Note: This is Chapter from 51 to59 from 'Mate's Affection" 

Adrian looks at the intruder then back at Crystal who seems to have lost the sense to breathe at all.

"Breathe" he sighs her way but she just stares on the wall behind Adrian.

Ad walks up to her and shakes her shoulder lightly trying to break whatever trance she is in.

"It's okay, relax just remember to breathe in and out. Yep, just like that, that's a good girl. Now, let's turn you around and meet the visitor, hmm?" He speaks to her slowly and softly just so not to scare her off more.

Crystal stands letting Ad take all of her weight as she stares ashamedly at the man she never thought she will have the luck to meet again.

"Wow, is it just me or has he gone more handsome and sinister?" she whispers not knowing both the men heard her.

"Hello"

"Oh his voice too has gone so damn husky" she whimpers

Adrian pushes her away from him jolting her awake to reality, she yelps as she stumbles and glares at him only to find him glaring back at her as well.

Connor quietly stands and watches the two of them; she still looks as he remembers.

"Hi" she waves at him blushing lightly.

Connor looks at her with narrow eyes. What is matter with her all of a sudden?

"I think you should call Giovanni and Romano as well" he commands looking at Adrian ignoring her completely.

He really does not want to be in sight of this woman not even for a second but circumstances have brought him here.

"Oh ya, we should. I will call them, phone where did I kept it" she looks around the room rushing from one corner to another

And this time not just Connor but Adrian too looks at her. She really has lost it.

"Crystal" Ad holds her in place

"I have called them already; I knew he was around when I came in so relax will you? You are making fool of yourself"

Crystal snaps her head towards Connor in embarrassment only to find him looking around the store. She sighs before getting away from Ad and taking a seat as she tries not to sulk finding he sees her store more fascinating than her.

The next that happens in front of her eyes glues her on her seat as out of no where Connor flies from his spot and crash on a book self as Rom punches him hard.

"Hell ya" he shouts in victory before giving his son a hi-fi

Connor simply dusts off his shirt before looking at Rom. It's not like he couldn't stop Rom, he had seen the punch coming but still he let Rom hit him just for the satisfaction of Rom.

The kid has surely grown up from the last time he saw him.

"You still punch like a girl" he chuckles

"Oh please, don't act like it didn't have any effect on you" Rom argues grinning but Connor only shakes his head.

"Why are you here, now?" Giovanni asks him seriously

"Why don't you ask that dear queen of yours over there?" He throws his head in her direction.

As soon as Connor points out at her all four sets of eyes turns to her way and she gets up fast.

"Me? You mean me? Like me, I mean you are talking to me?" she starts to babble making all the men just groan.

She really has lost it.

"Hi" Gio grins waving at her slowly, how he wants to touch her cheek.

"Oh hi Gio, I didn't know you were here too. How are you?" she asks as she makes her way to the kid and Rom happily gives him to her.

Gio smiles at her happily touching the side of her cheek and looking at it in awe as today it has more glow than anytime he has seen her.

Connor sighs in irritation as he really doesn't want to be in here and it seems that all of them are in no hurry at all.

"If anyone of you is worried about the things going in right now all over, shall we start this discussion so I can go on my way back?" He interrupts gaining everyone's attention

"What do you have to say in it? I thought you despised our kind" Rom states

"I do, trust me nothing would make me happier than seeing all of you 6ft down but that doesn't mean humans have to be dragged in it too" Connor voices

"What do you mean?" Giovanni asks.

"If you haven't figured it out already then let me light it out for you as for all of you being the leaders you all are doing a very pathetic job" he spats them

How much ignorant can they be?

Rom growls at the insult he just threw at them but doesn't do anything else as Ad holds him back.

"To the point" Ad grits out

"Humans are being turned out without there consent or in name of giving them powers no one held. The army is being created all around and if you all aren't so busy in your own selfish life then you should look around at the number of missing people increasing...

Someone is using a special blood to kill some of vampires as well werewolves and no before you all go berserk it's not Rom's mate's blood...

Yes, her blood was being taken but it's of no use anymore" he states

"What the hell are you talking about, if it's not her blood then, whose?" Rom shouts

"For the blood of the gifted ones to work, they should remain a virgin, which I suppose your mate isn't"

Connor smirks at Rom, who roars in rage as the man talks about his mate in that way.

Connor holds the vase that has been thrown his way and looks at the boy who has a gleam of hatred in his eyes and is breathing harshly.

"Calm down kid. No need to show your powers to me. I'm not scared you haven't reached the level where you can take me down. Use your tricks to scare the human girl you seem to be fond of, not me" he smirks making Gio's anger level increased ten folds as the man in front of him not just threatened his mother but Eri as well.

The room starts to shake but it stops as soon Crystal holds Gio back in her lap.

"I think that's enough for all of you. This is not some pissing off contest. Now, Rom control your anger and Gio you as well, as for you My Lord I think you should not poke someone like that, you are better than that" she scolds everyone

"Of course, Your Majesty" he mocks her bowing his head

Crystal looks away from the man who has not just been ignoring and treating her nothing more than furniture in the room but also riling everyone's temper.

"So, you mean the blood lost its effect on us once they aren't a virgin?" Adrian asks seeing no one talking. He smiles apologetically towards Rom who nods in understanding

"Yes, that's right but that doesn't mean they lost their abilities they got along with the blood. They are still powerful except their blood won't kill anyone...

But it's a different case with their mate's and the babies they have" he adds after a while

"What do you mean?"

All of their interest is up as they hear it.

"Rom no offence, but you have completed the mating, right? And I guess you have taken her blood too?" Connor asks looking at Rom who nods

"So, tell me any difference you have felt after having her blood in you?" he asks once again

Rom narrows his eyes at the man, who has just few seconds ago insulted his mate. He don't want to talk about his personal matters in front of anyone but if it helps to control anything that is going on then he will talk.

"Yes, I don't crave anyone's blood except hers and it seems as if just a drop of her blood is enough to sate me for weeks or may be months and as for my senses it has heightened. But, first I thought it was one of the benefits of having mates" he replies

"Yes there are benefits to have mates but you're a vampire we all know blood from just our mate won't sate us but still somehow your mate's blood is enough. That's the answer, her blood may not kill anyone now but it gives you immense satisfaction that you won't need anyone else's and along with it, it increases your powers as well"

"So, if her blood isn't killing anyone then it is giving powers to those who are taking it" Adrian concludes

"Exactly" Connor states

"Bloody hell"

Rom curses as he paces back and forth not liking the idea of his mate's blood running in someone else's veins except him.

"What about Gio?" Rom asks as he grabs his son and holds him to get comfort and calm his beast who wants nothing but blood lust killing those fuckers who dare touched his mate.

"Gio may hold same powers within him as her blood and I think we all know at such a young age how vastly he has increased his capacities. I don't even want to think about the things he may be capable of doing once he reaches his age" Connor seems a bit troubled as he looks at the boy who may seem so innocent but who knows what he will turn out to be once he mastered his powers.

"Just make sure he doesn't turns out to be a monster" Connor adds as he looks at Crystal's way.

Crystal stiffens as she hears the accusation thrown her way in so many words by him.

"That's enough" Giovanni warns as he knows too well what Connor is trying to do.

Crystal once again looks away to hide the hurt she felt from his words and tries to not think about the pain in her heart.

"Where is that Jerk?' Erika storms in the store looking around maniacally

"You" she spots Connor as he is the only one who is someone she never met

"How dare you treat Crystal like that, huh? Do you think being devilishly handsome gives you the right to break someone's heart and leave her?

Well, let me tell you mister just cause you look as sexy as sin you have no right to just come here and think she will forgive you and happily go into your arms, no matter how strong those arms looks that any girl will willingly go to it...

I'll make sure she stays far away from you. There are tons of men who will willingly marry her, it's not like there aren't men enough in this town even if no one can be compared to beauty you hold" she breathes in his face pointing her finger in his face.

Enzo sighs as he slowly enters the room taking the time of the world. When he found out Connor has finally graced them with his presence he had to come but not before Erika begged him to take her with him so she can meet the man personally who broke Crystal's heart.

Just two meetings with Crystal and his mate has already created a bond with her and now she wants no one to hurt her. That's his mate! He smiles before pulling Erika away from Connor.

Even if it's as amusing and fun seeing her threaten the man like that the thing is he has never met the man who holds the type of power that radiates off; now he can see why people scare off, when they listens his name.

Connor was mere a newling when he killed his creator who was a very powerful Elder at the time. He sure has gained powers it seems.

"You must be Erika" Connor smirks

What a spitfire? He has never met someone who had spoken to him like that ever since he was turned. He smiles at the girl amusingly, ah no wonder she has been talk on the town for a while.

The great Enzo's only weakness, Erika Thomas!

"You know me?" Erika watches the man in awe

Even if she came in here to give him a piece of her mind still seeing the man she can see why Crystal still holds a candle for the man and waiting for his return.

Why do they have to be so freaking good looking?

"Heard a lot about The Angel, it's nice to meet you personally" Connor smirks

Enzo growls at the man threateningly as he pulls Erika behind him away from his gaze making Connor laugh humorously.

"Ah the pups these days, no respect for their elders" Connor shakes his head before looking at Crystal who blushes profusely as soon as their eyes connects.

Walking slowly towards Crystal he doesn't break off their eye contact. Crystal sits straighter if it was even possible when she sees him walk to her.

Her breath hitches as he kneels down in front of her and gently strokes her cheek.

"Hey there" he whispers to her and her eyes widens as she knows what exactly he is doing.

But before she could fled away from him he captures her wrist and hold her in the place but all this while the softness in his touch and eyes doesn't fade away.

She shakes her head wildly to tell him not to but he just holds the back of her head and makes her look in directly in his eyes.

Everyone in the room are at trance as to what is happening between those two and it seems each and everyone of them are fixed on the spot and can't do anything but move their eyes.

Adrian closes his eyes in hope to break whatever spell Connor had put but to his disappointment it doesn't work.

Now he knows why he was talking and mocking all of them one by one, he was bloody using his tricks to hold them in place!

How can all of them be so stupid and fall right in his trap, he had planned it all along and now due to their stupidity not just Crystal but all of them are unguarded and can't move a fucking limb!

This is how he was able to kill his creator, who would have known he fucking had a freezing power within himself!

"Now, come on"

Once again all of them look at the couple intently as Connor keeps whispering and cooing to Crystal but she just refuses to hear him out and still he holds her as gently as a feather.

"Don't fight; don't you want to meet me, huh? Come on I have been waiting to see you from ages now, it's the time. Don't you too want to get marked like the wolf?"

Crystal can't help but curse him as he tries to coax her out, the one thing she had never let out of her, the one thing that was the soul reason for every happening.

What was he playing at? But before she can voice out anything the transform begins within her if full force the force she never knew the part of her ever possessed till right now.

Connor leaves Crystal side as soon as he sees the change within her and the fight and control she holds crumbles down right in front of his eyes.

Crystal looks around the room helplessly as the shaking of her right hand starts violently.

"No" she cries as she knows there is no power left within her to stop it.

Connor has lured her with the promise of mark and now she can't do anything, as the power to get marked is all her brain screams.

Tears streams down her face as the pain is piercing her whole being. She crumbles down on the floor as a terrifying scream is out from her mouth and then it stops as silent creeps in.

Crystal lies on the ground like a corpse. And for a second everyone holds there breathe thinking that she may has as well been dead.

Her last scream makes them believe that Connor has done something to kill here while all of them where right there doing nothing but standing as statue while she got hurt in front of their eyes.

The next thing that happens in front of them not just shocks them but Connor as well as he let go of his spell on them.

Enzo covers Erika's eyes to not let her see the scene in front, but he is too late on his action as she already sees it, the gasp from her conforms it.

"Fairy" Gio whispers in awe

Crystal whimpers as she opens her eyes and looks around searching for something. She tries to stand but her legs gives and she crawls at the figure who called her.

Connor looks at the creature that crawls towards him as he doesn't know how to react towards it. He knew what she had held within her but he never imagined it was this!

As Crystal reaches to Connor she whimpers looking at him. Everyone in the room is still in shock as they never had seen this side of her ever. It was like this is a bad dream for them.

Connor gulps as he once again kneels to his knees and touch her, smoothing the side of her face that was completely changed.

What the hell actually was this? He doesn't even know how to explain all of this.

The whimper once again escapes from her as he touches her soothingly and she curls up to his side. Connor stiffens as something is wrapped to his side along with Crystal.

He looks at the thing to find her wing.

Oh Fuck!

"What is all this?" Rom whispers as he still can't believe his own eyes at what he sees.

He in all of his life has never seen a creature like this or is it even that?

"It's a Fairy, daddy" Gio clutches both his hand on his father cheeks and clears him.

"No shit" he looks at Crystal once again.

If that is how Fairy looks like than he never wants to meet one. He has never personally met a fairy in his whole life but whatever he has ever heard about them, they are tend to be colorful not...not...Black!

Crystal whimpers once again as Connor keeps stroking her head.

"How...?" Adrian looks at Connor accusingly.

"Her mother...she was mated to a fairy at the same time she was mated to Crystal's father who happened to be a hybrid, were and vamp. Let's just say they decided they wanted to experiment something new and this is the result. No one knew about it well except few of her family members who were more than delighted to see the outcome of the mating" Connor explains with a sad smile on his face

"But...she...um..." Erika stammers not knowing what else to say or think or ask?

"Not now. Later, I promise" Enzo whispers in her ear as he tries to put her head away from the scene as he too is out of words of the turn of events.

But try as he might Erika's head keeps zooming at Crystal. She has never heard or seen such a thing even in movies and that's where she gathers all of her knowledge about non-humans, well mostly.

They say she is a fairy but how can she be a fairy she doesn't even have full wings to go by. Well, not that she is complaining but isn't fairies are supposed to have a pair of wings and not just half of it?

And moreover right side of Crystal is all black everything of it, but her left part it's still Crystal when she is normal, what the hell?

"Why is she not talking?" Gio asks as he too is enchanted to see this Crystal he only got glimpse of.

And her wings it's beautiful fluttering around Connor, he wants to touch it.

Once again all of them look at Connor for answer as he is the only one who holds information about Crystal right now.

They have known Crystal had something in her except being a wolf and they have known she was half fairy but they never knew how she got that or what it looked like.

"She can't talk, at least for first few times she shifts. This is the first time Crystal has let her other half out. She had known all her life about what she held inside her but she never let it out in fear of everyone knowing and hating her more...

We all know she hardly uses her wolf side as well only shifting once a while; there never was a balance within her ever. And with the powers being suppressed all her life she was loosing it bit by bit, her sanity...

Biting her that night has tamed her wolf as it is now sated that her mate has marked her and is under my control, but this is the side she has never even tried to know...

This is a part of her she always thought was dark and dangerous, she always imagined it like this dark as night and black as coal so this is what her fairy side has chosen to look like...

As for you all thinking why isn't she fully a fairy, well it is something only Crystal can explain in detail than me as for all I know is she always thought that she was half fairy and half wolf...

All her thoughts and emotions have affected her side equally and her fairy side always wanted one thing, that she is to be accepted and to be recalled as one not other half of Crystal's body...

And now comes the part you all have no clue about as for why Crystal's blood can save lives while the other gifted one's blood kills our kind...

It's because of her being a fairy as her blood holds a very special quality and every time she more like donates her blood in someone else, the blood may save the life but once it is fully in the person's body it doesn't accept the person's blood already being running inside their body...

She being not just a wolf but a fairy as well along with her being the Queen makes her an Alpha automatically, and the Alpha blood wants nothing but to dominate the other blood so her blood kills the blood inside the person and creates its own molecules but still not being the pure source it reverse and becomes poisonous"

Connor explains to them as clearly as he can. He has been searching for all of this information for as long as he can remember once he was turned.

The things he had learned in his research about the Royals bloodline has not just shocked him but swept the ground underneath his foot. As the secrets began coming out one by one revealing its true nature he was disgusted by them and yes there were times he had wanted nothing but to hunt Crystal down himself and end everything!

But then there was a part of him that still cared about this girl who came barging on in his life without any permission and after that night he caught her lurking in around his house it never was same.

Somehow she not just theft his heart but everything he was. This awkward girl who used to come to visit him unannounced and when he least accepted was the very reason what he become.

She stole his heart with her awkwardness, always messing things up in his farm than helping, and whenever he scold her, she used to make all those puppy dogs eyes trying hard not to cry, then there were times he used to find her staring at him with a blush from her neck to face...

And every time she said goodbye to him at the end of her visit she seemed sad and like she wanted to be with them forever but she just used to brush it off, shake her head, smile at him with a blush and run away yelling see you again.

Never in his dreams has he ever thought that the girl who used to run across his field with his sister so carelessly and make him go mad was a Royal moreover a Queen.

Damn, he never knew anything like this ever existed he was nothing but a farm boy looking after his sister and making sure they had enough so his sister never went to bed empty stomach but now he is nothing but a man with no soul left walking on this earth with nothing to call his!

"I really have no idea what to say or think. This...this whole thing is just...shit! I don't even have a word to describe it" Ad pulls his hair as he takes a seat feeling weak and tired.

He has always been there to look out for her how did he not see it? How did he not see the struggle she was going through? How come no one saw what was going on?

"Can she turn back?" Giovanni asks speaking for the first time after everything that happened

Like every one of them he too doesn't have anything to say. This shit just keeps getting going deeper and deeper.

What else is out there they have no clue about?

"Yes, if I'm able to persuade her, I guess?" Connor whispers as he looks at the girl, who has taken to sleep off in his lap.

"What do you mean, I guess? You are the one who called her out" Erika shouts then lowers her voice as Crystal tends to wake up and look for the source due to which she woke up.

She narrows her eyes at Erika before hissing at her in warning and snuggling near to Connor.

Erika waves her hand lightly to show she wants nothing but peace from the fairy and smile lightly.

Crystal grins back at Erika letting her know she is okay. But it disappears once her eyes focus on Enzo. She looks at him intently with furrowed eyebrows before yelping at him like a puppy and closing her mouth with both hands in embarrassment as she can't talk.

She tries to talk once again but nothing comes out except the yelping sounds and she growls in frustration flapping her wing vigorously.

"Fly, fly" Gio whispers slowly, thinking no one heard him but they do.

Crystal irritation sky rockets as she can't stand up on her legs and she screams only for the window to shatter with her shrill voice.

"That's enough" Connor commands as he holds her down but she just keeps flapping her wing and the room start to shakes as the books on the racks starts to fall down as well some of the racks.

"I said that's enough Chrissie!" Connor voice booms in the room and instantly everything stops.

Crystal looks at him expectantly for him to tell her what to do and when he doesn't say anything but look at her in anger she bows her head in shame and whimper.

"You need to go back and let Crystal take over. I think it's enough for you to be out for the day" he commands her

She just huffs and puffs at him but when he doesn't give in she whines and slowly let go so Crystal can take over her own self.

The next time Crystal opens her eyes she sighs in relief as she is back to her own self but not before she glares at the man in front who was the very reason for the dark side of her to take total control on her.

"You...don't you dare do that ever again" she pokes his chest as she warns him.

But Connor just looks at her intently as if he didn't even hear what she said. She narrows her eyes at him before she realizes the position, they are in.

The blush that creeps on her face makes her looks as if she just got sun burn, she tries to get off his lap as she is sprawled on him, but Connor holds her back.

He touches the skin under her right eyes to inspect it and she blushes even more if it's possible.

"Relax, I'm not trying to do anything but it seems the fairy side has decided that she is done with being ignored by you" he states.

"What?" Crystal shivers in his touch

"Your eye it's Black" he informs making her scramble away from him and rush to see it in the near mirror.

"Great" she sighs as she looks at herself.

Now she looks exactly the monster he thinks she is.

"It's not so bad" Rom assures her with a smile that is too big in his face

"Thanks for the support Rom" she smiles at his effort

"I think Gio can't control himself anymore" he smiles sheepishly trying to hold his over excited son on his arms.

"Yes, please give him to me" she takes Gio who happily goes to her and start to inspect her cheek as well her eyes

"You have a really beautiful fairy, she was all black and the wing kept flapping like this, this and once it got angry so bad and look it destroyed the room" he explains pointing her to the damages as well animatedly copying her flapping of wings with his hands.

"Thank you Gio" she kisses the boy's both cheeks.

Gio excitedly hugs her only for her to yelp as he touches her shoulder back. Adrian stands up alertly and moves her way to check her back only to find blood from the part where her wing appeared. It was healing but very slowly.

"It's okay, I'm fine. I'll be, relax" she assures him and he nods in understanding.

"You should rest the transformation must have tired you. And if you feel okay you should let her out once a while" Connor speaks

"No, it's not a good idea" Crystal defends

"You need to accept that she is not a part of you, but you, Crystal and the sooner you do it the sooner you will be balanced as well complete" he points out irritate

"Chrissie" he warns

"Connie" she uses the same tone as him

They both stare at each other before looking away as Giovanni clears his throat.

"So, I guess we should leave both of you to discuss and deal with whatever it is between you two. And we will talk about this whole thing once more tomorrow, hope you won't be disappearing for too long this time" Giovanni stands from his seat and nods at Connor who nods in return letting them know he will be around.

"Take care" Crystal calls at them as they all leave one by one.

"You will let her loose and try to accept her as one" Connor states once again as soon as they are alone

"Uh, no I don't think so. I can't okay its difficult" she shrugs

"More like being stubborn" he points at her

"I'm not stubborn you're being one" she points to him

"I'm not here for games Chrissie, so I will tell once more if you don't let her out she will eat you inside out just like what happened with your mother" he informs

Crystal closes her eyes and takes deep breathe to control her emotions as he mentions her mother.

"I think you are being awfully caring regarding my welfare for someone who didn't even bother to check on me to see if I was even alive" she accuses him

"Don't even go to that road Chrissie I warn you" he seethes at the ignorant woman.

"Why not, I'll go wherever I well please you aren't my keeper" she raises her chin in challenge

"If that's the case then I'll leave you to deal with everything yourself" he spats at her before trying to leave

Crystal panics as she hears him out and rush to his side

"Wait, no. I didn't mean it like that"

"Then please tell me what did you exactly mean?"

"You...you know what happens when you try to rile me up" she whines

"And you too know well what happens when you try to rile me up"

"Fine I'll do as you please, My Lord" she huffs

"Now you are plain mocking me" he states with amusement in his voice

"Bully" she coughs

"Witch" he coughs as well

"Arghhh" she throws her hand up in the air before moving away from him

Even after all this time he keeps ordering her around just like the times he used to order her to do chores and milk the cows and look out for his barn when he was short of hands. And like all those times she can't ever win an argument with him. This man!

"Now don't go throwing a fit if you didn't get your way" he scolds her as he sees her roughly grabbing the books from the floor and throwing it on the table.

Crystal curses him all the name on the book as she tries to clear the mess she created before. She yelps as a broken shred of glass cut through her finger and blood sips out.

Connor eyes darken as he gets the whiff of her blood and before he could figure out anything he has Crystal's finger in his mouth sucking her blood.

Not enough is all he thinks as he tastes the blood. So, long it has been so long he had tasted the blood.

So, long that he forgot how euphoric it is to taste her blood. How much he had craved for it since that night and most of it how much he had craved to be with and for her?

"Connor" Crystal's voice breaks whatever trance he was in and he pulls away from her

"I should leave" he voices with a strain

"What's wrong?" Crystal takes a step towards him but he stops her

"Don't, I...I need to leave" he hurries for the door but Crystal stops him blocking his way

"Look at me" she asks him but he just avoids her eyes

"When was the last time you had blood?" she asks as she guesses the answer herself but is afraid to voice out

"None of your concern" he warns her and takes a step back as she tries to touch him

"Was it the night" she voices

Connor turns his back to her and sighs.

"I'm sorry" he apologizes rubbing his face

"It's been too long" he admits not just to her but himself as well

"Oh my...I...I" Crystal takes a step to him and holds his arm lightly

"That's how I knew that your blood was special. I never craved a single blood after that night because your blood was enough to sate my hunger for even after so long. That's how I knew that Vivian's blood holds the same power as your, well even if she is mated um...it still has same effect as your but yours um...it's a different, much stronger um...you being a um...you know" he shrugs making Crystal giggle at his awkwardness as this is the first time has she ever seen him so flustered.

"Yes, I'm a virgin and you can say the word it's not a forbidden one" she teases him making him more uncomfortable

"I would rather not discuss on that topic right now" he clears his throat

"I have made some cookies, want to try?" she changes the topic

"Last time I said yes to you cooking as I remember, I lost everything" he points before his eyes turns sad as he remembers his sister.

"I'm sorry" Crystal apologizes as she sees the sadness in his eyes

"No, it's okay. I should be the one who should be doing all the apologies tonight, for everything that happened between us. I was grieving my sister and in that I said some things I shouldn't have and done things to you I'm extremely ashamed of. So, please find it in your heart to forgive me" he smiles slowly

Crystal nods vigorously as soon as he is done. Oh she has never in her whole life thought he would apologize. It's not like she ever blamed him for anything but hearing him say so somehow lifts a heavy stone from her chest.

She blinks back her tears as she feels emotional and turns her back to him. Clearing her throat she tries to find her voice before she speaks.

"You must be tired, um... I have a spare room if you want to" she stops and looks at him

"Thank you, it will be nice for once sleeping in a bed" he smiles before following her to the spare room.

Crystal keeps turning left to right on her side as her mind keeps drifting to the man sleeping next to her door.

She blushes as her mind drifts away to the time where they had their fist kiss, how he had kissed to shut her up and then they kept kissing for so long.

Oh! All the thoughts leave her as she thinks about his sister. She sighs sadly remembering the wonderful times she had on his farm with his sister, running widely without the care in the world, feeding the animals and making him go crazy as they both messed up with his tools.

Sighing once again she looks at the door, rolling her shoulder and gaining some strength she slowly opens the door.

"Connor" she whispers to check if he is awake or not.

When she doesn't hear anything from him she debates whether to leave or not, but she ends up walking slowly to his side of the bed.

She gulps as she finds he is shirtless and remembers oh so clearly the hot summer days when he worked at the farm shirtless giving her a great view of his tight muscles that had her sweating for different reason other than the heat.

She kneels down in front of him and lifts her hand to touch him but stops mid air and smiles tracing his cheek bone in the air.

It's the first time she has been close to him after so long. He has become more mature than the last time she saw him. His face looks less hard now than when he was awake.

Unknowingly, a tear drops from her eyelids and she closes her mouth before a sob escapes. Suddenly, she feels all of her emotions she had locked away about him.

Just as she thinks she can't do it anymore and tends to leave she stops.

"It's rude to stare at people when they are asleep" Connor voices still closing his eyes

When no reply comes from her he slowly wakes up and sits on the bed pulling the cover up to his torso.

"Come here" he sighs as he sees her standing closing her mouth with tears brimming

Crystal rush in his arms without a second thought sobbing so hard that she even shakes his body along with her.

"What am I going to do about you Chrissie?" he rubs her hair lightly

Crystal keeps crying until only hiccups remains from her.

"I'm sorry I woke you up" she wipes her tears and get away from him.

"It's okay I wasn't fully asleep. It seems I have gained the habit of falling asleep on the ground that I can't fall asleep on the bed. Especially knowing you are right next door to me" he confesses smiling at her.

"I missed you" Crystal confesses as well before hiding her face on his bare chest.

"I missed you too" he whispers in her ear.

Connor lifts Crystal and deposits her on the bed next to him. Holding her to his chest they both stay still quietly, as they are both lost on in their own thoughts.

"Was it hard to shift into her?" He asks her slowly

"Yes, it was painful" she replies slowly as well

"It won't be much painful next time" he assures her

"You won't give up till I shift again, won't you?" she asks him as she lifts her head from his chest

"No, I won't give up until and unless you believe that you won't turn into monster if you let her out. I won't give up till you accept yourself fully. That's why I had your wolf under my full control asking her to sleep till you accept her but even after I went through all this you still never accepted her...

She isn't black you know, she has many colors as well but you always imagined her in that form so she is like that and I want you to have full trust on yourself and let her out, try if not for others than for yourself"

"I won't promise anything but I'll try"

"That's enough for now. I'll be helping you all the way along I promise"

"Why sudden change Connor, you have never liked our kind it was all my fault for whatever happened but still here you are after all these times with so much knowledge that even I don't know. How?" she asks him seriously as worry creeps in her mind

"I won't lie when I say I hate all of your kinds anything that is not human. And I won't hide the fact that there were times I wished your death more than anything every time I remembered what happened...

I hated you for as long as I could, so that hate turned into curiosity you know. Before I killed the man, who brought so much pain to me, he left with sharing some really interesting facts about your family line...

It first made me furious and then I started to think with cool mind and then I had a new reason to live to find out everything that was possible about your family bloodline and how it was possible to make you so stronger...

That's when I decided to see you once again and came to see you but to my surprise the party was so you could choose a mate and I was in rage that how you could betray me like that I didn't think before I announced I was your mate"

"Then why did you leave?" she whispers.

"I was angry, very much with you and everything that comes along with you. I just wanted to hurt you back and what better way than to break your heart. So, I left you. But once again our paths crossed that fateful night on my farm house. It was the night I lost my sister I was filled with rage when you came and I lost it" he sighs regretfully

"I didn't know what I was doing, all I knew was I wanted you dead but I ended up marking your wolf. Your wolf is as sneaky as you; she was the one who let me know about the fairy side of you. She used to bug me in my dreams...

Always luring me back and then she started showing what was inside of you, so dark and dangerous that was sealed but it was starting to slip away the control, even your wolf was scared. She begged me to help you saying it was my responsibility to look out for you...

I was so frustrated with her that I put her in deep slumber ever since but her words had effects on me. And I started to find as much as I could everything about you...

I was shocked at first when I found out what lengths your parents went to conceive you. To tell the truth I was disgusted, she mated both of them at once not realizing what effects it would have made later...

