SILVER-HAIRED

The moment he said those words to me, my body stilled, and the realization struck me and my eyes trembled.

"I’m not only worried about your condition" he intoned and my body grew tense. "Yel-"

"He requested for your firstborn son" I cut him off before he could say anymore. "Then we better hope we have a girl", I turned away from him, my breath shaky, gods! I forgot about his bargain with Basker, that must have been the first thought in his head the moment he learned that I’m with child, this was even more alarming, I licked my lips. Yes I pray I have a daughter because if I have a son, Basker will come for him, the mere thought of it got my heartbeat quicken, the thought of parting away from my child.

I knew Basker wasn’t a bad person, but I never understood why he struck that bargain with Nicklaus millennia ago, that Avatar always had something up his sleeve, well if he could hear me now, he should better watch out!

I felt Nicklaus spoon me from behind, his strong arms around me, pressing my body to his naked form. "I won’t let him"

I sighed. "This is Basker Nicklaus, a non-dimensional Avatar said to be the first knowledge and the Library itself, I don’t think there’s a stopping him"

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"So you want it to be a girl?" Mathilda said, blinking.

"Yes, a girl would be wonderful, I mean pretty gowns and wonderful parties," I said with a smile.

"Why would you conclude that you want a girl?" Celeste asked.

"Well-" I paused my eyes darted to Mathilda, If I gave Celeste a hint she would understand why... she was part of the people who knew of Nicklaus’ young days but I wasn’t sure about Mathilda, I like her but I don’t think I trust her enough to tell about Nicklaus bargain, gods the bargain! Just thinking about it gives me a headache.