God of the Abyss by Rain Oxford

because there is no one I trust more to take care
of Ron and Sammy. Vretial might be after them and I need to know they’re safe.
You protected me, and I know you can keep them safe. Please.”
    He didn’t look happy about it, but he sighed and
nodded.
    “You should let the gods know about the change of
plans,” Mordon suggested. I used my magic to reach through my book. It was the
same as when I connected to Earth to heal it from the backlash of Vretial’s
defeat, except I was specifically trying to connect with my mate. This was
something I never did before using my magic and I had no idea how it would
work. However, my magic could do anything.
    “Divina? Can you hear me?” I thought real
hard. I could feel the goddess of Earth through my book.
    “Dylan? How are you doing this?”
    “Not sure, and I don’t know if I can keep this
connection up. Edward tried to contact Erono and was attacked. I don’t know
what it was other than extremely powerful.”
    “Are you putting yourself at risk?”
    “This is probably safer than contacting you the
Guardian way. It attacked instantly and I think it might be targeting
Guardians.”
    “Don’t let Kiro go with you. If Vretial is
targeting Guardians, Kiro might be–”
    “I know. I’m taking Mordon and leaving the boys
with Edward. I’m still going to try to find the Guardians. I want to give
Edward my pentagram. It can alert me if something attacks him again. I’m just
calling to let you know that the plan has changed and the kids are fine.”
    The connection snapped. I opened my eyes to see
Mordon’s eyes shift from black to normal.
    “How did it go? Did you get her?”
    “Yeah. I told Divina what’s up.” I turned to Edward
and took off my pentagram. “Please keep this on you for mine and Divina’s peace
of mind. If you get hurt or need help, it’ll bring me to you.” He looked at the
boys and agreed to take it. Edward was very protective of my kids. I turned to
Mordon. “Let’s go check on Nano first.”
    “How come?” he asked.
    Sammy watched us with hawk eyes and owl ears. I hoped
he had settled happily into our family, but no child wanted to believe his
biological parents abandoned him.
    “Because it’s been four years and they never came
back for Sammy.” They visited a lot in the first year, but they stopped
coming when it got too hard for Vivian to leave. Ron was old enough now to turn
over the spell to Divina with some guidance, but we never told him about the
magic. There was never a reason; the boys were always together. And if I did
tell them, Sammy could go live with his parents. It would absolutely break
Ron’s heart if Sammy left us, not to mention Divina’s, Edward’s, Mordon’s, and
mine.
    “I’m sure they had a good reason.”
    I got down on my knees to be eye level with Ron.
“Mordon and I will be back soon, so be good for your granddad, okay?”
    “We’re always good, Daddy.”
    Oh, Hell, he has the same mischievous glint in his
eye as his mother. “Yes, I know you are.” “ Watch him ,” I mouthed to
Edward. He nodded. Both of my sons were very well behaved, but I noticed an
increase in small pranks lately. Sammy was a bit of a vindictive baby, but Ron
was genetically prone to asking for trouble. I said goodbye and hugged them.
    Regivus was right; I had eternity to be a Guardian,
but my sons would only be little for a short time. I didn’t want to miss any of
this. Besides, if I turned my back on Ron, he was liable to take over all the
worlds. He was enough like his mother that he could probably talk the gods into handing their worlds over.
    I flashed Mordon and myself to Dios, as flashing was
my preferred method of long distance travel. We appeared before the huge doors
to Nila’s throne room, where the goblin guards surrounded us and aimed their
swords. They probably recognized us as Nila’s friends, but they still drew
their blades. I couldn’t be offended, for I knew they even pulled their weapons
on the