Chp 1 Pt. 2 Sorrow

“I…I’m…I’m sorry,” she whispers as tears fall down her cheeks. “I’m sorry.” We hear crying down the hall and Davina looks out the door. She looks down at the shirt she’s been holding and up at the door again.

“Davina you have three other children that need their mother. Just because you continue being a mother doesn’t mean you are going to forget about Malayah. I promise we won’t leave her behind.”

I hold her hand and kiss the back of it. I can hear it’s Accalia crying down the hall. Davina sets Malayah’s shirt down on t her bed and walks to the nursery. I follow behind her. We enter the room and Accalia is standing in her crib reaching out for Davina. Davina walks over and picks her up, making Accalia to immediately stop crying. Davina holds Accalia close, swaying side to side to comfort our daughter.

“I’m so sorry Accalia. Mommy’s here. I promise I am not going anywhere,” she whispers to our daughter. I look over and see Thierry woke up, pulling himself up so he’s standing, reaching out towards Davina.

“Mama,” says Thierry.

I walk over to Davina and take Accalia. She squeals as I tickle her. Davina picks up Thierry giving his kisses on his cheeks, making him giggle. Davina walks towards me and Accalia, leaning her head on my shoulder. I kiss her forehead and wrap my arm around her.

“I’m sorry,” she says again.

“It’s okay. Just don’t leave me again please. I need you too.”

I can smell my mother and Gabriel are headed up. Lately they’ve been coming to check on the twins to help me out. The door to the nursery opens and they walk in.

“Davina my dear,” cries her uncle as he walks across the room to hug her.

“I’m sorry for worrying everyone. I’m not okay but I promise not to check out again.”

“I’m just happy to see you moving around and talking. We’ve all missed you,” says Gabriel.

“You were really starting to scare everyone. Maliyah will be happy to see you. We really ought to have a family dinner,” says my mother.

“Slow down mother. One day at a time. We will plan a dinner soon I promise. We have a meeting with King Bjarki this afternoon. We are officially becoming allies.”

“I didn’t realize that was happening. When did agree to this,” asks Davina.

“A few weeks ago. Prince Aspen received a similar video to ours of some elves captured,” I inform but then stop myself from continuing.

“I can tell when you are hiding something Derek. What are you not telling me.” I sigh. I’ve never been good at that.

“The rogues kidnapped a few elves and have threatened the royal family. If they don’t give you up they are going to make Malayah kill them. They already forced her to kill one to prove a point. Prince Aspen said she had tears coming down her cheeks but no emotion on her face. This did not sit well with Aspen and he wants to make an alliance to stop the rogues. He will not cave to their demands.”

“I was afraid they made her do it again. I could feel it.” I watch Davina as she closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. “Okay I’ll be at the meeting.”

“Love, you don’t need to. This is the first day I’ve seen you move from Malayah’s room. Spend the day with the kids.”

“I need to be there. This is important. And I agree with Calista. Have Miss Kat prepare a family dinner.” I look at her with worry. I want her to take it easy.

“Derek I promise I won’t check out again. I have already missed so much of our twins growing I don’t want to miss anymore and Maliyah needs me too.” I raise an eyebrow at her, making her laugh. “I need you too big guy.” I smile and give her a quick kiss.

“Alright I will let the council know to expect you this afternoon as well as Maliyah,” I tell her.

We all take turns holding the twins and showing Davina their walking skills. They are both only eight months old but are early walkers. Accalia is still smaller than Thierry but she has been quickly catching up. I purchased some of those soft foam pads that hook together like a puzzle and then bought an extra long baby gate to create a mini play yard for the twins.

I set Thierry down and Davina puts Accalia next to her brother and off they go playing with their toys. Davina leans against me while we watch the twins play. I can hear Maliyah laughing with Mark as she walks into the house. Davina looks at me and smiles before taking off down the stairs. I follow after her.

“Mom?”

Maliyah spots her mom coming down the stairs and takes off at a sprint towards her. Maliyah crashes into Davina. “I’m sorry mom, I’m sorry.”

“Why are you sorry Maliyah?”

“I’ve been making this difficult for Derek. I haven’t gone to school and I hurt his leg.”

“What?” Davina looks at me and I just smile and shrug.

“It was an accident love. I shouldn’t have tried to touch her. She was upset and losing control of her powers. She was using electricity and struck my leg. Luckily it wasn’t too bad and I healed just fine.”

“Don’t be sorry Maliyah I should’ve been here for and your siblings. I’m sorry.”

