THEODORE POV
"I think I am in real trouble here, my friend!" Phoenix whispers as he passes out. I catch him so he didn't fall onto the ground. I sling him over my shoulder and head back to the leader's house, where he was nice enough to put me up for the time I am here.Once I was in the room, the leader allocated for me; I lay Phoenix on the bed and go over everything I have been told and the way everyone acted with the mention of Scarlett. Everyone here really liked Scarlett and can't wait for her next visit. The only trouble she seemed to have was a confrontation with Sharon and that was more personal as it was to do with Phoenix.Out of all the females he could have gotten mixed up with, why did it have to be Sharon. I have had my own adventure with her but never took it past talking to her. She wants closer to the higher power and has it in her mind that being the lover of a high-ranking vampire will give her that. Unfortunately, it doesn't workPHOENIX POVI wake up with a start as a sharp pain radiates out from my mate's mark; I sit up, snap out my hand, wrapping my fingers tight around the neck of the person closest to me. I then focus and stare into the worried face of Doc Emily. "Nix! Nix, Please calm down.""Doctor Emily?? Sorry, that hurt.." I carefully remove my fingers from her neck and she takes a few steps back"I apologize. I was just having a quick feel of it. I was hoping not to cause you to wake." she rubs her neck gently."I'm really sorry, Em! I just reacted to the sudden pain. So what is your opinion?""It's fine, I understand. Do you mind if I have a better look? Can you take your shirt off?"I smile and do as she asks, taking my shirt off and moving to sit on the side of the bed, giving her access and a clear view of my mark. She moves back up next to me, looks at it, and runs her fingertips just over the skin. I flinch, but try to keep as
SCARLETT POVI wake up feeling groggy again. That bitch had drugged me again. I moved slightly, but this time the only pain I still felt was coming from my mate mark. The pain from my stomach and my leg has gone. I move my head slightly, trying not to agitate my mark and look down at my leg. I notice that the glass is gone and there is a bandage around my thigh. "Ruth??""Yes Scar""Is your protection working?""Yes, Scar, for now, it is working.""Thank you, Ruth!""Cara?""Yes Letty""How is my leg?""It is okay. Sharon is actually quite good. She managed to remove the glass and not nick the blood vein it was pressed up against, but it will still take me quite a while to repair all the damage without Ruth.""That's okay. I believe we have a bit of time
SCARLETT POVWith finding the sweats and discovering mother's scent, I have a fair idea of where I am, just not exactly. I think this is one of the abandoned houses that Leo held my mother in when he took her. It is the only way mother's scent could be on the clothes."Father?? Can you hear me?""Baby, are you okay? Has she hurt you anymore?""No, she hasn't. She removed the glass from my leg but hasn't given me any blood to replace what I have lost, so my healing is very slow... Cara is quite weak and Ruth is not much better""Baby, do you know where you are?""Yes, in a way, I think I am in one of the abandoned houses that Leo kept mother in.""How do you know that?""Because I am wearing a shirt and some sweatpants that smell like Mother, and the only way they would smell like her is if she has worn them at some stage.""Okay, we never found all the places he kept
SHARON POVI carefully climb onto the bed, kissing him as I do so. He slowly wraps his arms around me and deepens the kiss I placed on his lips. I move my hand down to his pants and quickly undo them. He rolls us over and slides himself inside me; we hiss at the same time. I quickly go back to kissing him, keeping his mind on the pleasure, not on the source. He is not the same. This is not the dominant Phoenix that I know.He is actually being loving. He is actually making love to me, thrusting his hips at a hard but even pace. I have never felt anything like this. The pleasure is wonderful, and it is building as I have never had before, so this is what I have been missing, I am used to males always taking from me, this with Phoenix now is him giving pleasure to me except I am bought back to reality when he whispers “Butterfly I love you, I have loved you more every day since you were born, please forgive me?”“Nix prove it, mark me..&rdquo
DOMINIC POVThe conversation I just had with Scarlett was weird. It was like she was hinting that Phoenix was leaving her, that he was choosing another female over her.“Excuse me! Your Highness?”“Yes Theodore”“We have Sharon Alberto. She is now in one of the cells here at the main clan house. Soren tried to get her to tell us where Scarlett was but she refused, so she is now being charged with intent to harm and harm a member of the Royal Family, the kidnapping of a member of the Royal Family and treason against the Vampire Kingdom. Sir! We will await your arrival for sentencing.”“Good, Good! I will be there shortly.”I hear a soft knock on the door as I get up from my chair in the office. I look up. “My king, are you okay? I felt an extreme wave of anger come through the mate bond.”Seraphina walks up to me and wraps her arms
