EMMA
My smile falls as I watch the tears slide down his cheeks. When he doesn’t answer me, I reach up, ignoring the slight burn in my hand as I wipe away the next tear and say,
“Hey, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean…”
“It’s okay Emma, it's not your fault you don’t know…”
“What do you mean, I don’t know... Benjamin, what haven’t I been told this time?”
I say, trying to lift his spirit just a little, but it doesn’t work. He then sighs as he says,
“Just after the failed bonding and coronation ceremony, Queen Isabelle sent Matt on a mission. We both knew why she did it and we both knew that it was a suicide mission. However, we also knew that his not going would be worse. Queen Isabelle didn’t take kindly to disobedience or failure, as you know…”
“Ben, where is Matt?”
More tears leave his
EMMAEveryone claps and cheers before settling down and then reaching over and filling their plates. I pick at the food that Penelope places on the plate in front of me and just listen to the babble that travels around the table. I look over at Finn as I hear him in my head.“My father should have never taken you from them… This is your home, this is your family, this is where you belong…” “If you had said that months ago, I would have agreed with you and probably given the option I would have returned here and tried to find my place in this family, but it would have been a lie. You guys are my family. Master Jeremiah is my mate, and that is where I belong…” A wave of guilt runs through me after I say that to him and then remember what happened with Benjamin this morning. I can’t let it happen again, I just can’t…I get to my feet and face my father
THIRD PERSON As the years slowly progress and Adonis gets older, the kingdom grows and Queen Emma makes a name for herself, standing up to every challenge others set for her and not just as the Queen of a kingdom but as a Werewolf Queen to a Vampire kingdom.Many outside the kingdom still didn’t agree with her place within the vampires so in the process of proving herself the Bhampair kingdom became one that was feared, respected and honoured all at the same time as more years passed and Queen Emma stopped many other kingdoms that tried to raid and take over hers.Unfortunately, a side effect no one was expecting or even knew about was the consequences of the fated bond. The absence of Jeremiah and the connection she still has with him through fate bond is taking a silent toll on Emma.As Adonis reaches the age of 20, he is starting to see slight differences in his mother and he has a feeling it has something, if not a lot, to do with his father. Even with everything that Emma would
ADONIS“Adonis, calm down… That may be true in more ways than one, but he is the only one that can truly save her or soon she…”“No... Don’t say it… Just don’t say it…”I sigh. As much as I hate my father, I love my mother tenfold and if bringing back my father is the only way to keep her with me, then I guess that is what I have to do. However, I will make him work for it. There is no way I am accepting him with open arms. I just hope Mother will make him work for it as well, but with her connection to him, I think she will give in before I do. I look back at Joesph and put what I feel about my father and say.“How?”Joesph looks down at the papers on the desk in front of him. I hiss at him, trying to hold in my impatience and temper as I repeat,“Uncle Joe, how? How can we bring him back?”Joesph sighs and looks up at me as he says,“Are you sure?”“I may hate my father, but this is for mother… How do we bring him back?”“Okay, there is an ancient ritual using the power from the Ful
EMMA I let out a moan and don’t fight him as he tugs on my knee, lifting it and wrapping it around his waist. I then let out a pained whimper as his hand slides along the bare skin of my thigh. As his hand gets to my waist and hooks his fingers in the side of my panties.I move my hands to his chest and push just a little. He then breaks the kiss and leans his forehead to mine, breathing heavily and with a sob in my throat, I whimper,“Stop, Benjamin, please stop… I’m sorry, I can’t… Please Benjamin…”Benjamin hisses but lets his hand drop, steps back, and allows me to move off the wall. I move quickly and head to my room as like always mixed feelings run through me. I flop on my bed as I try to sort out what the hell I am doing. It always hurts when we touch, but I also always feel better for a little while after as well.I also feel guilty whenever I share a moment with Benjamin as I want more but then I remember all the times I could have given myself or should I say my body, as h
THIRD PERSON It is nearly dusk when it finally hits him. Finn smiles to himself and unwraps himself from Ali. He gets dressed and then quietly makes his way out of his chambers. He walks the halls until he gets to the old King's wing. He walks down the halls, trying to remember which room it was.Finn hisses and then sighs. He stops and clears his mind and pictures the memory that he needs to find what he is looking for. He flinches when he finds the right one. Emma’s scream of terror and pain. His feet start moving of their own accord, leading him to the room he needed. He opens his eyes and shakes his head to rid his mind of the scene Jeremiah and he had walked in on.Except it didn’t totally work as he opens the door and can still see Emma lying on that chaise with Nathan holding her hands above her head while Norman was forcing his legs between hers and the way he looked up at them with her blood dripping from his fangs and a sm
THIRD PERSON Joesph is interrupted by a knock on the door. Finn holds up his hand, signalling for Joesph to stay in his seat as he walks over and answers the door. Finn steps back and allows Trinity and Zane to enter. He then walks with them back over to stand in front of Joesph’s desk.Joesph sighs, “Trinity? When was the last time you gave Emma a medical look over?”“Last week…”“And in your opinion, how is she?”Trinity looks at Zane, and he nods knowing the internal struggle and debate she was having with herself. As a healer, she can’t tell him, but as a very concerned friend, she wants to be able to do something. She lowers her head as she says,“She is not good. She is getting weaker and tires easily. I’m afraid that she only has a few months left…”“We may have a way to help her, but we will need help from both of you&hellip
THIRD PERSON Benjamin looks at Joesph with shock but when he sees the smirk Finn is trying to hide, he relaxes and says,“You mean it has taken you this long to pick up on it? Shit, I need to work harder. I thought I was being much more obvious about how much I actually love our Queen… If only she felt the same…”Joesph smiles and Finn can’t stop his chuckle, all three relax for a moment before Finn sits forward, taking a deep breath and letting it out in a sigh as he says,“We have a problem…”“Really? What might that be? Alesson in keeping a straight face?…”This makes both Finn and Joesph chuckle again. Finn shakes his head and sighs again, the weight of what he is about to ask now hanging heavily on him. He takes a deep breath and says,“No, it's about Emma…”“I’ve been waiting for this. She is dying,
THIRD PERSON In preparation for the ritual, Zane and Trinity head to the ancient ruin. Once there, they search for the entrance. Zane moves very quickly as Trinity takes a step and drops. Zane manages to grab Trinity’s hand, even though even if she had fallen to the ground it wouldn’t have killed her.She would have, however, been badly hurt as the altar is right under the hole and she wouldn’t have been able to do the ritual. Zane pulls her out of the hole and back up into his arms, wrapping them around her tightly and burying his head in her neck. Trinity wraps her arms around him and they stay like that until their hearts start to calm.When Trinity pulls back, she places a kiss on his lips, which he takes over, making it more dominant. When Zane pulls back, they are breathing heavily once more, Zane moves one of his hands to her cheek and whispers,“I love you, Trinity. However, you really need to be more careful.”“I love you too, but my clumsiness actually found what we were lo