Chapter 80

The clattering noise and chaos of someone falling in the front door have me jerking my head up, sandal in hand, and overjoyed to see Jake skating across the marble floor with an expression of sheer panic across his face. Arrick is in hot pursuit and looking a lot more together, although he is moving just as fast. Catching the sight of them from my viewpoint, I wave a sandal in the air frantically.

“In here… Kitchen!” I bark as both heads snap my way. An extreme sense of relief that the cavalry has arrived and Jake can take over, doing what Jake does. Help his wife bring another baby into this world, and I can get my ass out from between Emma’s thighs and exposed goblin exit.

Warm calm washes over me as they head my way, eyes fixed on the scene before them. I genuinely feel like kissing him right now for getting here this fast, and I grin with exhaled glee that he’s saving us.

Like a sudden violent slap in the face, something hot, wet, and fired with the aggressive