So many kinds blood were running inside your family I was shocked that they weren't dead because of the side effects of having so many bloods in your body at once. I never knew how the balance was made inside one's body after having so many kinds blood inside" he explains to her.

"Maybe it's because of the witchcraft my mother taught me, maybe she sealed others from acting abnormally" she answers his question

They both fall in total silence after that.

"Thought so, well your mother was a different case though. Such a bitch!" he snarls

"I know" she whispers meekly

"Oh Chrissie, I'm not blaming you for anything as I have learned you are nothing but a victim of the foreplay of your ancestors and parents. You are nothing like anyone of them I assure you. You're nothing like anyone of them not even one, you hear me?" he clutches both her cheeks in his hand so she can see the seriousness and truth in his eyes.

When she nods he lets go of her and tucks her in his arms once again as he continues.

"As I was saying about your mother, I wish I had got a hand of her I would gladly turn her into ashes. If it wasn't for her nothing would have gone wrong with you. She was planning on using you as her weapon to gain more power, isn't she? How much power hungry can anyone get, I will never understand?

And this is where I want some answers from you? What was she teaching you and don't try to hide anything from me as I know it was something so deadly that half of your fairy is gone missing" Connor warns her

"She umm... she was teaching me black magic. When she was teaching me I found about the man under the hidden steps that lead to a tunnel through our library, it was the first time I felt my fairy awakening, my mother may have known as she would hint that we could conquer the world I never knew what she meant by that after all we were the one who was ruling right?

Mother was never happy with me always doting me about almost everything, the way I behave, talk, walk, eat, wear name it and she would be unhappy with everything. Maybe it was because I wasn't a boy...

I just wanted to impress her so she could notice me I guess and love me back. So, I did everything she asked me too still she wasn't happy. No one knows but before her death I would spend hours with her learning every spell but I would tire and she would be so angry. I used to learn it almost all the time...

But Adrian found about it, He was the one who killed my mother. He almost gave me an attack, I thought he would kill me too you know" she laughs thinking of the memory

"I see he always had the habit of barging in, huh?" Connor chuckles

"Don't even remind me of that day please" she groans.

"We can always continue where we left you know?" Connor asks as he looks in to her eyes.

"What do you mean?" she asks with a hope.

"I wanted a normal, peaceful and happy life with you in t along with my sister but now that it has been ruined, I wanted to restart it. It will never be same without my sister, but it will have you and me and every blessing you will share with me" he explains.

"I would like nothing better" she answers closing her eyes as moving her lips towards him to get kissed.

"So, what happened?" he asks interrupting her

Crystal snaps opens her eyes as she founds that Connor has made no move to kiss her back. She turns red at her act and drops her gaze to his chest in embarrassment.

Connor can't help but laugh loudly seeing her expression.

"You're such a tease" she hits him on the chest

"Okay, okay" he holds her hands from hitting him and gets back to their talk

"Do you know Adrian is married now? I wonder how he could bag a wife, what is he even thinking taking a wife moreover a human" she sighs

"You seem upset about his choice. Were you expecting from him?" Connor asks as he stares at the ceiling

Crystal laughs as soon as she hears it.

"Oh god, did I just hear a hint of jealousy there? There is nothing between me and Ad never had been. He is just protective of me like I'm his own as a daughter or sister nothing else. That man has seen me through my diaper days so please spare yourself from such thoughts" she pinches his nose

"Whatever" he grumbles before asking her to continue

"So, you have been sneaking so does that mean you heard all the things I talked with Ad before you came?" she raises her brow at him waiting his answer

"Probably" he shrugs

He gets hit on his chest once again from her for his one syllable answer.

"Jokes apart, I'm glad that even if it wasn't in my favor you tried to figure out things for everyone's sake and for that I'm very proud that I'm your mate" she boldly kisses his chest

"If you are thinking things will turn out differently from now or that you can seduce me than let me tell you My Queen you're in for a ride of your life as this farm boy isn't easy to please or be tamed" he winks her way

Crystal laughs out freely before controlling herself and gazing at the man she has always waited for.

She can't believe that he is right here beside her and she is in his arms talking as if nothing has changed between them but still, they have miles to cross before they became one.

"Why were you so angry at me and accused me of being a monster?" she asks him remembering the events that happened before.

"It wasn't my intention to hurt you, I was just riling everyone up so they won't figure out I was freezing them up. It was a distraction. As for being angry at you was because even after all this time you still didn't even bother to know the part of you. I thought making your wolf go to sleep would help in some way but you just used your vampiric senses and power and never get to know her" he clears up

Crystal takes a deep breathe before getting up. Yep, she sure has a long way to go. For a queen she sure is pathetic can't even do a simple task as saving someone's life before ruining it.

"It's late and you must be tired. I'll let you rest" she smiles before getting off the bed.

"Did I ask you to leave?" Connor narrows his eyes as he sees her leaving

"Oh, I thought you want me gone" she whispers looking at her feet

Once again Connor pulls her to him and wraps his arms on her waist.

"Well, you were wrong I never wanted you to leave me ever. Now don't use that head of yours too much we have a big day ahead. I bet the men are curious about everything and wants to hear more, so now sleep" he orders making her smile

"Goodnight Connie" she whispers to him

"Goodnight Chrissie" Connor chuckles kissing her hair lightly and tightening his arms around her.

Yes, it's been way too long that he was away from her.

*******

"No"

"Yes"

"It can't be, you lie"

"No I'm not. You know I have good memory"

"How? This must be a nightmare"

"Don't worry; I'm sure your kids can have something special, you know"

"This is ridiculous, not fair at all"

"What can we do once he looses his virginity he is as good as anyone"

"Please don't talk that way no matter how much I love you; it's still weird to hear the V thing from you"

"You are such a drama queen anyway"

Rom had come barging in the house and left Gio with Erika before she could even form a thought and dash from the house. And the moment she got enough sense and carry Gio inside the house and let his spread his color boxes and everything he had started to fill in her the things he had heard when they were at Crystal's before Erika and Enzo had come in.

The moment Erika knew Enzo's blood will be back to normal she has been having a fit. She didn't like the fact about it at all and due to which she has been throwing not just fit but arguing with Little Gio.

"What do I do now? Does he know?" she whines lying on the floor and looking in the ceiling

"How would I know ask him?" Gio grumbles as he sticks out his tongue and try to concentrate.

"I can't, they have gone to visit Crystal's"

"Don't remind me, daddy totally abandoned me this time. So, I'm stuck with you. I can never understand grown ups"

"Shut up Gio, we got bigger problem to handle"

"It's your problem not mine and anyway you are here to baby-sit me not eat baby's brain"

"I thought you weren't a baby anymore" she grumbles

"What do we do now the grown ups has left us" he asks putting his color pen down and looking at her expectantly.

It's no use to do anything with her constant whining and talks.

"I don't know normal is boring these days. I was looking forward for some action today but Enzo left me here with you. We can't even sneak in well....oh yes want to go meet my mom's grave? That's where I met you, you know?" she perks up

She has been debating when to go but something always came up guess nothing else to do so she better wrap this up too.

She hurriedly texts Enzo, she is going to meet her mother. After helping Gio dress up and locking the house they walk out.

"I hate this" Gio grumbles as he pulls on his tie Erika insisted he wears.

"Hey, you look cute. You should wear dress suit all the time" she grins pinching his chubby cheeks

"Ah, where did you even get a dress my size?" he complains as he once again tries to unbutton the shirt and Erika swats his hand away in warning.

"Oh I had it all along, but never got chance to dress you up. We are going to visit your grandmother so you need to be presentable just like a gentleman" she sighs happily

"I hate dressing up, mommy does it all the time" he complains

Finally they reach the graveyard. Gio let go of Erika's hand and look around the place before focusing on Erika as she kneels down to put some fresh flowers on her mother's grave.

"Hey mom, what's up? You doing well in hell, oh that rhymed. Hope they are burning you in boiling hot oil and making you as crisp as potato chips, you know for leaving your one and only most precious daughter alone...

I miss you, you know, all the time. You just left me in this cruel world where it's so hard to be the pure human. I'm still a virgin by the way if you ever had doubt but then again you never were around...

So, I wanted to confess something to you, Dad's a vampire, you know that right? It's just awesome. So, um I was thinking any chances you were too or may be a little tiny bit of me is not a pure human?" she asks before sighing

"Well shit, you are dead can't answer me huh? So, I just came to give these flowers to you and well good luck running away from all those monsters in hell...

I joined the local college by the way, and well I'm dating Enzo remember the guy I used to curse all the time...

Yap him, who would have thought I was his mate. It was pretty dramatic first but we are all good now. He can be really sweet at times when I'm not trying to jump him of course. Oh and life is going so awesome I get to meet these all new people and then everything is like in movies, it gets more crazier and crazier everyday...

Life with werewolves never gets boring...Ahh. So, um...I don't feel lonely anymore you know, Enzo is almost all the time with me and stuff keeping me busy...

Oh and before I forgot those Twinkies are Prego, I mean they made their mates Prego. It's really exciting then I get a bit left out sometimes but then they just know how to make me feel loved so it's okay...I can't always be the center of their universe and I get it...

So, Julian turned out to be gay, he has the loveliest mate anyone can ever get. His name is Evan, I wish you could meet him; he helped me a lot when I was stripping and stuff" she takes a big breather after telling her everything in fast forward mode.

She turns back to see Gio who has been busy pulling his tie off his neck. She pulls him near her mother's grave before fixing his tie once again and he growls in irritation.

"So, this is Gio. He is Rom's son. Well you don't know who Rom is but he is a nice guy. Gio was the one I found here the last time I came to see you" She nudges Gio with her elbow and points at the stone

"Greet" she whispers and he looks at her in annoyance

"Hey there creator of Erika, your daughter she is crazy by the way" he smirks getting a swat on his arm by Erika

"Gio" she warns him

"What, if you can talk whatever to your mother then I can say what I feel to my Granny" he states

"Fair enough, now back off I'm not done with her" Erika pushes him a bit and he happily backs off.

While Erika keeps complaining and harassing her mother Gio takes off his tie, happily and throws away the coat before unbuttoning his shirt.

He sits down on the grass and was on his way to throw his shoes as well when a shadow falls over them.

"Is that the way you greet your dead mother?" Travon speaks startling Gio as well Erika.

"Holy mother of you pervert!" she shouts as she turns to see him.

"What the hell are you doing in here ruining a mother daughter talk?" she yells at him then lower her voices as she remembers where she is.

"I was just sleeping when I heard a crazy girl yelling and cursing her mother" he grins.

"You sleep in a cemetery?" she asks in awe.

"Ya, right there three grave to the left is my place" he points and she stretches her neck to see his place.

He chuckles as he ruffles her hair, "I'm kidding. God you are so easy to fool" he comments as he pulls her with him.

"Why are you following me, pervert?" she asks him dusting off her dress before looking at Gio

"Gio" she groans at the boy who just throws his shoe at the intruder

"Hey" Travon shouts at Gio

"Who is he?" Gio asks pointing at the new guy

Why, whenever he is with her she always has a new guy around? He sighs mentally.

"That's my pervert teacher" she throws a glare at Travon's way before picking up Gio's tie and coat which has dirt in it now.

"The man you stamped on?" Gio asks as he holds Erika's hand and stand with her.

"Yap, the one and only, do you have any idea how hard it was to take off that ink? I had to wear a bandage for 3 days. It was so embarrassing" he whines as he walks beside them

"Why are you following me? And how did you know I was even here?" she asks him

"I went to your house to check on you, as you haven't been to your classes lately and then I found it empty so I sniffed your scent and ended up here" he shrugs putting his hands in his pocket

"How wonderful of you, I'm touched now get lost" she snaps at him

"Hey that's not the way to talk to your professor, now be a good girl and smile" he ruffles her hair once again gaining a glare from her

"Why does she have to have all clingy men in her life?" Gio murmurs as he looks at both of them.

"Hey, I heard that and I'm not clingy" Travon feels offended

"So, who is he?" Travon asks as her jumps in front of Gio and pinches his cheeks

"Hey there little guy" he grins at Gio only for Gio to hit his hands away from his cheeks

"Get your hands away from me you pervert" Gio growls

Erika can't help but laugh at the facial expression of Travon as Gio calls him a pervert.

"You have trashed my reputation. I have never felt this humiliated in my entire life" Travon huffs pointing at her accusingly before pushing past Erika.

Picking up Gio in her arms she follows a pouting Travon, who waits for them in his car still upset.

"I'm sorry" Erika apologizes

"Not accepted now get in before I leave" he commands

Travon drops them off at Erika's house and starts his car to leave but Erika invites him in. Settling Gio on the couch she asks Travon to do the same before moving to the Kitchen to get them some drinks.

"I still think of you as Pervert" Gio whispers to Travon as soon as Erika is off

Travon narrows his eyes at the boy.

"You don't even know the meaning of it little boy" Travon sneers at him

"Blood sucker"

"Midget"

"Bat"

"Rat"

And that's how Erika finds both of the boys calling each other names and fighting.

"I want this man out of the house right now" Gio shouts at Erika

"I want this kid out of your life right now" Travon shouts at the same time

"I hate him" once again they scream at the same time

"Don't copy me" and again

Erika simply sits on the chair and munches on her peanuts as she watches them both insulting each other.

When both of them are out of breath they look at her.

"Why did you stop, please continue. It was entertaining" she says asking them to continue.

Both the boys look at her with an evil grin before jumping on her on the chair making her scream.

"You are dead" with that they start to fight and throw everything they can get hand on at each other till it was time for them to say good bye.

But before that Travon treats them with a yummy lunch and drops Erika as well Gio to Gio's house where Vivian is waiting them.

"Hey what are you doing walking alone?" Sean asks Erika as he stops the car in front of her.

"I just came to drop Gio, Vivian is back so" she replies him

"Oh well get in. I'm going to the hospital the girls are there, we are doing the scanning thing to see the babies moving and stuff like that" he grins

Erika smirks before getting in the car.

"How come you aren't with her right now?" she asks him as he drives the car

"Something came up in the office so; anyway it's so awesome we are going to see our pups moving. Can you believe it, I'm going to be a dad?" he smiles proudly

"Nope, for a second I thought it wasn't yours but I know Ami she will never cheat on you" she nods her head

"What? Tiger what the fuck? I'll never cheat on my mate. Jeez for someone who has known me my whole life you sure have faith on me" he glares at her way

"Calm down idiot, I was just messing up with you, jeez for someone who has known me my whole life you sure have some humor problem" she copies him.

"I'm just scared, the kids are going to come any time and its no help that Ami's moods keep changing with the speed of light. I'm so stressed and excited at the same time. Can you believe just in few months I'll have a mini me running around the house?

Oh wouldn't it be so awesome when they run to you calling you aunt Tiger and ask you to help them with their toys. I can't wait for them to meet you. I'm sure they will love you" he grins

"Sean, you say the sweetest thing sometimes that I have to check twice that you aren't some chick" she punches his arm getting emotional hearing him so excited and happy.

"Ah, way to ruin the mood, tiger" he grumbles as he rubs his arm where she punched even if it didn't hurt him.

Sean rushes to Ami's side as soon as they enter the room where the girls are and kisses her forehead.

Erika waves at them happily before her focus is taken to the monitor and stuff in the room.

"Erika Thomas Tiger" the doctor warns as soon as he enters the room

Erika smiles sheepishly taking off the gloves off her hand and putting the scissors down as she was on the process to cut Finn's hair.

"Hey Ducky" she hugs him and she winces as he pulls her ears

"Who brought you in here? Don't they know that it's a hospital and you are dangerous to us" he scolds and the twins laugh quietly.

"Can I see the pups too, please, pretty please? I'll be good I promise, please ducky" she pouts at him

"She still looks horrible when she pouts" the doctor sighs

Doctor Matt has been the doctor to Antonio as long as he remembers he was the one who had delivered each and every son of Giovanni's. He had known Erika since the first time Giovanni brought her in with the twins when they had got in a fight and all of them had been hurt.

He had been away for a while but was back in the town as per request of Giovanni as he wants Matt to be the one to deliver the twins pups as well.

Knowing Erika from her childhood days and the number of times he has fixed her injuries as well the twins he knows that Erika isn't to be trusted when she is surrounded by things that fascinates her.

"Let her be Matt, you know she won't leave anyway and we want her here for this" Finn requests

"Fine, fine not like she would have left anyway"

Matt waves his hands before washing his hands in the basin and asking the girls to lie down on the bed so he can put the gel on their stomach and start the scanning.

"What's this?"

"It's a gel used in the pregnant women so we can see the movement of the babies in there"

"And what's that?"

"It's the scan machine"

"Okay, oh" she shrieks

"Erika" Matt warns her shaking his head at the girl

"What do you think you are doing, exactly?" Matt sighs already feeling his age when she is around

"You said we can know what is in the stomach so I want to see if the gel will let me see the food I ate move" she grins

All of them look at her incredulously

"It only works for pregnant ladies, so just wipe that gel off of you and pull your shirt down" Finn grits out of his teeth

"I could be pregnant as well, miracle happens. Who knows I may be carrying a next Jesus" she states wiggling her brows

Both the twins face palm each other whereas Matt rolls his eyes at the girl. Even after all this time she can speak the most ridiculous things ever, where does she comes up with these thoughts anyway?

"Seriously Piglet"

Erika slowly turns to the door and smiles at Enzo who is looking very unhappy with her.

"Hi" she whispers waving her hand as well

Enzo just closes his eyes counting up to ten in his head before looking at his dear mate. He drags her to the bathroom before pulling her shirt up and kneeling on his knees.

"What am I going to do with you? Can't you just shut your mouth for few minutes if not for hours? Matt is doing his job you can't keep bothering him. Do you know how dangerous it is to distract a doctor when he is doing his job?" Enzo scolds her as he wipes her stomach where she had managed to steal some gel and rub in it.

"I just wanted to know how it feels when it is done" she states making Enzo look at her.

Pulling her shirt in place he stands on his feet before smiling at her.

"And why do you want to know how it feels?" he asks her

"So, I can be prepared when we have our kids" she smiles back at him

Tucking a hair that came loose of her pony tail Enzo can't help but have a strong urge to kiss her.

"What was that for, not that I'm complaining?" Erika asks as she touches her lips where he just gave his undivided attention.

"That was for being world's best girlfriend. I wish I could just make you pregnant right now and see you round with my pups" Enzo whispers the last part looking at her stomach while rubbing it lightly.

"One day" Erika whispers just as softly as him

Enzo looks at her stomach for few more seconds before looking in her eyes as he brushes her cheek lightly.

"One day" he promises

"If you two are done making babies I want you both out so we can start and end this whole thing" Matt shouts at them from outside of the bathroom door

"He is such a duck" Erika grumbles as she pulls Enzo with her out to the room

"Oh my god it's moving, it's moving" Erika whisper shouts clutching at Enzo arm and jumping up and down on her feet.

Seeing her excitement Enzo wraps her in his arms so she would stop moving and let them all take in the moment of the lifetime.

"Hush baby" he whispers in her ear to shut her

Erika grins his way before looking at the twins who are watching the monitor with their mouth open in awe.

"Can we take the video?" Finn asks clearing his throat as it is full with emotions

"Of course you can I think Marisa and Gio would love to see it too" Matt pats both the boys shoulder before taking his leave so they can soak all of this new experience.

"Tiger did you see that, our kids they were moving, god did you hear their heartbeats it's so strong" Sean shouts as he holds Erika in his arms and twirl her around the room.

"I know, I know. They will be just as strong as you two. I can't wait to meet them" she smiles as she holds his shoulder for support while he just keeps going round and round.

"God Tiger, I'm going to be a father" Sean whisper finally soaking everything up and feeling he will burst out with all of the emotions running inside of him.

Erika hugs him tight as tears starts to fall from his eyes. Finn joins in the group hug as he too can do with some support.

"You two are such chick, I'm so going to tell your kids about it" Erika teases as she wipes both of their tears while they do the same with hers.

"You are just jealous" Finn ruffles her hair while Sean pulls her hair before joining their own mates who were tearing up as well.

"I love you, baby" they both whispers to their mates before kissing their stomach.

"Thank god I didn't were any mascara" Erika states as she wipes her tears and look at Enzo

"But you never wear it anyway" he states as he pulls her in his arm

"Exactly my point" she argues making him chuckle.

"Oh look who is here the next Mother Mary. I heard someone's giving birth to next Jesus?" Julian voices as soon as all of them enter the house.

"Juliet" Erika jumps on in his arms happily

"I see Ducky has informed you all" she states as she looks around the house to see if she is getting any lecture when no one says anything she just grin.

"Hello Eve how was the honeymoon" she takes step towards Evan

"Arghhh, why does she have to call him that? Wasn't calling Julian Juliet enough?" Sean groans as he settles Ami slowly on the couch.

"What's your problem? I can call them whatever I want to they don't seem to have any problem" she says offended

"Whatever" he waves his hands to cut her off

Erika stares at him in anger before smiling deviously

"God Ami you have become so big like a house and you too Ali you look so fat"

That sentence alone was enough to get every single one of the member in the house in alert as Ami and Ali starts crying.

"Enjoy" Erika winks at the twins who rushes off to assure their mate that they aren't fat or big as house.

Enzo raises his brow at Erika in disbelief. That was below the belt move that she hit the twins with.

She just smiles as him sweetly before jumping behind Marisa as Enzo runs to catch her for that. Erika runs all around the room screaming as Enzo follows her.

It's not like Enzo couldn't catch her but he loves it this way, being normal with her no need to outrun her or anyone. Just doing the normal couple things.

"Gotcha" Julian catches her making her scream loudly

"So, my mate looks big as house"

"And mine looks so fat, huh?"

Both the twins rubs their hands evilly making Erika nervous as both of them has the same gleam in their eyes that let her know she is in the world full of pain anytime.

One of the boy hold her legs and the other her arms as they carry her out.

"NO" she shrieks as the boys throw her out of the window literally

"I always wanted to throw her out of the window" Finn grins giving his twin hi-fi

Enzo laughs as he hears the splash and takes a towel with him so he can go tend his mate who was brutally thrown by his brothers out of the window to the pool.

"I can't believe they did that" she yells at the top of her lungs as she sees Enzo making his way out to the pool

"You should have thought not to poke their mates then" Enzo chuckles as he asks her to come out

"Aren't you going to pull me out like a good boyfriend" she asks trying her best puppy dogs eyes which never works

"No way am I going to fall for that trap and it's not so deep, come out. I know you will pull me in as soon as I lend you my hand" he shakes his head at her

"Trust issues I see" she grumbles as she makes her way out of the pool

"It's not an issue babe, I trust you well enough that I know you will pull me in" he wraps the towel on her before using next one to dry her hair.

"That was a very dirty trick, for a second there I forgot we can jump through that window to the pool. I thought I was as good as dead" she complains letting him dry her properly

"I wouldn't have let them hurt you in anyway, I knew what they were doing baby" he explains still chuckling

"You knew their plan and still went, not good sexy, not good at all" she folds her arms tapping her feet and glaring at him

"Yes not good now let's go in before you catch cold" he smiles

Erika sighs sadly before taking a step ahead of Enzo but she stops abruptly making Enzo halt and before he knows what happened he is inside the pool.

"I was just making sure your trust on me doesn't fade as you had full faith I would throw you in the pool" she smiles wiggling her brows.

Enzo shakes his head as he takes out his head off the water and shakes off the water of his hair. He wipes the water off his face and look around for his speck even if he knows it's no use as it must have fallen somewhere inside the pool and he won't get it.

"Searching for this?" Erika waves his specks in the air

Enzo narrows his eyes to see it clearly and sighs before getting out of the pool.

"I didn't see you taking that" he states before putting his hand in front of her so she can give his specks back

"It's the oldest trick on the book, you forgot" she smiles standing on her toes before slowing putting the speck back on him.

"Ah, forgetful of me" he grins cheekily

"Why don't you use contacts?" she asks him as they walk hand in hand inside

"It's uncomfortable" he simply shrugs

"Do you really don't see well if you don't wear it?" she asks him curiously

"Most of the time, when I'm in my wolf form or use my wolf senses I don't need it but else I'll need it"

"Then why don't you use your wolf senses all the time?" she asks stopping in front of him

"I can't, Piglet. I can't let my wolf loose like that. It's tiresome for one and if I depend on my wolf all the time then I won't be able to function properly. It takes both the balance between man and wolf to survive...

Our wolves they act mostly on instinct, they can be wild and if not kept a strong lease on them we can go berserk or may be rogue. And moreover I want to be able to do things on my own and not depend on my wolf all the time" he explains

"I love you" Erika yells pinching both his cheeks all of sudden

"I know" he smiles rubbing his cheeks as soon as she stops abusing it.

She and her mood change.

"No fair, you were supposed to say it back" she whines

"Oh okay, I love myself too" he teases before walking inside the house and straight to his room so he can get out of this wet clothes.

Erika follows him to his room not before glaring at the boys and threatening to take her revenge later.

"That's not fair" she states as she enters Enzo's room

Enzo just smiles before unbuttoning his shirt and looking in the closet for a t-shirt

"Here, go get changed before you catch cold" he passes her one of his t-shirt

"Not before you are saying it back. And I don't want your clothes I will sneak one of the twins" she states

"What do you want me to say, anyway? And you don't need to sneak on anyone's clothes, you are free to use mine" he clears

"That you love me and I sneak the twin's clothes all the time nothing new"

"Shouldn't you be wearing my clothes me being your boyfriend and stuff" he raises his brow as she refuses to wear his clothes

"It doesn't matter whose clothes I wear. I have been wearing there clothes since ages anyway" she argues

"It matters to me. I would like you to wear my clothes not my brothers" he argues back

"No, I will wear whoever cloths I want to and anyway you didn't even say you love me" she points out

"Do I have to? You're such a pain sometimes" he sighs throwing the shirt on the closet in anger

"I'm pain? Oh you didn't just say that" she pokes his chest as he tries to pass her

"Too bad I just did" he shouts making her take a step back

"Shit, I'm sorry" Enzo takes a step closer to her but she just takes a step back

"You know what for a second I also forgot what an asshole you are" with that she storms off the room.

"Piglet" Enzo calls out as he runs for her

"Whoa, whoa, whoa where's the fire?" Julian stops Erika holding her arm before looking at his big brother

"What's the matter?" he asks looking at both of them

Erika just looks at her feet and stands there silently while Enzo rubs his face before walking to her and this time once again she takes a step back from him hiding behind Julian.

"Piglet, look at me" Enzo calls out but she just don't look at him

"I'm sorry okay" he tries once again

"Tiger what's the matter? Did he say something to hurt you?" Julian asks before glaring at his brother

God knows Enzo can be careless about other's feelings sometimes.

"I'm going home" she whispers softly

"Tiger stop; will any one of you tell me what the hell is going on?" Julian asks frustrated

"He thinks I'm a pain" she answers

"I said I'm sorry" Enzo defends himself

"Well apology not accepted" she shouts back at him

"Tiger what's the real matter, you never get this low when we say it. Is everything alright?" Julian worries as he sees the tremble of her lips

"You are upset because of your mother isn't it?" Enzo finally concludes

He curses when she doesn't speak and in a swift he picks her up in his arms and walk to his room.

"I'm so sorry baby. I didn't mean to hurt you; I was upset you refused to wear my clothes that I didn't even wait to think for a second that you went to visit your mother. I'm really an asshole" he groans

"Do you want to talk about it?" he asks her slowly and she nods

"We should get changed first it's getting cold now" he states

After getting changed in something warm they both settle down in Enzo's bed. Enzo brushes her hair lightly as she snuggles in his side.

"I miss her so much" she whispers in a low voice

Enzo keeps silence as he hears her confession about missing her mother. He knew something like this would happen when she went to visit her mother that's why he had asked Travon to look after her and if possible tell her everything but he didn't.

Lots of things were in his mind after his visit to Crystal that he totally forgot that she may be upset because of her mother.

Finally after soothing her and telling her he loves her at least thousand times she finally drifts off to dreamland.

Enzo untangles himself from her to go get some water in the kitchen.

"Oh hey" Sean stops what he does as soon as he sees Enzo enter the kitchen

"Hey, what are you two doing?" he asks them with a smile

"Our mates they are hungry, it's like they are hungry all the time. Maybe having twins has its effect and then the things they crave especially in the middle of the night I don't even want to g there" Sean groans

"What are they craving now?"

"They are in mood of late night breakfast or early breakfast" Finn replies with a frown

"Let me help" Enzo steps in as he takes out the pan and stirs it in the gas.

"Thanks bro" the twins say in unison

"Anytime" he smiles as he fry some bacon

"Whoa, what is this, some kind of brother's union and without your favorite bro?" Julian voices as he too enters the kitchen to find all of his brothers busy making something

"Pregnancy craving alert" Sean states before focusing in cutting the fruits

"Ahh, the perks of being gay" Julian announces making all of the laugh

"Ya, but I will do this for the rest of my life and also keep up with my mate's mood if it means I get to hold my pups in my arm" Finn states with a proud smile on his face

Julian smiles at him in support before patting his shoulder.

"So what can I do?" he asks before Sean points to the batter for pan cakes

The brother's makes themselves busy preparing the food for the twin's mate who is at their room munching a bowl of cereals happily and waiting for some more food.

"Did Erika stay the night?" Julian asks as he looks at the brother

"Ya, she is sleeping as we speak. I was just coming out to get some water when I found them" he replies as he gets ready to make some pancakes.

"Is she okay?" Julian asks once again and this time both the twins looks at their brother way with a narrowed eyes not knowing why their tiger isn't okay

"She is fine, don't worry. She just was upset because of her mother. She went to meet her mother's grave" he states without looking at their way

"So, um....hey Enzo we never got to say this but thanks for looking out for Erika and we are really happy that she is your mate. We can't be there for her all the time and it worries us but knowing that you are her mate and all we are really happy as well glad. It would have been hard if she was not around us and I can't even imagine my life without her around...uh...you know what I mean right?" Sean babbles rubbing the back of his neck in nervousness.

