper and Paul, Vincent and Heather, Cedar and Acacia, David and Rawlynne, Shawn and Dietrich, Shane and Falena, Jackson and Melita, Devon and Ella, Gina, Roisin, Abigail, Peter, Crawford, and Eldrige. You need to have everyone that she considers family here with her. Don't just include those that she is related to by blood, bring those that she had love for.

"

"You're right, Mom.

" I nodded at her as I agreed.

"I know I am.

" She snapped at me.

"Now hush. I didn't tell you to talk yet.

" She was glaring at me.

"There is a lot more to talk about and discuss.

"

I snapped my mouth shut and didn't say another word until she told me to. I still had that ghost of a sensation. That one that I got a long time ago. That feeling of a book smacking into the back of my head so hard that it would have cracked a human skull. Damn, my mom was a **ing beast.

For the next half of an hour or so, the three of us talked about what we needed to do. And by that I mean that my mom lectured me on what I needed to do while Samuel and I sat in our chairs like bad little boys that were getting lectured. It was brutal, but at least we had a plan.

"HAHH!

" When mom and Samuel left my office, I audibly sighed and nearly slumped out of my chair. I swear, the sigh was so loud that I thought my mom had heard it and was going to come back into the room to lecture me some more. I definitely did not want that to happen.

"Hahh!

" I sighed again, quite a bit softer and quieter this time.

"Damn. I am going to be even more busy now. Mom gave me a huge list of people to call and 'summon' to the castle. And she told me that I needed to do it and not push it off onto someone else. She had something about this being a family business, so it was something that needed to be taken care of by the family. And since I was the

"head

" of the family while my Little Bunny was away, that meant that it was my duty to take care of it. Then she reminded me that Trinity would do it herself if she were here.

Dammit. Mom wasn't playing fair. She was manipulating me and using that scary power of hers to force me into submission. That and I just really, really didn't want to be hit in the head with a book again. Or for my mom to turn me over her knee and beat my ass. Yeah, that would be a hard one to explain to people. I could hear it now.

"Daddy, why aren't you sitting down for dinner?

" Talia or maybe Reagan or Rika would ask me as I stood to eat my meal.

"Well, sweetheart, Daddy fell down today.

" I would try to explain it away to them.

"What did you fall on, Daddy?

" They would ask me.

"Daddy fell down on Lola Lila's hand.

"

"Lola spanked you, Daddy?

" One of them would ask me and the staff and family around would bust out laughing whether I confirmed or denied it. It was all perfectly clear in my head. That was going to happen to me if I didn't listen to my mommy.

"GAH!

" I grabbed my head as I thought about it. There is no way, absolutely no way in **ing hell that I could let my mom spank me. That would be the most embarrassing thing ever. And I just know, I know for a fact that when Trinity woke up, she would wind up making fun of me just the same. She would say something along the lines of:

"Don't make me call your mom.

" She would think that it was funny. Or she might say:

"Do I need to spank you, Reece? You need me to treat you like a bad boy?

"

Well, I guess that last one could be quite nice, depending on the situation. It would add a little bit of spice at least. I don't know now. Maybe I want my Little Bunny to spank me. Not my mom of course, but my wife can do it anytime she wants to.

To be honest, I would probably enjoy that just a little bit too much. I would end up wanting her to spank me more and more. It would turn into something bad. Now that I think about it, we should probably steer clear of spanking altogether.

Actually, I think that I was just really, really missing my Little Bunny. She has been gone for so long, and we hadn't been intimate in over a month before she left. I was truly starting to feel lonely right now. I needed her. Her touch. Her warmth. Her kisses. All of her. I just really missed my Little Bunny.

"Come home soon, Little Bunny. Please come home. We all need you. Not just me and the kids, but all of us. We miss you. It's just not the same without you.

" I wasn't even in the same room as my wife at the moment, but I was still talking to her, hoping that my prayer would reach her somehow..

"Please come home.

"