H POVI leave Scarlett, or should I say, Cara, standing in the training ring and head back to the barracks. I do as I told her I would; I had a shower and then got dressed into my official patrol uniform but as I was leaving my room; I saw the note posted on the board next to my door. I read it and sigh.SHIFT DUTY CHANGEDSEE THEODORE IMMEDIATELYI pull the note off of the board and make my way to Theodore's office. Once there, I knock on the door and hear a muffled."Come in"I open the door to find Theodore sitting at his desk in his uniform with his mate sitting on his lap. Theodore looks up as I enter and says,"Good! H, all your shifts for guard and patrol duties have been changed. You are one of my highest officers other than Mike, so as of right now, until further notice, you will have a different assignment.""Yes, Sir!""From now on you will be one of Princess Scarlett and Phoenix's personal guards, starting with escorting them to this gathering and then later on their night
PHOENIX POVWe follow Dominic and Seraphina off of the stage and back over to the SUVs. Cara lets go of my arm and makes her way over to Nathaniel. They talk for a few minutes quietly together. She then gives him a hug and makes her way back over to me. I bow and ask her again, holding out my hand to her."Will you go out with me, please?""Okay"I smile as she slowly puts her hand into mine. I turn to see H holding the SUV's back door open for us to get in. As I sit in the back seat, I ask."H? You know where we are going, right?"He bows. "Yes, Sir! Mike knows and will be driving tonight Sir!"He closes the door and gets into the front. I then turn my attention back to Cara. I just watch her looking out of the window as we head into the city nearby. Normally we try to stay in the town within the territory, but there are only so many places in the town to go for dinner and after everything I want tonight to be
PHOENIX POVI wait for her answer. My heart starts to fall the longer she takes. I slowly allow my hand to fall from hers on my cheek and whisper."It's okay, Butterfly, I understand!" I take a small step back."How about we continue on with our date?.."I step away from her, making her hand fall from my cheek. I head back into the room and pick up my jacket off of the bed. I turn as I slip my jacket on. I hold out my hand to her. She walks slowly over to where I am standing and places her hand on mine.I then move to the door, I open it and then lead Scarlett back down to the SUV. H opens the door and allows us to climb in, he then goes around and climbs back in front. I want her to have fun, so our next stop is a popular dance club.This time H and Mike come with us to the club. They too got changed into everyday clothes so that they don't draw attention to themselves as bodyguards. I put my arm around Scarlett's waist and all four o
CARA / SCARLETT POV "Are we staying here tonight?" I look around the room; I didn't know we had rooms like this in the city "Yes, and No! We are here at the moment just to change and then we are going out again. Then it is up to you Butterfly, we could either come back here or we can head home. It will be your choice." I watch as Phoenix walks into the closet; he comes back out a few minutes later wearing a normal shirt and pants. I watch as he drapes his jacket on the bed. He then moves back into the closet. I still haven't moved as I have just been mesmerised by watching his movements. I'm not pulled out of it until he speaks "There is a change of clothes in the closet for you, so you can be a little more comfortable for the rest of the night." I nod and make my way slowly into the closet. I remove my jacket and then my dress, hanging them both up next
SCARLETT POV Phoenix then fully steps away from me, making my hands finally drop from his. I watch as he leaves the dance floor and then leaves the club. I look over at H and Mike. Mike holds out his hand to me and as I take it, he steps closer and whispers, "What would you like to do, your highness? We can stay here for a while longer. We can head back to the hotel or we can take you back to the castle?" "Please?? Can we stay and dance?? I don't get to get out of the castle unless it is to do with Royal duties. I don't get to just have fun. " "As you wish! On one condition, H and I are the only ones allowed to get you your drinks and you never leave our sight. " I nod and step in closer to him, put my arms around his waist, and we dance. It was nothing like dancing with Phoenix, of course, but it was still good. Once the slow song finished, I stepped back from Mike and continued to dance. Mike didn't stay on the dance floor long, so I w
H POV After I make sure that Scarlett is inside the SUV I shut the door and get into the front, I only half listen to the chatter between Mike and Scarlett as I go over what Mike told me about my princess, how we couldn't let her drink anything with alcohol in it. Could it be Phoenix's, Maverick's, or mine? Just imagine the conflict between the two. If it was one of ours, not his, would he be able to forgive her for having another male's baby again? I need to find out whose it is; I go back to listening to Mike and Scarlett. "He said he was going hunting and that he would meet us back at the castle tomorrow at dawn." "Thank you, Mike, you might as well take me back to the castle..." So Phoenix can't have his female, so he is finding another way to release his tension. I wonder if I can corner her at the castle later and have some fun since he will not be back for some time. Scarlett's sweet voice brings me out of my thoughts. "Umm.
PHOENIX POV I had a restless sleep; I haven't had one as bad since before Scarlett started sneaking into my room when she was ten. Some of that was from her nightmares and some was my restlessness. Before Scarlett, I used to go days, if not weeks, without sleeping. It has been worse since the day at the picnic when Max reminded us of how and why Sebastian's sister and Dominic's parents were killed. My mother wasn't my father's true mate, but they were mated lovers. They had chosen each other. I used to smile every time my mother would tell me the story of how they met and how she fell in love with him. I know I told Mike that I would be back by dawn, but I think I will stay here in the city for a few days, first continue with my hunting and then head back. Get everything in my head, straighten out, and go back to Scarlett with a clear head. I was only going to stay a few days, but it has been about two months and in that time I have only been back
H POV Scarlett's training is going really well. She is a quick learner; we have been here for two months now and she is putting everything I tell her to good use plus adding in what everyone else has taught her as well. There have been a few occasions that she has nearly put me on my back and kept me there, normally when a female gets the better of me, especially when fighting is involved, my temper is really hard to control but with Scarlett, I am actually enjoying her slowly getting better than me. She will give me a real good fight when her mystery attacker shows up again. I was heading into the kitchen when I heard Mike's phone go off; I stop just before I enter, listen and watch, "Mike here!" "P... Ph... Ph... Phoenixxxx, S..s..s... sir! We were taking her home b..b..b.. but she wanted to go somewhere else." I see him pale and look over at Scarlett. "Scarlett, what do you want me to tell him?" he whispers across the counter
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