It's not like the brothers they all talk about this stuff all the time. It's a bit awkward to speak out about their feeling with each other no matter how close they are.

"I understand" Enzo looks Sean's way and nods

"While we are at the subject let me add some of mine as well" Julian smirks

"If I find her hurt due to you, I will forget what we are brothers and won't lay back and kick you where it hurts" Julian warns

"And I will help him" Finn raises his hand as well

"I will hold him back" Sean adds his support as well

Enzo looks at each of his brothers in amusement as they speak

"Are my own blood threatening me?" he asks in amusement

They all shrugs there shoulder looking his way while Enzo shakes his head. He doesn't know if he should be happy that his brother's are so protective of his mate or be angry that they threatened him in so many words.

"If we all are warning each other then let me add my own" Enzo states

"If I find anyone of you hurting your mate as well if my future niece or nephews are hurt while they are in your watch I will come for your hide" he warns

"Hey we can look after of mates and kids" Sean says feeling offended

"I know but still I want all of you to be extra careful" he states serious all of a sudden.

"Is there something wrong?" Julian asks worried

"I won't lie but things are getting out of hand and I want all of you alert all the times. I thought I could handle this shit by myself without making anyone of you worry but I can't...

I can't even trust my own men so I want all of you to watch each other's back no matter what but don't let any of your mate's suspicious especially my mate. If she knows things aren't going so well she will make it worst" he informs them

The boys nod, lost in their thoughts, before Julian speaks.

"Relax Enzo, we all are here for each other and we won't just sit and step back if things are not going well around us. We are your brothers and you don't have to think you have to constantly look out for us, let us help you too" Julian takes a step towards his brother

"I know you will have my back but all the help I want form you all is to be safe and nothing more" he smiles before hugging Julian.

"Hey don't make us feel left out" Finn whines before jumping on his brothers

"When was the last time we hugged or had this late night talk?" Sean asks still in group hug

"We should do this all the time" Julian grins

Enzo ruffles each and every one of his brother's hair before once again hugging them

"I love you all, just be safe" he smiles

"Hey we aren't your mate to do crazy things and get hurt" Finn points out making all of them laugh

"Four sexy guys without shirt and just boxers hugging in the kitchen surrounded by yummy food, my dream finally came true" Erika sighs as she stands in the kitchen doorway

All the boys look at her way startle.

"What are you all doing looking sexy as sin? For a second I thought God is looking out for me by sending such hunks till I saw all of your face and realized it's not dream but nightmare" she huffs before moving inside and making her way to the food

"Is it for me? You guys went do this length for me thanks I forgive you for deceiving me for a second there" she grins watching the food with gooey eyes

"That's not for you" Finn drags her away from the food

"These are for the girls. They are carving early breakfast" Julian informs her

"I want to be pregnant too, I want these yummy foods in the middle of night and I want to crave food all the time" she whines as she moves to where Enzo is

"Make me pregnant now" she holds his arms and keeps jumping

"Enzooo, make me pregnant, I want that food" she whines as she holds his arm with one hand while pointing the food with another.

"Boys take that food to your mate, please" Enzo sighs ignoring her stupid talk

The boys just shake their head and take the food. Knowing Erika all their life now they don't get any shock or amused at what comes out of her mouth. That's just their Tiger and she just says the most bizarre things.

"Noooo, no one is taking a step out of here, you all are monsters give those babies to me" she cries running to the doorway and blocking there way out spreading her hands and legs so they can't run away.

Enzo face palms him as he sees her antics once again.

"Piglet, move" he warns but she just shakes her head no.

"The girls are waiting and my pups are starving tiger now move" Finn tries to push her back

"But, what about my pups, they are hungry too" she argues rubbing her stomach

"God woman"

Enzo growls before making his move and throwing her on his shoulder. Erika fights all the way to his room.

Enzo throws her on the bed before rubbing his hand on his face while Erika sits on the bed folding her arms and pouting.

"That was stupid" Enzo scolds her but she just sits on the same position

"Did you even hear what you said there" Enzo chuckles as he goes and kneels in front of her

"I was hungry"

"So that's it, you are hungry"

"I can't stop my mouth when I'm hungry all it wants is food and it doesn't matter what I say or do to get it"

"Baby, look at me. You are crazy you know, you can't get everything you want there is a word called compromise which you need to learn"

"I know that word why will I go and learn it if you want me to spell it I can. Anyway, I get everything I want. I wanted you and look I got you" she answers

"I don't even know why we are having this conversation" he sighs getting up

"Then let's not talk let have sex" she wiggles her brows

"Okay let's have sex" Enzo sighs before getting in the bed

"Enzooo" Erika whines as she sits on him and pinches his nose to make his open his eyes

"What?"

"You said we are having sex" she states as she now pinches both his cheeks and move for left to right

"Baby let's sleep please. I'm tired"

"Noooo, I just woke up. Teach me how to give a blowjob"

"Erika"

"Enzo"

"Sleep"

"No"

"Then go home"

"Enzooo"

"Enzooo"

"ENZO"

"FUCK" Enzo's eyes snaps opens

He looks at Erika wide eyes as she has his cock in her mouth.

"Piglet, oh god...shit"

He gets hold of her head and tries to push her back but she just scraps her teeth on the way.

"Ba...by"

Enzo once again tries to warn her off and pull back but she just keeps sucking and bobbing her head. All the fight in Enzo's worn out as soon she takes him deep inside her mouth.

"Fuck, oh yes...oh...oh"

"Piglet"

Enzo spurts inside her mouth while Erika grins at him swallowing all of his essence happily.

She watches Enzo who has his eyes closed and one arm around his forehead while he is still clutching on the sheets with his other hand.

Erika looks at the mini Enzo she has just given her full attention. She can't believe she just finally accomplished to do that. Every time the word sex was out of her mouth Enzo would run ten feet away but from now on she is going to have so much fun when they are alone.

She looks at the new object of her fascination with awe and touches it once again. She holds it in her hand and shakes it a bit.

"Baby, please stop. It's sensitive right now god baby. Baby"

"Shit, shit, shit. Fuck"

Enzo gives streams after stream of curses to her as she once again takes him in and isn't giving him chance to breathe.

The next time he comes he jumps off the bed and holds Erika's head so she won't take his cock out of her mouth.

Enzo lies on the bed like a sack seeing stars above his head.

"Enzo"

"Not a word, not a single word" he pants

Erika sighs looking at him before her eyes turns to his goody and she smirks.

"Don't do that ever" he pleads

"Was I that bad?" Erika narrows her eyes at him in worry

"Baby...I think I just died"

"Was that your first"

"And very"

Erika grins in victory once more as she hears it.

"I think I love doing that and I want to do it all the time" she informs making him groan

Enzo lies on his stomach trying to control himself. Ya if she will not kill him with her acts she will definitely kill him with her mouth or touch.

"Are you hurt" Erika asks as she sees him lying there on the bed and keeping on groaning.

"No, I'm good. Perfect. Let's sleep okay?" he turns towards her

"Okay" Erika smiles before pulling his boxers up and covering him but not before holding her favorite toy for just a second and giggling

"You will not stop after that, right?" Enzo sighs

"Not in million years. I don't know why we didn't do it from the start" she snuggles close to him.

"Because then you would be uncontrollable" he chuckles

"Enzo" she calls out

"Hmm"

"Gio said your blood will not have any effect one you mate with me. Is it true?" she asks

"Yes"

"So, is that why you..." she stops

"No, it has nothing to do with you. It never was and never will. I will throw everything away to be with you Piglet. So, throw away any doubts you have because you are it for me...

As for what my blood does to my kind, to tell the truth I hated it, always have. You don't know what will happen if my blood goes in wrong hands but knowing I can stop it all if I mate with you, you don't know how much relief I'm in...

I always had to be careful but now, once we are fully mated it will be gone. The worry, the fear everything all, it'll all go away. I always wanted you out of my life in fear I'll hurt you more but look at you; you're the only one who can save me...

Aren't I one lucky fellow?" he assures her explaining it all

"Thank you" Erika smiles and when Enzo looks at her in confusion she continues

"For not blaming me or anything, I was so worried that it was the reason why you never mated with me but now I know, I know it all" she smiles

Enzo wipes the corner of her lips where the proof of what they just did is shining

"I love you" Enzo kisses her forehead

"I know" Erika whispers kissing his chest.

"Hey, where's Enzo" Erika asks as she sees the boys in the table having breakfast

"The way our bro ran like the hell hound was behind him and the blush he was carrying I don't think you'll be seeing him in this house for few days" Sean waves the bread in front of her

"Why, was there any emergency?

"Nope, he didn't even say Ma good morning. I think the activities of last night was still fresh in his mind" Finn states grinning

"You guys heard it?"

"Of course who would have missed the way you made our dear brother scream like banshee" Julian laughs

"Awesome" Erika pumps her fist on the air before taking a seat

"It was our first blowjob" she sighs dreamily

"Tmi girl, if you weren't our tiger we would have kicked your ass for molesting our brother" Finn warns

"Hehe but I did and you can't do a thing anyway if it's still in his mind I must be real good"

"Ya, ya by the way things are going between you two I'm sure it's not long before you claim our brother's virginity"

"Hey, I have the authority to claim it" she shouts at Finn

"Whatever, I don't trust you with my brother. You may be my best friend but hurt my bro and you are dead as well our friendship ends right there" the twins warns her

"Jeez, fine, fine. I won't force him to do anything. God what should a girl do to get laid in here" she throws her hands in the air in annoyance

"Anyway, how was it?" Finn wiggles his brows at her.

"Was he bigger than us?" Sean asks

"And I'm out of here" Julian stands before taking his leave with a red tomato faced Evan in tow

"It was awesome, dude why didn't you say anything about it to me earlier. Man that was so cool, I can give him blowjobs for the rest of my life" she grins

"Wait till the real thing, the sex is amazing. So, was he bigger than us?" Finn asks

"Seriously, I can't wait. If you guys want me to compare to yours when we were like 10 than ya he is definitely bigger" she laughs as she sees the disgust in their faces

"Not when we were 10 tiger. We have grown" the boys' smirks

"And if you two pull down your pants I swear I will make sure it shrinks and you won't be able to compare with your 10 years olds" she threatens them

"You are no fun at all"

"I don't ever want to see anyone's goody except my Boyfriend. It's a loyalty thing guys" she informs them

"So, where's big mama's?" she asks as she looks around the table

"They have gone for a walk with Ma and Da" they inform her before focusing on their breakfast.

After an eventful breakfast at the Antonio's Erika walks to her house only to get the shock of her life as she sees Marco sitting on her front porch.

"Hey" he waves at her lightly

Erika watches the man in shock as all she can see is the bruises all around his body.

"God Marc what happened to you?" she asks him

"Well, I never thought we will be meeting like this but" he stops before collapsing on her door

"Ah shit" Erika rushes to his aid.

Helping him to get up she unlocks her house door and takes him in. She drops him on the couch and takes deep breathes as he weighs more than Gio and even his weigh she can't lift.

"What happened to you?" she asks as he too herself drops on the chair next to him.

Marco closes his eyes as he tries to tell her what happened to him.

"After you disappeared everything went to chaos in the club. The men wanted no one but you to perform and then Rose went ballistic she was in bad mood bad I have ever seen...

Then those men came and destroyed the club and there is nothing but ashes in there. The club is closed. Rose just was disappeared in thin air no one knows where she is and then there are men all around asking for her...

It's something to do with you they say. And then Blaze came searching for you he wanted you and nothing more. I was hiding from those men when he found me he beat me to shit so he can know where you were but I knew nothing. I don't even know what was going on? People were searching you, Rose disappearance and now everything is like a nightmare...

What do you know about werewolves and vampires?" he asks as he looks her way

Erika smiles sheepishly, feeling sorry for the man at what he went through somehow because of her.

The people searching for Rose must be Enzo's men she is sure of that as for Blaze she have no clue that bastard was still pinning on her.

"I'm sorry for what happened with you Marc" she apologizes

"So you do know about them. Damn when I saw Blaze turn in some wolf thing I thought I lost my mind but damn girl what mess did I got dragged into? Did you know about them? Are there more?" He asks her sitting straight on the couch

"I'm not suppose to tell you about all this" she shrugs trying to avoid his gaze

"After all the beating and torture I went through and all the hell I have suffered to find you, you're telling me you aren't suppose to tell me about it all? Are you shitting me?" he shouts at her and winches as he holds the side of his stomach

"Marc please"

"You know what it was a mistake coming here; I thought you were in some deep shit and in trouble so I came searching for you. Been searching for you even since you became MIA, but you just...forget it" Marc gets up from the couch and tries to walk out of the door but stumbles and falls down/

Erika shouts his name before rushing to his side. She helps him to get up and once again leads him to the couch.

"I'm so sorry Marc but it's rather good you don't know about some thing. Whatever you saw forget about it and go home. Rest for few days go somewhere to clear your mind but whatever you do don't tell anyone what you saw okay?" she tries to put some sense in him.

"How can you expect me to forget anything? It was terrible Erika, I was so scared. Do you have any idea what I was going through or what I'm going through?" he asks

"I know it must have been very bad but I can't tell you anything but all I can say is stay away from it. It's the safest way. I will make sure Blaze won't come near you or anyone"

"What do you mean, how can you make them go away?" he asks her as he holds her hand

"Please Marc" she whispers to him and pleads

Mar nods before getting up once again

"I won't ask you to tell me anything Erika, just take care of yourself and watch your back. Whatever is going on its bad so be on guard" with that he leaves her house.

"God dammit" Marc curses and he hits his wheel

"That bitch, I thought she would spill her beans as soon as she sees me this way but she didn't even say a word" Marc shouts

"Calm yourself, Marco. We need to find some other way; I had warned you it was a bad idea to show yourself to her. What if she tells her mate about you?" the person next to him asks

"You think I didn't thought about the consequences? What do you take me for anyway? Of course she will run off to her mate and that's what I want her to do. It's been a long time I haven't met out little pet. It's time he knows I'm back and that I won't just let him go this time...

I have been keeping tab on him ever since if I had known he had a mate and Erika was his I would have ruined her for him. But, seems he always has his luck with him and this time it's running out of time...

All I have to find out is where the fuck he has the queen hidden and then everything will fall on place" he smiles

"But with the heavy security he has got I don't thing we can get her so easily, even getting this close to Erika has been hard. And I don't think we will get another chance to be close to anyone of them"

"Shut up witch! I know what I'm doing so shut your trap up. I want him to know I got close to his mate. I want him to get alert that I have made my move and let him search me everywhere and I know in fear to find me he will make some mistake and it is all I want just a slip and he is good as dead...

It will be my personal gift to the queen her dearest child death, one for whom she risked everything and will risk everything"

Marco drives off to his destiny. He had went through all this act so he could get some info from Erika but he forgot that she won't break her promise to the Antonio's and won't spill a bean.

He will admit he had taken a rash decision one he knows will go against him but he sure as hell won't admit about his fault to others.

He knows he is desperate to find the queen and he needs to find her soon, it's been too long he had waited for her but now time is running not for Enzo but for him. He needs to get everything in control back.

Only if he knew the girl rose had brought with her was Enzo's mate then may be may be he could have played his cards right but he didn't and due to which everything he had done and planned for decades now has gone to ditch!

********

"Stop right there" Erika shouts making Rom smile sheepishly at her and showing a peace sign through his fingers.

"I swear I'll break those fingers of yours" she warns before taking threatening steps towards him.

"Now, why the hell am I watching after your son each and every day, moreover why are you throwing him in me and running off?" she grits through her teeth

Gio just rolls his eyes before walking in his usual place and spreading his things everywhere.

"Hey Erika, long time no see" Rom grins

"Of course long time Rom the only thing you do is rush in my house like you fucking own it and drop that son of yours here. No offence Gio"

"Non taken just grill him" Gio waves his pencil

"What am I a fucking a baby sitter? You don't even pay me for it and I have classes to reach which I can't because you leave Gio here like every single day of the week" she screams at him

"Okay" Rom takes out his wallet pulling out crisp papers and handing it to Erika and ruffling her hair before dashing out once again

"That was easy" Erika grins before facing up Gio and waving the money

"Hey buddy what's up?"

"You can't do this"

"Of course I can"

"I have classes"

"So do me"

"But, I can get fired for this"
"So do me"

"Erika"

"Travon"

"Gio puts some sense in her"

"Why will I, she is your student not mine" Gio folds his hands and looks at the people walking on the corridor

"You can't do this to me Erika" Travon groans once again

"I don't care, just do it" Erika looks at him in irritation

"Fine, fine I'll see what I can do" Travon sighs in defeat

"Cool, okay Gio you will be spending the day with the pervert here. I can't take you to all my classes so. Make sure he behaves and if he tries anything you can kick him where it hurts the most" she smiles at him

Gio nods before holding Travon's hand.
Travon gets startle at first but then smiles at the kid.

"Come on; just make sure you forget what Erika said. I'm not that bad she just likes to damage my rep with people. I'm not a pervert at all she just misunderstood okay?" he explains to Gio as they walk to his office with Gio's backpack full of colors book and pen.

Erika sighs as she sees them walking out before she turns for her own class.

Erika is in middle of scooping the ice-cream and putting in her mouth when she is jerked awake from her dream. Startle that the teacher has caught her she looks around to find Gio in front of her.

She looks at him wide eyed before Gio climbs on her lap and open his drawing book and starts to do his thing.

Erika looks at her teacher who seems busy teaching and the students around some of them are falling asleep or on the verge not to notice Gio in the class.

She smiles ruffling his hair and he turns to her with a smile. Erika hugs him to her and kisses his hair before looking at the picture he is drawing.

After a long day both Gio and Erika is tired so they ask Travon to drop them off.

"You want to come in?" she asks him as she gets Gio out of the car

"Nope can't do today, I got some unfinished work. I'll see you guys later, okay kid" he ruffles her hair and kiss her cheek before waving them good bye

Just as Erika turns around her house Rom stops his car in front and smiles at them. Gio runs in his father's arms happily before snuggling in his chest trying hard to not fall asleep but failing.

"Awe he is tired. Well thanks for watching him. I'll see you tomorrow" Rom holds Gio's bag

"Leave him here again and I'll bust your balls" Erika threatens making Rom pout

"He needs both of you Rom, I can only be so much for him. And the way he ran to you for the comfort of your arms I think it's you and Vivian he needs more not me. I can never be his parents but just Eri to him" she states as she rubs Gio's back

"I know, I don't want to leave him alone but my work calls me as well Vivian's" he sighs tired himself

"I know that but is your work more important than your son's happiness? More than anyone you should know how it feels to be alone in such a young age Rom. Don't get deceived by the intelligence your son holds, at the end of the day he is just an infant. We need to let him be a kid not some one who has outrun his age" Erika smiles sadly looking at Gio.

"Sorry, I won't do it. You are right thanks Tiger, these days it has been mess more and more so I'll take a leave and you don't have to worry about him. I wont abandon him, never again" he smiles pulling Erika in for a hug and lightly pressing a kiss on her temple.

She waves them goodbye before walking inside her house, which suddenly seems empty for some reason.

Groaning Erika slumps on her bed and before she knows sleep overtakes her. Next time she wakes up she finds she is hungry and walks to the kitchen to greet Enzo who must be up and ready to serve his queen, she grins and walks in the kitchen.

"Ta-Da" she throws her hands up in the air and jumps only to slump it down as the kitchen is empty.

Not just that but it seems Enzo hasn't arrived at all.

"I am hungry" she whines swinging her arms left to right and standing in the kitchen

After debating for a while whether she should cook or die she decides to sleep off this whole thing, she can always hunt Enzo if she died but if she dies while cooking she will never forgive herself.

But sleep doesn't come easily to Erika at all. She keeps turning left to right so far as going round and round in her own bed in hope she may get dizzy and faint but nothing works.

She picks up her phone to check the time 8:45pm. She sighs before dialing Enzo's number only for it to go to his voicemail. She throws her phone away and looking at the ceiling before her stomach protest and she gets up grudgingly and walks out of the door locking it on her way.

Walking to the near shopping market which has its services open 24/7 she decides to treat herself with some ice-cream.

"Hello Erika"

Erika shrieks jumping in the air a bit and throwing the tube of ice-cream as well as she hears some one call her name.

"Marc" she hisses trying to control her racing heart as the guy came out of no where and scared the shit out of her.

She was so engrossed checking out all the flavors and having some kinky thoughts about how she would like to eat it all and from whom, especially from what source that she almost forgot where she was.

"What were you thinking so hard that you didn't hear me?" Marc smirks

"What are you doing following me Marc? Didn't I ask you to leave?" Erika glares at his way before taking one tub of ice-cream and moving to pay for it.

"Let me" Marc holds her wrist as he pays for the ice-cream and drags her along with him

"You didn't have to" she states

"It's alright. So, what are you doing at this hour of the night wandering alone?" he asks her curiously

"I just was hungry so" she shrugs as she opens the tub and starts to eat it while they walk

"Something never changes" he chuckles ruffling her hair a bit

"So how's the kid? Is he still with you?" he asks her

"He is doing well, I found his parents and now he is with them" she replies careful not to give away Rom's name.

"That's really nice so who are his parents?" he asks her once again

"People" she says not wanting to answer him for some unknown reason she doesn't trust him as before not after the night he went bit crazy at the changing room.

"Of course they are people, but they may have name too" he asks her

Erika sighs not knowing why he is here and taken sudden interest on things he shouldn't and she really have no clue how to warn if off without looking suspicious not that he isn't already.

"Why are you having sudden interest on things that doesn't concern you? Look I and Gio we both are well and you don't need to worry about any one of us, so Marc just go and stop bugging me" she waves him away as they reach near her house.

Marco tries to get hold of her arm but stops as he sees that he can't cross the line from here as she knows that his time with her is running and Enzo's dogs will get sniff of him.

He mentally curses at the stupid girl once more. Doesn't she knows how much sacrifice he has made to just be in here and what consequences will be if he won't get what he came for?

Then again of course she doesn't. God dammit he is running out of time! He mentally shouts as fury blazes on in his eyes.

If only that idiot Blaze didn't had his eyes set on Erika on the club then may be their plan wouldn't have gone wrong or if that Josh hadn't been stupid on making the deal than no one would have known about all of his plans, specifically Enzo and his fucking team who has been hunting them down one by one.

And now, he has nothing left as cover but to stop the whole operation as well come seeking for this human girl. If she didn't held some much needed information he wouldn't have blinked before killing her on the spot consequences be damned and it would have been worth it to see Enzo loose his dear mate.

Marco closes his eyes and rubs his temple trying to calm him down.

"I know you are hiding something Erika and I'll not force you much to tell me all but its okay I understand. It's that I have no one to care and look after and after meeting you and Gio I was attached to both of you and want you two safe, I know I should have come and checked on you two soon but I couldn't so please if there is anything I can do for both of you never hesitate to ask my help" he smiles at her before pulling her in a hug.

"Don't worry about us Marc, we are fine. You better take care of yourself" she pats his back lightly before untangling herself from him.

Marc nods before turning around and leaving, Erika watches him go before sighing and looking at her now melted ice-cream.

Why isn't Enzo here to cook? She pouts looking up in the sky.

"This is beyond ridiculous" Erika storms inside of Enzo's office

"Eri..."

"Not a word from you mister as I'm one pissed of bitch right now! Why in earth are you avoiding me and why haven't I seen you from last 2 days? It's like you are intentionally hiding away from me. Especially after the bloody blow job of my life I gave you willingly...

You are acting as if I have forced you and took your bloody virginity without your consent. For heaven sake's we are both adult and moreover you are a fucking male in our relation. Don't make it look like I'm some sex crazed hot-blooded girl who can't keep her hands off of you, not that I can but still,

Don't leave me alone especially at nights alone in the house, when I'm so hungry that I rather walk to the store and buy something than cook or order some take outs because you have spoiled me rotten"

After the big speech she had memorized from last night she takes a big breather and slumps down on the near couch.

She closes her eyes as she feels tired and before Enzo could react to what just happened he finds her snoring on his office couch.

"Umm, Mr. Antonio, I hope we didn't interrupt anything" one of his company's shareholders speaks breaking his gaze from his mate and towards the man.

Enzo sighs rubbing his temple before apologizing all of his shareholders who unfortunately were in the middle of very important meeting discussing about the company's future investments.

They all laugh at the situation shaking their head, it's a good thing all of them are wolves and vampires else this would have been more embarrassing situation than it already was to him.

"So, finally our boy here has gotten his first oral examination from his mate" one of the male comments making all of them laugh once again.

"Well my boy, we will all take our leave and let you tend your infamous mate we all have heard so much about. No, no don't; trust me its better if you wrap things up with her first. We can hold this meeting some other time and we have full faith that you won't sink our money. Have some fun with your mate as they are the sweetest thing on this earth we are lucky enough to have as well the most dangerous weapon when get mad at us" the man winks before leaving with the other members and they all wish him luck and pat on his back for support having the same outburst from their own mate once a while.

Enzo thank all of the members for coming and showing their support before going to lock the door so no one can disturb him again.

Not that anyone would dare to, except his mate who will always be an exception.

Walking to where she is in deep slumber Enzo watches her closely as he didn't have got chance to see her beautiful face at all for the last 2 days with all the workload he has gotten he really didn't had time in his hand.

It's not like he didn't try or that he was avoiding her.

Enzo goes to wake her up but stop his hand before smiling evilly, even if she felt avoided that doesn't mean she do not deserve any punishment with that thought he jumps on the couch she is sleeping atop her.

"Arghhh" Erika screeches as she feels a heavy weight on her

"Hey babe" Enzo turns her face to him and nips her nose

"Asleep" she whines pushing his face as well his weight off of her but he doesn't buzz and holds her tight

"Ya good idea asleep me too" he grins pecking her lips before burying his head on her neck and closing his eyes

"Enzo"

"Enzo"

"ENZO" Erika shouts shaking him but he just fake sleep

"What baby, asleep remember?" he pouts at her

"No asleep, not anymore" she states massaging his hair

Enzo smiles before switching their position so now Erika lies atop him.

"Have you gotten any sleep at all?" he asks as he pulls her hair out of her band and let it fall covering both of their face creating their own little bubble.

"No, you weren't there at all and I couldn't fall asleep at all and then I was so hungry all I have eaten is cereals, cornflakes and ice-creams" she complains

"I'm sorry I got really wrapped up in the work I should have asked one of my brothers to look at you or ask you to go home so mom could look after you" he apologizes

"I'm not a baby that needs to be look after at" she argues

"I know, but you are my baby and my baby needs to be look after at before she goes and does something harmful or embarrassing stuff just like today" he explains rubbing her lips which slowly but certainly is turning into a pout.

"What can I do, I have been practicing all those line from last night it took me like 4 hours to write it down on paper. I never knew, it was such a hard work to let your boyfriend know how much upset you are" she explains as she snuggles in his chest

Enzo chuckles as he rubs her back soothingly, his Piglet must have really gone over her capacity to tell him off like that.

Hmm, she never had to think a lot before she said what she had in mind to him or in her case to anyone, so what changed? Enzo thinks with narrow eyes and before he voices out she continues.

"And then moreover that Marco he showed up like twice in a day, god he was so irritating at one point. He won't leave me alone at all even when I told him he doesn't have to get involved on things that don't concern him...

Can you believe him apparently that Blaze guy was a werewolf too oh god, he had once tried to advance at me in the club good thing I ran away but poor Marco he took the burn but still that doesn't mean I'll tell him everything about your world, how can he even think I'll...

Anyway, I'm so tired and sleepy. Can you please finish off soon and come with me back to home so I can snuggle with you and sleep till the very end?" she asks and waits for his reply which never comes

"Enzo" she looks up at his face but stops as he stays still underneath her

Erika blinks her eyes as she sees his jaw in tight thin line as well his eyes are changing colors.

"Enzo" she whisper calls him as she doesn't know what has set him off like this?

As she was sure he didn't mind her outburst about before.

"What did you say?" he grits through his teeth

"Huh?" Erika looks at him in confusion

"Who came for the visit?" Enzo asks slowly

"Enzo what's wrong?"

"I asked you something"

"Marco came to visit, but why? He was working in the club..." she shrieks as Enzo gets up from the position throwing Erika on the couch before punching the wall near them.

He makes an inhuman sound which scares the shit out of Erika as she stays in the position in fear that her movement will set him off more.

Enzo paces back and forth breathing heavily as he tries to control his beast who wants to come and play around with blood, someone's blood.

HE looks around for some kind of distraction but finds none till he lays his eyes on Erika who has huddle up in the couch and looking at him wide eyes. Eyes that let him know how terrified she is and just like that his beast backs off and he can't see that particular emotion in her face and eyes towards them.

Enzo takes fast step towards her and grab her in his arms burying his face in her neck and taking her scent to stop the shaking of his body for the fear that he may have just lost his mate last night while he was away and didn't even had time to check on her.

How can he be careless time and again regarding her? How can he let his guard down when it comes to her?

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" he chants in her neck making her more confuse but she doesn't speak a word she doesn't dare and keep massaging his hair to calm him down.

Whatever has set him off like that was pretty much very bad and she will have to make sure she never says it.

"Enzo what was that about?" she voices after a while as they just keep sitting like that she all but tucked up in his lap while he ahs his face buried deep on her neck.

"Marco" he whispers before sighing heavily

Enzo pulls out of her neck before palming both her cheeks on his hands as if she is too fragile which she is, too fragile for his kind who won't need much effort to take her away from him.

"What about him?" she asks dreading for the answer

"Remember when I said I used to get bullied? He was the one who...who stab me on my eyes" he explains making Erika gasps

"Enzo" she whisper

"He wasn't supposed to be alive, dad made sure he was...he was...but how? All these year I thought he was dead...so how... No, no I need to look after all this. I need to think all of this from the start...

If he is alive it's a bad thing, very. We don't know what he has been doing all this time, we...we are...he...how?" Enzo starts to babble and talk to himself and he seems more and more frustrating as he keeps talking

Seeing him like this, scares Erika more than seeing him set off, she has never seen him so hysterical and vulnerable.