“I don’t mean to break up this reunion Davina, I am happy you are back, but the council is starting to arrive as well as members of the coven,” says Mark.

“Go grab a snack Maliyah and then come join us.” Maliyah smiles, the first one I’ve seen in months and heads to the kitchen. I take Davina by the hand as we head to the conference room. Prince Aspen is already present.

“Derek good to see you again. Davina, I’m happy to see you out and about. How are you doing?”

“To be honest Aspen, I am not doing well but I haven’t given up and taking it one day at a time,” Davina replies.

“You told her,” Aspen asks and I nod my head yes. “I’m sorry for what has happened with your daughter Davina. We will find her and kill the rogues that are responsible.”

“Let’s get everyone settled and we will tell you all about him,” I say.

He nods and takes his seat along with everyone else who has arrived. The alphas are present via video conference, all the elders are here and Dimitri with his daughter, Anastasia.

“Luna we are overjoyed to see you. On behalf of the elders, I would like to offer you our condolences regarding your daughter,” says elder Carole. I really need to replace her.

“My daughter is not dead Carole. She has been kidnapped,” I snap at her. Maliyah then walks in and sits next to me.

“Alpha I do not think it wise to have Maliyah here,” says elder Franklin.

“She is my daughter. She will stay.” No one says a word against me. “Dimitri how is the tracking going?”

“It’s like a magical scramble. Every time we get close her location jumps. They were prepared for us track her and are using some sort of spell to prevent us from properly tracking her. I have a group working on what they could be possibly using so we can reverse the spell, Anastasia is in charge of the group.”

“Thank you Anastasia for taking lead on that,” says Davina.

“Of course, we all want to see your daughter safe and sound and for no one else to die,” Anastasia replies.

“Aspen how’s the tracking going,” I ask.

“We found where they were originally hiding out at. It’s a facility built inside a mountain in a place you call Colorado. It’s empty now. Nothing was left behind for us to investigate. They were very thorough,” Aspen reports. “So who is this Enzo we are looking for?” I look to Davina to ensure she is comfortable with me telling the story. She nods her head yes.

“Enzo is the biological father of Malayah and Maliyah.”

“You are not their father?”

“I am their father, not that scumbag. Eight years ago Enzo and a warlock named Jack, along with several other rogues, kidnapped my wife. This was before her seal was removed. She was beaten and raped. They meant to kill her but instead my brother Mark and his team rescued her. She returned pregnant with twins. My father was killed trying to protect Davina along with Davina’s adoptive parents. Because of her pregnancy it was decided to leave her seal on to keep the twins safe for as long as possible. The twins were six when I discovered Davina is my mate. Just before the twins turned seven they were attacked by rogues and a spell was used to force them to turn. This is when we discovered Maliyah is a dragon and Malayah is a wolf.”

“I envy your strength Davina to have gone through all that and still stand tall. That is a lot for even an elf to bear. How did Enzo get a hold of Malayah?”

“He tracked her down and manipulated her to trust him. He gave her a necklace that was spelled making it easier for him to manipulate her. We didn’t realize it until it was too late. While we were on our honeymoon the coven and my territory were attacked distracting everyone long enough for Malayah to blow a poison powder at Gabriel to bring the protection shield down. She took off and we lost her.”

“From what the video showed us he truly tricked her. Her eyes were pure black but she had tears running down her cheeks. She is definitely able to witness everything happening around her but unable to control her actions,” says Aspen. “I’m sorry Davina, I didn’t mean to upset you. We shouldn’t have gone through your history.” I look at Davina and she has tears running down her cheeks.

“It’s not your fault Aspen and you needed to be updated on what happened. I appreciate you becoming our ally,” says Davina. Dimitri brings out a document stating the alliance between the shifters and the elves. He has already visited the other alphas and all have signed.

“Everything is in order prince Aspen. All that is left is for you, Derek and Davina to sign the treaty of alliance. This treaty states that the elves will assist the dragons and shifters during this war against the rogues. The elves will continue to provide asylum to the dragons and provide warriors for upcoming battles. The dragons and shifters in turn, will assist the elves in recovering those that have been kidnapped,” says Dimitri.

“Very good. I am honored to be here making history with you all and I hope we continue this friendship beyond the war against the rogues,” says prince Aspen as he signs the treaty. Then Davina and I sign the treaty as well. A copy is made and given to prince Aspen.

“I appreciate you helping us. Please feel free to use my territory for anything you need in your search for your comrades and Malayah. I can also have a small team of my warriors assigned to you as well.”

“Thank you Derek. It would be helpful to have those who know your realm well since I do not.”