Chapter 193

my mother comments without even looking away from me, "how are you doing love?" "I'm fine, wait! what about the pups? are they okay?"

I touch her stomach and close my eyes "yes mother, they're just fine" "what happened? after we lost consciousness?"

Someone from behind me spoke up "we searched everywhere for Mali your majesty, one of the guards spotted her fleeing at the edge of the forest and lost her in the tree lines where it's thicker Two days ago"

"Two days? we've been out of it for two days?" "yes your majesty" "by the elements, she must have gone so far by now, but how could you let her get past the guards and she was wounded, heavily wounded too! we need to send word out quickly so others can be on the look out for her"

"Your majesty if I may"

"Tabitha dear, what on earth happened to you?"

"Well that is what I was getting around to your majesty, you see she came to my lodging, she burst in as my beloved and I were preparing some herbs to aide you in your healing, we tried to fight her off and as you can see got our ass handed to us and were gagged, tied and hidden in a small closet"

"Just when I thought that was it for my beloved and me I heard Sala's voice then my own voice too"

"She took Tabbys form mother and I quite honestly must say she did a pretty good job at it too, I almost helped her escape and who knows what she would have done to me up there if I had opened the portal and gone through with her"

"Gone where?" "she wanted me to take her to Willow Peak Mountain" "WHAT?! Do you have any idea how dangerous that place is!"

"Well, I do now"

My mom sits up "you went there?!" "yes! mother of course I went there, had I not I would have been an orphan by now!"

Her eyes widen and her voice comes out low "were we really that bad?" "yes your majesty, we were all preparing for the worst"

My mom hugs me and cries "thank you my Azealia" I hug her back "you're welcome" "but what happened to Mali?" "I killed her, she's probably still slow burning in Tabithas front yard"

"I need to see her body for myself, please take me to her" I help my mom out of bed and turn to Tabitha "Tabby you should take the rest of the potion for you and your beloved to heal up"

"Thank you Sala"

"Wait! wait! please leave some of it with us so we may study it"

"Why so you could do as you like with it then take credit for Tabbys work as your own? I think not"

"It's fine Sala, as long as it helps others and saves lives I really don't mind, please take some" they greedily come over and dip Three vials worth of the potion, I roll my eyes and open the portal and wego through, as I said she's still slow burning, Tabithas beloved is sitting on the porch watching her burn, he looks so worn out, she really bent them out of shape.

"My love, here drink this" she runs over to him and offers him a small cup with the potion and he drinks it then she has some too and sits down beside him.

My mother walks over to the body and stoops down "well Mali it's over for you now, I hope whereever you end up you make peace with it cousin as it was done by your own hands, oh, oh my, oh my Gods!"

I walk closer to her "what is it?" "m-my water just broke!" okay well let's head back to the palace, Tabby see you later!" I open the portal and carry my mom through before I hear her answer to me. "Medics! my mom is about to deliver the pups, her water broke!"

My dad was out of his bed in a flash and taking her from me, he placed her in the delivery room on the bed, she was already wearing the hospital gown so he just help her with her undergarments then move aside for the nurses to do the rest.

The royal doctor rushes into the room, dressed and ready for action, I step out and let them handle the rest, as much as I am a fighter I truly can not stand to see others suffering and in pain, let alone to watch my mother cry and scream in pain, I mean I myself felt nothing when my little one came about, I mean she basically manifested for lack of a better word.

I pace about for about an hour when I heard the first cry then a few minutes after another cry came ringing through.

"Thank goodness, she's had a quick and safe delivery" a few minutes more and the doctor came out beaming "your highness you can go in now" he opens the door for me to go in, both my parents are a crying mess "come Azealia, come meet your brother and sister" I peer down into their tiny faces now sleeping peacefully "they're beautiful, what will you call them?"

"We haven't decided yet" "okay then, well there really is no rush anyway" I take my brother who has a head filled with Red hair much like my own "look at you, with your hair like Autumn Maple leaves" then I take my sister "she looks like you Dad, maybe we can call her Dawson Jr" I joke and they laugh.

"What about Dawn, Dawn Milva, I kinda like that for her, mmm actually wait until they open their eyes, their eyes will tell you who they want to be"

"Truer words have not been spoken my love"

I hand them to my dad " I need to get back to my own little one, I will bring her for a visit, this will be most interesting to have my aunt and uncle be younger than her" they laugh and so do I. I give them all a kiss before leaving and heading back to my castle.

I get through the portal and scooped up into strong arms, I was about to elbow when I caught my mates scent.

He kisses me breathless then releases me "when did you get back?" "I heard rumblings about my mate being away because of an emergency and decided to cut my trip short, is everything alright?"

"Yes everything is fine now, also mom had the babies"

"Where you right?"

"You bet your sweet ass I was, so you better pay up!"

"Uggh! fine, how much was it again? Fifty cents?"

"Nice try cheap skate! Fifty dollars! please and thank you"

He hands it to me from his wallet and seems surprised that I actually took it from him "nice doing business with you sire, please come again!" he chases me around the room and we end up laughing falling onto the bed.

He kissed me "I missed you" "mmm I'm not so sure I missed you" "what?!" "kidding! obviously! I missed you too my love" "I love you" "I love you more"

Things should be smooth sailing for us from here on out, a nice vacation would be lovely too, I wish for nothing but peace for us and all in the world, that is all.