JEREMIAH I am startled awake by a very angry Lexis. She comes storming into the bedroom yelling, “What did you do with her? Where is she?” I sit up in the bed and look at her as if she had grown two or maybe three heads. I shake my head and rasp, “What are you talking about?” “Where is she?” “She who? Sweetheart?” “The servant you gave me for our bonding?” “I haven’t been down there since I gave her to you.” “Who else has been in here?” “No one, everyone knows that my chambers are off limits. There are only a select few that are allowed in here.” “Who?” “You, Mother, Finn, Ali and Trinity.” “When was the last time Finn, Ali, or Trinity have been in here?” I have to think about that question for a few minutes, trying to clear the fog and haze in my mind before I can say, “Trinity hasn’t been in here since before my birthday. Ali hasn’t been in here since she had her Vampups and Finn he very rarely comes in just to the door. My mother doesn’t have a reason to come in here,
EMMAI then hear another little whimper and look down into the crib again and smile as I adjust the angel in my arms and then reach down, picking up the other bundle. I then look over to the side and see that there is a rocking chair. I move slowly and with Odette’s low growl in my head; I sat down.I rocked the chair slightly as I looked down at the bundles in my arms. I snap my eyes to Ali as she whispers to Finn,“I never thought I would see it… They can tell… They know who she is… They know what she is…”I look at her, confused, as I say, “Ali, what are you talking about?”It's Finn that answers, “In the studies that Jeremiah got you to do… Yes, Ali told me that he was teaching you about everything… Now, did you read up on what a Royal blooded beloved does for the kingdom?” “What a Queen does?”“No, E
EMMA Kane gets to his feet and walks over to crouch down in front of me. I flinch a little as he reaches his hand up, expecting him to hit me. He pauses for a moment and looks at Ali and then Finn as if he wasn’t expecting me to do it. He then whispers, “I will not hurt you… Okay?” I nod, closing my eyes, not sure if I really believe him. I feel as he moves my hair over my shoulder. I shiver as he runs his fingertips over where Master Jeremiah had placed what Ali called his claim and Odette had called his mark. “Emma, he may wear her mark for now, but if Prince Jeremiah had marked her, then this bite mark here on your shoulder would no longer be here… Wait, you have another one?” I tense as he moves his fingers down, following the side of the dressing gown. He moves the material just enough to expose the top of my breast, but not the whole thing. His eyes go wide as he sees the small tattoo mark of a crown. He takes a sharp breath in as he says, “Shit!… You are more special than
EMMA I take a few deep breaths in. I jump and turn when I feel a hand on my shoulder. Ali gives me a sorry look and nods toward the door. I nod in return, as it is time to go. I reluctantly let go of the shirt and follow Ali out of the closet through the bedroom and sitting room, stopping at the door. We listen and Ali places two light taps on the door. It then opens to reveal Benjamin. He whispers, “Did you get what you needed?” Ali nods her head, he smiles and then whispers in return, “Quickly, Matt just linked me. Lexis’s meeting finished early, and she is on her way.” We quickly move past him, and then he falls into step behind us after closing the door. We walk down this hall and then that hall, seeming to duck around all the servant’s that were most likely to tell Lexis that they saw us. We get to the side door out of the castle, Benjamin unlocks and opens it and we step outside. I was surprised to see a small SUV parked not that far from the door. Benjamin leads us over
112EMMAOnce they have had enough of each other, they then come and stand in front of me, laughing and breathing heavily. I smile as I say,“Are you sure you can teach me at least something, or are you boys too tired now?”I probably shouldn’t have said that as they then turned on me and by the time the sun was starting to colour the night sky, I was breathing as heavily as they were, but I felt good. Benjamin pulls me up from the ground once more after Matt put me there and says,“That’s all for tonight. I think Kane will be here at some stage during the day and then Ali will be back to help you get ready for the ceremonies.”I start back toward the cabin. As I walk up the steps, I turn back to them and say,“Where are you both staying today?”“There is a guard post not far that we can crash in,” Matt replies.I look toward the cabin, and then the sky, to see that the sun is rising fast. I then look at them and say,“Please stay. You can sleep on the chaises in the sitting room.”Th
EMMAKane holds up his hands and lowers his tone as he takes small slow steps toward me as he says,“Em, relax… It’s okay… Em, listen to me… It’s okay, relax…”He continues to approach me. Without thinking, I continue to back away from him until I end up on my arse, sitting on the steps to the porch. Without touching me, Kane keeps his hands where I can see them and sits next to me. I relax a little when he stops looking at me and faces the trees. He then says in a soft tone,“It’s okay, Em, you can use it as a last resort… If you can’t destroy it, then you will have no choice but to use Odette and the effect of the red moon eclipse will have on her…”It takes me a moment to catch my breath, which is a little easier now that we are not moving and he isn’t looking at me. After a few moments, he turns his attention back to me and says,“From what I understand, Ali will be back this evening to help you get ready and then Finn, Benjamin and Matt will be escorting you and her to the ceremo
EMMAIt takes everything in me to not fall back and walk by his side where I would normally be walking. We enter the castle and I look around, amazed. I never got to see this part of the castle. Being a servant, there were places that we were completely forbidden to go unless we were part of the service that was responsible for that location.I watched all the glamorously dressed females and all the smartly dressed males as they made their way through the entry of the castle and headed into a very large room. Once we entered, I could see the thrones sitting at the other end on a slightly raised stage. Off to the side was a dais, as well as two clear vitrines.I don’t know how, but I somehow lost both Ali and Finn; I walk slowly closer to the thrones and look at the vitrines. One had the King and Queen’s crowns within the other had some sort of sceptre and sword, both were covered in beautiful red gems. I turn, step to the side and back a little when the soft music stops and a loud voi
EMMALexis hisses. She looks at me and then at Master Jeremiah, and then back at me. She hisses again. She bares her fangs and lunges for me. With Odette’s help, I manage to scramble out of her way. As I move away from her, I hear Ali down our blood bond.“You must destroy the amulet… It is the only way to lift the spell…” “How?” I quickly break the connection as Lexis lunges for me once again. I whimper as her claws dig into and scrape down my hind leg. I again scramble away from her, only now I am not as quick. Hisses soon fill the room as the vampires are slowly brought out of their daze at the smell of my blood. Lexis hisses the loudest as she says,“So it is you, my Alpha wolf, come to save your beloved mate and maybe the kingdom… I’m sorry, but that is impossible. They are mine. The spell has taken care of that…”She gets to her feet and slowly stalks over to where I am still trying to crawl over the floor. I feel Ali open her blood connection as she says,“Kane says to break