PHOENIX POVI knew Caleb would give me the job of killing Sharon, as I was the reason behind her taking and hurting Scarlett in the first place. Fulfilling her sentence is how I show that my loyalty is still to my king, my kingdom and the Royal family, if I had refused to do it then I would be kneeling beside her as her accomplice and be sentenced to the same fate even with being Scarlett’s mate.When he looks at me and says, “Bring her home! Understood?”There was only one answer, of course, “Yes Sir!”We made our way out of the cells, into the kitchen to get Seraphina, Patrick, and Ethan and then headed in the direction Sharon had told us. We come across an abandoned house around where Sharon said it should be. As we get closer to the house, I notice Seraphina getting more and more tense. I move over to her and whisper,“My Queen Sera, what is it?”“This p
PHOENIX / SOREN POV I head into the clan house, into one of the guest bedrooms, and into the bathroom. I go to the sink, turn on the tap and splash my face… Once, twice, three times, I look into the mirror and see the spot that Seraphina had told me about. I clean all the blood up. There was a nice cut along my hairline. It wasn’t deep and Soren had already stopped the bleeding, so it was just a red line now.I look down and splash my face once more, but when I look up again, I can’t control the anger that rises in me. I punch the mirror and slide down onto the floor; I pull my knees up, rest my arms across them and lay my forehead on my arms. I feel so guilty and so helpless. I should have come with her. She should have been under my protection... I didn’t notice anyone come in until a hand touched my head softly. I look up and see Seraphina. She always knows when any of us need her.“Nix, we will find her.”“S
SCARLETT POVI wake up laying on a bed. I move my hand to my cheek and wince as a sharp pain radiates out from there.“Cara, Ruth, are we okay?”“Yes, your leg is nearly healed, but it won't take much to reopen it, so be careful. I am now really weak. I will need blood soon, Scar, or I will have to go into hibernation, so you don’t lose me altogether.” Her voice is extremely soft.“Yes Scar, it worked. I managed to keep our body from rejecting Phoenix as our mate, but I have a feeling I would be better off keeping my focus on this. It, of course, means you will not have my healing abilities to call upon any injury, for example, the new bruise on your cheek.”“That’s okay.”I get off of the bed and stretch out my leg, which is still feeling a bit sore but is a lot better than it was. I then make my way to the bathr
SCARLETT POVIt took me a long time to come to terms with Phoenix’s death, but if it wasn’t for H and Phoenix’s twins, I would have followed him. As I stand watching my three-year-old daughters Opal and River sleep H comes up behind me and wraps his arms around my waist and my big stomach, placing soft butterfly kisses along the back of my shoulder and up my neck until he gets to my ear and whispers “My princess, what are you thinking about? You are sending waves of sadness along the mate bond” I sigh and lean back into him as I answer, “I was just thinking about when I gave birth to these two and that I wouldn’t have continued on if you weren’t there. You never let me give up and you continued to love me even after we found out that Ruth didn’t survive the severing of the mate bond and that Cara had gone into permanent hibernation, making me a human.” “Scarlett, you were and are more to
H POVI have been watching over Scarlett for the last three weeks since I brought her here from the training field after the fight like I did when she was attacked in King Noah's territory. Everyone has come in at some stage. The King and Queen both come in at random times, both together and on their own, to check and sit with her.Doc Teresa comes in to make sure she is fine medically, giving her fluids and blood so we don't lose her that way, but she is not sure when she will or if she will ever wake up. Doc also confirmed to the King and Queen that Scarlett was indeed pregnant and carrying Phoenix's twins, my vampire didn't like that she was but we agreed that until we could get her to love us more, they would probably be the only thing that will keep her from following him.Tina comes in and sits with her the most. I think she has something she wants to share with her. Tina and Theodore had just left after spending an hour sitting next to her bed. I had just
( This is the start of the Alternative ending, and I will warn you that this chapter starts just over halfway through chapter 140, so yes there is some repeat but what is to follow is what would have happened if H and Wrath had decided not to accept Scarletts offer and had in fact carried out exactly what Scarlett was seeing in her vision. You do not need to read the next 3 chapters, including this one, as the series continues on from chapter 141.)H POVAs soon as Scarlett gets to the edge of the ring of people that are now watching us, I see the moment Phoenix's attention shifts off of me and he looks at her. I take advantage and punch him hard in the ribs, using my vampire for the first time in this fight.I break about four and fracture another two. I also make two cuts on his neck with my second hit, only just nicking his main artery. I could have killed him then, but he still has a little fight in him and I want to see what Scarlett will do now she i