"Enzo, Enzo, Angel look at me. Focus on me, Angel come on. Only me, yes only me" Erika holds his face as when he looks at her he doesn't let him look anywhere but in her eyes hoping her eyes doesn't show how scare she is but love to him.

"Breathe; everything is going to be fine. May be he isn't the same guy who hurt you. And even if he is then you aren't the same guy who was bullied back then, who was defenseless. You have gone stronger, very strong. Remember all the training you went through to achieve what you're today...

He won't be able to hurt to anymore, because you are Enzo Antonio, my Angel who won't sit back and not strike this time. For me Angel, please don't loose yourself, you are so much better and more than you were back then" she tries to assure him and stop his fear of the past.

"I won't let him hurt you" Enzo voices after a while gaining back his senses which went back to the past and for a while he was trapped in it.

Enzo takes out his phone before dialing some number

"Andrew you fucking prick, how can you let slip who was visiting her? How can you be so careless? Fucking Marco is back for his fucking grave, that's' what happened!

I need everyone on guard duty alert and if anyone of them slip even for a second I'll have your head. You think I'll be kidding about that bastard? I want all the tape of the club Erika said he was working there, he was so fucking close yet no one knew the bastard was fucking alive...

I'll bet every penny I have that this shit going on it's him each and every one of it. I want all of you extra alert and ask everyone to gather in my house this instant!" he throws orders cursing more before hanging the phone.

"Don't throw it" Erika shouts just as he makes a move to do the same

"What?" Enzo looks at her

"I have some real good memories of us on that phone, don't break it" she voices before taking the phone out of his hand and clutching it in her chest.

"Like what?" he asks as she works as the perfect distraction he needs right now before meeting up with everyone later.

"Like the time you had sleep over in my room for the first time and the time we went of the park, oh yes I even had a picture of you of the day I gave you extreme pleasure and you slept like a baby that's my favorite picture of yours" she grins unlocking his phone and showing his the pictures.

"I didn't even knew you had taken it or it was on my phone" he voices going through all the pictures she had of herself making different faces on the camera as well posing funnily at it.

"What you haven't checked it at all? Enzo, I went so such length so you would see it and miss me, you are so bad I'm never clicking any pictures for you anymore" she finally pouts

"I'm sorry babe, I didn't knew but from now on I'll be missing you every time I open my phone see" he shows her his phone once again as he has set one of her picture as his wallpaper as well his screen lock.

"Awe Enzo you are so cute" she pinches both his cheeks and bites his nose lightly.

"I know, that's why you love me" he grins cheekily and she adores him even more

"Enzo, is Marco that bad of a news?" she asks suddenly as all the playfulness leaves her

"He is the worst news ever baby. If he is alive that means just one thing, he is after Crystal as unfortunately he holds the same blood within him as me. He is one of the gifted children and the most dangerous one among us" he explains

"How many of these gifted children are there any way? It seems like we are always back to square one. It's really stressing. Now you'll not have time for me at all and I'll see you even less, I'm so backing out of Team Crystal and Connor. I don't like it at all. I so hate Twilight now...

This is so not fair, you are my boyfriend and you are supposed to spend time with me. Why can't anyone of you just kill the culprit at once and be off with it. Why do you always have to look at the matter, it's not funny anymore" she complains on the verge of tears

"Okay, okay hush, hush baby. Piglet come on don't do this to me baby. I'm right here; I'm not going anywhere or leaving you. No, baby, no stop it Piglet no crying, please. You know how much I hate tears in your eyes" Enzo speaks gently to her as he tries to dry her unshed tears

His Piglet is being awfully emotional today.

"And I hate staying away from you" she hits his chest lightly

"I know baby, I know" Enzo hugs her tightly to him

He really hates when she gets extra emotional as this isn't his Piglet one who is always happy and bubbly all the time brightening everything around her.

"Want to move in to my room till all of this is done?" he asks her after thought

"Okay, but why can't I move in to your house?" she asks him

"Because I don't my family to go berserk because of too much doses named Erika" he teases her

"I'm not that bad, they can survive me. So, have you ever thought about us moving together and sharing a house, closet, bed and everything? Won't it be great having both of our cloths in same closet and then me sneaking some of your boxers then you pocketing my thongs thinking it's a handkerchief" she grins

"Why would I pocket your things?" he asks in amusement

"Because it will be a hilarious moment we will remember for the rest of our lives and I can tease you with that when our children are around so you won't have any choice but to pick me up cave man style and take me to our room so you can compromise me with a loads of sex and then I won't say it in front of our kids" she explains

"Ah is that so, hmm. It always comes back to sex isn't it? Is there any day that we don't say this word or you don't take out this topic?" he asks.

"What's wrong with talking about it between us? We are going to have to do it eventually, so why can't I enjoy the simple fact and discuss with you" she pouts once again and this time she folds her arms for extra effect.

"You'll be death of me" he chuckles before knocking on her head lightly.

Erika grins before loosing his tie and opening the first two buttons of his shirt while he lays back and watches what she will be doing carefully.

"So, why did you ran in the morning just after I gave you oral night before" she asks innocently making circle on his chest

"I had a meeting" he shudders

"That's not what your brothers said as they saw you rushing out like the hell hounds were after you" she states

"They must be seeing things, hell hounds weren't after me at all" he clenches his jaw as her hands moves seductively around his chest

"Then why was the rush for?"

"As I said...I...I...oh god" Enzo groans as Erika pinches his nipple

"You were saying?" she asks slowly

Enzo gulps as he looks at her and sees the determination in her eyes. He should have stopped her when he had time but now try as he might he can't as he is so damn aroused as the images of their night together flashes in his mind and his wolf isn't helping him at all in this situation. As his wolf too is siding Erika's side and throwing some graphic 3D images of Erika in many compromising position which his wolf would loved to try on her once they mate or in his case right now.

"I want the re-run of that night Enzo" she whispers in his ear

"We can't, we are in my office so"

"But don't you want to take me on this couch or against the door where everyone can here us and know exactly what we are doing and whom I belong to? Won't you like to show me what you can do behind the door to me, Enzo" she scraps her nail on the side of his cheek making him loose the battle even more.

"Or do you love the idea of spreading me on your desk while you have your way with me"

"Don't, don't do this to me please" Enzo whispers losing his voice as well all of his senses

How the fuck did they went from emotional to sexual?

"Fine" Erika huffs pulling away from him and getting off of his lap

Enzo takes breathe of relief as she gets off of him. His mind was going to crash down permanently hearing the way she was talking and acting. And his wolf wasn't helping him at all.

That horny bastard!

"Holy shit" Enzo shouts as all of a sudden Erika takes out his cock and sucks it

"Oh...Oh...ah..." Enzo looses all the thoughts as he finds her kneeling between his legs with him in her mouth

He was so entangled in his jumbled thoughts that once again he didn't feel her taking his manhood out and enjoying it.

Erika grins in victory as she enjoys her treat, she wasn't sure if she would succeed to take mini Enzo out but as she kneeled between his legs and slowly zipped him he didn't protest at all so she hurriedly took him out.

It's a good thing he was hyped from all the dirty talks, she giggles mentally.

Enzo watches in awe as she bobs her head up and down. Never in his life has he thought that he would get to see this sight.

He had thought after what ever happened between them he won't allow his Piglet to get down on him ever but oh how wrong was he as he is fully letting her have her way with him willingly and possibly he will allow her it as many times as she wants and wherever she wants.

As soon as Erika finishes him off Enzo slums down in total euphoria. Getting up Erika once again straddles him but this time she doesn't zip him at all and let his manhood hang in there proudly satisfied.

"You've gone down on my twice while I haven't done anything for you in return" Enzo voices a bit hoarsely from all the moaning and groaning he has done and oh how he screamed her name.

"I didn't do it so you can do something for me in return, so relax your raging heart because we both know you are not ready to explore my body yet and no pressure from my side. And anyway I have to make up for all the years you had to suffer by stopping doing anything about your urges because of me" she pecks his jaw.

"Erika if you are doing all this because of that, then forget this ever happened or will" Enzo sits straight holding her so she won't fall even if he is angry at what she just said

"And people say I'm the drama queen, will you just relax. It's as much for your pleasure as for me. I know you won't mate me anytime soon and I have accepted that fact...

If it's up to you I know you will never make a move towards me no matter what, because according to you, you'll ruin my life which you won't...

Enzo how many times after we got together have you done anything except kissing me? I heard werewolves are a very sensual beings and not all of the male are virgins before mating their mates but you, even if I'm willing you never go out of your boundaries no matter how much I poke or try to ignite your feelings and that makes me think that you aren't attracted towards me or you know" she shrugs as she explains him

The silence that is held between them makes Erika's doubt even more strong. She gets up from his lap and straightens her dress without a word she moves to unlock the door and all this while Enzo just sits on the couch with his zip still open.

The scene would have made Erika laugh for the rest of her life if not for the sadness that is crept in his eyes as he looks at her and Erika stops on her track.

"I'm scared. Mating isn't something to joke about. I'll have to bite you so my mark is permanently on your body specifically on your neck to prove who you belong to. And in some mating blood between the mates are exchanged so assure the bond is stronger...

It would have been easier if you were a wolf as well or may be any kind except human, but I don't know what will happen if I mark you...

It's not like humans don't mate with our kind it's just that I...my blood and it scares me to think that I'll hurt you or harm your permanently. I can't promise you the future you dream with me Erika and it scares me that I'll never be enough for you...

I don't want to bind you with me just because fate graced me with you as the ultimate gift. I want you to...have a different choice of life. A...different....man" he explains whispering the last word.

It's hard to even think his life without her but seeing her with someone else it'll just kill him, but he will not scarce her from other option if there is one where she won't end up dead because of him.

"So, you want me to have a different man huh? Is that it? So, if you have given me choice of different life then do tell me how many men I should be with or have you already decided with whom I should spend rest of my life with?" she shouts at him.

Anger, pure anger is what Erika feels inside of her. Anger she never felt before when her mother died, when the twins shut her out, when she saw those men hurting Gio or when she had to choose a line of work she despised each day.

She feels her whole body shake as the man she loved all her life so easily asks her to choose a different life and a man. Man who isn't him!

"May be I should fuck the first man I see on the road huh, will that ease you up? Will that make you fucking secure knowing I will not die by your hands? Will it make you happy if you see me living my life with some other guy who isn't you? Will you be at peace seeing me happily married with ten kids with someone else?

You fucking bastard, answer me" she shouts at him at the top of her lungs while he just sits on the couch without a word.

"Don't tell me what to do when you can't get over your insecurities about whoa and what you are. Because I have accepted you for everything you are and I don't regret one moment of it and don't you dare tell me to go seek some other male cause no one is enough for me except you...

If you think you can only be enough for me by mating me or being able to have kids with me then you Enzo Antonio you never truly knew who Erika Thomas is!

And it hurts me even more that you even suggested me to have some one else, how could you? Is that how low you think of me Enzo? That the first thing I'll do is run away as soon as I will know that your blood may kill or have side effects on me?" she sobs as she can't take it anymore.

His silence is just killing her, they were so happy few minutes ago but he had to go and say such things knowing well enough how she feels about him. And how much it hurts her when he tries to push her away like the time he did when....

All thoughts leave Erika as the realization of what Enzo is doing dawns on her. She narrows her eyes at the man as her tears stops abruptly like its even possible but then she is Erika Thomas anything can happen to her.

She walks towards him with full force before holding his open manhood on her hands and gripping it tightly with both her hands choking him to death.

The Prick!

How could he?

Thank god she has seen enough movies and read enough novels that she figured it all out.

"Er...ik...Er..." Enzo chokes as he tries to pry her hands away from him.
"You disgusting dog of a man, you! You are so dead today. Die you asshole. I'll choke you on you cock and I won't even blink an eye if you died...

You think you can fool me huh? You are an idiot if you think you can make fool of me. You thought I won't figure it out huh?"

Finally Enzo gathers enough strength to push her away and walk as far away from her as possible dangling his manhood on the way. He zips his manhood carefully inside his pants and hisses as it has gone way too sensitive with her grip.

Lord, he may need a new one. He doesn't know if it'll work now.

"God woman, what the fuck?" he scolds her glaring.

"I will should you some fuck you sexy beast! I can't believe I shed my precious tears on you! Mark my words Enzo I'll never let go of this act of yours ever, so watch you back because I'll make you go to hell for this!

You thought if you push me away I'll go away crying and cursing you which I did and never come back and hate you? Oh you are wrong you are never getting me off your back...

I'm so upset with you, so angry that I'm ready to cut that dick of yours for acting like one! Did you have fun" she asks as she puts her hands on her hips and taps her feet glaring at him.

Enzo looks away before facing her with a sigh.

"I'm sorry" he apologizes but she just doesn't accept it

"I know it was bad move on my part. I wasn't thinking straight I guess. It's just that hearing he was back I was just worried about you. If he was able to reach you even with so much security around that means he is capable of doing lots worse...

I just thought if we break up or you are angry with me till this whole mess is gone and make him believe that I don't want you or you me he will just leave you alone or not hurt you...

So, I was just faking to suggest we you know break temporarily" he smiles at her but she doesn't returns it back.

When she takes a step his way he holds his hands up to stop her.

"Not that I would really ask you to find someone, I mean I would kill any guy who even dares look at you in wrong way as for you I have full trust that you won't do anything like that...okay, okay ya you would go and do it knowing you, you'll just throw it all in my face" he rubs his neck nervously and stands still like a kid that got caught stealing the cookies when she walk where he is.

Erika doesn't even blink when she pulls his ears hardly

"Babe, sorry, I swear I'll never do it again. Ouch, seriously baby extremely sorry. It won't happen again. No fake break up or anything I swear" he pleads as she keeps strong hold of his ear and twists it.

Erika let go of his ear as she sees the honesty in him that he won't repeat the history once again.

"I swear Enzo if you pull stunt like this next time, I'll run off so far away that your stupid wolf nose won't even smell or find me and even if you do I'll never love you again and never be with you no matter how much you beg me" she sniffles rubbing her nose

Enzo stops mending his ear and takes his mate in his arms as she goes willing in it.

"It won't happen again and even if you left I'll follow you to the end of the world. I just wanted his attention away from you that's it and nothing else. I don't know what next few weeks or even hours will bring on us but I won't let go of you...

Hell, even saying you find a different man was like tasting acid Piglet. I will never say that to you, I'm so sorry I made you cry even when I promise not to. I really hate when you cry, you looks real scary when you cry with all red eyes and nose and then the gooey stuff coming out pf your nose, ya real nasty" he grimaces at the last part

"Hey" Erika complains weakly hitting him on the chest

"Just kidding baby. My Piglet looks sexy at whatever she does even if it's crying or pouting" he states whipping her nose with his sleeve.

"But you all said pouting doesn't suit me" she says looking at him

"Ah about that, well let's just say today is an exception day for you so you are allowed to look sexy at whatever you do" he tries once again getting a blow on his chest

"Ah Piglet, I love you so much. Don't ever, ever doubt that and as for not believing my lies thank you baby that proves how much faith you have on me and I promise to never break it...

But I was hoping for some drama how you will run away from here and after months I will come begging for forgiveness but you will just shakes that sexy butt of yours at me and walk away then I will follow you everywhere like a stalker and try to win you back...

We will wine and dine and finally I will give my 'V' card to you on a silver platter hmm, and we end up having passionate filled nights. Would have made a great story to tell out grand kids wouldn't it?" he wiggles his brows at her teasingly

"Shall I cut your dick right now or later when you give it to me on silver platter?" Erika pokes on the side of his stomach

"Not now baby, seems like it won't be able to function for a while, he may have gone to come due to overload" he states in grief.

They both laugh at that.

"Awe is my Angel getting good at comeback line because of spending too much time with me?" Erika coos pinching his cheeks

"May be" he grins proudly reminding her of a little boy.

"I love it when you are in playful mood" she states as she grazes his jaw which has light stubble in it which she likes as it grazes her skin.

"Uh-huh and I love you just the way you are" he kisses her forehead.

Enzo holds Erika's hand as they enter the house and he is greeted by almost everyone of his team as well Adrian, Connor and Rom.

"Let's go to the study room, we will be able to get some privacy" Giovanni suggests before taking the men along with him.

Enzo pecks Erika lightly before he too heads for the room but is held back when Erika pulls his hand.

"I'm going in there too" she states

"No, you are not. It's highly confidential babe" he explains before turning around only to stop once again.

"No way, I'm going in. After the stunt you pulled I don't trust you, what if you all plan on doing it and if it succeeds" she argues making Enzo roll his eyes

"Piglet, I told you it won't happen it was a rash decision on my side"

"No, I'm still going in. I don't want to hear about it more"

"Come on babe, you'll get bored in there. Stay here and eat the twin's brain okay" he pulls her in his arms and both of them swing a bit

"But I want to hear it all, I won't get bored nor will I disturb you, please Enzo" she clings to his arms and jump a bit from foot to foot.

"Baby, I said no. Don't be like this you know it's really hard for me to say no to you and you just keep using it against me"

"Enzooo" she whines still moving in his arms

"No"

"Pleaseeeeee"

"Baby"

"Enzooo"

"Piglet, I said no"

"Enzooo"

"Okay, fine but promise you won't disturb any one of us? If you got any queries you ask me after we are done in there okay?" he orders and she salutes him before Enzo kisses a giggling Erika.

They both smile at each other before heading to the study room only to find every one of his family members as well his friends gawking at them with a grin on their faces making both Erika and Enzo blush as they were so into each other that everyone saw their display of affection more like everyday occurrence.

"I want to join in too"

"No"

"Rom"

"Andrew"

"Oh Rom"

"Shut up"

Enzo growls at the both men who just like Erika and him were copying their behavior and teasing him.

"But Enzooo" Rom whines pouting only to get a hard glare in return

"Cute"

Adrian smiles before clearing his throat as everyone looks his way when he says it out loud for everyone to hear.

"Definitely cute, awe Enzo I never knew you have it in you man. Well I' must say you are so WHIPPED" Rom laughs as he shouts the last part at Enzo

Enzo just sighs before pointing at the direction they all are suppose to move before any of his family starts to gush at his behavior.
When he is with his mate everything around him just fades away, Enzo smiles before pecking his mate once quickly so no one can see it.

*******

With his back to the wall and a cigar in his mouth Marco awaits patiently for his insider so he can get some good information which he wants to hear eagerly as these past few months has been hell for him.

After the raid on the club he has been hiding and living literally on the streets and that has turned him in to a laughing stock in his crowd.

The same crowd who was scared to even look his way, now is backing away from this whole thing and he is loosing his shit!

All the pain and planning he had been doing and setting everything up now has gone in to ditch!

Who would have thought one plain move and he would loose all of it. The power, control and respect!

If only he had know what that Bitch Rose was planning behind his back. If she hadn't kidnapped the baby from Vivian she would have never gone to Romano and now this whole mess wouldn't have been created and more over she had to drag that human girl.

And moreover fate had bitch slapped him when he knew that the girl was Enzo's mate, god dammit if only he had knew about that information before handed, before she flew away from him then may be he would have all the players right where he wanted them.

All the planning, time and money he had invested had been of no use and now he is the one hiding away.

Everyone was playing their parts perfectly; he had planted all of his people on their post and gaining every little detail he can but some how Blaze thought he can outrun Marco and hide the part where he was supposed to know Erika was Enzo's mate.

Then there was Rose she had become fan of Erika and wanting to save that human girl betraying him, backing away from everything they planned and now she has disappeared to God knows where that not just him but even the Antonio's can't get a hold of her tracks, she always was a sneaky bitch he shouldn't have trusted her at all.

Now, his only hope was Neil and if that bastard even so much as hint that he want an out he will literally choke him to death and kill his daughters.

He had planned Neil so he could keep an eye on Erika and lure her lose to him so he an get some information about the Antonio's but who would've thought his daughters would be the Antonio's mate, oh how he had laughed that day when he found out about it all but the bastard was worried his precious daughters won't be happy if they found what Neil's intentions were and he has been protesting ever since but a threat here and there is what has been keeping the guy shut but even Marco knows he can't make Neil stop if he wants an out except kill him.

Every thing is falling out of place one by one. Now not even the blood and power that the queen holds is keeping them in the game.

As soon as they knew Connor was back to serve his mate they had been wary and now Adrian and every single one of the council is taking Enzo's side.

In his craze to take revenge on Enzo he had totally forgotten how powerful he had gone from the last time they met. If only his father didn't came n time to save him then he would have killed him, but his luck he survived but not for long the next time he meets Enzo he will have so much fun to kill him slowly but certainly.

"Marco"

Neil's voice cuts all the thoughts that were inside Marco's head as he pushes himself off the wall and looks at Neil and nod.

"What have you got for me?"

"They are all gathered up in the Antonio's manor and I think they know you are back"

"Well, I was hoping for that and what else? Did you find out where Crystal is been hiding?"

"You know that is very crucial information for any one of us to gain"

"You have been in that house in and out for months now!"

"That doesn't mean Enzo or Giovanni will get up and tell me where exactly she is located anyway and moreover I can't go and ask out just like that about her"

"God Dammit" Marco punches the wall in frustration.

"Listen Marco I can't do this anymore, I know I owe you a lot but things are getting pretty heat up now. Even your men are going against you and now that council is getting hand of us I don't think it's a good idea to do anything. Why don't you just lay low for sometime and see if they will back away?"

"Shut your trap Neil, I don't pay you for your suggestions, so keep that for yourself. I have been waiting for so damn long and I can't anymore, this thing has been dragged for too long now it's either I die or they. And I sure as hell am not dying without giving an awesome fight and without getting a glimpse of her"

Neil stands still as he sees the sickening glimpse in Marco's eyes that lets him know that Marco has long ago passed his sanity and now he won't stop till he destroys everything.

"You can leave and inform me if you have any valuable information else don't show up"

Marco shouts and Neil leaves without being told twice. Neil had met Marco when he was in grief of his mate and when he heard what Marco wanted for him to do, he didn't gave a second thought before jumping for it but now he regrets his decision as not only did he jeopardize his life but his daughters as well who after so long are happy.

But now that happiness is not guaranteed for too long. Neil feels hopeless as he walks to his car not knowing how long he can keep up as it's been long he has been ding Marco's dirty work.

"I heard his daughters are pregnant and will be giving birth soon" The woman appears as soon as Neil is gone.

"Ah, the whole new generation of Antonio's hmm. Ah damn, I don't want to involve those pups, but I guess we don't have any choice. Neil will be backing off this whole thing I'm damn sure about it"

"What do you want me to do, master?"

"Don't I love that word? Get them"

"Do I kill them?"

"No, no we can't kill those innocent, I have better plan for them. A little gift for Crystal as well Enzo"

The woman nods before disappearing from his side leaving a grinning Marco, who suddenly hisses once the pain is back and he can't stop his shaking falling on the ground gasping for air.

He really has to get a hold of Crystal and soon.

Back down in Antonio's house the men are huddled inside the study room throwing their ideas to how to trap Marco seems the guy they thought dead all this time was alive and right under their nose.

A big yawn is escaped from Erika's mouth as she stretches from her seat.

"You guys are really boring, here I thought it will be fun knowing the plans but all you are discussing is the things everyone already knows" she points out

"Come on guys give me some juices, something to excite me and hold on to the edge of my seat while I hear the plan. I need some action in boys, some drama!" she throws her hands around in the air for more emphasis.

"It's not some movie it's real life, we have to go through details before making our moves and anyway we don't even know how he is alive in the first place when Giovanni himself had made sure the guy was dead" Ad explains to her.

"Even a kid will answer that; if he is one of the gifted kids don't you think it'll be hard to kill him?" she rolls her eyes at them as they are the most idiot thing god has ever created

"You are right but still..."

Erika holds her hands to stop whatever these men were going to tell her. She has had heard and seen enough what these so called powerful men in the in-human world had to say or do.

It's high time that this human teach them how to tackle their enemy, sometimes you need to start with the basics, she smirks before she looks at each of them.

The men all of them has the same expression as to what she was to do and raise a brow her way encouraging her to do her thing.

"Just watch and learn, boys" she winks before pulling out her cell phone and dialing some random numbers.

"Hey Marc, what's up?" she greets

"So, I was with the boys and they are like getting nuts planning how to like kill you and stuff so I was wondering what exactly is your plan anyway?" she asks him bluntly making Marco laugh full out.

Enzo looks at his mate is pure disbelief as she is carelessly lying with her legs on the back of the couch and asking details with their enemy like it's the most natural thing in the world!
Then again anything is possible for his mate, the key point and matter anything!

Shaking his head at her way he gently gets up from his own seat and takes the phone away from her hands. May be it wasn't such a bad idea to talk with Marco directly.

"Turner" Enzo greets

"Ah Antonio" Marco greets back

"I see you are well aquatinted with my mate" he states as he looks pointedly at Erika who has gotten up and stretching her neck to hear what they are talking.

"The Angel, who wouldn't want to be aquatinted with the lovely stripper. She is a force to be recon?" Marco chuckles amusingly.

Enzo looks at his mate and warn her through his eyes before taking the call out of the room.

Erika looks at his back with a pout.

"I can't believe you had his number" Rom looks at her in awe

"You can be so stupid sometimes" Adrian scolds her not liking the idea of the call

"No, she is awesome! We should worship her each and everyday for the rest of our lives" Rom jumps up from his seat and picks Erika up and both of them spin around.

"I can't believe you pulled that stunt, it was awesome" Rom gushes over and over again like a fan girl.

"Your stupidity has no boundaries" Rom shouts before dumping her on the couch.

Erika groans holding her head as the room spins around her.

"You are no where to be near my son from now on. You may endanger his brains" he warns taking his seat once again

"It's not some game; you can just play around with. We don't know what he has under his sleeve and you calling him and alerting him will definitely have some consequences" Connor speaks for the first time in all of this happening.

Erika pouts some more looking towards Giovanni for some help which never comes as he just still is in shock what his tiger just did and he all but hopes that Enzo has everything under control.

"It's really fun being around you" Peter states smiling her way

"Who might you be?" she asks raising her brow at him

"I'm Enzo's friend" he informs making her wave at him a little before pouting again

"Don't worry everything will be under control" Andrew offers smiling her way as well

"How do you know?" she asks him once again forgetting her pout

"Because Enzo is the one who is doing the talking with Marco not you" Philip another friend of Enzo answers

"Who the hell are you people, and how did you get in?" Erika asks as she now notices them.

All this time her focus was on the important men named Rom, Gio, Adrian and Connor and of course Enzo but who are these people?

But they just simply shrug their shoulders and look at her intently so much that she starts to fidget in her seat.

Her focus is taken away from those weird men when Enzo once again enters the room and kisses her forehead.

"Your friends are weird" she whispers to him

Enzo raises his brow towards them in question but they just simply shrug once again.

"They work like that" he chuckles

"So did my idea work?" she asks him clasping her phone in her hands

"Don't tire your brains on it" Enzo ruffles her hair before taking his seat

"Hey tiger" Sean enters the room looking for her

"Hey Papa bear" she greets him with a smile

"We are taking girls for their weekly check up, want to join us?" he asks her

"No, I don't think it's a good idea taking her there again. I don't think so" Enzo states

"Why so not?" Erika protests looking at him

"Remember the last time? I don't think..."

"I'm going and that's final, I don't care if Ducky will get heart attack but I'm going" she points out before dragging Sean with her.

"Well, that was easy" Gio chuckles shaking his head

"All she needs a bit of distraction and she is done" Andrew states grinning and giving Enzo a thumbs up

"Still that doesn't mean she won't go and contact him" Rom raises his brow at Enzo

Enzo smiles sweetly before throwing something his way and he easily catches it. Rom laughs as he sees Erika's cell phone battery in his hand

"She will throw a fit for it"

"Nothing I can't handle" Enzo replies before getting serious.

"What did he say?"

"The obvious, he wants to know where Crystal is along with some threats"

"So what's the plan, did you track the call?"

"He is not so stupid to get tracked down easily but if it's any consolation he just got a visitor"

Every man in the room gets alert to this information

"Who is he?"

"Neil Gomez"

Giovanni curses as he hears the name. He was already aware about Neil being somehow involved with Marco but still this particular thing is something he doesn't know how to handle.

He doesn't want to hurt the girls who he has come to love as his own daughters than they already were due to Neil and now that they have enough proof that he was taking Marco's side and now they can't just simply ignore this fact.

"We need to do something about him soon" Ad looks at Enzo with a pointed look

"I know I will handle him" Enzo nods in understanding

"Now back to Marco, how are we going to handle him? We have no clue what his next step is and we just can't go and confront him just like that without knowing what he has under his sleeve or who are supporting him on all of this. This matter has been dragged for too long if the locals figured it out that the queen is still alive and among us you know what will happen not all of us are forgiving for what happened" Adrian voices his concerns

"He is right and we just can't keep cleaning his dirty work and make it look as if nothing has happened" Rom adds as well

"He wants the queen than we give him the queen" Connor states all of a sudden making the men look at him in more confusion than they already were

"What's that supposed to mean?" Giovanni asks

"Look, sooner or later everyone has to know that Crystal is alive and I think she has hidden her self for far too long, much more than necessary. She needs to show herself one so why not now? She can't hide and escape from the past all her life and she needs to face it up front...

We need to disclose the fact that she was with us to everyone"

"Ya and in that process give a wake up call to all the hunters who are desperately wanting to taste her blood as well, why not right? Oh while we are at it why don't we just pull out a show to everyone to let them know our ex-queen is a half fairy wow wonderful, Bravo" Rom claps his hands and states sarcastically.

