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“Are you boys really that dense?” The Fae Queen asked. And we were staring at her, confused.
“Could you even imagine how it would feel if she was to announce a pregnancy and neither of you were the father? That she didn’t even tell her family about her mates that she had marked? And then to have the people closest to her lie about something so life-changing?
She’s willing to die to protect us all, and you all made her feel worthless!” She scolded us.
“She is the most selfless person I have ever met. She had every right to take back her mates, and she didn’t, and she even made time to play with our daughter and bless her. You all should be ashamed of yourselves, especially you two!” she continued, pointing to me and Derek.
“Now, if this meeting is over, I’ll take my leave!” She huffed, before leaving the meeting.
“Well, I’d apologize for my mate’s outburst, but she’s right. You two had better fix this. If she’s as powerful as we believe she is, she could wipe out the whole mystical world.” The Fae King said before he followed his mate out.
“The Vampire Kingdom stands with our Queen.” King Theo told us before he and his mate left the room as well.
“I think we should all take time to think everything over before we make any further decisions. We have all hurt her, and we need to fix it, so hopefully she will return to her normal self.” I told them, getting up from the table to go back to our wing.
Sage, Derek, my father and I made it back to our wing, and all sat down in the living area. Matt, Brandon and Liam were all discussing something, but stopped when we walked in.
“What’s up?” I asked them. They all looked concerned, and now I was worried about what they had found out.
“I heard from Kyle. Chantel denies ever calling you or even claiming that she was pregnant with your child. And she’s also denying ever speaking with the king.” Matt told us.
“But you heard her voice on the phone, and the number was hers? And your father saw her. Had he met her before?” I asked Derek, confused.
“That was her number and her voice. And he has met her before,” Derek clarified.
“Someone must have used a cloaking spell and hacked into her phone.” Sage chimed in.
“Cloaking spell?” Derek asked her, all of us listening intently.
Sage stood up and her body glowed green. Her appearance slowly turned into Ashlyn’s and we all gasped.
“A cloaking spell.” She sounded just like Ashlyn. She turned back to herself and we were all stunned.
“Only powerful witches can perform that spell and hold it. We are dealing with someone powerful and we can not let our guard down. This person would have had to get close enough to Chantel to hear her voice. They clearly knew things about you, Derek. And they could have killed your father.” Sage told us.
“Now, how do we convince Ashlyn that it was all a lie? And how to we protect ourselves from this witch or warlock?” Liam asked.
“I’ll have my brother help with a spell of protection around us. They won’t be able to cloak those under the spell.” Sage answered Liam.
“You know yesterday her dress was gold with white lace?” I asked the three who hadn’t seen her at the meeting.
“Yes?” Brandon answered.
“Today, in the meeting room, the lace was black.
“And the pink gold in her hair had also turned to black,” Sage finished.
“So what does this all mean?” Liam asked.
“Someone is trying to break her down, maybe to manipulate her. I don’t know, but maybe the plan is to break her trust with all of us so they can pull her to their side. If she can break through their witch’s spells, she is far more powerful than they have. With her on their side, they wouldn’t lose.” Sage answered, and I had to agree with her.
Every step of the way, Ashlyn could never catch a break. Something is always coming up to test her trust in us. Derek having a baby with someone else was the last straw for her.
“They are trying to break us up and we can’t let them. We have to earn back her trust, which means we need to trust in her plan and go along with it.” I told them.
“And what is her plan?” Matt asked.
“In 72 hours she wants to portal to Emerald Lake.” I told them and they were stunned.
“You can not seriously be thinking of letting her do this?” Liam exclaimed.
“I don’t think we have a choice. She feels like we don’t believe in her, that we don’t respect her. If this is what we have to do to help rebuild the trust, I think we have to.” I told them with a sigh.
“I don’t like this,” Derek sighed.
“And you think I do? If anything happens to her, I’ll never forgive myself. But I can’t live like this. I need my mate, and so do you.” I told him and he nodded.
“Where is she?” Liam asked.
“She’s in the library with the Fae princess.” I answered him.
“Our Ashlyn isn’t gone yet. She still finds some joy in life, but we need to pull her back to us. We can not allow them to pull her any further away from us. When magic becomes corrupted, it’s hard to change it back.” Sage said.
“What did the others on the council say?” Brandon asked.
“They agree with Ashlyn. King Nathan also agreed to help train her.” I told them.
“To be fair, she is quite lovable, even pissed off” Liam shrugged.
I pulled out my phone to show them the picture I took of Ashlyn cuddled up with the little Fae princess.
“She isn’t gone yet. We will get her back.”
Derek
After the meeting in the living room, I decided to go lay down. The guilt I was feeling has still been eating at me and I haven’t been sleeping. I’m glad Ashlyn slept in here last night.
The bed smelled like her and I actually I woke up, lying on my stomach with Mason sitting beside me, rubbing my back. As much as it was hard to admit, his touch and scent were comforting. It’s weird, we used to hate each other. It took sharing a mate to realize we could actually get along, maybe even be more.
“You feeling better?” He asked me bit. What time is it?” I grumbled.
“It’s just about time to head for dinner. Did you want to come with me, or would you like me to bring something back for you?” He asked.
“I’ll go, but I’d like to stop by the library to see Ashlyn first. I miss her and I need to fix this.” I told him.
“I know you do. We will work this all out after dinner. We will sit her down and explain everything, and we will let her know we support her plans. Now get up.” He said, smacking my a*ss before he stood up, making me jump.
“Did you just smack my a*ss?” l asked him, stunned.
“Don’t get shy with me now.” He chuckled.
“We’ll see you down there.” He said before he left the bedroom. I got up and put some fresh clothes on, then l headed to the library to see if I could find Ashlyn.
To my surprise, she wasn’t there. So I headed to dinner and hopefully she’ll come back to the wing later in the evening. When I entered the dining room, Ashlyn was no longer wearing her lace dress. She also had a little girl in her lap. I assume that’s the Fae princess.
They were both smiling and laughing, and I couldn’t help but smile at them. Mason was right. She’s not lost yet. This little girl kept Ashlyn away from the darkness, still finding some joy in this world. She kept her magic from becoming corrupted. We owned so much to the little Fae Princess.
She looked perfect with a child in her lap and I couldn’t wait until we had our own baby together. I hope this can all be over soon and we can start a family.
I took a seat by Mason. Ashlyn was sitting with the Fae King and Queen. The Fae princess was asking all kinds of questions, and I couldn’t help but overhear them. Ashlyn sounded so happy and it warmed my heart to see her joy.
“Ashlyn, looks perfect with a child in her lap.” Mason leaned over to whisper to me.
“I was thinking the same thing.” Ashlyn
I spent the afternoon in the library with the Fae Princess. She was so full of energy; we colored and told each other stories. She was only four, but she was so witty and sassy. She had me in fits of giggles all afternoon.
When it was time for dinner, we walked hand in hand to the dining room. Her parents were waiting for us, and I took a seat beside her mother, the Fae Queen. Princess Aurora sat in my lap, which I was okay with. I was going to miss her when everyone leaves tomorrow.
We were all enjoying dinner until the Fae Princess started asking me questions.
“Queen Ashy? How do mermaids have babies?” I’m so glad that I had nothing in my mouth because I would have spit it across the table.
“Well, sweetheart, magic, of course.” I stuttered out.
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