Layla’s POV: I begin to shower as I let the warm water run over my tired body when Nicolae appears and takes me once more in the shower and then again in our bedroom.“What has gotten into you?” I ask breathlessly as I lay beneath him.“You smell so sweet my love I just can’t resist you.” He replied and began kissing me again.“Nicolae, we really need to get dressed. Lorie will be up soon and we still have things to do for the celebration in two weeks.” I say trying to fight back my own urges.“That we do, my love.” He replies and leans up to look down lovingly at me. He gives me one more kiss and then helps me out of our bed. With the wave of his hand we are dressed and ready for the day. We are going through our usual morning routine with planning and guest list prepping when I notice Victor standing off in the corner with a stern expression on his face.“Is something the matter?” I ask as I approach him.“Something feels off.” He says as he observes the room.I inhale sharply at
Layla’s POV:“You're here!” Lorie says as she runs into my arms.“I know sorry I'm late kiddo” I reply ruffling her hair.“So what would you like to do today?” I ask as I take her hand in mine.“Well I'm starving. Can we get lunch and ice cream?” She asks cheerfully.“Sure I know just the place!” I explain and then phase us to our favorite restaurant.Once Lorie and I have eaten I head to a local jump park for us to play and have a good time.“It’s been ages since I’ve had this much fun!” I say as Lorie and I jump into one of the many trampoline walls.“It feels like we haven't spent time together in ages!” She replies with a giggle.“I’m sorry things have been so hectic Lorie.” I say as we come to a rest.“It’s ok. Things will calm down once the celebration is over.” She says sweetly.“I know. In a way I can’t wait till it's over. I've learnt so much about being a queen this past week it's almost overwhelming.” I replied.“You're doing great! It will be ok.” She says as she gives me
Layla's POV:The next week and a half carries on like this between Nicolae and I and the day of the celebration is upon us before we know it. The castle is bustling with people and the day before the celebration a taylor comes by and makes sure my gown doesn't need any alterations. Nicolae and I stay so busy throughout the day that when we finally retire to our room we both fall fast asleep. The next morning when Nicolae and I are greeting guests a familiar woman stops before me.“Good day, your highness. It’s good to see you made it safely back and are well.” She says as she curtseys.“Yes thank you.” I say as I curtsey back.“I hope your daughter is well too.” She replies.“Oh she's not my daughter. She is actually Nicolae’s little sister but their mother died and I’ve just sort of taken her under my wing.” I say with a smile.“I see. Well regardless you will make a fine mother and addition to the royal family. My name is Amanda and you've met my husband Paul.” She says as the cab d
Layla’s POV:“Who can’t you find?” Nicolae asks as Amanda looks from me to Victor nervously.“Lorie’s missing, you have to come now!” He says pulling my hand and half dragging me from the room.Victor and I go into the conference room with Nicolae, Amanda, and Paul following closely behind us.“What happened?” Nicolae asks once the door is closed.“I should have followed my instincts. I knew something was going to happen, how could I be so foolish?!” I say as I begin to pace the floor with fear and worry.“Lorie is missing. Layla noticed she hadn’t seen her today so I went to her room where she was playing a few hours ago and she's gone.” Victor says in a huff.“Maybe she's outside or something.” Amanda chimes in.“She couldn’t have just disappeared. She has to be around here somewhere.” Nicolae replies.“No, I've checked everywhere! I even had other demons looking for her and she's nowhere in the castle or on the grounds.” Victor says as he leans over the table.I immediately try to
Layla’s POV:Just like that everyone in the room is adjourned with armour and weapons fit for a king and I can see the looks of shock and disbelief on many faces. I turn quickly and head out of the room to the exit with my small army trailing behind. Once outside Nicolae and I have everyone grab each other's arms and with one thought I tap into Nicolae’s power and phase us all to a location near where I sensed Lorie.We are well hidden by the tree line and as I observe the entrance to what looks to be a cave I begin to make a plan.‘I need my stealthiest people here!’ I mind link with everyone at once.Nine men come forward and I begin to go over what I want them to do through the mind link.‘I want four of you on the entrance guards. Take them out quietly. I want the other five to scout the area and look for any back exits there may be. I don't want this piece of scum slipping through our fingers, I will leave my link open when you are done let me know what you have found or if there
Nicolae’s POV: Layla stumbles but quickly puts her shield back up before looking in my direction. ‘What are you doing!’ She shouts at me through our link. ‘I won't let you fight him alone!’ I replied. ‘Get out of here it's not safe!’ She shouts again as an attack suddenly heads in my direction. The darkness that surrounds Samuel strikes me and sends me hurdling back and before I can blink Samuel is before me while still making assaults on Layla’s shield. “You think you can save her! You failed the first time, what makes you think you will succeed this time! You're pathetic and now you have no one to make a deal with to save your precious wife and child!” Samuel hisses and readies himself for another attack. A burst of red and blue light suddenly shoots from all directions and a cold feeling creeps into my chest making it hard to breathe. When I look up Samuel is frozen and everything around me is shrouded in the red and blue light. I stand quickly and move away from Samuel and