"No need to twist your panties for it Drama queen" Connor grumbles

"Seriously Rom" Adrian chuckles at his friend who has been too dramatic more than Erika today

"I just don't want people to sniff at my mate if they knew she has queen's blood flowing in her" Rom murmurs knowing they will still hear it

"No one will touch a hair of her and Gio; they are under our wings Rom, so just relax. You're not the only one who has their family to look out for if this truth comes out. Each and every one of s who is involved with her will be targeted but that doesn't mean we will let our guard down" Giovanni pats the man's shoulder in assurance

"I just don't want to loose the only family I have left" he sighs

"Oi, when did the great Romano start to be such a pussy? If words come out about it your rep is going down hill bro. And they are not the only family you have we al are your family man" Adrian shakes his shoulder and then they give each other a hug before taking their seats once more

"Ah-man may be Gio and V they both are making me too much emotional. Just a bit scared that this all is just a dream" he rubs his face

Family is something he has been craving all his life and now knowing someone is threatening his family is taking out the protective side of him as well the side which is terrified that if things didn't go his way it will all be vanished.

"It's okay to be scared Rom" Giovanni states one more patting his shoulder

"Hey boys why don't you go and give Neil a bit of a visit" Enzo asks and the boys just gets up from their seats too happily and stretch

"Meet you at the headquarters" Andrew states before waving them goodbye along with Peter and Philip

"Ad why don't you inform the council that we are brining Crystal out" Enzo states before looking at Connor

"Make sure she is well prepared for everything and let her know about Marco, its better if she knows what's happening and who is doing all this" Enzo points out before getting up himself

"And Pa the girls will be having all their check up in the house and no more morning walk outs, they will have to do that in the backyard for the time being" he informs before saying his goodbye

"Enzo wait, what exactly did you talk with Marco?" Giovanni asks and all the men wait for the answer as well, as they too are curious about it.

Enzo flung his jacket on his shoulder before looking at them

"He just wanted to know if I'm still a virgin" is all they get before he is out of the room.

Enzo drives to headquarter; the boys are waiting in for him to show up. Heath pulls out a new phone for Enzo as soon as he gets in.

"Is Neil in?" Enzo asks before making his way in.

Neil wipes off the sweat as he sees Enzo getting in the chair in front of him,

"I will get straight to the point with you, why are you spying on my mate knowing well that she always saw a good man in you and if I remember correctly she also helped your daughters with their mates"

Enzo asks quietly then waits for Neil to answer. Enzo is far long gone to care whoever the fuck was behind all the mess. All he wants to know is what his mate did to deserve such behavior from the man whom she respects as her father, whom she trusted, defend as well gave chance when no one did, not even his own daughters.

Neil puts his head down for a while before he looks up at Enzo,

"I didn't mean any harm but my hands are tied. I kept Marco away as much as I could but we both know, I'm just a mere messenger, whose only work is to gather information not act" he states

"Your wife never died on that car accident or whatever the crap you made your daughters believed is it?" he asks making Neil nod.

"I was a part to that war as well, wanting the queen out of her throne; they killed her because of the mistakes I made somehow. But what was I suppose to do, I was just following the orders but they never gave me chance to defend me. It was too late till I made for my mate's rescue she was already gone and all I could do was hold her as she took her last breathe...

I didn't know what to tell to the girls, it was easy to blame them then face the truth. I had to leave the town so they couldn't touch my daughters as well and since then my past has been hunting me. I have been running away from them but somehow they catch up...

This was supposed to be my last mission it was easy all I had to do was keep an eye on Erika so when the right time came they can use her against you all" Neil rubs his face tiredly as he explains

"I never wanted to hurt her not in anyway, you know I love Erika as my own even if I was giving them details about you all. Your mate is something else, no one can escape her charms and wits can they?" he chuckles but Enzo is not one bit amused or affected.

"I can kill you this instant for what you did but I won't. Not because your daughters are my sisters now, but if something happened to you my mate will be hurt and it is something I can't let happen" with that Enzo stands up.

"How long am I going to be here?" he asks.

"Till you realize what you want to do once you are out of here" Enzo replies before walking out of the door.

He can't be near that man for even a second than he already spends.

"Enzo wait" Neil shouts halting him on his track

"I have something really important to say to you, Marco he...he is using some black magic. I know it may seem odd but I could smell it all over him. I have seen it happen before when I had joined the force they were using to kill the queen... I don't know how he got hands on something like that or if there is anyone so much powerful to use such magic...

But whatever he is doing isn't just revenge or to get hands on Crystal, this thing runs deeper than it seems to be. Just be careful, I don't want anyone of you hurt" he states

Enzo nods at the guy before once again taking his leave.

Erika licks her ice cream one more as she looks at the boys gushing at their mate to be careful. It was simply pathetic of them.

It was waste of time that she came with Sean and now that she thinks about it all Enzo tricked her to go with the twins.

She grins, awe her mate is growing up. She will make sure to give him a blowjob reward for tricking her like that. She looks at the boys once again who are helping their mates on their mates to come out of the hospital and holding them delightfully as them takes one stair at one time.

Ahh!

Knowing the boys will take forever she takes out her phone to call Enzo and see if they have killed Marco yet or not.

But when she goes to on it, it doesn't she sighs thinking the battery died before putting it back in her pocket.

Erika once again zoom her eyes to twins who are still on the stairs.

"Forget it, I'm walking home" she yells before waving at them and walking

Erika doesn't even make up to her step when some one blows a horn her way and she looks up to see Travon grinning at her like a lunatic he is moreover a pervert.

She scoffs at him.

"What are you doing here?"

"I came to take you somewhere" he walks out of the car and runs to her side

"Not interested" she waves him off

"Oh come on now, let's go out. We haven't been able to hang out for so long" he whines making her roll her eyes.

"Get lost Travon not in the mood" she goes as far to push him off her stairs but he doesn't even budge

"Come on, you can pretend I'm taking you on a date" Travon suggests

"Please you aren't my type. I have seen twilight I don't want to look as pathetic as Bella giving birth to your child" she pushes him once again

Vampires and their bloody strength she curses.

"We vampires should sue Stephanie Meyer as an act to violate our image we don't spark please, that's so gay" he snickers.
"Hey!" she shouts as him "No gay jokes, my best friend are gay and I'm proud of that"

She states making him surrender. As she once again goes back on the task to push him off of the stairs. She uses her butt to push him off when it doesn't work she lies on the ground and pull his right leg but nope he doesn't move at all.

Finally she jumps on his back to make him fall but Noooo it doesn't work as well.

"What exactly are you doing?" Travon asks in amusement as he watches her for so long and then she jumps on him.

"Trying to push you down" she breathes heavily

"Well in that case, you better hold on tight, spider-monkey" with that Travon speeds up to his car to take her to the place where he wanted her to be.

"I'm not going anywhere with you especially if it's a date" Erika folds her arms and glares at him as he deposits her on his car and puts her seat belt on.

He smiles as he takes his seat as well and starts the car

"Relax we can never go on a date as couple" he chuckles

"Why" she asks

"Simple because we are siblings" he informs as the car moves

Erika snaps her head at him giving herself a whiplash and she groans in pain

"What do you mean by sibling?" she asks as she holds her neck massaging it.

She never remembers her mother dating some guy and getting Prego?

Travon chuckles as he sees her expression.

"I'm your half brother in a sense that your father turned me" he explains her casually

Erika looks at him with wide eyes not knowing what to say?

"Don't look at me like that, I'm taking you to meet someone and you will love it" he states grinning

"Is it Santa Claus?" she asks hopefully.

Travon laughs at that line; this girl never stops to amuse him. The way she changes the topic in a blink of an eye is unbelievable.

He ruffles her hair as he answers, "ya something like that"
They reach his house, he opens her door and they both walk in. Erika looks around the house as she had missed the opportunity the last time she was in here.

"Travon" Jericho calls as he comes out of his room.

He smiles as he sees Erika with Travon. He has been waiting for this moment for a while now.

Erika looks at the man that entered the room before turning towards Travon, "that's not Santa" she points out.

"No, but I'm your father" Jericho states giving her a second whiplash of the day.

Erika looks at the man head to toe with narrowed eyes, so this was the man the very reason who made her.

She taps her chin as she looks carefully to him, "I don't look like you"

She states before walking past him inside Travon's room she brings a small mirror out before looking at her face than comparing with the man, who says he is her father.

"Hmm, are you sure I'm your daughter, my chin doesn't matches to yours or my eyes, our nose doesn't match too" she turns her face left to right in to check more properly in the mirror.

"Why don't we do the DNA test?" he teases chuckling at her.

His daughter really is hilarious.

As soon as Erika hears it she throws the mirror to Travon and he catches it in his hand, amusement is all he feels.

"No, no. No DNA test who knows you have sucked so many blood that it all mixed and for all I know you have sucked the man who is my faceless father and when we take out your blood it matches to mine. I'm not going to be fooled by it" she shakes her finger to him in denial.

She turns towards Travon once again who watches the duo in amusement,

"You my pervert professor are in for a ride of your life, if you didn't show me a Santa Claus this instance" she threatens him as she puts her hands on her hip tapping her leg.

"How about I show you someone greater than Santa Claus?" he grins.

"Hello sweetie" Amber calls as she enters the scenery too.

Erika once again gets the whiplash as she comes face to face with her mother.

"What the hell is this? Whiplash day?" she shouts as she looks at her mother who she thought was death for the past few months.

"You were supposed to be fried like a crispy potato in hell, how the hell are you here looking sexy as sin" she croaks.

"Breathe girl" her mother warns before she rush to catch her daughter.

And just like that Erika looses her sight as darkness takes over.

Amber glares at her husband as her daughter blacks out,

"I knew I shouldn't have trusted your stupid plans" she growls as she lets him pick up her daughter.

"She was handling it well till she saw you" he comments.

They put Erika on the bed before checking her pulse, it's normal.

"She is a lot like you" Jericho comments as he watches both of them.

"And I'm glad it is that way" she states brushing Erika's hair away from her face. It's been too long she got to look at her daughter.

"I'm sorry" she whispers as she kisses her daughter forehead covering her with the blanket.

"Relax she just went on shock, she is strong Amber" Jericho comments as he follows her out of the room letting Erika rest for a while.

Amber turns facing him as she shouts at the man.

"That's why you all are taking her for granted, isn't it? All of you just keep saying she is strong; she is strong when my daughter isn't! You men are all worthless piece of shit and I want all of you out of her life. She has been through a lot but you all keep saying she is strong just to run away from confronting her...

She doesn't need males like you in her life who will constantly hurt her. She is so weak and has gone through so much all her life. She should be treasured Jeri not be treated like this. I know my baby she may seem tuff, hide under all her jokes and come back lines but she is lonely and scared from inside" she cries and Jericho holds her in his arms.

"I know, I know. I'm sorry I left you both when you needed me the most but I didn't have any other choice. But now, I'm back for good and I'll make sure our princess has to never face anything alone" he promises as he hugs her to him.

They both get startle as they hear someone clap their hands so they turn around to face Erika who grins at them,

"Wow that was pretty intense" she whistles.

"How are you feeling?" Amber asks as she walks to her.

"I feel like murdering all of you for disturbing my sleep and leaving me" she hugs her mother.

"I knew you would never leave me" she whispers as Amber takes her in her arms.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't there for you. I got involved in things I shouldn't have" she explains.

"So, he is the donor?" she nods at Jericho.

"Yap one and only. Hope you both find it in your heart to forgive me" he smiles at them.

Erika grins as she jumps in his arms startling him, "Hey daddy" she sighs as she can finally meet her father.

"What exactly happened? Why are you all here now?" she asks them curiously.

It's like her own television series is going on as one second she is lonely no one cares and all leaves her and next her mother is alive. Her father is back and she also has a brother as her pervert professor and both her father and new brother are vampires.

"Wow this could make an awesome movie story only if I was the writer, producer, director and actor" she comments.

Not knowing what to make of all it and how to react she just jokes about it. No use in crying for what's done is done.

"Yes and you will also be the only audience in it" Travon chuckles once more ruffling her hair.

Erika sticks her tongue at him before she rushes off to her mother and hugs her once again.

"Sweetie, are you alright? I mean I know all of this must be so sudden and come as of shock to you so are you okay?" Amber brushes her daughter's hair away from her face

"I'm fine mom, now that you all are here; let's not think of all of this please. I just want to enjoy the fact you aren't lost to me and finally I have someone to call daddy" she smiles as he closes her eyes and enjoys herself in her mother's embrace and before she knows it she is back in her deep slumber once again.

"Hey baby"

Erika opens her eyes to find Enzo kneeling in front of her bed and lightly grazing her cheeks

"Hey" she yawns before stretching her body

"I had a weird dream" she states looking up on the ceiling with narrow eyes

"Is that so?" Enzo asks before pushing his way in the bed and pulling her in his arm

Erika turns to his chest and starts to play with his shirt button

"I saw mom and then my daddy too" she whispers

"What else" he asks rubbing her back soothingly

Erika puts her chin on his chest and looks at his face before she asks

"Enzo do you love me?"

"Of course baby"

"Do you promise to never ever like ever leave me alone?"

"I promise"

"You won't abandon me or our kids, right?" she asks once again

"Piglet, what is it? Why all of sudden are you asking such questions? You know I won't ever do that right?"

"I think I'm loosing my mind" she confesses after a while

"Why is that?" he asks in amusement

Erika just shrugs her shoulder before looking on in his chest avoiding his eyes. Enzo sighs pulling her whole body on his chest and now she is lying on him.

"Actually that wasn't dream" Enzo confesses

"What" Erika asks as she straddles him

"Your mother and father both are downstairs waiting for you to wake up" he states making her shriek

"Enzo" she kisses him all over his face before jumping off of him and running downstairs

As soon as she sees her father she jumps on him

"Daddy" she screams and that is the only warning Jericho gets before his daughter is in his arms squealing

After the reunion of Erika with her family once again she can't help but keep grinning at them. Enzo smiles and feels at peace as he sees her so happy and giddy that she can't keep still on her seat as she keeps glancing at her parents every now and then and then giving him a look saying look even I got a supernatural being in my family.

Enzo walks inside Erika's room and he already feels sleepy too tired with all the day's activities. He still has to inform her about Neil which he doesn't know how she will react to.

Seeing her so happy after so long he decides not to say anything about Neil to ruin her mood.

"Enzo" Erika shouts as she jumps on him and settles on his lap

"Hey Shrek" he teases pinching her nose

"I'm not Shrek" she whines as wraps her arms around him

"All you have been doing is shrieking after you woke up so yes you are" he argues

They both sit in each others embrace enjoying their moment when Jericho knocks on the door clearing his throat.

Erika jumps off Enzo's lap and look at her father who is staring at then intently

"Honey why don't you say goodnight to Enzo and get some rest it's late and I'm sure Enzo is getting late" Jericho voices

"It's no problem he can stay here, he stays her almost every night" Erika explains

"Yes, but now that your mother and I are here, there's no need for him to be here spending the night in the house and you know in your bedroom" he clears his throat once more

"I understand your concern Jericho but I'll be just fine being with her" Enzo defends not liking the way the conversation is going on

"Yes but it's inappropriate for you to be here with her without you know..." he shrugs his shoulder

"No, I don't know, what's inappropriate in me spending some time with my mate" Enzo states

"People will talk; I have my daughter's reputation on line Enzo" Jericho grits out

"Oh Dad are you cock blocking us, right now?" Erika shouts throwing her hands up in the air

"You two are not doing anything that needs cock in it while I'm in this house" Jericho shouts back equally

"I'm leaving" Enzo takes his car keys from the table making a bee line to the door while Erika follows him

"You are leaving" she whines holding his hand

"I hate you father" Enzo groans pulling his hair

"I can't believe you both are even talking about my cock like that. God, now I know where you got this gene from. Damn both of you have no shame, I'm so embarrassed" he sighs

"Ahh I don't like this at all. Does that mean you won't be able to stay the nights here?" she asks him and he nods

"I hate my father, may be it was a bad idea to begin with" she whines before clinging to his arm

"See that's why I told you to mate with me now he won't even let me be with you" she cries

"You are not mating with my daughter till she reaches 30" Jericho's voice booms from the door startling both of them

"Daddy" Erika shouts at him

"Erika"

"I will do as I please; he my boyfriend and I love him"

"I don't care what he is to you, but he won't be touching my daughter especially in front of me in my house"

"Arghhh, then I will go with him in a park or alley and do the deed" she shots back at him

"Don't you dare missy? Get in the house this instant"

"No, I won't. I love him and I can't live without him"

"Erika, get in the house"

"You can't make me do anything. Our love is pure and we aren't ashamed of it. I won't hide and get scared of you daddy. You can't break us apart no matter what"

"Then I will disown you from this house and our life. So, choose Erika is it him or us?" Jericho folds his hands in his chest and looks at them sternly

Erika looks from her father to Enzo clutching her chest near her heart before she burst out in tears and run inside her house.

Enzo face palms himself mentally before getting in side the car and driving off. Erika was bad alone but with her father now it's got even worst.

"Is he gone?" Erika asks as he sees her father enter her house

"Ya" he grins before giving his daughter high-five

"It was so fun. I always wanted to do that. Seeing it always happens in movies" she grins hugging her father

"Yes it was so awesome but I don't think he will buy it seeing he was listening to all of it with no expression"

"May be he juts got used to me, but who cares awe daddy you're the best. I always dreamt when I got my boyfriend my father will drag him off my room and then we will all have a show down it's was perfect" she gushes

"Hey we didn't do the part where I drag him from your room. We should do the next time he is here. I can beat him to pulp too" he suggests

"Ouch" they both shriek when Amber pulls both their ears

"You both are terrible. What the hell was that just now outside?" she scolds them

"Jeri, Erika here already has enough men in her life to at her beck and call to spoil her and you don't need to get add in that list. And if I find any one of you act like that ever, you both will be on cleaning and cooking duty for 6 months" she threatens them knowing well how much the daughter father duo hates any work regarding household

"Yes mom" they both say in unison before walking upstairs

"Where are you going?" Amber asks seeing Jericho follow their daughter

"I'm going to tuck my princess in the bed" he pouts making her roll her eyes

"She is such a spoiler I tell you" Jericho complains as soon as Amber is out of ear shot

"ya but if we did anything she will make us cook and clean I don't want that daddy" she sighs

"I know honey the feelings mutual, may be we should let it rest for sometime till then I'm sure we can find something else to pass our time and bond" he suggests as he lets her get in her bed

"Good night princess, sleep well" he kisses her forehead before covering her up

"Goodnight daddy, I love you" she yawns

"I love you too, princess" Jericho smiles as he closes her door.

Driving off to his house Enzo recalls the phone call he had with Marco which was fishy as well as off.

By the talk he had he is sure for one thing that Marco won't stop until he knows where Crystal is. And he isn't worry about that cause no matter what he tires she will never be in his hands or mercy.

Now that Connor is on their side he knows Connor will go through heaven to hell to protect his mate and that's the biggest relief he has got.

But hearing Neil say that Marco is also using some black magic something which shouldn't be played with is nagging him from the moment he heard it. It wasn't a surprise that he had taken some help or using some witch to all this. As soon as he knew Marco had a visit with Erika not once but twice he knew he had gotten help from a witch as they are the only one that can fool his guards. Magic is the answer!

But still playing with magic moreover a black magic is not just dangerous to them but Marco as well because it takes a lot of practice to handle those types of things or even balance that stuff.

May be a visit to Vivian is must in this dire situation. Sighing once again Enzo parks his car next to his neighbor's house. Rom will have to excuse him for disturbing him at this time of the night but he can't get a wink of sleep until he gets hand f the answer he seeks that is for sure.

Bracing him self Enzo take the steps on the house and rings the bell. Here goes nothing!

"Eri is not here" that's the first thing Enzo hears as little Gio opens the door in only his boxer

He smiles at the boy as he looks too cute on those boxers. But all he gets is a glare from the boys who has a perfect brow raised and arms folded to his chest.

Enzo can't help but look at him in amusement as he is well aware how much he dislikes Enzo. But Enzo can't help but imagine the boy when he comes of age and how much of a killer he would be with his looks as well the powers he will gain on the way.

God bless the girl who will turn out to be his mate!

"I know she isn't here, I came for your mother, Vivian"

"Wasn't taking Eri away from me enough that you come for my mother as well at this time of night? I hope you have good intention Antonio and aren't thinking of cheating on my Eri else..."

Enzo holds his hands up in the air in surrender as where the boy is taking all this.

"Whoa, Whoa little guy I just need to talk with your mom and dad that's it. Phew, jeez you are too young to even have such thoughts" he states before calling Rom's name so he can be saved from Rom's over protective and possessive son.

Kids these days! Enzo shakes his head.

"Enzo what are you doing at this time of the night?" Rom asks as soon as he sees Enzo on the door and his son blocking his way.

Picking up a fussy Gio he invites Enzo in the house.

"Sorry about this little fellow over here, he has been quiet difficulty these past few days" Rom ruffles his son's hair

"It's okay; I know he doesn't like me much. I came to see Vivian I need to ask her something"

"She is happily mated to my Pops here" Gio shouts

"I really am not interested in your mother, I'm happy with Erika as my mate" Enzo clarifies as Gio sends dagger through his glare.

"Mommy" Gio screams at the top of his lungs after he huffs Enzo's way

Vivian comes rushing to her son's side hearing his scream
"I swear to Lord Rom if you have done something to make his scream I will castrate you" Vivian warns before taking her son away from his arms

"I didn't do anything" Rom holds his hands up in the air in surrender

"It's the other four eyed guy that made me scream" Gio pouts pointing at Enzo looking through the curtain of hair of his mother's to Enzo.

"Gio" Vivian scolds him before smiling apologetically towards Enzo as king asking him to take a seat before giving Gio back to Rom and sending both father and son to make some coffee.

"You shouldn't have left mom with him" Gio states as Rom sets him on the counter and goes in search of mugs

"Why" he asks

"The last time I left Erika with him in name of coffee from that day onwards they are inseparable and said mates. Be careful dad I don't trust this one before you know it he will take mom away" Gio grumbles as he warns his dad

Rom can't help the laugh that leaves his mouth as he hears his son's reasoning. He knew he was angry or some what jealous with Enzo for taking Erika but this is insanity.

"Son, Enzo is a great guy and you need to let go of this jealousy or whatever it is. Erika is at her best, worst and happy or sad with only him and no one else. So, you need to stop this. You'll understand this one day when you have your own mate" Rom kisses his son's forehead before getting on with the task of making the coffee

"I know I already feel the pull of my mate. It's stronger when I'm with Erika" he confesses swinging his legs in the air

Rom stops what he is doing before turning towards his son in disbelief

"Come again" Rom asks in shock

"She will be the one who will give me my mate that's what I feel, that's what my heart and head says" he shrugs looking at his father

"Shit son! You are amazing" Rom grins as he takes hold of his son and swing him around

"God that's so perfect, oh I can't wait for the day to see the look on his face" Rom laughs evilly making Gio look at his father like he has lost it

"What are you on about?" Gio asks his father

"Nothing, nothing son just simply nothing. About this talk let's keep this between father and son okay?" he asks Gio who nods.

It's not like he has anyone to tell all this stuff about anyway. The butterflies he feels when Eri is around or the images he gets when Enzo touches him. He can't explain all of it but it makes him very happy no matter what and he likes it a lot.

But he doesn't like Enzo at all!

All he knows is Eri must be safe and sound so he can be at peace and then one day he will be able to meet his own Angel.

"So what brought you here at this time, Enzo?" Vivian asks him

"I need to know about black magic" he gets straight to the point

"Why are you so suddenly asking about it?" V narrows her eyes at him

"I think Marco is using some heavy black magic to get through Crystal or something I don't know it all. But I heard it from one of his insight that he may be using some black magic and its very dark and dangerous something he felt ages ago while he was part of the group who wanted the queen dead"

"Relax Enzo you are stressing yourself too much, just take a seat" V suggests as she sees the stress he was in

Enzo stops pacing and takes a seat just as Rom walks in with some coffee. He thanks Rom for the coffee before taking a sip.

"I just want this whole mess to be done with" Enzo confesses

"We all want that Enzo, but stressing yourself much won't help. If he is using black magic than this situation is more dangerous than we all think...

Black magic isn't something any witches take willingly as to have it many sacrifices must be done. I'm going to tell you a secret we witches cannot speak to anyone but in this situation consequences are damned. You all had been there for me and now it's my turn to give something from my side...

When people hear the word witch everyone thinks it's a bad omen or something but not all witches are bad, no. We all have our own rules, our own belief we follow. The magic we held within us can be used to protect someone as well destroy but it's our choice...

When we pass the phase to gain the title witch we are given a choice which route will we take it all depends on us no pressure nothing. It's sorely on us, whether we choose to take the path to help others or harm...

But the witch that takes the path to harm her magi isn't entitled as black magic, but the witch which took the path to help others suddenly uses the same magic to harm someone it's when it's created....

The black magic, as the powers will clash to be balanced and s/he will never have the control over their powers as the devil as we like to call it will take over you wanting sacrifices from you and it will not end till you are nothing but its slave...

The tales I've heard of those who are the slaves of it that they need a sacrifice every full moon once a year to gain enough sanity else the devil sake their own death...

The sacrifice may be a human, plant, animal or anything but it must be done else it asks sacrifice of the witches own blood...

The more sacrifices the more powerful you become as they will be blessed with the devils own" V explains to him

All of them all listen to her mesmerized at what they learned and how it is created.

But still the answer Enzo wanted wasn't in all this. Enzo sighs before getting up from his chair he has taken their time enough.

"Thank you V but still it's not enough to get the answer I seek. I will see you guys later, thanks for giving me the time" he smiles

"I really hope I would have been any help Enzo" V smiles before saying her goodbye to him but before any one of them take a step the front door to their house is wide opened

"I know what they want from Crystal"

"Mama" V shouts as she sees her mother in such a state

"What happened to you?" V rush to her mother before she collapses

"There's no time for this, but know that Crystal life is in danger. Don't let them have her. It'll be disaster if she is in their hands. Devils had come to get her"

"Mama what are you on about" V worries as Rom helps V's mother to lie on the couch

"She has something inside her that they want, they want to sacrifice her"

All of them sit alert as soon as V's mother states that.

"You need to take me to her please. I need to warn her about all of this" she whispers before collapsing o the couch.

Enzo looks at the woman who has been babbling as soon as she barged in on the house. And to say she looks terrible is the understatement of the year. This day seems to get better and better.

"We need to meet Crystal now" V's voice breaks the thoughts of Enzo

"We can't go there at this time of the night" Rom states as he rubs his face

"I don't care Rom we need to see them now, if mama has gone to all this trouble to warn us it means there is something definitely wrong" the terror on her voice let the men know she is dead serious

"But we can't take your mother in this state" Rom points out

"Call them here, call them here" Gio voices jumping on his leg in excitement to see his fairy

Enzo looks at the boy and ruffles his hair giving him a smile who just looks at him in awe for just a moment before glaring and moving away from him.

"Good idea buddy" Enzo states before he takes out his phone to call Connor.

*******

"So, what's this?"

"None of your concern"

"Okay, then what's this?"

"It's my business"

"What about that and that or that oh look this too, ah this one, right here, oh my god you have to tell me what's this for?"

"I swear of every lord out there tiger, if you don't shut your trap and get out of the room I will inject on your butt"

"Jeez, I'm going, I'm going no need to go ape shit on me"

As per instructions from Enzo the medial team has been set on the house for the twins so they don't have to go out of the house for safety reason.

That's why from the last few hours Dr. Matt has been setting up his tools along with the nurses as fast as they can.

That's how Erika found them and has been harassing them none stop asking about every single instrument in the room. But, Dr. Duck being with the family for too long knows what exactly will shut their tiger. Just a threat on injecting her is enough to drive her off from the room.

"Shut up you guys" Erika grumbles pouting and folding her hands on her chest as she goes to sit on the couch.

The boys can't help but laugh as they see her. They had warn her off before hand to not go in the room and disturb their ducky but does she listens to anyone? No!

Everyone knows how much she is scared of injection just a word of it and she runs off to the far end of the world.

"Hey now we did told you not to irritate him. And anyway it would have been great to see him inject you after all this time" Sean wraps his arms around her shoulder and pulls her in his chest.

"Totally worth it, would have made my day" Finn smiles taking seat next to Erika and ruffling her hair.

"Remember that time she had got the flue from us and she too had to get inject? Oh god, she was screaming and fighting off everyone that they had to tie her down.

"Ya and I remember not seeing her for weeks after that as she was scared if she is with us she will have to get injection again"

"Still that hurt like a bitch. I hate you both for giving me the flue. I can still feel the pain whenever I remember that day" Erika shivers

"Oh come on, you always blame us for everything! You were the one who didn't wanted to leave our side that whole day and you went so far to sleep in between us" Sean states

"How can I leave you both, you were burning so much and it was so cold so it was better to be between you too. It was warm like right now. You guys are always warm" she snuggles to their sides.

"Whoa, what is this, a threesome?" Julian shouts at them in mock horror

"It's better than that ass banging you do" Fin wiggles his brow at him

"No cool bro so not cool" Julian shakes his head

"Where's Evan?" Erika asks him as she doesn't see him peaking out of behind Julian looking all red as flustered

"In the office, no one's there to look out so he is handling the things" Julian sighs missing his mate so much.

"Why is he handling the office? Where is Enzo?" Erika enquires

Now that she thinks about it, he isn't even in the house. If he isn't in here or his office than where is he?

"No idea tiger, it's not like he talks about his appearance and disappearance with us. When it comes to Enzo's business it's none of our business, brother's or not" Julian shrugs his shoulders

Erika nods in understanding before looking at the way ducky is still in.

"He will really inject you" the twins warns noticing where her gaze is and what she is thinking

"Tell me about it" she grumbles

Back there is Rom's house V's mother is conscious and has been asking about Crystal all along.

"She isn't her ma, she won't be coming"

"Then take me to her, I need to see her. You don't understand"

"Then make us, tell us what this is all about"

"I can't not until I see her, I need to make sure she is alright and she knows all about this before it's too late"

"We can't do anything about it, Connor is being difficult. He doesn't wants Crystal out of his sight or out of the house"

"Then take me to her, I need to see her just once please I'm begging you" she cries

"Mama please don't stress yourself, just tell us what this is all about and we will all figure out what to do"

"Okay, I will tell but promise me you will keep her safe"

When Enzo and Rom both nods in agreement she sighs in relief.

