PHOENIX POVAfter our fun at the field and we get back to the castle, I make sure to take Scarlett to see Teresa, to make sure she is alright and my Butterfly comes out with a full bill of health. We have Ethan's funeral-Pyre, two days after we found both Charlotte and Scarlett. Seraphina wouldn't allow it to be done until all family was able to attend. Over the next week, however, I notice that she is distancing herself from everyone, even me. I know there is something she isn't telling me, but I just can't work out what.I am in Dominic's office working at my desk, going over some paperwork, but the two metal boxes in my top drawer have me itching to open them again. I know Queen Serenity would not want that journal of hers to fall into anyone's hands, so I am going to contact Noah and make a time, to return it to her, even though I know she really wouldn't want the reminder of what happened to her in that prison. I don't even think she wants Noah to know which is why I didn't give
PHOENIX POVDominic puts the papers back into the box and hands it to me, I take it and feel really guilty that I will now be sharing some of Scarlett's secrets with others, secrets that I know she would not want to share but I now have no choice. I leave the office, contacting Sebastian as I go."Seb? Meet me in Theodore's office""Will do!"I head straight to Theodore's office in the barracks. Once there, I knock on the door frame and watch as Theodore looks up from his maps and the schedules he is working on."Hey Nix, what can I do for you?""Seb should be here soon, we need to wait for him.."I sigh again, not liking what I have to do. It doesn't take Sebastian long to get there"Okay, what's this about?"Both males look at me with a questioning gaze, "As you both know the castle has known about my connection to Scarlett since the day she was born and Soren wouldn't let anyone near her until Sera and Dom allowed us to initiate the blood bond. Now I knew as she got older that it w
CARA POV I look at Phoenix as I say this, I can not help the feeling of betrayal that skims through me as I realise that he did indeed find my metal box but has now shared it with not only my father but with Theodore and Sebastian as well. I turn my attention back to Theodore."Scarlett could never find out who always started the rumours, but it isn't hard to listen to the help rather than just ignoring them... I think the latest ones are.'She only does it for attention.''He's cheated on her already.''She wasn't good enough for him.''She couldn't satisfy him.''She got pregnant to trap him.' and my favourite is'She's carrying a bastard's child.'We never told anyone about... It's not..."I stop as I realise that I nearly confirmed that I was pregnant, I still haven't said it out loud to anyone, so for that last rumour to be going around it must be someone who watches me very closely, as my daughter has only just started making me sick. I look over at Phoenix, thinking about how
DOMINIC/CALEB POVI head to my office after spending some quality with Seraphina... I smile to myself; I have been waiting for her to tell me. I know she is pregnant again as Caleb and I set her up for it; I didn't know if the poison was going to kill me or if drinking her blood would actually make me better. I heard what she said just before I opened my eyes after I first collapsed about following me if I died.I... We couldn't allow that because even if I'm not here she needs to be and besides she is one hell of a Queen and would be able to watch over the kingdom until Nathaniel is able to take over, not that he couldn't now, he will be one great king when his time comes. Caleb and I knew we needed to give both Lilith and Seraphina a reason to stay and join me later, and the only thing we could think of was to leave her with something of us.As I enter my office, I expect to see Phoenix sitting at his desk doing paperwork, but he isn't. There is, however, a metal box open on his des
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 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 Phoenixās 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 arenāt 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