Ava’s arrival

Seth brought his hand over Maya’s silky hair, rubbing her head like one with a child’s while looking at Iris’s exaggerated expression.

“Don’t mind Maya’s words. You know how she is. What I - “

“Why not?” interrupted Maya with a pout, releasing Iris and removing Seth’s hand from her hair while turning towards him. “It will allow you to link to her the way you did with us, and she could see and feel it for herself.”

Seth grabbed the hand she used to remove his, holding it softly, and shook his head. “Even if that worked, and that’s a big if considering the will of my lust source is dormant again, you can’t blurt something like that out and expect Iris to agree to it.”

Bringing Maya into his arms, Seth sighed and said to Iris: “Think about everything we told you carefully. After you started fusing your soul and source, stopping it is no longer an option.”