"I think you all have heard about the black magic? Good, and it's a very dangerous one, it takes years even your whole life to master it. To handle a black magic it takes a lot within you sometimes if you aren't capable of handling it you will be destroyed by the power of it yourself. There is no returning back one you taste it"

"Yes, we heard about it a bit from Vivian before you came" Enzo informs

"Well then it saves me the time to explain it all to you. That means you also know about the sacrifices they make to gain more power? Well, their next sacrifice is Crystal"

"Why?"

"We all know the blood she holds and we also know the power within her. She has so much power in her, so much potential. I won't be surprised if she doesn't know her own limits of it all...

When I met her for the first time, I could feel her powers it was magnificent. I was warned about it all the havoc it would create if it's gone to wrong hands. My husband wasn't just a good friend to her but also working on suppressing her powers...

It was getting stronger and stronger every single day. Her powers were showing off before she even came of age and the moment she holds the title of the queen she became ten times worse...

I and my husband we both along with or clan were on look out to see her powers won't surpass within her. It was not just danger to our kind but her al well if she wasn't in control lord knows what it will become...

But our spells weren't working it was like her powers were over powering everything. And then somehow the hunters knew about it all, people were trying to take her down that's when our clan was attacked somehow they knew we were helping her and they killed every single one of our family...

If it wasn't for our queen even I or Vivian wouldn't have survived, she took her in her care knowing well we were of no use to her and still she gave us home to live....

But once the war broke no one could find where she was, they said she was dead but her body was never found and we lost her...

But now they know she is alive they always knew she was"

"Who are they, exactly?"

"The witches, I don't know who exactly they are but I know what they are after. You see I and Vivian here share a special power we sometimes gets vision about future or even past to get connected with some puzzles or pieces...

I had stopped getting vision after the death of my clan but I got one this time. It was all fuzzy I couldn't see anyone's face they were wearing cloaks hiding their faces. But when I heard what exactly they planned I got scared...

When we get visions we have a time limit to it and if we spend too much time locked up in the vision there's a danger that the people we are hearing can somehow feel us...

If Vivian here told you about black magic she may have also inform you on the devils, well. Sometimes some of the witches make a sacrifice, a very special one to gain powers they never have. It says that a day occurs once every few decades, where the devil will set the witches free of their curses of being his slave and gift them with ultimate powers if they gift the devils back with something they have never tasted before...

And in this case he wants Crystal's blood. Even I don't know the full impact or content to it but if they are able to sacrifice her on that very day they will have powers we never seen before that is dangerous to every kind out there even the humans. Never trust a witch with powers you never now, what she has planned or under her sleeves"

"Well, now we know what they want from her. But what they don't know is we won't be sitting around casually, they can never get close enough to Crystal. Connor won't let anyone pass him to even get hold of her"

"You are right but don't underestimate a witch, you can never know about their ways"

With that Enzo stands up from his seat.

"I'll take my leave, thank you Laura for your vision and informing us on time. I will take my leave. I need to inform others about it all as well tighten the security"

Enzo walks to his car and just before he enters the car he looks once at the house and finds Gio staring at him intently. The boy stares at him for a while before nodding at him.

Enzo smiles sadly at the boy before getting in his car.

Gio watches Enzo drive off until the tail light of his is seen no more. H sighs sadly before walking in the house with a heavy heart.

Enzo looks at his phone debating whether he should make the call or not. Now that everything seems clear he wants all of this to end once and for all and for that he definitely needs to make the call.

But before he makes any decision his phone rigs itself. It's Connor.

"Yes" he answers

"Okay, yes. Fine call Ad I'll be waiting" he shuts his phone.

Back in the store Connor cuts his phone as well and look around to find Crystal busy putting the books back at the selves.

"Why did you even open a bookstore when there aren't many readers out here?" he asks as he walks to her side

"No, there are enough readers out here" she answers with a smile

"Ya you hardly get any customers in here"

"But that's the point, I can't have this place crowded all the time with people who doesn't even care about anything"

"What?"

"Connor how did you even know I was in here?" she asks al of a sudden

"I just followed your wolf's track, I mean I was using our bond" he answers

"Well okay" she sighs with a slight pout"

"Why are you in this place anyway? Don't you think it's quite dangerous in here; anyone can walk in here and know you are here? You can be harmed easily"

"Connie, this place is specially spelled with the magic. The only person, who doesn't intend to harm me can see this place even exist, else it's just an old worn out building"

"Ah, no wonder"

"Ha-ha, you aren't impressed"

"Should I be?"

"Connie"

"Fine, I was just a bit worried when I saw you were living in a place, opening a store where anyone can come in and out and harm you, that's it"

"Careful there my Lord, someone may mistake your statement. May think you actually care and have a heart or that you like me"

"I never said I like you, have I?"

"But you never said you hate me as well"

"Don't put words in my mouth Crystal"

"I was just pointing out a point with the statement you just made"

They both stare down on each other for a while before Connor breaks the silence.

"I may be leaving as soon as this whole thing comes to an end"

"I don't except more"

The silence after that is heavy on both. No matter what Crystal do she knows he won't be staying with her. She knew he would be leaving her the moment he entered in the store that fateful day.

"You have left me once so feel free to leave me again. I won't bind you here with anything that represents me. I wasn't the one who created the bond and if you want, I can set you free of the bond"

"It's not the bond nor is it you. I...I won't be having any purpose after it's all done with. I don't know what else to do with my life" he sighs smiling sadly

And in that moment Crystal knew why Connor is holding back from her. Why he left in the first place and why he is always hot and cold to her at the same moment.

Making her first move ever since they knew each other she presses her lips to his catching him off guard.

Connor coming to his senses holds her away from him.

"Chrissie" he whispers closing his eyes

"No, don't please Connie. Please don't do this to us, to me. I have waited for you for far too long for you to come back to me and leave once again"

"You don't understand"

"I do, I do. Trust me I do more than anyone. If I didn't before I do now. Please don't feel like that. I never saw you anything more than my equal. You're everything I need, want, desire and hope. You are perfect to me...

You are my mate, my Lord. I'm nothing without you. Nothing matters but only you" she explains trying to make him see the point and not reject her like this.

"I don't know the ways of your life Chrissie. You are a Royal and it's never going to change even if you rule or not. I have been alone for many decades; I don't know how things works on yours and we both are of two different kinds" he confesses

"I don't care about it. I never did. It won't be the first time for mixed mating, it happens all the time. We can't help but love the one, we are destined to, so please let me love you. We never have to mate if that's what you want but please don't leave me Connor. I can't live without you. Don't punish me in this way" she begs holding the front of his shirt clutching it tightly as if her life depends on it.

Untangling her hands off his shirt he holds it near his heart with one hand while the other wipes off her tears.

"I just feel I'm not worthy of something as magnificent as you, you are so unreachable for someone like me, a mere farm boy. I have nothing to offer to you except my heart which already belongs to you"

"That's all I need"

"If then I'm all yours till I take my last breath. I may not be able to give you the stars or moon but know this I will give you my heart and soul the very thing which represents me. I promise to offer you all the protection from the harms that come your way in any form or shape"

"I accept you Connor, do you accept me?"

"I do my heart and I love you"

"Oh Connie" Crystal gasps in shock as she hears his confession

Pulling her slightly towards him Connor gives her the kiss she had wanted to taste.

"I love you more than life itself, my heart" Connor once more confesses before swiping her off her feet literally and swirling themselves in the middle of the store.

"Oh god, stop" Crystal laughs as Connor dances around the room.

They both come to halt when they sense they have a company in the room.

"Sorry, we are closed" Connor states as he drops Crystal on the floor slowly but don't let her out of his arms.

"Oh...um sorry, I didn't know. The lights were on and there wasn't sign so...I'm so sorry I barged on in like that" the girl stammers blushing brightly

Crystal hits on Connor chest lightly before smiling towards the girl standing on the door.

"Oh it's okay, dear. I'm sorry we forgot to put the sign. Do you need anything? Can I help you with something?"

"Ah, actually I really have no clue how I ended up here. As weird as it seems I was just passing by and suddenly I saw this store and before I knew it was inside" she smiles sheepishly

Crystal looks at the girl intently before stepping out of Connor's arms even if he warns not to.

Walking slowly to the girl she smiles before holding her hand out in greeting.

"Hi, I'm Crystal and I run this store"

"Um...Hi my name's Sarah" she shakes Crystal hands

Crystal bites her lip before pulling her hand slowly away from Sarah's.

"Sarah, do you like books?" she asks

"Not really, not much of a reader. With works and stuffs", she smiles

"Oh, anyway do you have anyone else you would like to buy books for? Family members may be, I have various books for different age groups" Crystal smiles warmly

"Oh in that case, do you have books for kids? Stories books"

"I do have. So, how many kids do you have?"

"Three actually" she answers

"Oh wow, must be handful. Please do come in" Crystal leads her to one of the sofa in the room before turning towards Connor who is intently looking at them

"Connor can you make us some coffee and bring out the cookies I made, please" she asks him

Connor not understanding what Crystal is on about nods slightly before bowing a little to kiss on her temple and moving to make the girls some coffee.

"I'm extremely sorry, it seemed I invaded in on your personal moment" Sarah apologizes

Crystal just waves it off with her hand before asking Sarah about her kids.

"Oh I have like three, two girls and one boy. Emily she is 13 while Emma is 10 and Henry he is 2 years old"

"Wow, lovely so it must be quiet handful to you if you work as well. I hope your husband is helping you" Crystal smiles but inside she is alert as how Sarah responds

"I'm not married; um...they are my sister's kids. She died in an accident, she was in labor and while going to the hospital the accident happened. They couldn't save her; it was a miracle that Henry was alive. The doctors were able to save him before my sister took her last breathe...

So, I took their custody as they have no one or any place to go to. My brother-in-law was an orphan so I was the only family the kids have. And from that day onwards they kids are with me"

Sarah takes a huge gulp of breathe as soon as she stops telling her tale. She looks at Crystal's ways with wide eyes as she herself couldn't believe what she just confessed to a total stranger and she doesn't feel like hiding anything to her.

Getting up abruptly she brushes her hair away from her face.

"I'm so sorry; I don't know what came into me to say all that. You must find me strange but it was like I couldn't help tell you all this. I'm so sorry I need to go like right now"

Clutching her bag tightly to her chest Sarah makes the move to go out of the store but stops when Crystal clutches her arm.

"Relax its okay. I don't mind you telling all of this. It must be hard handling everything on your own. Feel free to come here anytime for a visit and talk, I'm all ears. And you shouldn't leave before taking a book for your little one. I have a perfect one for him for bed time's story" with that Crystal rushes of to the counter pulling out a book full of fairies and magical being.

"Thank you, um...so how much does it cost?" Sarah flushes pulling out her purse but Crystal holds her hand

"It's a gift from me. Tell him it's from his aunt Crystal and do bring the kids here if you can. I would love to meet them. And if I don't sound weird to you, I'm free to baby-sit them anytime" she offers

"Oh wow, thanks a lot. I just met you and you are already doing so much for me. That's really nice of you. I will think about it" Sarah smiles before taking her leave.

"What was that about?" Connor asks as he enters the room empty handed.

"Isn't she beautiful" Crystal smiles at his too sweetly

"Chrissie" he warns

Crystal walks towards him before palming his cheek on her hand and rubbing it slightly.

"It's fate that brought her here tonight and it's fate that will make her part of our lives. Seems like you have got one more name added on the list of women you will be protecting in future. Oh and she will be coming with three beautiful angels that brightens her life" she warns him

Connor looks at her puzzled before his eyes brightens

"She is mate to some one we know?" he asks her

"She is more than that to him. I don't know whether I should be happy or sad at the turn of events tonight. And for that I'm scared, truly. Sarah not just brought warmth to my heart but a dread as well, lots of questions is brimming inside of me, of which answers I don't even want to get...

Stakes are high now and it's not just about anyone's safety anymore. Love, heart and betrayal have taken place. I'm scared immensely for what this visit has brought and what will happen in coming days...

Please inform everyone, I would like to see them" she voices before Connor gulfs her in his arms

"Everything will be fine, just fine" he assures her

But as mush as she wants to believe in it she knows everything won't be fine. No, things have gone from bad to worst and coming days will be even worse than ever.

Still playing with his phone Enzo thinks once again whether or not to make the call. He was still debating on the same thing.

After having a talk with Connor and giving him information about what happened in Rom's house, they have set a meeting to plan from then on. But even after knowing all this he is restless and his wolf is even more alert.

The things that are going in his head will make him go crazy that's for sure. He doesn't know if he should take the step or not.

Everything seems more messed up than it already is.

"Fuck it!" he curses before dialing the number.

"It's me. Let's meet, same place" is all he says before cutting the line.

Looking up in the sky he sends a final prayer before driving off to see his mate. He smiles for the first time in whole day as he remembers his mate.

He knows she will be able to put him to a dreamless sleep which he really is in need of. He is so fucking tired that he doesn't think he has enough energy to even dream tonight.

Knocking the door lightly he waits for someone to open the door. He groans as he sees the person who opens it. He really is not in any kind of mood tonight.

"Hey bro" Travon greets Enzo sipping on his blood bag in only his boxer

"Hey Travon" he greets and waits

Travon smiles as he still sips on the bag and Enzo stands finding nothing amusing to smile.

"So"

"So?"

"Can I get in?"

"Why?"

"Where's Erika?"

"In her room"

"Then why the fuck are you standing on the door, move"

"It's my house; I can stand wherever I please. And don't forget you are dating me sister so mister play nice" Travon grins

"I'm not in the mood Travon" Enzo warns

"You are never in the mood" Travon pouts

"Fuck off" with that he pushes past Travon inside the house only to come face to face with Jericho

"Can I know what you are doing in my house at this time of the night?" he asks

Enzo just rolls his eyes at the drama that will roll in front of him in few seconds. He really isn't in the mood.

"Jeri" the voice of Amber makes the big guy cringes as he slowly turn towards his beautiful wife.

"Hey honey, look who's here? Enzo isn't that great, our princess has missed him so much. I was going to tell him to go in her room" he smiles widely

"Hey Amber, I'll be in Erika's room okay" Enzo states before passing both of them.

"I swear Jeri..."

"What I did nothing,, it was all Travon. He wasn't even letting the poor guy get inside" Jericho puts the blame on his son

"What, Dad?" Travon whines as his mother glares points his way

"Don't shout at me young man, you should be ashamed of your self. I don't remember teaching you to behave with our guests like that, especially Enzo, when we all know how much your sister was waiting for a visit from him" Jericho scolds his son who has his jaw wide open in shock at the words that came out of his father.

When Jericho was the one who planned it all!

"But dad, you..."

"Don't back mouth me young man, I can't believe you did that. Now up in your room" he orders

Travon glares at his father's way before moving on in his room.

"I tell you kids these days....ow...ow...ow...honey" Jericho winches as Amber pulls his ear

"A whole week of laundry and kitchen work for you"

Amber commands pulling his ear and taking him to their room. He is worst than any of his kids!

Walking up to her room Enzo smiles, good thing Amber is in here to control all of them cause god knows what these three would do?

Opening the door he finds Erika spread on her bed on her stomach.

"Hey babe" he greets softly not to startle her

"ENZO" Erika shouts scrambling out of her bed and jumping on him.

Enzo automatically holds her as she wraps herself to him with her arms and legs folded around his body.

"Enzooo" she whines before tearing up

"Piglet, what's wrong baby?" he worries seeing her distress

Walking to her bed he sits on it with her straddling him

"Ducky inject me" she cries

"What?" he asks

"I was looking at the room the twins are in and then he was behind me with this much big injection and then he inject me on my butt" she explains expanding her hands to show him the size of the injection

"Baby, I have never seen or heard of injection being so big" Enzo chuckles as he rubs her back

"But it was that big I swear, it hurts" she whines sniffing a bit

"What have you done for him to inject you anyway?"

"As I told you I was just looking at the....fine I may have also played with the buttons of the bed to see how far it can be stretched....okay I also tried that gel thing on my stomach...god you are so difficult okay ya I also lured Evan to join me to see if he has become pregnant finally....

Enzo it's not fair...good god lord you should be on FBI, I also somehow made the boys go all wolf on Ducky saying he will be touching their mate's private while they go on labor" she folds her arms with a pout but when he still stares down at her intensely she gives up throwing her arms up on the air and cursing before confessing her crimes.

"I also made Evan naked while I try to operate on him; it's not my fault he was fast asleep as soon as he lied on the bed. That's when Julian found us, it was so hilarious to see the look on his face and for a second he thought I killed his mate...

You know I was in full doctor mode I even had my gloves and mask on which are very important traits for any doctors but then I was having hard time tying the apron like thing else I'm sure I would have been a successful doctor today" she sighs sadly

Enzo stares at his mate speechless. He knew her level of curiosity as well stupidity but today she aced, nailed and did everything to outrun even herself.

Now, he is damn sure there is no hope she will ever have enough sense or that she will grow up.

God bless him!

"Piglet, you truly have left me speechless today. I don't know whether I should strangle you or kiss you senseless" he shakes his head

"Kiss me, close your eyes miss me, I can read your lips on my finger tips, happiness in your eyes, kiss me" she sings as she wiggles on his lap

Enzo laughs as she sings him the song.

"Oh babe I love you but right now I need to call my brother to check on Evan. I hope you really haven't killed him" he says as he takes out his phone from his pocket

"I said I didn't he was just really tired and fall asleep as soon as I led him to the room. I was interrupted by Julian anyway, it's that apron's entire fault now I know why doctors need nurses so they can help the doctor tie their apron" she nods in understanding while Enzo just chuckles at the conclusion she came to

"You my mate are, one of a kind" he pinches her nose just as someone picks up the phone.

"Hey Pa, how's Evan? Everything going well on in the house" he asks to his father

"Its fine, just make sure tiger don't step in the house for few weeks. If Julian wasn't around I'm sure Matt wouldn't be around. Tiger is banned from the house for few weeks" he informs

"Hey, that's not fair" Erika shouts as she hears about it

She has been plastered to the other side of the phone to hear them talk when she heard it.

Enzo puts the phone on speaker so they both can hear it all.

"Tiger you do understand what harm you did today, don't you?" Giovanni asks him

"But still..." she pouts looking at Enzo

"No buts tiger. You won't be in here till I say so. Am I clear?" he asks her strictly

"Aye, aye captain" she grumbles begrudgingly

"Good girl, now Enzo I want you in here tomorrow. Your mother has been harassing me for not being able to see you as often as she wants" Gio states

"I'll be there for breakfast. Goodnight Dad" he shuts the phone off.

"Now I hope you learned the lesson Piglet" Enzo teases as he pulls her arms away from her chest.

"What will I do in the mean time if I can't step in the house?" she whines knowing well that if Gio commands no one can say no to him.

"You can go shopping and for once do normal stuff that girls your age do" he suggests

"Girls my age have sex too"

"God not again" he groans

"Fine, I will go shopping and gush and shriek about everything that I see tomorrow" she states before showing both her hands in front of him

Enzo happily for once takes out his credit card and hand her.

"Shall I buy something sexy as well for your sake?" she asks him

"Buy anything you want as long as it keeps you distracted enough that you don't do anything foolish and make me worry" he states pinching her cheeks

"Okay, may be I will ask Rom to drop off Gio so we can have a day out. Travon can be our personal chauffer. He has been bugging me ever since I found we are siblings. Can you believe I have a brother who is not just a lousy vampire but a pervert as well?" she yawns stretching her arms up in the air

"With you everything is possible, now up to bed. It late and I need to make up to the breakfast I promised with Ma too" he sighs before tucking her in and locking the door.

Enzo undress himself before lying on the bed with Erika under his arms.

"Goodnight Angel, sweet dreams"

"Goodnight Piglet, dream about us" he kisses her forehead before closing his eyes.

Next time Erika opened her eyes it was to see Enzo hurriedly tucking his shirt inside his pant.

"Damn, I missed eye raping you naked" Erika yawns as she sits up on her bed.

"Good morning to you too baby" Enzo chuckles

Shying like a new bride she looks Enzo from under his eye lashes and somehow is able to get a blush as well.

"Was I that bad in bed that you are going to run away before I was even awake?" she states

"No right now babe, I can't believe your brains can even function at this time" Enzo sighs as he gets his shoes and sits on the bed to put it on

"Don't leave me, I swear I'll try my best next time to pleasure you" Erika plasters herself on his back

"Seriously Erika"

"Oh please don't leave me like this, don't break my heart" she fake cries

"What the hell are you doing?" the door of Erika's room burst opens

Enzo mentally face palms him as he sees Jericho in the door seething.

"How dare you leave my princes after spending a night with her? Princess did he hurt you?" he asks looking towards Erika

"Daddyyyy" she whines getting off the bed

"I was just fooling around, god, did you break my door? You did! Mommyyyy" she cries for Amber

"Shit, princess, please, no, ssh. Princess I will do anything just don't call your mother" he pleads extremely scared

"But you broke my door"

"Hey why are you both screaming at this time? Whoa who broke the door? What exactly did you two do last night that tend to break the door?" Travon walks in before wiggling his brows at Enzo who just ignores all of them

Jericho hits Travon on the back of his head

"Don't say such things about your sister" he scolds him

"What's going on?" All of them stiffen as Amber comes in the view

"What happened to your door?" she gasps before looking at Erika for answer

"It was Travon he broke it" Jericho answers and before anyone could protest he continues

"Bad Travon, very bad what's gotten into you these days? Clean up the mess" he orders tugging Amber with him

"No, Travon will be spending the whole day with me that's his punishment you are just laying off whole day in the house you can clean the mess daddy dearest" Erika spats challenging her father to say anything but he just smiles sweetly

"Go have fun my babies, bonding time" he states before going downstairs with narrow eyed Amber

"This guy I tell you he blames me for everything these days, thanks for saving me" Travon sighs happily

"I'm leaving" Enzo announces before giving Erika a kiss on the forehead

"No funny business today I will ask Rom to drop Gio here and Travon makes sure they both are safe, have fun bye" he calls out as he walks out of the door.

"Where are we going?" Travon asks in confusion

"Shopping" Erika whines before landing on her bed.

After having breakfast with his family Enzo gets ready for his meeting. With lots of question running in his mind he makes his way to his car.

"Long time no see"

"How have you been Marco?"

"Seen better days. For what do I owe this visit from you?"

"I have some questions I need answers to Marco"

"And you think I will give it to, why?"

"Because you are the only one who can"

"Oh so please do tell me what are those questions that answers only I can give" Marco mocks

"Why did you blow your cover? It would have been easier for you to fool us around if you never showed on Erika's door step"

"I was just in need of some pleasure after all; your mate is a great stripper"

"And then knowing too well that Neil is being watched you call him to meet you even when he has nothing important to tell or moreover you knew about things he already told you" Enzo continues ignoring his snide remarks.

"What are you now, FBI?" Marco snickers moving away from the wall he had been standing at

"What is going on Marco, I know if you wanted to harm any one of us you could do that easily. As we both know I have given you chances to. I had went as far as leaving every single person unguarded for days and still nothing, why?"

"You are one sick bastard Enzo; just to catch me you were risking your family?" Marco laughs

"We both know it wasn't the case and moreover you went as far as leaving your phone number with my mate. So, here I'm, you wanted me to come I got the hints now what?" Enzo asks in all seriousness

"He should have figured it out the first time he had gone to Erika, but he just took that step of his as a threat not looking at things too deeply.

But now he can see it clearly, he had his doubts when he found Erika had his number all along and after few things that added the missing dots he now is fully aware that Marco isn't the one at fault but some one else and somehow he has a gut feeling Marco will help his figure everything out.

"So, now you come for my rescue after all this fucking time huh?" Marco glares at his way

"What are you on about?"

"I'm dying Enzo that's what I'm on about. This blood that runs insides us is killing me slowly but certainly. I don't know how all of you aren't affected by it till now but I swear as hell am...

That's why I need her; I need Crystal so she can break this curse and let me free. I'm tired of this pain Enzo. I want to live peacefully; I'm done with all this violence and greed to be on the top" Marco all but yells Enzo's way

"Why the change of heart all of a sudden, Marco?" he asks still not knowing why he was doing all this

"I know I wasn't the best person in your life. But what the fuck Enzo, you were the golden child. You had everything I didn't, a perfect family, brothers who loved you no matter what and perfect grades. You were always the topper. While me?

I had no one to look out for me, I was hated for being tainted with the queen's blood and my own bloody family disowned me...

But you, you had her blood too so why didn't they treat you any different than? I was suffering while you were shining all along. I never planned to get as far as to kill you, that were never my intention but I did, you know why? Because of you my life seemed more fucked up and miserable than it already was"

"If you were dying and didn't want anything to do with the greed to be on top then why involve innocent people Marco? Why kill them?" Enzo seethes in anger

All this while he tortured Enzo because he was jealous of him, how stupid can anyone get? If he suffering than he should have voiced it not destroy other lives!

"It wasn't me; it was that bitch I was with. I thought she was under my control hah! Never trust a witch; she was playing me all along. Giving me ideas that made me think I was doing the right thing and till I had enough sense I was already into too deep shit"

"How can I trust all of this?" he asks

"I don't need your bloody trust or anything okay. I don't need your pity or kindness too. She found me after your father literally killed me when I attacked you, I wish I was dead that day. But she came and gave me life a life more miserable than I already had. My condition was critical but somehow the blood within me just needed some time to fully work and work it did...

We all were her puppets dancing as she wanted us to" he laughs bitterly

"We, as in are their more" Enzo asks

"There are many like us Enzo who cannot escape her no matter what, no matter how much we scream, shout, beg or cry she always finds our weakness and use it as a weapon to keep us under her command...

First it was just experiment with our blood then the mating started to happen she has been creating her own little army; those kids are fucking power more than anyone of us. Do you know when two of our own blood types mate how much more power we lend to the child that born?

But still we all are incomplete in someway and for that we need Crystal, she need Crystal for some power shit and stuff...

I had succeeded to be away from her for a while we all were but somehow her plans seems to be not working and she is calling each and every one of us out to help her trap the queen... that woman is crazy she can go to any lengths...

I wouldn't be surprised if she is already among you" he informs

"I know she already is. She is the one of the reason I'm here. I will take you to Crystal but for that you need to tell me about the other kids. I can help save them for everything. Let's work together" Enzo offers

He goes as far to shake his hands with Marco but Marco just looks at him speechless.

"You...you mean you will help us? Like real no tricks all I have to do is take you to the others?" Marco still asks in disbelief

He never imagined it would have been so easy for all of them to get out all he had to do were ask for help. Help he never even thought anyone would lend to him.

"Yes Marco, no tricks. All you have to do was ask for help not just now but years ago than may be you wouldn't have been hurting so much" Enzo smiles genuinely

Marco feels so overwhelmed that he rushes to hug Enzo

"Thank you, thank you, thank you so much, Enzo"

"Um...ya" Enzo pats his back awkwardly

Driving off to Crystal place Enzo can't help but look at Marco, as he keeps shifting on the seat in excitement and now that he looks at him more clearly he can see the dark circle around his eyes and how pale he looks, he looks really thin as well.

As soon as the car stops Marco gets out in his excitement. He can't believe his luck as he will be able to live once again. He doesn't have to feel any more pain as well his friends will also be able to be free.

Enzo asks Marco to go on in. He wanted to see if he can figure out the door. Marco shuffles on his feet before looking around and pointing at the door of the store. When Enzo nods his head Marco gets in with a bit of hesitation.

*******

"What is he doing in here?" Ad asks as soon as Enzo enters with Marco

"Relax he is on our side"

"But that doesn't mean you can bring him in here"

"Its okay, Adie Daddy, Marco means no harm to anyone of us" Crystal smiles pointing all the men to just take their seats

"You are a lot to talk" AD glares her way only for her to show her tongue to him

"You are spending awfully lot time with Erika" he grumbles making rest of them chuckles

"Hi" Marco smiles towards her

"Hello Marco. It's a pleasure to meet the man who actually was able to put my boys on their toes for so long. Even though I don't remember putting any blood in you I can the flow of it within you" she smiles politely

"I know, it's just that I was a part of an experiment when they gave me your blood" Marco explains raising a brow from all of them

"What type of experiment?" Connor asks as he has never heard of it when he was roaming the world in search of answers

"There are more from where I come from. A lot, I was taken away from my family and some of the kids to see if any reaction can be made when we have your blood, some of us couldn't survive and those who did were returned back to their family...

And it didn't got that much nice as most of our family didn't except us with some changes in us but we were to be with them till those men came to take us once again when we come of age"

"Can you tell us the age group and the number of kids who survived?" Ad asks

"We were from 2-8 years old when they took us kept under observation for a year and half; there were at least 10 of us who survived among the 25 kids...

I was 6 at the time, they didn't give the blood to all of us just few cause there wasn't enough blood for all of us...

Among us only 3 girls survived the effects and 7 boys along with me. They said they will be back for us but they never came. At first I thought they lost interest on us but later I found that all of them who were involved on that experiment were dead not even single one of them survived...

We were scared for our life that who ever killed them will come for us; we had a little pact of our own you see. There was no one to guide us to what we should do or go and we just went with the flow, but when I found that Enzo the guy we were in same school had the same blood running in him as our we were mad as why he got special treatment and it fueled our rage even more when we knew who his father was...

He was the son of an Alpha so obvious he would never get the treatment we got so we started to pick on him. He was kind of weak at the time our bullying got out of hand one night; we never meant to hurt him too far...

One of us died, Bianca her name was Bianca, she...she said she wasn't feeling well and was getting really weak the pain she said she couldn't handle and we saw her die in front of us....blood...she was just bleeding everywhere...

We were just angry for the unfairness..." Marco stops gulping the lump that stuck on his throat

"So you thought if you lost one of yours so we should lost one of ours to get equal" Crystal states kneeling in front of Marco and taking his hand.

