in this house, if you want, that is.”
“Now I’m worried we messed up,” Storm mutters to Seth and Killian as I stare speechless at the house.
“No,” I whisper, using my other hand to wipe my tears away. “I never knew where my mum grew up; she couldn’t tell me. But I longed to see it. Especially when I found out the truth. I want this to be my home. Our home.”
“Good, because we want that for you. For us,” Storm says. “And we want to show you the world. I haven’t seen it in a long time, what do you think?”
“Travelling with three sexy gods I’m deeply in love with? Yes, sign me up!” I say, jumping on the spot. They all laugh, and I join them.
“Do you want to unlock the front door to our home?” Seth asks, holding up a shiny front door key. I grab the key and run around him to the front door. I smile as I rest my hand on the old wood door when I notice a name written on my palm in gold for good luck. I can’t help but smile, knowing this is a gift from the gods, and in some way, I hope it was sent by my mother. The name is not someone I always believed deserved good karma, and sure as hell did she have a long way to go to prove herself. But now, I’m certain. This girl deserves it, and it comes in the shape of three gods and a goblin.
The name is...Karma Kismet.
Epilogue
“Ruby! Come on! We are going to be late!” I shout up the stairs. As I attempt to lean down and pick up a bag off the stairs, large hands pick me up and gently place me down.
“My heavily pregnant woman should not be carrying bags,” Storm grumbles, and I scrunch my face up. He laughs, kissing my forehead before picking up the bag and heading outside to the open portal.
“Sorry, sorry. I was on the phone to Myles,” Ruby says, rushing down the stairs in a hurry, her long red hair bouncing around her shoulders in curls that match her cute red dress I bought her last year but have never seen her wear before. “Where are the guys?”
“Killian and Seth left ten minutes ago, and Storm just went. We are late,” I tell her, hooking her arm through mine. “And I don’t think I’m going to mention to them you were chatting with your boyfriend and that’s the reason why we are late.”
“I also FaceTimed mum,” she steers away from the topic of Myles, and I don’t feckin’ blame her. The poor boy nearly died from sheer fear when Storm met him and suggested they hang out and throw axes together. It only got worse when Killian and Seth brought drinks to their boys night. Drunk gods and axe throwing are not a good combo. “She is sorry she couldn’t be here tonight, but the store is so busy.”
“I get it,” I tell her. Emerald runs a very successful chain of magical stores that sell all kinds of things, and it keeps her really busy. Ruby spends most Christmases with us now and with her mum on the days after, when the stores are closed. We both step through the portal outside our house and into the garden where Kit is staring down Michael. The two of them enjoy their staring contests, and I’m not judging whatever weird shit they are into with each other.
“Auntie Karma! Auntie Ruby!” my oldest nephew shouts from the back door. I look up at Hugo, his red curly hair falling onto his forehead, and it’s the same colour as his dad’s, Peyton. His eyes are all Mads though, bright and very blue. My other nephew, a year younger than his brother, Tierney, runs to his side. His hair is much shorter and very blond, the colour Mads’s hair used to be before she was changed into a god. Tierney waves at me. His eyes are the same green as mine, and he is secretly my favourite because of that little fact.
But I love Hugo too, for so many other reasons.
Ruby rushes across the garden, and I stroke Michael on his head as I pass him by and walk through the backdoor. I follow the sound of chatter and laughter into the kitchen where mum, Ruby and Vivian are gushing around the tiny baby in Mads’s arms.
“How is my beautiful niece, miss Henrietta?” I ask as