The Powerful Pride of an Immortal (Immortal Supers Book 4) Kurtis Eckstein (psychology books to read TXT) 📖

There was a little baby, with bright teal eyes, with her elbows on the floor, her head up and looking around.

“Eden’s lifting her head already?!” she said in shock and excitement.

Everyone looked up at her with wide grins.

Rose spoke up first. “She’s proud of herself too! She’s saying hi!”

Lily quickly sat down next to Rose and Freya, mesmerized by the adorable little Eden bobbing her head slightly as she tried to keep herself partially raised.

“This is the most alert I think I’ve seen her,” Lily commented, wiggling her finger at Eden, watching her teal eyes cross slightly, only to look like it made her dizzy.

“Yeah,” Heidi agreed. “Seems like all she does is eat, sleep, and fill her diaper.”

Lily laughed at that, because it was so true, and Lexi cracked a smile, only to speak up.

“It’s still really strange to me to think that this is the same little girl who was Sam’s daughter over a century ago. Kind of makes me worried how she’ll handle that when she’s bigger.”

Freya nodded in agreement, her brow furrowed.

Rose laid down then, so that her face was directly in front of Eden’s. She then lifted her head just a little to kiss Eden on the nose, prompting the baby to cross her eyes again and look dizzy, only for Rose to rest her head down again, with a big smile on her face.

“Oh,” Freya said, after a moment of silence. “Lily, don’t forget your surgery is on Monday. I got a reminder an hour ago, since I’m the one who scheduled you. I put my number down instead of yours.”

Lily’s eyes widened in surprise. “Oh, wow. I did forget.” She then sighed. “I’m glad the day is finally almost here.”

“For your implants?” Heidi wondered.

Lily nodded. “Yeah, after having them in for ten years, I feel naked without them.”

Lexi suddenly looked depressed, likely because she felt responsible for them being gone, as well as for almost getting the fiery blonde killed.

Lily quickly continued, focusing on her. “Not that I’ve minded too much. Losing them was worth it.”

Lexi immediately glanced up at her, her sorrow transitioning to more of a happy sadness. “Thanks,” she whispered.

Eden laid her head down again, her eyes suddenly looking sleepy.

“Naptime again,” Rose chimed.

“Rose, sweetie,” Freya said. “Do you want to go ahead and put her in her crib like last time?”

Her face lit up, slight dimples appearing in her tan cheeks. “Okay!” She then carefully collected Eden in her arms, just as the tiny little girl’s teal eyes fully closed, and walked with her to the bedroom.

Heidi spoke up then. “Umm, just wondering, but do you think Sam would like something like that on me?”

All three women looked at her in confusion, prompting Lexi to respond. “The implants?”

Heidi’s face flushed, looking down in embarrassment as she nodded. Lexi and Lily both looked at each other, only to look at Freya.

“It doesn’t really matter that much to him,” Freya explained simply. Heidi looked up at her in surprise, prompting her to continue. “Like, Sam isn’t dissatisfied with Lily’s appearance now.” She paused, getting a big grin on her face as she glanced at Lily. “Even if she’s as flat as a pancake.”

Heidi and Lexi both burst out laughing, and Lily glared at her playfully.

Freya continued with a grin. “The implants are more for Lily’s sake than his. She personally likes them.”

Lily nodded. “Yeah, and honestly Heidi, you look perfect how you are now.” She then grimaced slightly, looking a little embarrassed as she glanced at Lexi. “I have to admit, I’m a little jealous of both of your body types. Even if I gained ten pounds, I still wouldn’t have boobs, whereas the two of you both are, well, very well proportioned even when super skinny.”

“You really think so?” Lexi wondered.

Lily rolled her citrine eyes. “Oh, come on, Lexi. You know you’re hot and busty. You weren’t the most popular superhero for several years for no reason.”

That prompted Lexi to grin. “Thanks. You’d think that was reassuring to me, but I guess none of that matters when there’s only one guy whose opinion I care about.”

Heidi and Lily both nodded, only for everyone to look at Freya again.

She rolled her crimson eyes. “Sam likes us all equally. Obviously, he views Lily and I as his primary women, but in terms of attractiveness, he doesn’t rank us in any particular order. That’s why he wanted to talk to you both at the same time last weekend.”

“Yeah,” Lily agreed. “He didn’t want one of you to think he liked the other more.”

“Because he doesn’t,” Freya added. “He loves us all the same. We all matter to him.” She focused on Heidi. “He finds you just as attractive as he does Lily.” She looked at Lexi. “He finds you just as attractive as he does me.”

Lily leaned over, wrapping her arm around Freya’s neck. “And even though clearly the two hottest women here are Freya and Heidi, he somehow finds me just as attractive as he does Freya.”

Both sisters grinned, picking up on the obvious implications.

Heidi spoke up again. “Thanks, by the way.”

“Yes,” Lexi immediately agreed. “Thank you.”

Lily and Freya exchanged a glance, with Lily’s arm still around her neck, before they both smiled.

“You’re welcome,” Freya said, both of them having a warm smile.

“We’re happy to officially have you in our family,” Lily added. “And together, I think we’ll be able to handle anything life throws our way.”

“Together,” Freya agreed, giving Lily a small squeeze.

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Sam Archer

April 20, 2735 – Current Day – Early Evening

I wasn’t sure how Winter felt about eating the same thing twice in a row, but figured that the safest option was to get what I knew she would eat. Not that I didn’t try to ask her first. When I first pulled off an exit to grab some food, since we were getting close to our destination, I did attempt to gently wake her up, but she was completely out of it,