She rubs his hands to soothe, she can feel the pain he is feeling and she can understand the fear they all must have gone through all their lives, always running and looking behind in fear of someone harming them.

"Chrissie" Connor warns her as he sees her in that position

Ignoring the warning Crystal just holds Marco hands giving him a warm smile before getting up from the ground and taking her seat beside Connor who is still glaring at her in displeasure.

"Please continue" Enzo asks

"That night after you all thought I was dead...um...I met this women and she took all of us under her wing. She revealed us about things we never knew. We never knew what powers we all had till she told us...

None of us knew what we each held and we all were excited filled with the hunger of revenge. And we started it with our own family each and every one of us...

For few years we thought we were invincible wanting nothing but justice, blood for what happened with us. We...we kind of started giving others our blood and the effect were huge with the combine of their already powers and ours blood power...

Everything was going well no one knew about our plans, everything was just perfect till one day that women came back saying the queen was alive. She made us believe if we succeed on capturing you we can be more powerful and as stupid as we were we agreed and till we understand what was happening it was too late...

We started experimenting and that's when everything started going downhill, who knew losing our virginity would be cause of our own doom" Marco chuckles sadly

"What do you mean?"
Each and every one of them sits straight, alert at this new information.

"Bianca's death wasn't because of the blood well it was a reason but, if she wasn't so stupid she would have been death and none of us would have been on in this shit!" Marco shouts in frustration

"What exactly do you mean?" Enzo asks

"You see, as we have this fucking special blood in us, if any one of us who carries this blood has sex with someone else who isn't out mate, gets a side effect and that same blood rejects our body...

The blood within us can only be tamed by our mates, we didn't knew and we all well let's say being lonely for too long and all these hormones in us we all had sexual intercourse with someone who wasn't our mate and now we all are doomed to fate...

Bianca made the same mistake that was the reason she died...If only we had known about all of this before then may be we wouldn't have been suffering...

So, now we need Crystal more than anything, please save us" Marco begs looking at Crystal ways

Connor growls at Marco in warning before his gaze lands on Crystal.

"You are doing no such thing. Not a drop of blood is leaving your body, this was the very reason everything started and we are not going repeat the history" he voices

"If there is...."

"Crystal I'm warning you it's a no, I swear if you do anything reckless"

"Will you at least listen first? I can't let anyone of them die if I know I can help them Connor and if you think I'll let someone die when I know I can save them then you are sorely wrong!" she stands her ground

"Fine then do as you please, Queen. Because I won't be part of any of this" he sneers before walking out of the store fuming

"Ignore him, he will be back in no time" Crystal sighs

"I'm sorry" Marco apologizes looking her way but Crystal just waves it off

"So, I guess you need a drop of my blood hmm?" she asks getting off the chair

"Crystal, I don't think you should do that? Let's sit and discuss it all and then we an come to conclusion" Ad states not liking the idea

Marco may not have any intention to harm her but he knows he cannot let his guard down what if he was fooling them all along?

"It's okay Ad I trust Marco, I can't explain it to you all but I have I know his intentions are nothing but pure to help us, more over help his friends he came to love as brothers" she informs

"But still..." this time Enzo voices

Who knows what will happen with her blood?

"I think you all should be more worried about those remaining kids who are still in danger and worry less about me" she sighs

"Talking about kids, Marco who was the woman who found you?" Ad asks

"I don't know, I have never seen her face it's always hidden with her cloak. I have tried many times to look at her face but she has a heavy magic surrounded by her no one could take it off"

"You trusted a woman whose face you haven't even seen? How stupid can you get?' Ad sighs

"Adie" Crystal scolds

"So, where are they now? How many of you are even alive?" Ad asks instead

"Well we are...." Marco gulps fidgeting on his seat

"150 if you add the mated ones as well the new born" he informs

All of them gawk at him as soon as he let's the number out

"You mean to say..." Enzo stops

"Ya some of us were lucky enough to find our mate and bear child and well you know...the numbers came increasing" he shrugs

"Oh god, you mean to say you have kids as well?" Crystal whisper asks dreading the possibility of it

When he nods she just closes her eyes in worry.

"If there are kids involved and if my guess is right then they may be as special as Gio, we need to find those kids and save them soon" she speaks

"So, umm....Gio how is he?" Marco asks

"He is good, why?" Enzo asks raising his brow

"No, no just asking. Haven't seen that kid, I was just curious" Marco states

"Okay, we need to make a move. Sorry Marco but you will not be getting any blood from Crystal until and unless we are sure. Now I want to you give me a list of all those people and tell me the whereabouts of them...

Till then you will be under our observation and don't worry we will see what we can do to heal you. Enzo will be taking you to the health center where you will be kept and given the treatment as well your blood will be tested to see if we can come up with any solution except lending you Crystal's" Ad informs getting up from his seat.

Marco nods before leaving with Enzo.

Enzo looks at Ad and nods at him before walking out of the door.

Adrian turns around to face Crystal. Crystal just pouts looking at him.

"What" she asks as he keeps glaring her way

"How many times do I have to tell you to not take any step so recklessly? Do you have any idea what you were going to do? I know you want all of this to be done with and so do we. But that doesn't mean you will put yourself in danger!

Getting ready to give him your blood once again just like that was the stupidest thing you have ever done! Do you have any clue what this situation is all about? We all have put our lives on line just so you can be saved and the first thing you go and do is give your blood easily to the first person who asks it?" he scolds her

Crystal sighs as starts to say something but stops as he raises his hand

"I'm with Connor with this not a drop of blood is leaving your body, that was the reason this whole thing started so you missy are to stay put in here and let us men with more logic and brains handle it...uh-uh Connor will be back here to handle you...

If you were still 5 years old I would have loved to spank you but as you aren't, I will let your mate do the honor" he smirks before leaving a gaping Crystal who has her mouth wide open in shock.

How dare he? That insufferable man! Crystal fumes

As soon as Adrian is out of door chuckling Connor enters.

"You are doing no such things" she shouts as soon as she sees him

Connor narrows his eyes her way

"What are you on about?'

"Oh don't you play coy with me mister, you are going no where near my bum" she warns him

"Why would I go anywhere near your bum when I owe it?" Connor smirks making her eyes go wide as saucer

"You have a dirty mind, My Lord" she gasps

"Really, you are the one brought the topic, My Lady"

"It wasn't I but...wait so you weren't going to spank me?" she asks in confusion

"Even if the idea is very appealing, I would do no such thing" he states

"Thank the lord above then, that Adie he just loves playing with my mind" she sighs

"I would actually love to tie you down and then spank your bum" Connor adds

"Connor!" she gasps as she hears before shrieking when he carries her in his arms

"You didn't take my warning, My Heart and disobeyed me, so, now you are in for a painful pleasure" Connor grins before walking to their room with pouting Crystal.

Enzo drives away from the store with Marco who is silently looking out of the window.

"Look Marco, just relax okay. The faculty I'm taking you in is a very advance specially made for people like us, they will help you and may be we can get the cure" Enzo assures him

"There is no help for this disease Enzo, I know you won't lend me her blood and I'm okay with it cause even I don't know if her blood with do the trick" Marco sighs pulling his hair

"I'm sorry for what happened with you all" Enzo smiles lightly his way

"Nah, it's not anyone's fault if only we had asked for help may be just may be we would have understood about the dynamics of it all"

"But still, you all were alone fighting the things you had no clue of" Enzo replies

"Ya, pretty much fucked up. Isn't it? May be the fate is doing justice in her own way for the pain we caused you. We pretty much destroyed your life, I'm extremely sorry for that Enzo, we all are"

"What done was done, we can't duel on past. It's okay, now I understand" he assures

"Your mate...um...she is amazing" Marco speaks after a while

"I know"

"Ya, oh and that kid too Gio. He is good right? I mean happy and healthy?" he asks

"He is in good hands; he has a great father and mother. Don't worry he is happy"

"Ya a father, he used to cry for his father who could never be with him" Marco sighs sadly

Enzo looks at his way only to find him asleep.

While Enzo admits Marco in the health faculty made especially for his kind, Adrian is busy planning to get those kids out of the dumpster they called life.

"So, I will take the west side of the territory while you go out with your team on the main building. If the information we got from Enzo is correct than the building will be surrounded with heavy magic and for that we will need some help" Adrian asks

"How about we ask V for her help?" Rom suggests

"Um...no I don't want her involved, this is a serious matter Rom and if something happened to her...you know" Ad shrugs his shoulder

Rom nods in understanding, as he knows that none of them will be able to say yes to something that involves danger and their mate in same place.

"I have a team of witches ready on the site to see if they can handle it, all we need is to get inside even a little bit of hole to get in" Enzo voices as he enters the room

"Whoa where did you come from? I thought you were with Marco?" Rom asks startle to see him here

"Let just say I'm a good driver" Enzo smirks

"Ha-ha, anyway why wasn't I there when you had the showdown with Marco. I feel unloved" he pouts looking at both Ad and Enzo

"So, did you drop Gio at Erika's?" Enzo asks totally ignoring his drama queen moment

"Aye, aye captain" Rom mock salutes him

"Why is everyone spending awfully lot of time with Erika?" Ad groans

"Don't say awfully, you sound so gay" Rom snickers

"That's Julian's thing not mine" Ad grumbles

"Hey, no gay bashing on my brothers" Enzo warns them both

"Ya Evan is too cute to be bashed by us, we will let Julian handle him" Rom winks making Enzo rolls his eyes

"Okay boys back to the important point, rescuing the gifted ones" Ad points out

"Okay, okay wait let me wear my gay...I mean game face on" Rom flaps his hands around

Both Enzo and Ad just shakes their head at his direction before discussing their plans.

"Hey where did you find the witches?" Rom asks out of curiosity

"I can't believe this, both of you are in council and I have to handle your shit! Some of the witches have been taken interest on joining the council and they wanted to prove their loyalty so this was the perfect chance for them" Enzo informs giving both of them his famous glare in return

"Hey, you were the one who named us for this crappy job anyway. Do you how much of a bore it is to sit in their and hear the whining of those people. I can't believe them, every single day they have something to whine about...

I just want to resign it...and anyway I have been busy with my son as for Ad if you forgot he just got married" Rom grins thrusting his hips in the air making some vulgar gestures

"Shut up" Ad warns and still Rom doesn't stop so Ad throws a dagger his way and Rom yelps jumping to Enzo side

"He tried to kill me, did you see that!" Rom cries pointing to Ad from behind Enzo

"Seriously Rom" Ad explodes

"Sorry, sorry. Jeez one would think he would loosen up once he is married guess he isn't getting at all" Rom grumbles walking out of Enzo's back

"Still that doesn't mean you can slack off your job" Enzo points out before gesturing to the map they have

"So, if we have witches on our side then we are all set up, let's go" Ad orders before taking his dragger out of the wall and glaring at Rom who just avoids his gaze and walks out whistling.

While the men become ready for their operation, Erika along with Travon and Gio wander off the mall.

"So, why are we here?" Gio asks as he looks around

"We are shopping" Erika grins showing off the credit card Enzo gave her

"I feel like we are married" she sighs looking at the unlimited card

"Whatever, but why am I dragged in here?" Travon sighs following her

"Do you want to go back to the house and fix all the door dad will break?" she threatens him and Travon shakes his head no before following her

"What are you buying anyway?" Gio asks as he takes a seat on the bench.

They have been walking all day long and they haven't even bought anything yet.

"I really don't know, he just said to go shopping so I came" she sighs

"Seriously Erika if you didn't want to buy, why did you even said yes in the first place?" Travon complains

"What do we do now?" she asks looking at the boys

"Let's go see Crystal" Gio jumps on his seat

"Who is Crystal?" Travon asks

"She is awesome" Gio sighs

"You both are pervert" Erika snaps

They both scowl at her.

"Hey isn't that Gio's mom?" Travon speaks all of a sudden

All of them look at her way. Vivian smiles as she sees them.

"Hi guys" she greets

"Hey V" Erika greets back

"Sorry to interrupt you but I'm here to take Gio back" she informs taking Gio in her arms

"Oh okay, it wasn't like we were doing anything interesting" Erika smiles

"Mommy but where are we going?' Gio asks

"Baby we are going home. Mommy hasn't been spending much time with you so" she smiles before saying her goodbye to them

"That was strange" Travon states

"Ya, well what can we do" Erika says as she looks at the way Gio went feeling a sharp pain in her heart.

"Hey Travon, let's play spy kids" Erika suggests all of a sudden

"What?"

"I...I don't know what it is but I feel like I should follow them" she informs and before she even finishes the sentence she finds herself running to the driveway

"Great!" Travon groans before running off to her

"Erika, are you sure this is right?" Travon asks as he drives off to the direction the car went

"Don't ask me Travon, don't ask me anything. I...I just need to be with Gio, I...I feel...umm...don't tell anyone cause it sounds really weird, I'm having a very strong feeling for Gio as I usually have for Enzo" she confesses laughing slightly

"Ya definitely weird" Travon looks at her in discomfort

And she accuses me of being the pervert while all this time she was a pedophile and bigger pervert than him! Travon shakes his head her way.

"Hey this isn't the way to Gio's house" Travon voices

"How do you know?" Erika raises her brow at him

"I dropped you two off there once remember?" Travon points out

They both silently follow the car but as soon as the car takes a turn they find no trace of the car.

"What the actual fuck?" The both shout at the same time

"Where did it go?" Travon looks around stopping the car

"We were right behind them?" Erika states in shock

"How can it just vanish? It's not like there was tones of car around as the area is vacant!" Travon curses as he once again look at the deserted place.

"We should inform Rom" Erika cries before dialing his number only for it to be unreachable

"We are in deep shit" Erika groans banging her head on the car window

"Call Enzo, I'll talk to dad" Travon says in all seriousness that she never saw

Erika dials Enzo's number and it just keeps ringing and ringing till it reaches to voicemail. So, it tries again and this time he picks it up.

"I hope you didn't call to ask what color lingerie I want" Enzo chuckles as soon as picks up the call.

"You should have said so last night if you wanted some lingerie Enzo" Erika whines

"I was just kidding" Enzo replies back

"Stop kidding you sexy nerd mate of mine! Do you have any idea while you were joking around what happened? How can you joke is such a dire situation? I can't believe you even can think like that in such a situation?" she shouts at him

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, what happened?" Enzo stops her ranting

"We lost him Enzo, Gio we lost him" she cries now full on

"What. What are you on about? Baby where are you?" Enzo asks worried

"We were in the mall and V came she took him and we followed and then her car disappeared. I'm so scared Enzo, help me" she cries

"Baby, calm down, okay, is Travon with you? Good now give him the phone I'm on my way, okay baby?" he coos her

Erika wipes her tears looking around the street in hope of seeing the car once again while Travon speaks with Enzo on phone.

After waiting in the car for few minutes they see Enzo's car. Erika jumps off the car as soon as she sees him.

Rushing her way Enzo holds Erika as she jumps on him folding her arms and legs on his neck and waist.

"Hey, hey I'm here, relax" Enzo soothes her back as she cries hard

"What is it baby, what's wrong?" Enzo asks holding her

"I don't know, I really don't know. But I feel so much pain in my heart Enzo, I'm so scared" she cries even more

"Its fine, everything is going to be fine. Relax just relax" Enzo runs her back before nodding at Travon who points him to the way the car vanished.

"Anything else" Enzo asks still holding Erika to him

When she starts to cry even more in the verge of being hysteric Enzo puts pressure back of her neck and before they know she is out for the world.

"Okay, seriously, what the fuck was that?" Travon asks bewildered as he saw Erika so hysteric

"She is just feeling very emotional may be that time of the month?" Enzo passes

"Very funny Enzo but we both know it's not that. I won't pressure you to tell me because we might just have the bigger problem here! Witches" he sighs once again looking at the way the car just simply vanished.

Enzo has his jaw closed tightly as he walks up to his car with Erika asking Travon to follow him.

Connor opens the store's door as soon as Enzo gets out of the car carrying Erika with him.

"Did you know?" Enzo grits as he sets Erika down on the couch

"After it all happened, she had a vision" he informs

"Where is she?" Enzo asks looking around the room

"I can't trace him, something is stopping me" Crystal informs as she walks in the room

"Chrissie, I asked you to lie down" Connor scolds her as he rushes off to her side

"Crystal" Enzo calls out in shock

"I'm fine, don't worry about me, someone is using my powers against me" Crystal breathes out and if it wasn't for the strong hearing power of them they would have missed it.

"What the fuck is actually going on?" Enzo pulls out his hair

"How can anyone use your powers against you? It's impossible! First Gio disappears and now Crystal looks on the verge of death!" he shouts in frustration

"Where are Ad and Rom?" Connor asks as he keeps rubbing Crystal's hand as it is going cold and cold.

"They are on the mission to rescue those kids, they have turned of their phones we can't reach them" he answers

"Travon" Connor calls out

"They are too deep in the layer for me to track them, the building is full of magic I can't cut through but I'm trying. I've been trying from the moment Gio disappeared" he informs.

Even if Travon seems pretty stupid half of the time, he is one of the most dangerous vampire among them. Even if he is so young he is one of few vampires who are on the caliber of Romano.

No one has as strong telepathic power as him in the whole vampire covens. He has out run many of his own.

"Shit" Travon curses as he holds on his head

"What is it?" Enzo and Connor stand up from their seat

"Someone is trying to get control of my mind" Travon shouts as the pain shots inside of his head

"Connor" Enzo shouts

"On it"

Taking Travon's head on his hand Connor freezes all of Travon's memory locking it on the back corner so only he can unlock it before tracing the intruder.

"Who was it?" Enzo asks as Travon lies on the floor as a rag of doll

"Vivian" he sighs

The shrill ring of Enzo's phone cuts the silence in the room.

"What is it?" he asks the caller

"Marco, what do you want?" Enzo sighs rubbing his face tiredly

"Why the fuck are you telling me this now?" he shouts at Marco

Enzo's gaze turns towards Crystal way and he curses loudly before cutting the line.

"What is it?" Connor asks as he let Travon sit on the sofa

"They are sacrificing Gio, tonight"

"Wait, what? Didn't you guys say something about the moon or whatever that was?" Travon asks massaging his head

"It seems like they didn't need Crystal for sacrifice, they needed her powers to call the devils on the earth. Only Crystal's power is capable for handling it and Gio was the lamb on it all from the start" Enzo informs

"Why didn't he say anything before?" Connor seethes gritting his teeth

"Because he just found out that Vivian was playing the role of Rom's mate as well Gio's mother"

"What the fuck does that mean?" Connor asks narrowing his eyes

"Vivian is not Gio's mother" Crystal weakly informs them

All of them just look at her wide eyes at the information. Crystal smiles at them apologetically before continuing.

"Gio is not even Rom's son. Till I figured it out it was too late. I'm so sorry" she whispers

"How is that even possible he shares the same powers that Rom has and he even looks as Rom" Travon asks bewildered

What the fuck is going on in here actually?

"Is Vivian even Rom's mate?" Enzo asks silently

"She is" Crystal answers biting her lower lip

"Hey, hey, it's not your fault. No one saw that coming" Connor assures her as he wipes her tears away

"Oh Connie, what will we do now. Our Rom he...he..." Crystal sobs

Connor hugs her to him. He doesn't even wants to think how Rom will react to this information. From what he has heard from Crystal about Rom, he knows that all Rom had always asked for was a family to love him and for him to give that love back.

It will destroy Rom in a way that he can never recover once the truth is out.

"I want both of you with the girls; I'm going to take a back up to the spot" Enzo voices

"Stop, I'm coming with you" Connor stops him

"Don't argue Enzo, I know Travon is capable to keep them safe and Giovanni as well Jericho are on their way to here" Connor states

And not a second before he said that both men comes barging inside the store.

"Dad, if you are here who is in the house?" Enzo worries

"Don't worry I didn't leave them unguarded, your brothers are capable of defending their family Enzo and I have asked few favors so they are safe in the house. Along with that with the tight security you had in the house I'm not worried at all" Gio smiles patting Enzo's shoulder.

"You guys go on; we'll be looking at them from here. You don't worry about it at all. Just bring back all of them safe as well yourself" Jericho assures them

They both take their leave and rush in Enzo's car. Enzo informs his team to be on the spot where Rom and Adrian's team went.

Connor checks on Crystal once more through their bond before looking out of the window.

"I can't believe Vivian would be capable of doing this. How could she even pass the spell Crystal has in the store?" Connor voices

"She is a witch and god knows what else she is capable of doing. I should have been more careful when we found out Vivian was the one whose blood was killing others but I let it go thinking she was the victim" Enzo curses

"It's not your fault we all were fooled on it" Connor points out

"Yes, but I should have been more careful when I had my suspicion on her mother. I should have been more alert! All that black magic talk I knew they were not as they seemed to be and the timing for her mother to be exact on Rom's house that night was insanely perfect!" Enzo hits the car wheel

"Ya it was but we didn't had time on our hands, our focus was on Crystal so much we forgot about other possibilities"

"So, I guess everything was a set up from the start! Gio's kidnapping, V's re-appearance in Rom's life everything just so they can get close enough to Crystal so they can use her magic against her...

But in this entire chaos where does Gio fit in? Who are his parents? Obviously, he has Crystal's blood running in" Enzo voices

"Only that mother-daughter duo can give us answers to everything" is all Connor replies before they both drive in silence once again.

*******

"Crystal, you shouldn't move" Giovanni requests as he finds Crystal not in the couch but in the kitchen.

"I'm fine Ant, I have been through worst" she smiles as she searches through her cupboards

"What's so important that you would rather be in here than rest?" Giovanni asks as he moves inside the kitchen to lend her a hand

"I'm just trying to think something out, clear my mind and for that I need to bake" she smiles

"No, no none of that, if you have to sort things out then you will take a seat not cook. I can never understand you women! Marisa cooks when she is troubled while you bake when you are. Very weird habit" he chuckles

"It's your wife who gave me this habit for your information" she laughs along with him

"Ah that explains"

"Do you know once I had to order her out of the kitchen when she was hell bent to finish all the goods in the pantry just cause she wasn't getting any calls from you after that fateful night you two spend in my bedroom" she glares at him as soon as she thinks of that moment

"Ah about that, you know how ones wolf get once you meet your mate?" he rubs his neck in embarrassment

"No, I don't as I was nothing like you two when I met my mate. You didn't even wait till you jumped on her anyway" she scolds keeping her hands on her hips and looking at him intimidated

"Oh come on it was ages ago and you still mad at me for that little incident?" he asks her incredulously

"That was my favorite bed, Ant!" she scowls at him

"I will buy you a new one" he grins making her roll her eyes at him.

"Shut up and anyway you were forgiven the moment you gifted us little Enzo to our world" she flicks his nose making him laugh once again

"Hmm, it was the greatest moment of my life when she told me about she was with my pup. We can never pay the debt for what you did for him Crystal" Giovanni states in all seriousness

"Ah, please Ant not again, as I said thousands of time before Enzo was and will never be viewed as a debt to me, he is a gift I'm happy we all got. And if it wasn't for him we would have never met Erika!

Oh that girl, I feel so young when she is around" Crystal giggles

"She is blessing to all of us but don't tell her. She is already over her head and with this information she will cut one of our heads" Giovanni smiles proudly

"I can't believe we have come so far Ant, you are having your first grand kids, isn't that amazing? It was like just yesterday, you and Marisa came up to me with a bundle in your arms name Enzo and now you will be meeting a whole new set of new generation....

You will be adding more strength and power in your family. I can see them, I can see them being lot stronger than anyone of you and they will surpass all of us along with their mates on their sides....

I can see a new beginning happening right in front of us, a new era where...ahhh!"

"Crystal" Giovanni rushes to her side as she collapses on the floor

"God damn woman!" he shouts at her as he picks her up before taking her room in her room.

Setting her on her bed Giovanni checks her pulse which is beating weakly.

"Crystal stop seeing the future and predicting it and focus on your health right now! You are getting weaker by the moment and I don't want a future where you won't be there to bless my grand pups and see them grow, you hear me" he scolds her as he pulls the blanket to cover her body.

"I can't help what I see Ant, I can't help it. Sometimes it's both a bless and curse at the same time" she whispers

"Don't talk, rest just rest okay. We can discuss about future after everything is right on track. I'll even sit with you for an entire week and we can talk about it all but right now you need to rest" Gio worries as he brushes her cheek lightly

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, it's all happening because of me...Gio and Rom and everyone is suffering so much and it's all because of me" she weeps

"Everything will be fine, don't blame your self. Everything will be just fine" Giovanni assures her

"No, no Ant you don't understand Rom has always wished for a family who will love him, not treat him like some dirt. I have seen him suffer so much it hurts to even remember...

He was on the verge of death when Adrian brought him in the castle that night; he was so young and scared. All his life he has suffered so much and now his own mate...

I don't know what will break him the most, Vivian's betrayal or finding Gio not being his son? I can't even imagine the pain he will go through once he knows about all of this" she cries

"Just sleep Crystal, give your body and mind a break" is all he replies back

Giovanni leaves Crystal in her room and goes back to check on Erika and Travon only to find Erika already woke up and couching near Travon while poking on his cheek.

"Tiger" Giovanni calls her

Erika looks his way wide eyes before smiling at him. Giovanni chuckles as he takes her in his arms.

"What are we all doing in here?" she asks as she yawns

"Enzo went to check on others and I'm on the guard duty along with your father who has just gone out to get some food for his princess. Travon has made himself a bit tired so don't disturb him as well Crystal okay?" he sighs

Erika nods before looking up to Giovanni.

"Is Gio in trouble?" she asks him

"Let's leave it in hands of the boys okay? I'm sure they are handling everything" he assures her as he hopes they are.

It's going to be a long night, even his Tiger is not her usual self right now and that means the shit is really going to get worst!

Erika stays in Giovanni's arms as she doesn't feel like going anywhere or doing anything. For some unknown reason she feels extremely sad and scared. And she wants to be tucked safely inside of Giovanni's arms.

They jerk apart as they hear a shrill scream from inside the room and without knowing both of them rush inside to check on Crystal only to find the room extremely bright and suddenly a portal opens and gulps Crystal inside of it.

They both blink their eyes as the bright light disappears along with Crystal.

Giovanni curses as Crystal just disappears inside the portal before walking out of the room to wake Travon.

"Crystal is gone" is all Giovanni states before Travon jumps on to action

"I'm on it" he whispers before moving to Crystal's room.

"What can he do?" Erika asks in confusion but before she gets her answer Jericho enters in.

"Princess, you are up! Look what Daddy got for you, come on" he drags her to the near seat and opens up food for her to drool on.

And just like that she forgets what she was even asking or what was going in on?

Giovanni mouths a thank you to Jericho before disappearing from the room leaving the father-daughter duo alone.

"Got anything?" Giovanni asks Travon as he enters Crystal's room.

"Yap" Travon nods with furrowed brow

"And" Giovanni raises a brow when Travon doesn't elaborate the information

"And it leads to um...Rom's house" he replies confused himself as he rubs the back of his neck.

"Are you sure?" Giovanni asks him once again for confirmation

"That's where it leads too, I mean that's where I sense her and Gio too...um...along with Rom and Adrian"

"What?"

"I really don't know myself but that's what I sense"

"Explain"

"Well, um...before you all came in I was trying to connect to Rom or Ad but Vivian did something to overpower my brain, so Connor kind of took care of it. So, after I was capable of building much more strong defense on my brain I kind of tracked Vivian's trail so you see...I have been kind of in her brain from that instant"

"What the hell, Travon? Do you have any idea how dangerous that is to you? The last time you tried..."

"I know, I know but don't worry I am been careful this time, she won't know I'm in" he smiles sheepishly

"Fine, but, damn you all for this mess!" Giovanni huffs before moving out of the room.

Travon takes a breath of relief before dialing his phone. He was sure for a second there that Giovanni was going to cut him off, but what was he to do? This was the only way to know where exactly everyone was.

After all, it was obvious that the only person who knew where everyone was is Vivian and her mother. He knew he was gambling on his luck which thankfully was on his side for this time.

If Vivian knew he was inside her mind who knows what that witch is capable of doing? But, now they knew where everyone is trapped it was no use for him to be inside her head.

The perks of being a Vampire, Travon grins.

While Enzo and Connor forms a rescue team, Rom and Adrian are busy trying to rescue the kids only to be going round and round.

"Fuck" Rom curses as once again his team comes up to the same room they have crossed like 10 times.

"What the hell is happening in here anyway? God damn no matter which turn we take we end up in this same fucking room and I'm going crazy!" he shots pulling his hair

"Do you think Ad's team is getting any progress?" one of his team mates asks

"Seeing how we are suffering I don't think I'll be surprised if they are having the same problem" he sighs once again trying to find a way out of this mess.

Even after an hour of same thing Rom gives up.

"Boys why don't we just spread and take different doors, let's see where we end up if we are back to the same room then we can only hope either Ad finds us out or Enzo is coming with a back up...

Anything is better than going round and round and be careful we are on the witch lair's so be extra alert, prepare yourself for anything, got it?

Let's rock and roll" he hollers as his team made of three vampires and two werewolves along with him takes different doors.

And just like that Viola! Each and every one of them ends up in different direction as well rooms not the same as before as some one is waiting in on them at the other side of the doors.

As soon as Rom enters the door he looks around to find it empty and he groans in frustration. The only reason he and his boys were suffering was they couldn't sense anything even if their life depended on it.

All of their vampires as well werewolf's senses were down to the level of a human. Damn even a human could sense better than them right now!

Cursing Rom walks down the hall too see a small feet running. Narrowing his eyes he follows the feet only to end up in a dead end.

"Now I'm hallucinating" he shouts punching the wall only to fall inside of it.

"Daddy come on catch up" he hears the sound of Gio who grins at him before running once again

"The hell!" he shouts before running off towards his son with a chill running down his spine to see his son of all the places over here.

