SERAPHINA POV
As we approach the site, I can hear the music playing and a lot of chatter. We meet back up with Josephine and Zachary at the entrance where King Noah and his mate Serenity are also waiting to enter. The music stops and I hear Sebastian's voice come across the speakers.
"WELCOME TO EVERYONE!! I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS CHANCE TO PRESENT THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WONDERFUL EVENT TONIGHT! TO START WITH I GIVE YOU THE VAMPIRE PRINCESS JOSEPHINE AND HER MATE ZACHARY!"Sebastian stops as Josephine and Zachary walk into the ball as everyone claps and cheers."NEXT WE HAVE THE WEREWOLF KING NOAH AND HIS MATE QUEEN SERENITY!"Sebastian stops again as everyone claps, cheers, and howls their approval of their King's arrival."NOW IT IS MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT ROYAL, IT IS BECAUSE OF HER THAT THIS EVENINGS EVENT IS EVEN POSSIBLE. HER UNEXPECTED MATING TO OUR KING WAS A TRUE BLESSING! I WOULD LIKEDOMINIC/CALEBPOVI am running so late. I came in with the last clan, but that wasn't until after the ball had actually started. Leo had done a lot of damage to the last clan that he had attacked. There was a lot of clean-up, but we ended up having to move the surviving clan members to a nearby clan. The clan I arrived back with went straight to the ball site. Me, well, I still had to get dressed. A king can not arrive at a formal event in slacks and a shirt. I had to change into my royal attire. I had a quick shower, got dressed, and headed to the blood moon ball site. I just hope Seraphina isn't too mad at me."Sebastian? How is My Lady holding up?""Your Highness, she needs you!""I know I am here. I am making my way there with Nix as we speak.""Did you want me to announce your arrival?""No! I want to just put my arms around my lady. This blood moon is pulling really hard on me and espec
SERAPHINA POVI wake up with Dominic's arms wrapped tightly around my waist. I sigh as I remember what we did last night. I have never seen Caleb like he was last night. He was full of dominance and force, but he was still in control. I never felt threatened by him at any time whether he was drinking my blood, sinking his fangs into his marks, or just the hard forceful thrusts of his hips, my body is worn out with minor aches but no bruises. Last night reminded me of when Caleb had to prove to himself that he was not like Angus or Leo, that he wouldn't take from me without giving something back first, and if I wasn't willing, he would stop. I love both of them, Dominic with his more softer and gentler side and then Caleb with his more aggressive, dominant, and forceful side.As I stretch Dominic tightens his arms a little more whispering into my ear "Are you Okay, My Lady? Caleb was a little rough last night""Mmm, I am okay. You might have to run yo
DOMINIC/CALEBPOVI head to my office, much more relaxed now that Caleb has settled down about Seraphina being pregnant and him drinking so much from her during the blood moon. I enter my office to find Phoenix sitting in the corner. As I approach him, he hisses at me, "Stay away! I don't want to hurt you, my friend""Soren?? What's wrong??" Phoenix and Soren are never like this."Blood moon...""But you were alright last night. What happened?" I kneel down in front of him.He hisses at me again but this time Caleb comes to the front in response to the disrespect "SOREN! CALM DOWN NOW!!" he takes a deep breath."Now what is going on?""Sorry! Your highness! The blood moon is still in effect.""Yes, I can still feel it too, but it has never affected you like this?""Phoenix and I were fine' I was controlling the effects well. After we escorte
DOMINIC/CALEBPOVI was talking with Zachary, holding Seraphina. When I hear Scarlett scream, I look up and see her running over to Phoenix, who is laying on the ground. Seraphina then pulls out of my arms and runs over to where Scarlett is but then I see her stop, pull something out of her arm and start to fall to the ground. I am there within a second, so she doesn't actually hit the ground. I try to wake her but she is out cold. It is then that I see the dart sitting in her hand. She must have pulled it out before passing out.I look around "ZACHARY! GET JOSEPHINE AND THE KIDS INSIDE AND THEN COME BACK!"He bows slightly and picks Josephine up much to her protests and they both call out to the kids "NATHANIEL, SCARLETT, CHARLOTTE, JULIAN, VICTORIA, RILEY COME!! INSIDE NOW!!"I look around again and that's when I see Sebastian; he is also passed out, but he is closer to the woods. I look past where Sebastian is layi
LEO POVIt worked. With the help of my spy, I managed to get in close to the castle. I moved quietly closer and managed to hear the vamp's brief announcement."Thank you, everyone. Seraphina and I have an announcement. We are extending our family again." So the vamp managed to counter Angus's Alpha claim and get her pregnant."Really? Congratulations! Guess what? We are too!" I hear the vamp princess say as well, so there are some more additions coming to the party.I didn't expect an opening to occur while I was here, but seeing the vamp's second and third in command playing with the children away from the others was something I couldn't pass up. I had bought eight rogues with me and looking at this opening; I am glad I did. I probably won't get Seraphina as she is standing in that vamp's arms, but that is okay. I will have to wait until she has had the abomination to take her. I won't make the same mistake again. Seraphina will give me a
