SCARLETT POV"Butterfly give in to me..." He had a slight hint of that command in his tone again, which makes me shiver just as he sinks his fangs into his mark making me scream"SSSssooorrrreeennn!!!"While I lose my fight at holding onto the pleasure and shattering around him. He doesn't allow my pleasure to subside before he is thrusting his hips again; he runs his tongue over my skin, sealing it. He continues to increase his thrusts, making my pleasure rise even higher. I then hear both Cara and Ruth."Scar, we need to mark him. We need the reconnection."At their words, I move and kiss his neck very softly. As I reach my mark, I feel both my fangs and canines lengthen; I smile as I remember what he did and scrape them back up his neck to his ear and whisper really low."May I please?""Butterfly, you have always and will always have my permission!"I then make my way back to my mark and sink them in, this makes him hiss out loud, and he tightens his arms around me to hold me sti
SCARLETT/CARA POVWe had the funeral pyre for Ethan two days after they found us, Mother didn't like the idea of saying goodbye to a close friend without the whole family there. Charlotte even came, but they only stayed the night. Alpha Stefan believes that he can protect her better in his territory, in his pack, not that I blame him. I actually think he could be right. I have now been back in the castle for just over a week and I still haven't found the right time to tell Phoenix about our daughter.I can never seem to come up with a way to tell him. I still fear that he is not going to believe me and is going to say it is one of those rotten males, I have said to Cara and Ruth a couple of times that maybe we should go and see Doc Erik and get him to terminate her but they always disagree, saying she is ours and our mates and is just as special.I decided to bite the bullet and go and see Doc Teresa, which is where I am heading now. It is also why I don't have any of my guards around
PHOENIX POVAfter our fun at the field and we get back to the castle, I make sure to take Scarlett to see Teresa, to make sure she is alright and my Butterfly comes out with a full bill of health. We have Ethan's funeral-Pyre, two days after we found both Charlotte and Scarlett. Seraphina wouldn't allow it to be done until all family was able to attend. Over the next week, however, I notice that she is distancing herself from everyone, even me. I know there is something she isn't telling me, but I just can't work out what.I am in Dominic's office working at my desk, going over some paperwork, but the two metal boxes in my top drawer have me itching to open them again. I know Queen Serenity would not want that journal of hers to fall into anyone's hands, so I am going to contact Noah and make a time, to return it to her, even though I know she really wouldn't want the reminder of what happened to her in that prison. I don't even think she wants Noah to know which is why I didn't give
PHOENIX POVDominic puts the papers back into the box and hands it to me, I take it and feel really guilty that I will now be sharing some of Scarlett's secrets with others, secrets that I know she would not want to share but I now have no choice. I leave the office, contacting Sebastian as I go."Seb? Meet me in Theodore's office""Will do!"I head straight to Theodore's office in the barracks. Once there, I knock on the door frame and watch as Theodore looks up from his maps and the schedules he is working on."Hey Nix, what can I do for you?""Seb should be here soon, we need to wait for him.."I sigh again, not liking what I have to do. It doesn't take Sebastian long to get there"Okay, what's this about?"Both males look at me with a questioning gaze, "As you both know the castle has known about my connection to Scarlett since the day she was born and Soren wouldn't let anyone near her until Sera and Dom allowed us to initiate the blood bond. Now I knew as she got older that it w
CARA POV I look at Phoenix as I say this, I can not help the feeling of betrayal that skims through me as I realise that he did indeed find my metal box but has now shared it with not only my father but with Theodore and Sebastian as well. I turn my attention back to Theodore."Scarlett could never find out who always started the rumours, but it isn't hard to listen to the help rather than just ignoring them... I think the latest ones are.'She only does it for attention.''He's cheated on her already.''She wasn't good enough for him.''She couldn't satisfy him.''She got pregnant to trap him.' and my favourite is'She's carrying a bastard's child.'We never told anyone about... It's not..."I stop as I realise that I nearly confirmed that I was pregnant, I still haven't said it out loud to anyone, so for that last rumour to be going around it must be someone who watches me very closely, as my daughter has only just started making me sick. I look over at Phoenix, thinking about how
DOMINIC/CALEB POVI head to my office after spending some quality with Seraphina... I smile to myself; I have been waiting for her to tell me. I know she is pregnant again as Caleb and I set her up for it; I didn't know if the poison was going to kill me or if drinking her blood would actually make me better. I heard what she said just before I opened my eyes after I first collapsed about following me if I died.I... We couldn't allow that because even if I'm not here she needs to be and besides she is one hell of a Queen and would be able to watch over the kingdom until Nathaniel is able to take over, not that he couldn't now, he will be one great king when his time comes. Caleb and I knew we needed to give both Lilith and Seraphina a reason to stay and join me later, and the only thing we could think of was to leave her with something of us.As I enter my office, I expect to see Phoenix sitting at his desk doing paperwork, but he isn't. There is, however, a metal box open on his des
H POVI leave Scarlett, or should I say, Cara, standing in the training ring and head back to the barracks. I do as I told her I would; I had a shower and then got dressed into my official patrol uniform but as I was leaving my room; I saw the note posted on the board next to my door. I read it and sigh.SHIFT DUTY CHANGEDSEE THEODORE IMMEDIATELYI pull the note off of the board and make my way to Theodore's office. Once there, I knock on the door and hear a muffled."Come in"I open the door to find Theodore sitting at his desk in his uniform with his mate sitting on his lap. Theodore looks up as I enter and says,"Good! H, all your shifts for guard and patrol duties have been changed. You are one of my highest officers other than Mike, so as of right now, until further notice, you will have a different assignment.""Yes, Sir!""From now on you will be one of Princess Scarlett and Phoenix's personal guards, starting with escorting them to this gathering and then later on their night
PHOENIX POVWe follow Dominic and Seraphina off of the stage and back over to the SUVs. Cara lets go of my arm and makes her way over to Nathaniel. They talk for a few minutes quietly together. She then gives him a hug and makes her way back over to me. I bow and ask her again, holding out my hand to her."Will you go out with me, please?""Okay"I smile as she slowly puts her hand into mine. I turn to see H holding the SUV's back door open for us to get in. As I sit in the back seat, I ask."H? You know where we are going, right?"He bows. "Yes, Sir! Mike knows and will be driving tonight Sir!"He closes the door and gets into the front. I then turn my attention back to Cara. I just watch her looking out of the window as we head into the city nearby. Normally we try to stay in the town within the territory, but there are only so many places in the town to go for dinner and after everything I want tonight to be