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THIRD PERSON John had known something was amiss as soon as Prince Kiaan had picked up and carried Queen Emma up to his chamber at the top of the town hall. No one is that possessive of another unless they are seriously important to them.John had also watched Prince Kiaan during the raid the next evening, he noticed that Kiaan didn’t seem to be the same, yes Kiaan was more bloodthirsty but something was different he didn’t seem to get the same high he normally got and the rest of them were getting.So instead of walking away, he stayed, opening the door just slightly so as to be able to hear his conversation with the Queen. John’s anger slowly rises the more he listens and hears that the power-hungry and powerful Prince Kiaan is no longer in control and the wimp that is Prince Jeremiah has returned.As soon as John hears what Prince Jeremiah had planned for the raiding party, he made a plan of his own. Knowing that and hearing Prince Jeremiah admits that the Queen is his weakness, he

JEREMIAH He bows and walks away. I then continue to walk into the town hall. I look around, but I don’t see Colter or Koen and, more importantly, I don’t see Emma. I continue to walk into the entranceway. The further I enter, the more I hear voices coming from one of the side rooms,“What are we going to do?”“Relax Koen. We weren’t the ones that hit her…”“But he is going to be so mad, you can see that bruise on her cheek from a mile away… He had told us to protect her… But we… We… We allowed him to hit her...”“No, we didn’t... We didn't know that was what John was going to do…” "We were still supposed to protect her..." “You know, you both are right…”They snap their heads toward me, as I now stand with my arms crossed over my chest glaring at them…“You may not have hit her but you did let John, where the idea of protecting someone is to not let them get hurt…”They move from where they were crouching next to Emma who Colter had laid on one of the chaises, to kneeling in front

EMMAThey surprise me as we get to the bottom step. They bow and the bigger one steps forward before going to his knee, saying,“Your Highness, we would like to apologise, we were given the assignment of protecting you and instead we did the opposite and helped someone hurt you… You have every right to be angry and we are ready to receive any punishment you deem appropriate for our failure.”“I do not condone what you did, however, I am sure…”I look over at Jeremiah and whisper,“What are you to them now? Prince or King?”“I am still only the Prince until we complete the bonding. You are the sole ruler as Queen.”“Oh, okay…”I face the males once more and continue,“As I was saying, I’m sure Prince Jeremiah has punished you appropriately so that you have learned your lesson and won’t do it again?”

EMMAI slowly pull myself out of the darkness once more and as I fight with my eyelids to open them, I notice that strange but sweet taste in my mouth again and know that Master Jeremiah gave me more of his blood.My eyes snap open as I remember what happened before I passed out. I remembered him telling me that I had no choice, that I will give myself to him. I move quickly, getting to my feet and backing up until my back hits one of the walls. I look around but I don’t see him, which makes me wonder what time it is and where he could be.I relax a little, taking a few deep breaths and realise that my body is not sore any more, and then I hear her. She is as clear as day and more or less back to full strength,“Of course, our body wouldn’t be sore. Master Jeremiah gave us some of his blood to help us heal…” “Odette…” I exclaim excitedly

EMMA He must have seen or felt the fear I now had running through me, as he whispers in a slightly rougher tone than Master Jeremiah,"Relax my pet. I will not hurt you. I am Kiaan, thanks to our time in Bardgatory. I am to Jeremiah like Odette is to you. You are as much my beloved as Jeremiah is Odette's mate. I am sorry for what we did and we will make it up to you over and over again, but as you can feel, I needed a deeper connection to you." He then lowers all the walls he has up between us and I take a sharp breath in as I feel everything he feels. I am surprised at the power behind all his emotions and I have to close my eyes to be able to get myself back under some sort of control so that when I look into his red eyes again; I am not as scared.I move slowly, lifting my hand and placing it on his cheek. He closes his eyes and leans into it. I smile at the tenderness I see in replacement of his usual hard exterior. When he op