I almost laughed. Instead, I smirked, "I am positive. But if there is a doubt, how about you ask the guards who pulled her off of me? Ask Luna Abby if it was her in the room with her when I asked her if I was ugly. Ask Aidinth if it was her when he walked past her to get to me to tell me I was beautiful. Ask King Uther when he saw and heard her scream that I was too ugly for Aidinth now. It's not like we have a lack of witnesses." I stopped, took a deep breath, calming breath, then I looked at Aidinth who was smiling at me. He knew I said, the exact thing I needed to say.
The judge looked at the defense attorney as if he was stupid, "Seriously? What kind of bonehead question was that?" He explained, "Well, sir, she has a twin sister, and we were trying to establish that it was her." I chuckled, "There is no way they mistook the person who attacked me. They literally caught her red-handed with my blood! She was in the middle of stabbing me, when they pulled her off of m
When we got home, Aidinth got on the phone immediately. I asked, "What are you doing?" He said, "We need to get you seen by the doctor right away. We need to find out if it is safe for me to change you into a dragon now or if we need to wait until after you have the baby." I agreed, "It would be better to know all of this." He got the doctor on the phone, and she agreed to see us now. We went to the castle clinic, and the doctor met us there. She said, "Hi. I'm Doctor Trixie Harper. I'm the royal obstetrician. I will be your doctor through the entire pregnancy." I said, "Thank you. We just did a pregnancy test this morning, and it showed positive. We need to verify, then get all the do's and dont's. I would also like for Prince Aidinth to change me into a dragon, but I don't know if we can do that now." She smiled, "It won't change the DNA for the baby, that's for sure. First, though, let's have you pee in this cup, to verify that you are pregnant." She handed the cup to me,
When we got home, King Ryu was sitting with King Uther and Queen Chumani in the sitting room. We joined them and Aidinth informed him, "Your mate and son are now gone, King Ryu." He smiled, "Thank you for going. I just didn't have it in me. Over the last few years, I have come to hate them both. Does that make me a horrible man?" I shook my head, "No, it's the sign of a good king. One who cares about his kingdom and doesn't want it to be run by power hungry people. Are you going to be okay?" He smiled, "Princess Chloe, I'm going to be better than I was before they were executed. I know that. Tiamat's constant whining and nagging is a thing of the past and so is Brantley's constant tantrums. I swear, if I am blessed with a fated mate and we have a son, he will be expected to go through warrior training and will work for everything he gets." I said, "I'm sure there is a mate for you. Luna Abby from my old pack has a ball every year for unmated males and females of all species
When we finally made it to the dining room, that smell hit me again, so I went to the private dining room. Aidinth followed me in and asked, "Did you figure out what that smell is, love?" I shook my head as I gave my order to the staff. When I was done, I sighed, "I have no idea what it is." The girl who took my order suggested, "It might be the hash we have on the buffet today. We had it there yesterday too. Would you like for me to bring a spoonful for you to smell?" I nodded, "That would be amazing. At least then I will know when I need to eat in here." She went to the dining room, came back, I took a very small whiff and heaved slightly. I held up my hand, "That's what it is. Would you mind letting me know whenever that is on the buffet?" She nodded, "I will do that for you, Princess. I remember that miserable feeling. I wouldn't wish it on anyone." I smiled, "You are an angel." She smiled, "Thank you, your majesty." Then she turned to go to the kitchen. Aidinth an
Aidinth and I walked to our room, after visiting a while longer, and he asked, "What do you think about leaving today?" I sighed, "That really doesn't seem like a bad idea, but we have the funeral tomorrow morning. We really can't miss that. What do you think about leaving after that?" He agreed, "We can do that. Why don't we take some time to ourselves in the next town over today? I would really like to see you relax today. Tomorrow is going to be intense on so many levels, I would just really like to see you rest today." I smiled, "Now that the park is done, the kids won't be bugging us. Do you want to just chill in here all day? I would like to stay close, just in case someone needs us." He smiled, "Okay. But I will bring our meals in here. I don't want you going out of this room unless someone needs us. Okay?" Of course, that didn't last long. Queen Nina called and asked us to come to the conference room. We made it there, and King Tatsuo asked, "Princess Chloe, can you
After King Tatsuo left our room, Aidinth and I ate our breakfast, then I decided I had better start getting ready to go. After I showered, I walked into our closet and put on the most basic, black, long sleeve dress I had. I put on my black knee-length boots and walked to my makeup table. I blow dried my hair and put it in a high bun. I kept makeup to a minimum, doing nothing with my eyes, because I knew I would have streaks of makeup running down my face, if I did. I turned around and Aidinth cooed, "Stunning." I laughed, "I don't understand. I literally have no makeup on, this dress is as basic as they come, and my hair is just in a bun. What is so stunning about me right now?" He smiled, "You. The fact that you are beautiful on the outside, the fact that you are a beautiful person. The fact that you glow because you are carrying my children. All of it. The clothes you wear, the way you wear your hair, and the amount of makeup you wear is not what makes you beautiful. You radiate
We went back to the castle and walked straight to our room. I sighed, "Ugh! That was hard to get through." He agreed, "Yeah. That's the thing about suicide. Not only is it a permanent solution to a temporary problem, but it's also a pretty selfish solution to a problem." I nodded, "True, but when you're the one going through the problem, it's not so easy to get through. And I would say having a child pass away is a pretty permanent problem. Don't you think?" He looked at me curiously, "Chloe, is there something you would like to tell me about?" I confessed, "I tried committing suicide when I was younger. The only reason I wasn't successful is my werewolf healing." He sat on the bed and pulled me onto his lap, "Why and how?" I answered, "When I was thirteen, things started piling up on me. I was being bullied in school, I was having horrific visions and I had no way to process them. I knew nothing about what was happening to me, except that all of these people in these vision
As Aidinth started the car and put it in gear, he asked, "So what was that thing you just did with my parents?" I asked, "The holding hands thing?" He nodded and I told him, "Well, your mom was in the sitting room, crying, when we saw her. When I went to your dad's office, he had tears falling. I felt like they should be supporting each other instead of hiding the tears from each other." He took my hand and kissed it, "You really are a special kind of Princess, Chloe. My family is so lucky to have you in it and I am the luckiest for getting to live with you for the rest of my life." I shrugged, "I'm not that special. I did what any loving person would do." He shook his head, "That's the thing; there really aren't many loving people around, anymore." We drove up a mountain, and I started seeing absolutely beautiful scenery. It almost took my breath away. When we got over the treetops, I could see the beautiful deep, dark green of all the evergreens and the oranges, yellows an
When he opened the French doors leading to our bedroom, I gasped. It was huge! As soon as I walked in, I looked to my left and saw a big, fluffy couch that had bookshelves on one end and behind it, with a fireplace centered between two sets of bookcases. The entire wall, opposite the door, was windows. They were massive and led to the most amazing view! The view overlooked the cliff and the scenery below. When I looked to my left, I could see our king-size bed facing the wall of windows. I do love the idea of waking up to that view. Along the other wall, there are two sets of French doors. I open one set to find any woman's dream closet. It's the size of a small bedroom! Two walls have hanging rods on either side. The wall on the end has a series of shelves and drawers, with shoe racks all the way across that wall, from the floor to about three feet high! I doubt that I will ever need this much shoe space. There is also a considerable size bench to sit on while you dress in