STEFAN POVI am sitting at the desk in my father's old office. It's been four months and I am still going over the paperwork that is sitting piled up in front of me leftover from my father. I look up at my sister as she walks in."Tina! I am not going... ""Come on Stefan, after everything that was done to Scarlett because of dad, it's the least you... We can do, is turn up to a birthday party.""But I have too much to do, I have so much to catch up on as father didn't like paperwork apparently, and he was about three months behind, if not more. I have spent the last four months trying to catch up, so I don't have time..."I wave my hand in front of me, showing her what I was talking about."But your mate could be there tonight! You could bring some of the other unmated males and females with you and they might find their mates too. It's the least we can do. Come on! PLEASE! Please!! Please!! Please!! Please!! Please!!""Tina! Will it get you off my back if I come?""Yes, I will leave

STEFAN POVShe lightly kisses my cheek as she moves back again, not more than a minute later one of those females taps Charlotte on the shoulder and as per dance courtesy, she steps back, curtsies and moves to the edge of the dance floor, while I now continue the dance with this new female. Once we enter the second round of the dance floor, she stands on her tipping toes and whispers into my ear,"This party is kind of lame. How about we ditch this place and go somewhere where we can enjoy some pleasure in private?"I lean close to her ear and ask in return, "So what exactly was the bet or dare for you to come over to me and interrupt my dance with that other beautiful young female?""Bet? What bet... I just couldn't stand watching you dance with that other female, as she is worthless. She should just be a maid or a nanny for the royal family since that is all she is good for."I have to suppress the growl Axel wants to let out at the direct show of disrespect this female is showing,

STEFAN POVI wake up in the morning surrounded by the most wonderful intoxicating scent. As I take a deep breath in, images of last night run through my mind. I open my eyes and look down at the beautiful female laying in my arms, confirming that it wasn't a dream. I can't believe that I have actually found my mate and after everything, she is part vampire.No wonder I could never find her. I mindlessly run my fingers over her soft, smooth skin, thinking how lucky I am and how I must actually thank my sister for annoying and insisting that I attend that party last night.As she starts to stir, I pull her tighter to me, kiss her and turn us, so I slide slowly into her as I stop on top of her. I feel her soft hiss of pleasure as I begin to move. I build our pleasure fast so it isn't long before she is shattering underneath me and I hold her tighter against me as I release my seed into her again. Once we both come down a little, I kiss her, saying."You are amazing Angel! Good morning!"

SCARLETT POVI wake up with a start. I sit up slowly, taking slow, deep breaths. Phoenix was out doing his patrol run. It has taken four months with the help of Nathaniel and Charlotte's blood once the transfusions finished, but I can finally start to feel Ruth and Cara stirring, which also reopens my links with the rest of the family.Unfortunately, now that they are returning, so are my nightmares, my visions. I make my way slowly to the bathroom to splash my face. I haven't had one while awake again, but I have been having a variation of that first vision. I run the latest vision through my mind,VISIONA male in the shadows… A threat close to home...Rogue Vampires and Werewolves running free throughout the kingdom…Enemies threaten the Vampire’s Queen and Princess…The Vampire King, on the verge of death, can only be saved by his Queen...All lives will be lost if war starts….Must protect... But most of all must love unconditionally…We have managed to change a couple of things,

ROGUE LEADER POVI go over what the informant gave me, all the patrol's schedules, including the ones that aren't meant to be known. All the routes that those patrols will take, the layout of where the picnic will be held and the times the family members are meant to be there. My clan knows that no one is to be hurt. The Vampire King is the target, and he is mine to take down. Unless I decide to make him suffer more by taking one of his daughters.I gather up all the members of my clan that can fight and make our way to the field. We slowly take out the patrols surrounding the field. Once all the clan was in position, I had another quick look around and glanced at the notes I made for myself. It seems one of the family members is running late. I see her and the new Alpha of the Blue Moon pack walk out of the woods just up from where I was perched in a tree, dam typical Alpha he bought some of his own personal guards with them but there aren't that many so we will still be able to do t