PHOENIX / SOREN POV I move her so she is now tucked tightly under my arm and we go for a walk into the woods. After we had been walking in silence for a while, I ask "Did you want to talk about it?" "I... I... I couldn't stop them again. I tried to... but I couldn't..." "Them? Wait... I thought there was only one... We only ever came across one male scent mixed with both yours and Charlotte's. " "I know Seb told me... The other one never let his scent out, no matter what he was doing..." We continue to walk. I lead her to one of the fields with a lake that isn't over deep but good for a swim."Did you want to go for a swim?" She stops pulling me to a stop as well, she looks down "I got him killed!" I put my fingers under her chin and make her look at me. "Who? How?" "Ethan... I got him killed..." she has fresh tears falling down her cheeks "How did you get him killed? I thought Maverick was the one to kill him?" "Who's Maverick?" she looks at me with puzzlement "Don't you

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

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

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

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