LOGINAsh wakes to see Eliza still asleep, the bruises on her neck and face have all healed fully now, but he can still see the shadows under her eyes showing just how tired and drained she is. Kai is still asleep too, so Ash slides carefully out of the bed trying not to wake them. He goes to the bathroom and showers, hoping to lose some of the stress that he’d been feeling for days while she was gone.
He uses the soap from the hotel; it smells much nicer than his old stuff. It wouldn’t last long, but he’d make good use of it while it did. Once he’s clean, he dries off and brushes his teeth. Eliza and Kai are still asleep, he smiles and throws on some clothes and goes to the office to check on emails for the charity he was now running. Eliza had given him control of her charity after the last manager had misused charity funds to support Sansom’s political goals. At least she wasn’t a problem anymore.
He’s installed a new manager for
Ash comes to stand by Kai. Eliza whimpers and he nods and turns to Serena,“What can we do?” Serena looks around the room.“Clean towels, then at least we can wrap them up. One of you get in behind her so she can sit up more. It’ll help get them out quicker, I hope.” Ash goes for the bathroom and Kai lifts her shoulders so he can get in behind her, and pulls her into his arms. She rests her hands on his knees, and groans as the next contraction hits her. He rubs her back, and hums soothingly.“Why here?” She whimpers, “Where he had me… I don’t like this.” She shakes her head, and Kai rests his head against hers,“I don’t like this either, but it’s happening. I love you, Baby. You’ve got this. Forget him, remember your mother. The stories, the late-night cuddles. All of the good stuff, yeah? Forget him, he’s not worth remembering.” She nods, and Serena co
Emmaline leans down into Eliza’s face,“I don’t care about your opinion Deary, you’ll be dead soon enough. But I get to keep your daughter, so she’ll have a me as a mother at least.” Eliza growls and slaps the woman as hard as she can.“You will not have my children, any of them. They are mine.” Emmaline just backs up and rubs at her face, still smiling that wicked smile of hers, that unnerves her. She tilts her head,“Upstairs, you know where, unless you want to give birth in front of all these men?” Eliza huffs, and struggles to stand,“As long as I can go to the toilet on the way.” Emmaline nods, and Eliza heads to the stairs. “This is going to take me a minute.” Emmaline walks away to the basement stairs,“Behave, or he’ll suffer.” Eliza raises an eyebrow and gestures to her now huge stomach, Emmaline sighs, “Fine, but don’t take to
She’d been having a nightmare; it had felt so real, though. She remembers getting out of bed, and Kai and Ash’s faces as they’d realised, she wasn’t in control of her body or voice any more. She was glad they’d known, but then Seth had accompanied her out the front door and helped her into the van. She’s now surrounded by Vampires and Witches. Then her mind gets foggy, like she can’t quite remember what happened after that, and had passed out at some point.She’d woken to hear Emmaline on the phone to Noemi, hearing everything she’d said, and is appalled. Then she passes out again for a while, but is woken again by the pain. There’s so much pain now, but at least the Witch has vanished from her mind now. Seth looks shocked but also too scared to do anything. She grips his forearm as she groans as her stomach stretches further. He pulls her to his side, and rubs her arm, it’s comforting.“I know you
Dom turns the volume down when it goes quiet, Kai slams his fist into the table, denting the wood, and making a few of the others jump. He sighs,“Damn it all. This keeps happening.” He sits, and Ash goes and sits next to him, putting a hand on his shoulder. “Why does she keep getting taken?” He sobs, and Ash pulls him into his shoulder. Their father sits on Kai’s other side, resting a hand on his other shoulder.“We get her back, and we don’t wait this time.” Eddie nods,“Yes, Sir.” Eddie turns to study the camera feeds and Charlie takes control of the room.“Okay, in her absence, I’m in charge. We get my sister back. Today.” There’s a murmur of assent around the room. “Benny is on his way in too, he’ll be here shortly. Serena will be with you two.” She points at Ash and Kai, “You will be going for our girl and she’ll be your medic if needed.
Kai strokes Eliza’s arm, and Ash curls up closer to her. She looks up at Kai,“So, what’s happening now?” Kai grunts,“Charlie and Eddie are planning on tracking Emmaline down. She’s on the move according to the tracker, and she’s making her way here.” Eliza slumps back into the bed. Looking up at the ceiling. “Father is coming too, with a few of his commanders to assist, and Seth to protect him from his stupidity.” She nods, and grimaces again, groaning and twisting her legs in pain. “Serena, she’s awake and uncomfortable.” Serena nods, typing quickly and then stands bringing the trolley with her, and looks at Eliza.“Okay, pain meds?” Eliza clenches her fists and shakes her head. “Fuck this, I’m making the decision for you. I’m not going to watch you be in pain when I can help you.” Eliza groans, and leans into Ash, who puts an arm around her shoul
“Get Serena, I’m going straight to the clinic.” Ash nods and starts walking towards the clinic. He walks through the crowd that parts easily to let them all through. He gets to the clinic door just as Serena rushes up from behind him. She opens the door for them and Kai follows her to the bed, and she pulls the covers off so he can put her down. He lowers her carefully, and Serena puts her hands on Eliza’s head and stomach.Her eyes go completely black, as she stares at her sister. Ash keeps his hands off Eliza while Serena is working, standing at the foot of the bed gripping at the footboard. She sighs, and grumbles.“She’s fine, she overdid it. Unsurprising given the height of those flames, but there’s nothing actively wrong with her that I can see.” Kai sighs with relief and strokes her hair. Ash grips her ankle, and looks at their mate in awe. “I was in the garden with Connor.” Ash nods, not looking at her







