He stroked her wild black curls away from her face. "And I love you, Ashli."
"Good." She snuggled closer, burying her face into his chest. "Because." She sighed dreamily. "I'm in labor."
"What?" he pulled away, and her eyes flipped open. "But you're only eight months."
"It's okay, honey. It's normal for women who are having immortal twins. My Uchben doctor said so."
Máax released a sigh of relief. "Thank heavens. Are you certain you are okay?"
"I'm sure." She rolled over and grabbed her cell, punching in a message.
"Who are you texting?" he asked.
She winced and rubbed her belly. "My ride."
A team of four vampires, including Sentin, instantly appeared in their room.
"Your suitcase, my goddess?" said the thin one wearing a beat-up biker jacket and leather pants.
"There." She pointed toward the closet.
The other vampire, a young blond, lifted her from the bed. "My goddess, your room is ready at the Uchben hospital. Are you ready for sifting?"
"Yes." She gripped his arm. "Let's go."
"Ashli!" Máax yelled. "What is going on?"
She winked. "I'm going to have your babies, silly." She looked at Sentin who stood at her side. "Let's move, Sentin."
The other vampire with her suitcase vanished in a flash, and the remaining fourth one, a shorter man with scraggly brown hair, looked at Máax with complete frustration. "Dammit. I wanted to take her! She promised I could cut the cord."
Máax snarled. "Take me to her now!"
"Fine. But you should know that you're a lucky bastard already, so don't even think of stepping in our fun."
What was wrong with these guys? "Take me now, or I will castrate you."
In a flash, Máax was inside a large, brightly lit hospital room, standing at Ashli's side. She'd chosen to give birth in the Uchben hospital near his brother's estate in Arizona, given the children weren't human and the doctors there had years of experience dealing with immortals.
Speaking of immortals. What the devil? Groans and screams exploded from every direction. Doctors and nurses scrambled every which way. His brother Guy hovered over a pain-struck Emma stretched across a gurney, her red hair wild about her face. Kinich stood beside another gurney, gripping a screaming Penelope's hand. His sister Ixtab sat hunched over in a chair with Antonio holding her firmly by the shoulders, instructing her to breathe. And last but not least, Cimil screamed at the top of her lungs as Roberto tried to feed her ice chips. Strangely, he wore no clothes. His face was painted like a clown. It was disturbing. But not as disturbing as the howls and agonizing groans coming from the five women.
Máax felt his blood pressure hit the cold tiled floor as he took in the scene before him.
Babygeddon.
Nothing in his entire seventy thousand years of existence had ever prepared him for this.
"Let's get you all settled in." A nurse walked Ashli over to an empty gurney against the wall.
"Ashli, honey," Máax asked, "what is going on? The only thing missing is … "
"Move! She's having a baby! Move the fuck out of the way!" Chaam pushed the wheelchair through the doors into the room.
"Holy crap. I can't believe it." Máax rubbed his face. "Okay. Now the only thing missing is a vampire, a unicorn, and a clown."
"Eh-hem." Sentin stood in the corner with a video camera. He then pointed to Roberto-naked clown face Roberto.
"Okay, the only thing missing is a unicorn," he corrected.
Sentin pointed toward a window. "Minky's outside. Roberto didn't want her eating the children."
Máax nodded slowly. "Okaaay."
Helena burst through the doors, a panicked look on her face, with Niccolo in tow.
"No. Please don't tell me you're giving birth, too?" Máax croaked.
Helena, a young athletic blonde with sun-bleached hair, rolled her eyes. "Idiot. I'm not due for another six months. I'm here to help the girls."
Niccolo looked at Helena with utter joy. "Really? Matty is going to have a sister?"
Helena nodded yes. "And a brother. I'm having twins, too!"
Niccolo kissed Helena, then looked at Máax. "Man! Are you in for ride. Being a father is better than burnt bread."
Máax cocked a brow. "That's sliced bre-"
Ashli screamed. "It's time!"
The nurse rushed over. "Let's get you to a delivery room."
Oh, gods, this was it. He was going to be a father.
"You okay?" Niccolo smacked him in the arm.
Máax glanced over at Ashli's flushed, smiling face. The light in her eyes glowed with the deepest love the Universe could ever offer. And he'd get to spend an eternity with her. "I'm ready."
THE END!!!!!! (Wink)
Author Note
Hi, all!
Well, you made it to the end of the Accidentally Yours series!! (Disco dance!) If you loved it, I sooo appreciate reviews, e-mails, FB notes, and tweets! (Not from the mean people, however. Because yes, they still suck!) As for you (oh, wonderful nice person that I am sure you are!), I want to thank you for hanging on through all those cliffs and twists and immortal bumps in the road. I hope you enjoyed the series. I hope I got you to laugh when you needed it most.
And for anyone who's still pining for more, well … while some of our gods finally got their Happy Ever Afters, I'm sure you noticed a few did not. But I couldn't leave Cimil and Zac without any work to do, now could I?
Keep an eye out for my new series, Immortal Matchmaker.
Bring on victim number one: Andrus Gray …
Once the most powerful immortal assassin ever to exist, this demigod now spends his days pining for the girl who got away: Helena. Doesn't help that he's also Helena's full-time nanny slash bodyguard. But now that the apocalypse is over and her husband, the vampire general, has returned home for good, it's time to move on. But can Andrus let go of the woman he secretly loves? Cimil, Goddess of the Underworld and owner of Immortal Matchmakers, Inc., knows the solution is finding another. But getting a woman, let alone one Andrus might like, to date this callous, unrefined, coldhearted warrior will prove to be the biggest challenge of her existence. Good thing they're in LA.
When aspiring actress Sadie Townsend finds herself only one week from being thrown out on the street, the call from her agent is like a gift from heaven. The six-figure salary is enough to keep her afloat for a very long time. But when she learns the job is teaching the world's biggest barbarian how to act like a gentleman, she wonders if she shouldn't have asked for more. He's vulgar, uncaring, and more rough around the edges than a serrated bread knife. He's also sexy, fierce, and undeniably tormented.
Will Sadie help him overcome his past, or will she find her heart hopelessly entrapped by a man determined to self-destruct?
HAPPY READING, EVERYONE!
Hugs, Mimi
About the Author
Before taking up a permanent residence in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mimi spent time living near New York City (became a shopaholic), in Mexico City (developed a taste for very spicy food), and in Arizona (now hates jumping chollas, but pines for sherbet sunsets). Her love of pre-Hispanic culture, big cities, and romance inspires her to write when she's not busy with kids, hubby, work, and life … or getting sucked into a juicy novel. She hopes that someday leather pants for men will make a big comeback and that her writing might make you laugh when you need it most.
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Dr. Antonio Acero is a world-renowned physicist whose life takes a turn for the worst-and the bizarre. In southern Mexico, he finds an ancient Mayan tablet that is said to have magical properties. But when he puts the tablet to use, he discovers that Fate has other plans. And her name is Ixtab.
Please see the next page for an excerpt from
Vampires Need Not … Apply?
Prologue
Near Sedona, Arizona. Estate of Kinich Ahau, ex – God of the Sun. New Year's Day
Teetering on the very edge of a long white sofa, Penelope stared up at the oversized, round clock mounted on the wall. In ten minutes, the sun would set and the man they once knew as the God of the Sun would awaken. Changed. She hoped.
Sadly, there'd been a hell of a lot of hoping lately and little good it did her or her two friends, Emma and Helena, sitting patiently at her side. Like Penelope, the other two women had been thrust into this new world-filled with gods, vampires, and other immortal combinations in between-by means of the men they'd fallen in love with.