Nicolae's POV:“We need to get her comfortable.” Amanda says as Zeke appears.“Your majesty, your room is ready and prepared. Amanda has volunteered to watch over my lady’s health.” Zeke says as we swifty make our way to our chambers with Lorie running behind.I lay Layla gently down onto the bed and step back as Amanda begins checking Layla’s vitals and dabbing her forehead with a damp cloth. Lorie sat quietly next to the bed with worry and fear in her eyes with each ragged breath Layla took.“She’s going to be fine but we need to see a real doctor to check on the baby. She is not very far along but after what her body has been through we can’t take any chances.” Amanda says as she stands from the bedside.“Thank you. I have a friend that can possibly help with that.” I replied.“Very well. I will take Lorie to bed. You should rest as well, your majesty.” Amanda says before picking Lorie up and leaving the room.I slowly dress for bed and slide in next to Layla and hold her in my arm
Layla’s POV:“It’s good to see you finally awake my lady.” I hear Zeke’s familiar voice.“What happened?” I ask as I try to recall everything from my fight with Samuel.“Well after you disposed of that vile creature you fainted from exhaustion, my lady.” He says gently as he takes a damp towel and dabs in on my face.“How long have I been out of it?” I ask as I look around the room once more.“Two days, my lady.” He replies.“Two days!” I say in horror as I try to get out of bed.“I must insist that you lay back down my lady. His highness won't be pleased with you wondering about after such an ordeal.” He says as he gently stops me from standing.“Zeke, I have been in this bed for two days. I need to get up.” I say as I shoo him off of me and stand on uneasy legs.“If you insist, my lady. Shall I escort you to his majesty after you have refreshed yourself.” He says as he motions to the bathroom.A warm shower suddenly sounds amazing and I oblige and head into the bathroom. Once I have
Layla’s POV: I slowly blink my eyes as the room comes back into focus. I sit up slowly to see Amanda sitting in a chair in the corner of the room. “You should really rest my lady. The little ones will be up soon and we have a long journey to begin tomorrow.” She says with a smile. “A long journey? Where are we going?” I ask curiously. “It has been decided that we will be returning to the underworld soon.” She replies. “But..is it safe to be phasing this far with the twins just being born?” I ask as I glance at their cribs. “Oh no my lady, your husband has arranged special transportation for us. He insists we go by car until we can go no further then phase into the underworld. Most of the others have already gone ahead and we will follow in three days after you have rested more.” She replies with a reassuring smile. I nod, satisfied with her answer and lie back down onto the soft pillows and let sleep take me once more. As Amanda has said we leave in three days time. We stayed
Layla’s POV: I cry out in pain in response and I can feel Amanda hand on top of my pelvis. “Push now!” She says and I push as hard as I can and scream out in pain as I begin to feel like I am being ripped in two. “Alright, that was good again!” She says and I push again. Waves of pain continue to crash over me with each push as the minutes seem to drag by. “Please make it stop!” I cry out in pain and I grip Nicolae’s hand tighter. “You're the only one here that can make the pain stop, my lady now push!” Amanda instructs and I push once more. This time however my efforts are not in vain and a small cry echoes in the room within seconds as our first little one enters into the world. “You're not out of the woods yet my lady. One, two, three, push!” Amanda says again and more pain hits me as I see a woman swaddle my newborn baby in a blanket. “Please!” I pead as my body pushes again to relieve some of the pain it is feeling. “Good, good, that's it, one more big push!” Amanda say
Layla’s POV: The day was finally here and we were being summoned into the valley by our enemies. Our army readied themselves and with a wave of my hand I clothed them in the finest armor and gave them the finest weapons. Amanda helped me onto a horse and as I mounted Nicolae came up beside me on a horse of his own. “I may not agree with this but trust you, my queen.” He says with a slight bow. I smile gently at him and then take off at a slow pace to the meeting spot. Once we arrive I spot a general on a horse in the field waiting for our arrival. Nicolae and I approach him and stop a few feet away. “Is this really necessary?” Nicolae asks with his head held high. “This vision of peace that you are so hell bent on your majesty is just that, a vision. In all my years none of our kind have ever been at peace.” The general says with a smirk. “But it is possible. I have seen it.” I replied. “And we are just supposed to take the word of a witch?” The general laughs. “If you do not
