Chapter 8

Now

“Here we are one of the most expensive hotels this blasted city has to offer!”

Hotel Del Lashros was actually a nonhuman hotel serviced to Faeries, Witchs, Goblins, and unfortnatly vampires. Most of the royal conventioins are usually set to meet here. They do not mind humans its easy to cloud their minds and make them stay in their hotel rooms. The hotel is technically guarded by a lot of different magics from all the Citidals. But because of the humans they usually put glamour on everyone so that way they don’t freak out.

“Oh my god. I love this place. It feels so……RICH!”

Jezzebelle rolled her eyes at her bosses squeal. Man how much she missed the vampiric citidal. At least being strict that didn’t have to deal with too much. Their boss was way tooooooo much human uck. Their boss got out of the car and went for the trunk. Jezzebelle looked behind her and Anna rolled her eyes. Belle got out and started sweeping the area with her eyes and didn’t see anything. From the looks of it nobody had followed. She wanted to read the envelope that had been placed on her seat but she wanted to read it alone.

“Hey JZ are you coming or you gonna stay out here all night staring at the sky.”

Belle’s eyes went flat and she just stared at him.

“Well I wasn’t expecting you to be able to go that fast with that much crap. Uck!”

Following up right behind him she shook her head that’s when she started to speed up. Snickering she turned around as she was passing him.

“Your old age is starting to catch up. Come on you old bag of bones!”

“Who you calling old! I still have speed!”

Smiling and laughing loud Jezzebelle didn’t pay attenting and smacked right into someone bumping the bridge of her nose.

“Ow! I am so sorry!”

Looking up, she froze. She froze like she did years ago. She caught herself staring up at old weary eyes that held power. Her father.

Stepping back, she went sheet white. Her little sister grimance because she too couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Their father was up from the sleep that was forced on him but you could tell he was suffering. His skin which would be filled with pure muscle was skinny and pulled tight, his face was all bones. His hair wasn’t full long and black anymore it was thin and in chunks. Ana looked behind Belle and grabbed her boss and pushed him through the group of people hanging in the hallway.

“Come on Bossman lets go get your room checked in. Sis lets go!”

Ana couldn’t look at her father she was almost in tears. She wanted to talk but it was against their exile to even speak. Jezzebelle looked down and moved off to the side, refusing to look at her father, she continued to look down not paying attention, her mind was reeling trying to push her memories back down to the point she ran right into another man or to be correct another vampire. But this time a pair of strong arms circled her pressing her into a chest she knew all to well. The scent of cinnoman caught her attention to the point she looked up and she was met with blue eyes. The set of blue eyes she loved and hated at the same time.

King Zephyr’s expression was no different from the day he ordered her and her family away and sentenced her father to deep sleep. A fate worse for any vampire. Locked in a hibernation sleep where you could feel the BloodThirst grow each passing night. Jerking from his arms was something he was not ready for. When she did it, it shocked him.

“Sis are you coming you have to get the Bossman checked in. He is getting antsy.”

Arching one eyebrow, she rolled her eyes.

“Yeah Yeah I’m a comin. What he do sniff the air and smell the Bar.”

The King watched as Belle disappeared down the hallway not once looking behind her. He looked down at his hand where he had felt her. God how much he missed her and for what to make the damned Kingdom happy his happiness was tossed to the side. Clenching his fist he looked at Lazarus. Putting a hand on his shoulder, he sighned.

“Come on Lazarus, lets get you back to the house.”

Lazarus shrugged the Kings hand off never leaving his gaze where his daughters walked. He craved to just hold his baby girls now knowing the truth. He heard his Babys bashing this so called boss down the hallway. Five years, five years and it felt like eternity. The King put his hand back on his shoulders, Lazarus turned around and snarled at him. Raja walked up and pulled Lazarus away from the King. Cassius and Byron stepped up close to Zephyr.

Closing his eyes, Zephyr took a deep breath, shaking his head in defeat.

“It is fine everyone. I am the one who made the mess. I am fixing it I promise but Lazarus we need to get you back to full state. Don’t you want to see Belle come home?”

Lazarus bowed his head in defeat and nodded in silence. Raja and Cassisus escorted Lazarus out of the building but Byron stayed next to him. Because like Lazarus, Byron was soaking up Jezzebelle’s voice. Something even he had missed the last 5 years.

“My Lord lets go.”

He put a hand on the Kings shoulder, the king turned toward him showing him the sadness in his eyes and in his facial expressions.

“All I want is for her to come home. I miss her. She might not even read the letter I left her. Lets face it I probably screwed my one and only chance of ever having her in my arms and side….ever.”