SCARLETT POV I have been with H for seven months and while he had us travelling, he finally introduced me to his vampire Wrath, I managed to convince them to allow me to keep my babies, well at least have him not kill them before they are born. H even allowed me to go with him to one of the towns where I found two beautiful butterfly bracelets. They will expand as they get older so they can always wear them, I had an O engraved on one and an R engraved on the other I found out the day of the fight, the day I gave everything up to save Phoenix’s life, that I was pregnant again. I had just come from seeing Teresa. I was having twin daughters, and I was on my way to tell Phoenix the good news when I heard the commotion of the fight. My labour started not that long ago and H has gone to get the Doctor. No one in this clan knows who I am. They only know what H or Wrath has told them. As far as they know, we are mated lovers, but the babies aren’t his, as I was attacked just before our ma
H POVJust after I move my hand to her throat, I see a couple of the guards take a few steps closer to us, so I pull her tighter to me so I can whisper into her ear"Tell them all to back off and allow us to pass or I will not honour our deal and I will throw you and kill him.""Stand down and allow us to leave!" she says quietlyI knew Mike had to be here somewhere; he like me, had become Phoenix and Scarlett's personal guards, so where ever they went we went too. He takes a couple more steps forward as he says,"But your highness we can't allow him to leave with you...""You can and you must... Now please stand down!"Scarlett surprises me that she answered him without me telling her to. I watch as Mike nods to Scarlett and then to the other guards standing near us. They all step back. I lean my lips onto her shoulder and smile as I whisper,"Good girl, time to go!"I then move us slowly over to the edge of the woods, stop and move the arm I have around her waist, reach around to my
H POV It takes the sedative maker a week to get back to me saying my order will be arriving any day, that he had managed to make a serum that contained silver and wouldn't kill or knock out either a vampire or werewolf, it would just separate the vampire or werewolf from the human. The other good part about it is that it doesn't need to be injected. I can mix it with either his food, drink or even his blood and he wouldn't know the difference. The only problem I have at the moment is how to get just Phoenix to have it and not include Scarlett. A couple of days after I received the silver serum, an opportunity opened up for me to use it. I put half of the silver serum into a water bottle that was exactly the same as Phoenix's. I met up with Phoenix in the training field. I discreetly swap out his bottle and then enjoy a good sparring match with him. By the time we have finished, we are both breathing heavily and exhausted. I scull my water and I watch with a small smile as Phoenix
SCARLETT POVAfter my conversation with my father, I realize he is right. Phoenix would rather fight than let me go willingly. I decide to tell him everything and hopefully, it will give him some time to prepare himself for it. I go to our room, but it is empty. I smile and tap into Ruth's sense of smell and take a deep breath.I follow his scent back to Father's office and then over to Theodore's; I knock lightly on the door and smile as Tina looks up from some of Theodore's paperwork."So he has you doing the things he doesn't like doing, does he?""How do you know he doesn't like doing paperwork?""Because he used to get me to do it when I was old enough to read, write and understand what he needed done. Father was the same." I laugh and she joins me."So, what can I do for you?""Have you seen Nix?""Yeah, he came past a while ago, took something out of a drawer and then left...""Oh, okay, do you know where he was g
PHOENIX POVI felt the moment Scarlett carefully moved out of our bed, Soren was asleep, but I was not. I don't know what got into him. He has never been like that with our butterfly. He didn't even notice the change in her towards the end before he fell asleep, but I did. There is something very important and very serious that she is not telling us.Once she leaves the room, I get up, get dressed, and follow her. It doesn't surprise me when we end up at Dominic's office, as it was where she said she was going before Soren wanted her. I must remember to ask him what that was about once he wakes up again. I watch as Scarlett enters Dominic's office and wait for her to close the door. I move slowly and quietly to the door and just listen.I would give my life if I had to... Scarlett, what's this about?""I.. I.. I've been having a nightmare for about the last week and a half..""And what is this nightmare?""Phoenix is fighting the mystery male that attacked me...""Why would that be a
SCARLETT POVHe goes to answer, but I have had enough. I step back, straighten and hold up my hand as both Ruth and Cara take part control."Phoenix I may be your mate but I am also the Daughter of the Vampire King, so unless you want to have a word with my father about stopping my Royal duties just so that I am not in the company of other males then you take that up with him but know I will not forgive you for that if you do. As for now, Phoenix, you are dismissed! I will complete my Royal duties and meet you back at the castle!!!"I take a couple more steps back from him and yell,"MIKE!"It doesn't take long for Mike to enter the leader's office and bow"Yes, Your Highness?""Please escort Phoenix back to the castle...""What about you, Your Highness?""I still have business to finish here. Dismissed!" I then turn away from both Mike and Phoen