NATHANIEL POVI smile as my mother looks over at me. I was wondering when she would remember what I could do. I am actually surprised that father didn't remember either. I have been monitoring the bond between mother and uncle Sebastian when I can see it, which is usually when uncle Sebastian is getting hit and mother can feel it. It is getting weaker as he gets weaker, but it is always really bright whenever they are beating him and neither of them can cut the connection.I concentrate and focus on the blue and red thread. The only problem I am having at the moment is separating which one is the one that connects to uncle Sebastian as they are not sharing anything at the moment. I move over to mother and climb on the bed. I put my hand on hers and gave my new little brother a kiss on his forehead."Mother, I can help, but I can't see uncle Seb's tread in amongst the other oath and blood mix threads. Can you try to talk to him? It will make the threa
THEODORE POV"I am sure."I am kicking myself for not thinking about checking this place out sooner. It should have been at the top of my list of places to search first. Well, we are here now and I have a job to do, so I climb a tree and have a look around and see that Dominic is right. There is more to this place than meets the eye. I see the two sets Dominic said were patrolling and I also see the two sets that are only just in hiding, but I also see another two sets closer to where Phoenix is with his team, "Phoenix??""Yes, Theo!""Get up into a tree or undercover. You have two sets of teams nearby. They are moving very slowly but will be on top of you in about two minutes. If you don't want to take them out and blow our cover, yet move now.""Thanks, Theo, we are going undercover now."Now that I know where some of them are, I can make my slow approach towards the bunker. I climb down the tree a
THEODORE POVWe all laugh as we start our way back to the castle. It is slow going as Sebastian refused to allow us to carry him and we were attacked by a few of the runaway rogues. Once we finally got back to the castle, we took Sebastian into one of the rooms so Doc Erik could look him over. As we laid him on the bed Seraphina came in."Oh!.. my... Sebastian!!!" she had her hand to her mouth and tears falling down her cheeks.We couldn't stop him, not even Caleb could stop Sebastian from getting off the bed and practically collapsing at Seraphina's feet. Seraphina quickly pulled herself together and kneeled down where Sebastian was."Sebastian! You have to get back on the bed so Doc Erik can look you over," she whispers something else to him, but I don't hear what it was.Caleb helps Seraphina to her feet, and she sits on the bed. Caleb then helps Sebastian up and onto the bed, except this time when he lays down, he has his head i
SCARLETT POVI stand on the balcony to Phoenix's room; I have been spending most of my nights here with Phoenix since just after my tenth birthday. Being with him helps with my nightmares. I have also known since I was little that Phoenix was my mate. My wolf and vampire have only ever agreed on one thing, and that is him. I have loved him for the longest time, but I won't tell anyone as they all just see me as a child. I also know he loves me too, but with the gentleman, he is he will honor the promise he made to my parents when I was a baby and that is he will not do anything with that love until I am of age. He walks up and puts his arms around me and whispers into my ear, "Butterfly, what are you doing out here? And what are you thinking about?""I had another nightmare, and I was just thinking about you being my mate while I was watching the blood moon. Are you okay? Do you need to drink some more?" I smile as I move my hair away from my neck to give h
DOMINIC POVCaleb fades to the back of my mind, allowing me full control again. I smile to myself as I feel my body come alive again, even after everything Caleb had just done, Seraphina runs her fingers mindlessly over my chest, I let out a low hiss as the soft sparks of pleasure from her fingers runs through me, she stops and looks up at me, "Dominic, I am sorry I couldn't stop him from..." a tear starts to fall down her cheek,I put my hand on her cheek and wipe away the tear as I say "My Lady Sera, I do not blame you. Teresa has been adamant about how much and how often you would fight and keep fighting no matter what he did. That you would even stop him from using her whenever you could, you would take twice as much just so she wouldn't have to.""It was my duty as a queen, whether I am her queen or not, but more importantly, she became my friend and I just couldn't let him hurt her any more than I could let him hurt Sebastian.""My lady,
DOMINIC/CALEBPOVAs soon as the mate bond broke and Seraphina became Lilith in wolf form, the power and responsibility of me being king returned as the one I passed it to was no longer able to fulfill that duty. I was okay to start with but I haven't been myself lately; I have been out hunting a lot and when I find a rogue; it doesn't matter if it is vampire or werewolf. There is never much left of them after Caleb is finished. I know the blood moon is coming. I feel the pull of it, the pull of power, the pull to power, to kill while drinking and taking any power I can get, but I have been fighting it as much as I can. I nearly failed last night. Caleb nearly killed a rogue werewolf that had wandered into our territory by drinking from him, but I managed to pull him back at the last moment with a beautiful memory of Seraphina.I heard a commotion yesterday afternoon but didn't really take any notice of it once I heard Phoenix yell "STAND
