H'S VAMPIRE POV
I thought that bastard would never give me control, but now I know I can't have the fun that I normally would have because this is not a position I want to be caught in as like most of our laws and penalties the punishment is death. I must admit, though this position H has us in is really good. I look at the female in my arms and I would have loved her to be my true mate, but I will take what I get. I kiss her neck slowly, making my way to her ear, where I whisper,
"My princess, he finally gave me control to do as I please with you... Now I really don't know if that mate of yours will want you back after I have finished with you."
I then lengthen my fangs and sink them hard into her neck and smile as she screams into my shoulder, I leave my fangs in her neck to hold her in place as I move my hips not hers thrusting them up hard while holding her tight against me. I can't believe how deep
MIKE POV I was surprised when H said he was taking some time to himself, as he has been glued to the princess since we have been here and even more after she was attacked and lost her baby. Not that I blame him the Blood Moon is approaching which is hard on all of us and once we get back to the castle, we will be going back to our normal patrol and guard duties, so he probably won't get another chance to let off some steam.The time here with Scarlett has been great. I have been increasing my training with the help of some of King Noah's personal guards. I think I even taught them one or two new things that they didn't know when fighting a vampire.With H in the city tonight, I am on watch duty. We have been taking turns, or should I say I have been making us take turns to watch over Scarlett during the time that she sleeps as a precaution after what happened in the woods.King Noah is still trying to work out how anyone managed to get i
PHOENIX POV I throw myself into my work as second during the time Dominic needs me, which has been a little more in the last couple of weeks as Seraphina gave birth to their new son Zane King and then I go hunting for rogues when I have time to myself, with Scarlett not being here it is the only way I have found to keep Soren sane but he is getting harder and harder to control even when hunting.With the Blood Moon approaching, he is getting really restless, wanting to touch and hold our mate. I haven't heard from her since that first call when I returned to the castle. I have slowly come to terms that she wouldn't lie to me and that the baby she is carrying is indeed mine. She will still have a few months to go when she gets back so I can bond with both of them during that time. I have tried a couple of times to reach her through our mate link, but she has it blocked. The only thing I have felt over the bond was about a month ago when I was f
SCARLETT POVRuth really enjoyed her run. It was late when we returned. I head straight into my room and into the shower. It's not until I come out that realise that there is someone in the room with me. I whimper a little and start to step back until I hear a familiar voice."Relax Scarlett, it is only me."H stands. I look at him, relax, move quickly into his arms and break down crying again. H wraps his arms around me, and holds me tight, but doesn't say anything. He doesn't let me go until my sobs stop and I straighten, step back and look at him,"He came back H, the male from the prison cell. He found me even here. He was the one that attacked me in the woods and made me lose my daughter. H he wanted to replace Nix's baby with his own.""Have you spoken to Doc, Emily?""Yes, I have to wait for the results of the tests. She is running for it."I move away from H and enter the closet, putting on a long silk night d
SCARLETT POVWe both laugh, but I don't think he is far off in succeeding. It isn't much longer before we arrive at the dress shop. Antonio parks the car then gets out, comes around, and lets us out. Once we walk inside, I am overwhelmed by the number of dresses in front of me. I slowly move through the rows and rows of all different styles of dresses. I lose Serenity at some stage around the shop. I turn inward to Cara and Ruth."Do either of you see anything that would be good for us to attend the Blood Moon Ball in?""No, not yet, but there is one here somewhere. Keep walking around. We will let you know when we get close..."I do as they say and continue my rounds of the store. It isn't until we are in the third to last row that Cara and Ruth speak up again."There! About halfway down... You shouldn't miss it!"I walk down the row and stop about halfway and start looking through the dresses. It doesn't take me long to fi
H POVAfter she has disappeared into her closet, I get off the bed, put my shoes back on, and then leave her room. I head to mine, change into my training pants and then head out to the back grass area. I start my stretches while I wait for Scarlett to join me. Once she does, I help her with her stretches again. It still makes me smile with pleasure as I skim my hands over her, helping her stretch. We then move on to a light sparring session.She, of course, doesn't realise it yet, but just for today, I allow her to get me on my back a couple of times. It is the quickest way to bring up her confidence in herself again and it also allows me to enjoy when she sits on top of me to complete the pin. We spend the session not really sparring but playing, laughing and seeing who could pin who the most.I feel as soon as the atmosphere between us changes, I can tell she feels it too, but I don't expect her to freeze halfway through one of her moves. I c
SCARLETT POVI wake up in the morning and stretch. For some reason, my body is pleasantly sore. It feels like one of the mornings after Phoenix or Soren has loved me entirely and completely. I smile a small smile to myself as I get up and notice I don't have my nightdress on but I don't pay any attention to it; I go into the bathroom and have a shower, as I know Serenity and I are going to take the day to get ready for the Blood Moon Ball tonight. I wrap a towel around me and move over to the mirror and scream..."NNNOOOOO!!!"I collapse onto the floor as I break down crying, heavy sobs racking my body. I don't even look up as I am joined by four people in my bathroom doorway. I hear gasps from all of them and just know it is even worse than I saw. I hear whispers and then three sets of feet leave. I flinch as a hand touches my shoulder softly, and then I hear Serenity's soft voice."Scarlett sweetheart? What happened? Wh
PHOENIX / SOREN POVI smile to myself at Soren's last statement, as I know how he feels, and I'm glad he finally understands that our first mating with Scarlett could have had a totally different outcome. I just hope I was right about Scarlett, but then she wouldn't be our mate if she wasn't made completely for both of us.I finish in the shower, get out and head into the closet to find first some training pants to wear now and then pull out my Royal suit that Dominic gave me for later. I had one of the maids retrieve it from the city hotel and bring it back here. I lay the suit on the bed and head to the training field.I don't really need to get rid of any energy or anything, but I go through my stretches and then my sparring routine just to kill some time. I then go and have another quick shower and meet up with Seraphina to make sure there is nothing else to be done until the entry of the Blood Moon Ball.There were a couple more erra
SCARLETT POVAs soon as Soren shows himself as we are dancing, I can't face him. How can I really face either of them after what happened last night? How can I face them when I actually enjoyed the pleasure given to me by another, I felt so ashamed, I couldn't even look at him, I had trouble holding my head up as we walked into the ball, knowing even after father's punishment for the rumours about us, that they would do it again if they ever knew what had happened.I run off of the dance floor and out of the side door. I head back in the direction of the castle when I hear a noise behind me. I stop thinking that it was probably Soren following me. I turn and am surprised when I see H following instead.I smile "Hi! H, aren't you meant to be inside on guard duty?"He bows just a little. "Yes, your highness but when I saw you leave, and no one followed, I thought I should come and escort you, just to make sure you made it to where ever you
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