Layla’s POV:I can feel the eyes of everyone in the room on me as Nicolae clears his throat and leads me to a chair next to his.“Nicolae, we were wrong.” I say after a few moments of silence.“Peace can not exist until we eradicate those who wish to oppose us.” Nicolae says and he leans back in his chair.At that moment I glance at the table to see war strategies laid across it with notes scribbled here and there with a map of the surrounding land and valley.“Are we already at war?” I say with a gasp.“Not yet my queen but it is very close.” John says as he leans forward.“But that's..How long have I been asleep?” I ask as I begin to try and recall the number of times I had felt the healing touch Nicolae had used.“It's been a month, your majesty.” John's wife says with her head low.“I want to thank you for helping me.” She says softly as I try to wrap my head around the amount of time I had been asleep in this realm.“Nicolae, we can’t do this.” I say as tears begin to sting my ey
Nicolae’s POV:“What happened?!” Amanda frets as she checks Layla over.“I’m not sure. All I know is that she got out of bed and walked through the halls as if she was in trance. She entered John's room, found his comatose wife and woke her.” I reply in summary.“She did what?!” Amanda says loudly.“She has to stop doing these things! They aren't good for her health if she passes out every time she uses her powers.” Amanda says and begins to dab a damp cloth to Layla's head.“I will send for a physician in the morning just in case. For now you both need to rest.” Amanda says and she stands and gives me a bow before leaving the room.I lay in bed gently next to Layla and slowly try to heal whatever is wrong with her but she doesn’t stir. When she still hasn’t awoken after a few days I begin to get increasingly more worried. Layla’s POV:I find myself in the familiar white space that I had discovered was called the Logoic Plane once again and at the sound of Michael’s voice I turn qui
Layla’s POV:Our group spent the first few days resting as much as possible and once everyone was refreshed we met with John in the great hall.“I am sure you know what we are here.” Nicolae says from across the table.“Yes I do and I have awaited your arrival with much anticipation.” John replies with a smile.“Then tell me what are your thoughts on peace for all the realms?” Nicolae asks.“Peace.” John says as he looks down at his hands.“Is such a thing really attainable?” He asks as he looks up at us with doubt in his eyes.“Don’t get me wrong, your majesty, I want peace as much as you do but is it realistic?” He asks.“It very much is attainable and with your help and the help of others we can achieve that.” I say in a firm but gentle voice.“Daddy daddy!” A little girl suddenly shouts as she runs up to John and climbs in his lap.I look at Nicolae and can see the loving look in his eyes as he watches the two from across the table.“Peace seems like just a dream.” John says as he
Layla’s POV: Amanda begins to go over what procedures I will be undergoing tomorrow and we work together all afternoon on everything from baby names to a birthing plan. I was nervous and scared as my thoughts raced with all the information I had discovered in the few short hours I was awake but a sense of peace also lingered in my chest that I couldn’t explain. The next morning came quicker than I had intended and Nicolae took some time away from working to escort me to the doctor Amanda had found. Once the initial check up was complete I was rushed into a dark room where the doctor began to measure our baby. They told us it was still too early to detect a heartbeat and suggested that I come back in two weeks time. Nicolae and I agreed and after we had our next appointment we phased back to the underworld and began to prepare for our trip. Lorie was not excited about us leaving but I assured her I would return whenever I could to see her between the meetings. She reluctantly agreed
Layla’s POV:“It’s good to see you finally awake my lady.” I hear Zeke’s familiar voice.“What happened?” I ask as I try to recall everything from my fight with Samuel.“Well after you disposed of that vile creature you fainted from exhaustion, my lady.” He says gently as he takes a damp towel and dabs in on my face.“How long have I been out of it?” I ask as I look around the room once more.“Two days, my lady.” He replies.“Two days!” I say in horror as I try to get out of bed.“I must insist that you lay back down my lady. His highness won't be pleased with you wondering about after such an ordeal.” He says as he gently stops me from standing.“Zeke, I have been in this bed for two days. I need to get up.” I say as I shoo him off of me and stand on uneasy legs.“If you insist, my lady. Shall I escort you to his majesty after you have refreshed yourself.” He says as he motions to the bathroom.A warm shower suddenly sounds amazing and I oblige and head into the bathroom. Once I have
Nicolae's POV:“We need to get her comfortable.” Amanda says as Zeke appears.“Your majesty, your room is ready and prepared. Amanda has volunteered to watch over my lady’s health.” Zeke says as we swifty make our way to our chambers with Lorie running behind.I lay Layla gently down onto the bed and step back as Amanda begins checking Layla’s vitals and dabbing her forehead with a damp cloth. Lorie sat quietly next to the bed with worry and fear in her eyes with each ragged breath Layla took.“She’s going to be fine but we need to see a real doctor to check on the baby. She is not very far along but after what her body has been through we can’t take any chances.” Amanda says as she stands from the bedside.“Thank you. I have a friend that can possibly help with that.” I replied.“Very well. I will take Lorie to bed. You should rest as well, your majesty.” Amanda says before picking Lorie up and leaving the room.I slowly dress for bed and slide in next to Layla and hold her in my arm