PHOENIX POVIt has been six months since Seraphina/Lilith disappeared, King Noah keeps us updated on her whereabouts through Patrick and Ethan but they haven't come back in this direction since they left, she seems to be heading for and hanging just outside Noah's kingdom.Josephine, Scarlett, and Teresa have been looking after the triplets, while Sebastian, Theodore, and I are keeping an eye on Dominic. When Seraphina or Lilith didn't come back after a few weeks Dominic went looking for her for a couple more but come back without her, Nathaniel tells us that the thin thread of the claim bond is still there so there is still a possibility of getting her back but I'm not sure if that is even possible now as even Dominic and Caleb have slowly become cruel again giving up on the love they once shared. I'm sure his heart is slowly freezing again and if that happens before Seraphina and Lilith come back, I'm afraid our king will be lost and Nathaniel, even with how
DOMINIC POVPhoenix runs out of the room and I hear him run down the stairs. I take this time to crawl out of bed and put some pants on. As I come back out of the closet, Phoenix comes into the room with Noah walking quickly behind him."Hey! Dom, what seems to be the problem?""I made a mistake, a really big mistake..."That is when he looks at me. "Dom! Your mate mark....""Yes, I know, Phoenix told me.... but that isn't the only problem. I think Seb needs your help in the bathroom."Noah walks over to the bathroom and opens the door. As soon as it is opened, out jumps Lilith in her wolf form. She tilts her head as she looks at Noah; she does a low growl and looks at the broken door then looks to the balcony; she tilts her head again and runs out onto the balcony, then jumped over the rail."NOOO!" Caleb and I yell as we run to the rail and watch as she lands on her paws, looks up at me, howl
LILITHPOV"No Sera, My Lady...""Sorry, Caleb but she is gone, you really broke her that night, the fighter in her that had fought for three weeks straight, fought to come back to the vampire she loves with all her heart, to the mate she had spent her life looking for but was not expecting or believing she would find, to the love that had kept her going through everything. Only to find it was no longer there, that she was alone again..""What about everyone else? Nix? Seb? Theo? Jose?""They had their own duties to do, and you rarely allowed Sera out of your sight. You wanted her nearby for your... What did you call her? What did you make her from that night on? Oh! That's right! Your pleasure slave, not your queen or your Lady, but a slave. You saw it as she had given herself to you, given her life to you and you could use her however and whenever you needed or wanted. When all she wanted was the love you origin
DOMINIC POVOnce I was back to my full strength, I traveled with Noah and Serenity into my kingdom. I left Noah and Serenity talking to the others while I went to find Seraphina. As I walked into our room, I heard what I guessed was one of the triplets, so I went into the adjoining room and checked on them. I don't even know their names or who is who. I pick up the girl that is whimpering and give her a cuddle. Once she has settled again, I place her back into her crib and quietly leave the room.I glance around our room, looking for Seraphina. When I feel a cool breeze come from the balcony doors. I slowly make my way over and that's when I see her. She is leaning against the rail watching the blood moon. I can feel the pull of the blood moon, but it is not as strong as it would normally be because Caleb is blocking me out. It allows me more control than I would normally have. I stand in the doorway, take a deep breath, ready for anything my lady deemed suitable, and
LILITHPOVI run back to the castle with Patrick and Ethan flanking me. When we made it to the edge, I found my dress and shifted. I exited the woods and waited for Patrick and Ethan to join me after shifting themselves. I laugh as they come stumbling out of the woods holding all but their basketball shorts, which, of course, they were wearing. As they reach me Patrick gasps"Your Highness, you are just too fast..."he gasps "Your eyes, your Highness, they are still gold??""Yes Patrick, Sera needs some time by herself, so you have to put up with me..."He smiles and bows, "Always a pleasure to be in your company Queen Lilith.""You guys can go now. I think some of the other staff are having a party celebrating the blood moon. You two should go join them. At least some of us should have some fun tonight."They bow at my dismissal and head back
SERAPHINA/LILITHPOVOnce Caleb disappeared, I spent that night in Sebastian and Teresa's room, and then I moved back into our room, settling the triplets into their room next door. The others are loving having babies around again. Scarlett is the most help. She is like a mini mother. She has made a strong bond with both Chrysta and Gabriela.I am missing him; I know he hurt me but there must be a reason behind it, a reason he did what he did, there is still so much about vampires that I do not know, I think I will go to the library and start reading up on what I should know and not just about being a mate to one but about being their queen as well. Something I actually should have done years ago. I am in Dominic's office at the moment going over a few last-minute requests from different staff concerning the blood moon tomorrow night, a few of the requests have been about whether we could hold another mixer ball like we did last time, I gu