MIKE POV I was surprised when H said he was taking some time to himself, as he has been glued to the princess since we have been here and even more after she was attacked and lost her baby. Not that I blame him the Blood Moon is approaching which is hard on all of us and once we get back to the castle, we will be going back to our normal patrol and guard duties, so he probably won't get another chance to let off some steam.The time here with Scarlett has been great. I have been increasing my training with the help of some of King Noah's personal guards. I think I even taught them one or two new things that they didn't know when fighting a vampire.With H in the city tonight, I am on watch duty. We have been taking turns, or should I say I have been making us take turns to watch over Scarlett during the time that she sleeps as a precaution after what happened in the woods.King Noah is still trying to work out how anyone managed to get i

SCARLETT POVRuth really enjoyed her run. It was late when we returned. I head straight into my room and into the shower. It's not until I come out that realise that there is someone in the room with me. I whimper a little and start to step back until I hear a familiar voice."Relax Scarlett, it is only me."H stands. I look at him, relax, move quickly into his arms and break down crying again. H wraps his arms around me, and holds me tight, but doesn't say anything. He doesn't let me go until my sobs stop and I straighten, step back and look at him,"He came back H, the male from the prison cell. He found me even here. He was the one that attacked me in the woods and made me lose my daughter. H he wanted to replace Nix's baby with his own.""Have you spoken to Doc, Emily?""Yes, I have to wait for the results of the tests. She is running for it."I move away from H and enter the closet, putting on a long silk night d

H POVAfter she has disappeared into her closet, I get off the bed, put my shoes back on, and then leave her room. I head to mine, change into my training pants and then head out to the back grass area. I start my stretches while I wait for Scarlett to join me. Once she does, I help her with her stretches again. It still makes me smile with pleasure as I skim my hands over her, helping her stretch. We then move on to a light sparring session.She, of course, doesn't realise it yet, but just for today, I allow her to get me on my back a couple of times. It is the quickest way to bring up her confidence in herself again and it also allows me to enjoy when she sits on top of me to complete the pin. We spend the session not really sparring but playing, laughing and seeing who could pin who the most.I feel as soon as the atmosphere between us changes, I can tell she feels it too, but I don't expect her to freeze halfway through one of her moves. I c

PHOENIX / SOREN POVI smile to myself at Soren's last statement, as I know how he feels, and I'm glad he finally understands that our first mating with Scarlett could have had a totally different outcome. I just hope I was right about Scarlett, but then she wouldn't be our mate if she wasn't made completely for both of us.I finish in the shower, get out and head into the closet to find first some training pants to wear now and then pull out my Royal suit that Dominic gave me for later. I had one of the maids retrieve it from the city hotel and bring it back here. I lay the suit on the bed and head to the training field.I don't really need to get rid of any energy or anything, but I go through my stretches and then my sparring routine just to kill some time. I then go and have another quick shower and meet up with Seraphina to make sure there is nothing else to be done until the entry of the Blood Moon Ball.There were a couple more erra

SCARLETT POVI squeal again in surprise as he sinks his fangs into my shoulder, taking a couple of small pulls of blood, then removing them, swiping his tongue, only to sink them in again a little further along my shoulder. I struggle a little underneath him as he does this a couple more times over my chest before stopping at my neck where he sinks his fangs in, retracts them and drinks deeply.I stop struggling as his drinking is sending pleasure flowing through me. It isn't long before he is swiping his tongue over my neck, sealing his bite. He then moves and sits up on his knees. He pulls me up and slides into me in one movement; he doesn't allow me to put my arms around him. Instead, he twists them so he is holding them tight against my back with one hand, while he uses the other to make me move my hips.I whimper a little as the memory of what those males did using this position comes back to me. Soren must have noticed the change as he then pulls me close and whispered,"Relax B