"Gio, wait up" he shouts at his son only to be ignored by him as he keeps laughing and running off

"Son" he shouts once again before following Gio blindly only to once again come to an dead end

"What the fuck?" he shouts pulling his hair and looking around for the boy

"Rom" a shrill scream is heard making Rom's heart jump up to his throat as he keeps unlocking new sets of door to get to his mate and son as soon as possible.

"Please, please, please. No, no" Rom keeps muttering praying that his family is safe and sound and it's just his nightmare from where he will soon wake up.

While Rom is searching for his beloved Adrian is fighting his own demons in the cage as he is been trapped on the witch's game as well.

"Adrian" the voice lulls him as his feet carry him to the outskirt of the forest in daze.

"Aria" he whispers the name he had long gone forgotten

"What took you so long Ad" she smiles before asking him to join her in the water

"Aria" he whispers the name once again not believing his own eyes at what he sees

"Yes Ad, now come on I have waited you long enough" she whines throwing the water on his body and giggling

Walking to the side of the river Ad stands their too stunned to form any word or thought as he can't believe his eyes at what he is seeing.

He feels a sudden ache in his heart as he looks at her laughing and playing in the water just as he remembers.

She always loved playing in the water, it was her favorite place to come whenever she was sad or wanted to think or even spend some time with him. She always thought being near water kept her in peace.

His own water nymph!

That is how Adrian had met his mate century ago! He was walking on the forest in deep thought when he met his nymph giggling and playing in the water.

The sound of her laughter was his undoing as it had pulled and lulled him near her and the moment he had his eyes set on her he knew she was his!

A century, was it that long when he had first met her? How did he even survive for so long?

But then again he never was alive was he not after his mate left his side forever. Taking away every bit of happiness he could even get with her.

The splash of water in his face brings his focus back to her.

"Ad what are you thinking so deeply about? Am I not enough distraction to you?" she asks him seductively as she slowly gets out of the water and his breath is caught on his throat.

He curses mentally at the sight of her, oh she was a distraction enough for any one, he thought as she pulled him in the water fully clothed.

"I have missed you, Ad" she whispers in his ear as they both get deep in the water.

"Did you miss me Ad, honey? I have so many things to tell you, you know. Why aren't you saying anything? Ad what's wrong?" she asks as she runs her hands along his chest.

Adrian gulps as he looks in her eyes the same eyes that had been haunting him for so long. Adrian can't believe that she is with him in his arms even after so long.

Aria keeps talking miles long as he remembers her; she is just as he knew. The seductress! One who would drive him crazy with just a sway of her hips.

He remembers how she would tease him to no ends always testing his control, making him forget everything even himself when he was with her.

People had warned him, many as he remembers to not fall her but he waved all the warnings and fell for the one woman who theft not just his heart and soul but everything he knew.

Many knew that his mate was not to be trusted but he knew the truth, he had seen her at her worst and vulnerable, he had known why she was so guarded and why she didn't let anyone come near her or trust them.

He knew her all too well because she was his mate, his undoing, his strength for half of his life before she was ripped off of him in the most terrible and cruel way that he was sure even his heart was frozen until....

That thought along brings Adrian back to senses as he rips the woman away from him.

"Adrian" she whines

Adrian just walks out of the water; he can't believe he had given up so easily to her. He can't believe he had lost his control just like that.

Just a sight of hers and he was nothing but a putty in her hands acting like a frigging teenager!

"Adrian wait" she cries trying to hold him back

Adrian frustration sky rockets when he hears her call him back before he jerks a tree branch off and throws her way only for her to laugh at him as the branch just goes pass through her body.

"Adrian, Adrian, Adrian, all you had to do is just give in honey and we could have been together forever but you didn't" she shouts the last part.

Adrian watches as his so called mate dissolves into water before the water turns into waves coming his way but he stands his ground not frightened at all as he had been in worst situation before.

But just as the water comes his way it freezes before laughter is heard and the scenery is changed.

Adrian turns around the room to see it only to see a very angry Rom coming his way in full and before he could make a move Rom collapses with Adrian.

And before Adrian could say anything Rom's fists connects to his jaw.

"I'll kill you all" he rages as he keeps blowing on Adrian's face

Adrian holds Rom's jaw as he goes to bite Adrian, he calls out to Rom to snap out of whatever trance or demon has gotten him but it was no use and he was not listening to Adrian's calls at all.

Rom succeeds to bite Ad on his arm and the venom burns Ad's flesh making him curse loudly before he too goes fully on offense mode. With his strength he pushes Rom off of him before checking his arm which was healing but slowly.

He looks at Rom who has his fangs out in rage and his eyes are unfocused, knowing it will be hard to bring back Rom out of whatever trance he was in that he couldn't even make out that he was attacking Adrian.

So, only knowing a good knock out will bring his back to his senses Adrian launches to Rom first.

It has been very long since he has had a good fight, Ad grins.

Adrian shifts mid air growling loud enough to shake the walls as his wolf takes control. He lands heavily on Rom before slashing Rom's arm so they can be equally injured in same place.

Ad's wolf's grins at the sight of blood of his opponent before he surrounds Rom as Rom do the same.

Rom makes an inhuman sound as he rush off to the wolf in inhuman speed slashing the wolf's leg.

The wolf grins as he licks the blood off his leg; nothing is a better sight to him than blood. They fought attack each other succeeding to hits each other here and there.

Adrian's wolf gives gleeful smile every time Rom succeeds in injuring him as he injures Rom back exactly in the place he did.

Having had enough teasing and fun Adrian's wolf gets bored as he knows no matter what he did he can't kill Rom as he was the one who taught the kid how to fight.

So, without a second thought he launches on top of Rom once again before snarling at his face loud enough to bring back Rom to his senses.

"What the fuck?" Rom shouts as he stares at the eyes of the wolf before scrambling from underneath him.

"Ah man!" he shouts as he wipes the saliva off his face glaring at the wolf who grins back

"Come on" Rom shouts as he feels the sting of his wounds

The wolf just huffs before lying down on the ground with his head on his folded hands staring at Rom who keeps cursing as he tears off his shirt which are bloodied.

"What happened? What the fuck happened that you had to snarl on my fucking face with your spit?" he shouts at the wolf who just huffs looking around the room.

"Are you even going to change?" he asks but just gets a huff in return

"Turn back Ad, I don't need any huffing from your wolf, bloody hell" he curses and the wolf looks at him before looking at the clothes that is on the ground in shreds as he had transformed without a thought.

Rom sighs as he knows his friend won't be shifting any time soon not because he is worried about his nakedness but Rom will have a field day if he have to seen any of his male parts hanging around!

"What the hell happened anyways? Why sis you attacked me?" Rom asks the wolf who is still looking around the room

"I can't believe you hurt me Ad, was it because of the joke I made back in the quarter? Gosh don't you have a sense of humor at all? And anyway....whoa, whoa, whoa...cover you damn thing man" Rom shouts as he finds Adrian back in his human self.

"There's nothing you haven't seen before" Ad states as he walks to the near wall and keeping pressing on it

"Please don't talk like that, it's creepy. Jeez you so sound gay right now" he glares before walking near him to check what his friend is up, his very naked friend!

"Oh and you attacked me first, I was just bringing you back to your senses. So, what exactly happened to you for you to loose your shit?" he asks as he keeps knocking on the walls.

"I did? Well I was following Gio and then I heard Vivian's scream and now that you put it like that I don't remember anything after that" he pinches his temple as he tries to remember.

"Don't stress yourself; I'm sure it wasn't anything important" Ad states as he knocks the walls again

"Why are you knocking the walls?" Rom asks as he looks at Ad

"Do you smell it?" he asks

"What?"

"Use you senses Rom, god damn you are a Vampire and you are putting shame as the representative of it as a council" Ad scolds

"I don't like being a council members, all you guys do is those boring meetings. I would rather seat and watch Vampire Diaries" he folds his arms and pout for getting scold.

When Adrian glares his way Rom rolls his eyes before taking a deep breathe and scenting his surrounding for the first time.

And the scent hits him hard.

"What the fuck?' he shouts taking a sniff once again

"So, do you have any clue what this smell is?" Ad raise shit brow as he sees Rom's outburst

"My house doesn't smell" Rom sees red for the insult

"What?"

"It's my fucking house" Rom snarls before coming back to his senses

"Shit we are in my house?" he asks in confusion to Ad who has been staring on the wall in confusion as well before he punches the wall and it crumbles down.

They both looks at the living room of Rom's house incredulously before turning back at the room they were both in only to find that they were both in Rom's bedroom all this time.

"What the fuck?" Rom whispers not knowing how they end up in Rom's house at first place

"My sentiments exact" Ad states as he moves to Rom closet pulling out a pant.

"No, no, no. Not that pant I don't want you to rip it off. Do you know what this material is? No not that too that's Versace my friend; it is one of a kind. It's fro the spring collection...

Oh check this out, its Gucci's shoes and you have to see my watches collection I swear..."

"Son of a bitch, shut the fuck up Rom" Ad shouts making him shut down at once

Adrian pulls out a pant shoving his legs in it as Rom bits his tongue to not say as word seeing the way Ad has been treating his precious pant in such a caveman way.

That man has no sense of fashion, Rom huffs internally.

They both walk out of the room to check the house and just as they take the step out someone jump on them.

Both the man falls on the ground with a thud.

Enzo rushes off to Rom's house as soon as he gets the information, he can't believe how they were in Rom's house moreover Crystal was swallowed by a portal.

How the hell a portal was even created in the first place? How can those witches be so powerful to even create a portal?

"Connor how was it possible to make a portal out of no where when we have never even heard about it?" Enzo asks the man

"There was this folk lore where it's said that the fairies uses some kind of magic to open the gateways to go and visit the fairy realm so they can meet this fairy mother or goddess who created them and stuff...

I can't remember the exact words as I didn't care at the time what they were singing but it was something like only a fairy can use the door or in our case a portal to move from one place to another...

It's a very powerful thing and takes a lot of energy so I guess the reason why Crystal was so tired can be explained by that use of portal, still I can't be sure about it...

Everything is just so confusing the more we learn the more it sucks us up. All I wanted was crystal to be safe and know her capabilities but I never signed up for this mess at all"

"I know what it feels and I also know you are not used to it all" Enzo nods

"Ya, I had long forgotten what it's like to have someone you feel responsible for or some one to protect" Connor sighs

"And someone to love" Enzo adds

"Ya that too. Love makes you do things you never even imagined" he smiles

"Tell me about it. I have one" Enzo chuckles

"Ah the infamous Erika, I have heard about her even before meeting her. She is quite popular" Connor smiles

"Don't I know it" Enzo grumbles

The next time Adrian and Rom opens their eyes they are tied up in chains and can't even move an inch of their bodies.

"Where are we?" Rom slurs as he shakes his head to see around

"What?" Ad asks as he tries to see properly where he is exactly

"I asked where we are" Rom slurs once again

Both the men are trying to shake the dizziness off of them and try to stay awake, who ever jumped on them have done a number on them as they feel to weak to even say a word.

Ad tries to focus on what Rom is saying but all he hears is grunts and see his mouth moving but he understands none.

"What are you saying?" he asks again

Rom shakes his head to clear it and tries to speak again but it's hopeless as Ad understands nothing he is saying so he just shuts up al together.

"Good morning boys"

Both their head snaps to the voice of a woman who is hiding behind the cloak.

"Had a good nap" she asks chuckling

"Who are you?" Ad asks and Rom smiles thanking God that he asked as it seems Rom can only speak gibberish

"Patience my boy" she scolds and Ad growls

"What do you want?" he asks her

"What else just to end what I started ages ago" she replies before chanting few words and a glow is filled in the room before Crystal is thrown out of a hole.

"Hello my dear, welcome" the woman states as soon as Crystal is down on the floor

Crystal coughs as she is thrown hard on the floor before looking around to find Ad and Rom tied in chains.

"Ad, Rom she sighs in relief to see them alive

Crystal gets up to walk near them only to get a shock as she is trapped in a circle which is obvious is filled with magic.

"Uh-uh my child, not a step, until you want to hurt yourself, now let the show begin" the woman snaps her finger as the roof above them opens wide.

"What are you doing?" Crystal asks as she looks above the sky to see the sky above clear

"You will find out soon, so now let me begin this show with our star. Hold your breathe Rom as here comes my dear Vivian"

They all snap their way as a click is heard and Vivian enters carrying Gio.

Rom struggles in his chains to get out of it as Vivian puts Gio on the top of a table that is straight to Crystal.

"Hello honey" Vivian smiles before she walks to kiss him.

Rom growls at her but she simply holds his jaw and kisses him on the mouth and Rom screams as she pours something inside of his mouth.

"What are you doing?" Crystal shouts trying once again to get out of the circle but only to drop on the ground as she gets an electric shock.

"That much will be enough Vivian" the woman calls out

Vivian grins as she wipes her mouth with the back of her hand and sees Rom shout and scream in pain.

Ad jerks next to him to get a closer look on what Vivian did to his friend and come to his aid but its useless and the chain only tightens as he moves.

"Relax Adrian the more you move the more it will hurt you. It's not your normal chain that your can break with your strength. Its magic bound" the woman in cloak explains

"Who are you and what have to done to him?" he shouts as his friend is all but shaking in pain.

Rom can't explain the pain he feels inside of him he can only shout and scream. With a final cry everything within him stops.

For a mere second Crystal holds her breathe thinking Rom is dead only to hear a moan from the man as he slowly moves his head to her side and opens her eyes.

Crystal gasps as she sees his eyes and cries for the pain he must have gone through.

"Why" she cries looking towards Vivian who just smirks before walking to the place where Gio is settled.

"Oh come on, what makes you think I will still want him? If it wasn't for you I wouldn't even have been mated to him in the first place...

I despise his kind to the boot to my feet and walking around with his filthy scent on my body as well his mark was the worst moment of my life...

So, I did what I have to, now I'm free from his mark and I'm no longer his mate. I'm finally free" she laughs

"How could you do that to some one who loves you? How can you just throw away your bond like that? How can you do that to the man who worships the ground you walk?" Crystal shouts at Vivian in pure rage

"She doesn't owe you any explanation Crystal so stay still" the woman intervenes

"She doesn't owe me but the man she just cruelly rejected and to the boy who thinks her as his mother" she grits out as the anger in her grows

"Oh please, that kid? I thought you would know about all of it as soon as you touch him but too bad you didn't. He isn't Rom's son but his dear sister's Rose's" Vivian laughs

"That's enough Vivian, shut that trap of yours" the woman shouts at Vivian who gets a bit taken back before clenching her jaw tight.

"What the hell do you mean he is Rose son?" Ad asks not believing his own ears

How can he be Rose's son?

"All of you just shut up!" the woman yells before turning away from them rubbing her head

"Vivian, go bring your mother and don't you dare open your mouth again" she threatens and Vivian just nods before once again turning towards the door she came from.

Crystal takes her eyes off of the woman before looking at Rom who is just lying on the ground without so much blinking his eyes.

The only give away that he is alive is the rise and fall of his chest; the blank look on his face crushes her heart so she just looks away towards Gio who as his father is lying on the table and it seems he is in a deep slumber.

"Why are you doing all of this?" she whisper asks knowing well the woman will hear her

"I'm just giving an end to your pathetic life" she answers

Before anything could be said Vivian brings her mother who struggles in her daughter's arms.

"Let me go Vivian" she shouts

"Ah Laura, how've you been?" the woman smiles

"Been better you bitch" Laura snaps jerking her hands away from her daughter clasps

"Mother what did we talk about calling her names?" Vivian hisses

"Don't call me your mother you have lost that right" she scolds Vivian before looking around to see everyone.

"Crystal I'm extremely sorry" she bows her head down on shame

"Laura you aren't the one doing this?" Crystal asks in shock all this time she thought that Laura was the one who was behind it all.

"No, no I would have never betrayed you like this but I'm not completely truthful to you, if it wasn't my mistake then..." she stops as she clutches her neck

Crystal's eyes snaps to the woman who has her hands raised and some sort of chant is heard

"Which part of don't open your mouth don't the both of you not understand?" the woman snarls

"Please, please leave her" Vivian begs as she sees her mother on her knees gasping in pain

The woman stops the chanting at once. Laura takes a deep breathe and tries to stand. So, Vivian goes for her mother's aid.

"Mama please don't argue with her" she whispers as she checks her mother's neck

"If the both of you have done enough talking let's get this thing started, Vivian!" the woman shouts gaining Vivian's attention as she rush to Gio's side.

Laura looks at Crystal apologetically before walking near Adrian's side and taking out silver dagger.

"Laura, no please" Crystal begs making her stop but a warning from the woman Laura just kneels in front of Adrian.

"I'm so sorry Master Adrian" Laura apologizes before slashing his arm and collecting his blood in a jar

"What's happening in here Laura, who is that woman?" Adrian whispers as he sees the woman is busy going through some book.

"She...." Laura stops turning to see the woman before looking at Adrian

"Everything will be just fine" is all she says as she gets up gathering Adrian's enough blood

"Please Laura, no don't do this. Don't" Crystal begs once again walking around in her circle but Laura just avoids her voice

"Why do they want my blood?" Ad asks to Crystal as he sees the dread in her eyes when Laura passes his blood to the woman.

"Aria" Crystal whispers as he sits on the ground too tired of everything around her

"What does she has to do with all of this?" he snarls at Crystal

"Ad really you are asking me all about this? We all know your mating was forbidden she was a nymph you weren't supposed to even be with her and moreover you both go and...." She stops seeing the storm of rage in his eyes.

She just closes her eyes not wanting to argue with him at all. Everyone knew he was wrong to go fall for a nymph when everyone knew how they seduce the males but Adrian being Adrian had to go and found a mate in her.

It happened long before she was even born they say he was too young merely coming to his age when he mated her and fate cruelly took her away from him.

The world is cruel sometimes especially to those who is innocent. No one approved the mating even his parents were not happy.

After the death of his mate Adrian had become old, his heart froze. He didn't become down right rogue but left his pack in search of a something to distract him that was when he joined the Royal army.

Due to his hard work and hard exterior everyone dreaded being near him and soon he was appointed as the head of the Royal army one who would train the new lot of warrior.

He was best in it, his skills sharpened and decades later he was handed the responsibility to look after Crystal...

It was extremely hard to be around him, for Crystal as all he did was scowl or growl at her but she wasn't the one to give away and slowly but certainly she melt his heart and took a special place in it and he has come to love her as his own child.

"How much long?" the woman barks at Vivian

The shout breaks the thoughts of Crystal as she once again looks at the woman. Who was she?

"Not much longer, 2 hours at the least" Vivian replies back

"Okay, Laura you go ahead and start the ritual with others while I check on the spells once again" the woman order and Laura looks at Crystal's ways one last time before walking away.

"Connor will find me out" Crystal voices looking at the woman who just ignores her so she tries once again

"You can't escape from all of this, you know they will come for you and hunt you down" when once again she doesn't get any response she use different tactic

"My blood won't work you know as I'm no longer a virgin" she states making Ad scoff at her and she pinches her nose before glaring at him.

When she still doesn't get any response as the woman is too busy checking the book Crystal sighs before she looks at Vivian who is looking at her as well.

"How come Gio has my blood in him if he isn't your son? How come he is so powerful?" she asks

Vivian just huffs not answering her.

"You know I see someone else in Rom's life" and that hits the mark. Bingo!

Vivian glares at Crystal.

"You think I care about that monster? Let he fuck someone else or take anyone as his mate and anyway even before this night ends you all will be dead any way. So, use your vision to predict your own death not something that will never happen"

"Gio thinks of you as his mother"

"So, do I look like I care? If it wasn't for that kid I wouldn't even be here in the first place everything was going on perfect but that bitch Rose had to drop that boy on that stupid Erika's lap and I had to go beg Rom to find them...

Seriously, that human girl what the hell is so special about her anyway? Human they are just so weak and pathetic I never liked that girl always asking too many questions and sniffing on other's business!

How do you even tolerate her and then this kid he can't stop screaming at the top of his lungs for his dear Eri for a whole damn moth I was going crazy!

Good thing both him and Rom gelled up good else I would have killed him! It was such a torture and than that idiot Marco had to go ruin it all for us...

I couldn't believe he went running off to Enzo, I would have taken care of him if it wasn't for my Mama who wanted to be a hero and war everyone off spilling out beans, good thing I put a spell on her and you couldn't understand half the things she was speaking!

Marco can be pretty stupid sometimes; he never knew I was Rom's mate. Then again how could he? He never saw me but my stupid mistake I didn't knew he was back from his little voyage when I was in the bunk house that day he saw me...

And then Enzo went and showed his little Gio's pictures and of course he found me in it and that's how you all came to know about me I guess...

It's a good thing he remembered me a little too late as soon as I knew he was going to betray us. Good thing I got hand of Gio on time...Genius ain't I?

But she always thinks I'm good for nothing I mean if it wasn't for me passing in on every information about al of you we wouldn't be in here anyway...

Gio would never come in our hands if it wasn't for me to jump in on and claim him as my son. Good thing he looked just like Rom who would have imagined. When I first saw Gio even I thought he was Rom's and may be that Rom was banging his own sister on the side line....

Poor Rose and Marco though I feel bad for them. Marco had to know Gio being his son too late that guy was so close to his own son but never knew after all he looks nothing like Marco. It's unbelievable that Gio looks so much like his grandfather...

Rose must have really loved her father, anyway they were never meant to be together anyway. He was having affects on his body for sleeping around and she was just not ready for all the baggage he had being with us...

But Rose is such a stuck up bitch" Vivian keeps ranting on and on oblivious to the fact what she has let on to.

Crystal and Adrian hold each other gaze as they find out, who really are Gio's real parents.

But that still doesn't explain who that woman in cloak is that is so into looking at the book in her hands that she didn't even hear they were talking.

"Anyway, I never liked the idea of mates ever; I mean why would we waste time with just one guy? I am not into men anyway! It's a good thing I knew what happened when you loose your V card to anyone else except your mate and saved it...

But who knew the effect of my blood would be gone when I mate my stupid mate. It's his entire fault!" Vivian throws her hands up in the air in frustration

"But now that the bond is all gone I feel so good. Thank god for oral over here who have this brilliant spell to reverse the mating and now I'm free from his mark" Vivian's voice seems far away as soon as the name left's her mouth.

"Mother" Crystal calls out and the book drops off from the woman's hands in shock.

*******

The car comes to the sudden halt as out of nowhere someone jumps in front of it.

Enzo curses as he looks out to see who it is, only to find a distraught looking Rose.

Rose snarls at them before yanking the door off of the car.

"Where is my son?" she yells at Enzo who looks at her in bewilderment

"What are you talking about?" Enzo asks as he along with Connor gets out of the car

"Gio, where is he? How could you let them take my son?" she screams at him in frustration

Both Enzo and Connor look at her

"Gio is yours?" Connor raises a brow

"Of course he is, how could you let them take him huh? Where were your guards?" she keeps shouting at Enzo.

"Wait a darn second woman? We are going to get them back, so just calm down!" Connor holds her still as she tries to attack Enzo

"Fuck, what is going on? How could he be your son?" Enzo curses

"If he was yours then why the hell did you leave him?" Enzo asks running his fingers through his hair

"I couldn't keep him with me; they had found out about him, I wasn't able to protect him. Why else do you think? I had to do that to protect my son, I left him with Erika in hope you will all be there for him but I didn't knew she was no longer in talking terms with anyone of you!

I had been watching both of them ever since, but after he got injured I had to take them away, they were too close to take him away from me. Josh and Neil were there I couldn't keep them around...

I had to even lie to Marco" she cries feeling helpless

"Wait how come Marco comes in all of this?" Enzo asks dreading the answer

"He is the father, my mate" she whispers

"What the fuck?"

"If he was the father then how did he not knew about it all? After all he was in that club and then how did you not know about Vivian?" Enzo asks her, confusion written all over his face.

"About Vivian we just found out just few hours ago, he said he didn't recognize her before when you showed him the pictures, as he just got a glance of her just once...

I had gone to meet him in the hospital you had him in, that's when I found out about Vivian, all this time I thought my baby was safe with Rom and his mate...

How wrong was I, I had send my baby literally in hands of enemy"

"Does Marco know Gio is his son?"

"Yes he does, he found out after it was too late. He did tried to be in contact with Gio through Erika but it was of no use...

Marco may have done terrible things in past but he has changed, he never wanted to do anything with all this. He said he wanted an out but he couldn't leave others to die just yet and that woman had told him the solution for their misery is to gain Crystal's blood once again in their body...

He was just waiting for a chance to get away from everything but he became restless once he found Gio was his son....

Marco, he was loosing some of his senses he was working in the club to make some money so he could buy a house for other kids who has been suffering...

When we found we were mates Marco asked me, to not let anyone know about us, he didn't want anyone to come after me or harm me. We thought once the mating is complete he could be back to normal but he never did...

And I know he can't be saved now, we have no hope. He was sure that the queen's blood may be the answer but we both know it's just something to give him hope to move on...

He always used to come to me and warned me never to go to him or follow him but I was curious. I wanted to know what he was so scared of or what he was hiding that's when I ended up in that bunk house...

It was terrible in there, the woman and kids they were so miserable and the stench of blood and dead people was so strong I couldn't be around; I saw how women were in there so I ran without a second glance to him...

I cut off all the connection between us; I went as far to close our bond so he can never find me or our baby. I got scared for my and my baby's safety. I didn't want to end up like those women and kids...

I thought I was safe but I was wrong, they found me and ever since I have been running away. If it was only me I would have succeeded but with Gio I was lost so I had to leave him in somewhere safe...

It's not like I didn't tried I went as far to ask help from Julian and he kicked me out and even you did. I know I wasn't a good person, one whom you could trust! But I was so helpless I had no where to turn and then Rom was busy hunting his mate down....

So, I had no other choice and that's when I saw Erika, I knew she was close to all of you and after her mother's death I knew you all will look after her so I left him with her...

But then Neil and Josh were around even if they didn't knew about who Gio was they would have eventually know and I got scared so I took them away...

I warned Erika, went so far to threaten her to leave the town with Gio but she didn't and when I found Gio was with Rom and his mate I was relieved...

I didn't even thought about the possibility of how Rom had so easily accepted my child but who knew that Vivian had said Gio was hers; I was so desperate for help that not once I thought about anything else except my son being safe...

If only I had stayed around enough I would have knew what that bitch was thinking and planning but every single one of you were after me and I was too tired and stressed to fight back. I had no other choice left but to disappear and it was my biggest mistake" she cries as she explains all of it

"It's okay Rose you didn't know, none of us did. Now, relax okay we are going to bring back Gio no matter what" Enzo pats her back lightly to offer her some of his support

"Take me with you" Rose pleads at once as she wipes her tears

"It's dangerous out there" Connor voices not liking the idea of her tagging along

"I can look after myself and it's about my son, I won't just sit around while my son is with those bitches" she seethes at Connor who just looks at her with bored expression

"You had your chance to protect him but you couldn't so stop arguing with us and go be with Marco we will bring Gio safely to you" Enzo promises

Rose bites her lips as it trembles before nodding in defeat.

"We won't let anyone hurt him Rose, so relax" Enzo assures her as he squeezes her shoulder.

"Thank you" Rose states before letting them go.

With that he drives off to Rom's house once again. As they reach the house, they all get out of the car and tries to see around if there is anything out of picture.

According to Travon this is where he tracked them; Enzo still can't believe everything that is happening.

He takes a step only to forced back by Connor.

"Do you really think it's that simple that you just open the door and they will let you in?" Connor raises his brow at Enzo who nods in understanding.

Trying to get to his friends fast Enzo sure was being reckless!

They all look around the house to see anything off when all of a sudden the door of the house opens.

"I have been waiting for you to arrive, this way" Laura calls them

Connor narrows his eyes at the woman not trusting her words. Their luck can't be this good!

"Laura how could you do this?" Connor asks the woman who flushes with the gaze of his on her

"I know, I'm in no place for you to trust my words Lord Connor, but let me assure you that I have no intention to betray our queen. I never had but it was my daughter who always was greedy wanting much more than she was given"

"How can we trust you now? And what is the guarantee that it's not a trap?" Enzo asks the woman

"Because I was given the responsibility of shielding the house as well to seal all the way for any intruder to get in. I may have always protested to not doing any of this but they all know the only reason why I was doing, it was for Vivian's safety but she is far long too gone to return back to her senses....

I have no hope for my child now that she has already broken her bond with Rom" she explains sadly

But before anyone could asks what she means she interrupts them.

"Please hurry up before she knows you all are in here and try to mask your scents" she calls out before anyone could ask what she meant!

Giving her a last chance they take the risk and get inside of the house and to Enzo's shock the interior of the house is nothing like the last time he saw.

"Why did you choose this house as hide out?" Enzo asks as he sees the empty room.

"It is the perfect place to start the ritual to transform Crystal's power to her mother" Laura sighs sadly

"What?" all of them stop on their tracks.

"Yes her mother is behind all of this" she states directly too fed up with everything

"How can that happen? Wasn't she dead?" Enzo gulps.

"She was in a way...um"

"What did you do Laura?" Connor snarls as the woman hesitates

"I'm sorry, we never knew what she was planning and before we did it was too late. My clan was not attacked nor did my husband died defending us...

Coral was believed to be death by many but she wasn't, my husband and I helped her to fake her death. It was a poor judgment as well decision on our part"

"How could you do that?"

"You don't know the length we witches can go to, Coral faked her death, she was going to be thrown out of the throne any day and she knew some people were hungry for her blood...

She had done many wrongs to people around her including her own daughter and when Adrian found about her abusing Crystal as well teaching her things she shouldn't learn, it wasn't a secret that she was in a verge of collapsing as well her crown was going to be taken off of her any moment...

So, that day when she was attacked by Adrian it was all an illusion created by us so people will think she was dead in hands of Adrian but it was not...

She had been hiding in our clan waiting for the moment for Crystal to come to age and her powers to grow all along. Me and my husband were all looking out for her and suppressing her powers binding her fairy part in spells so it won't show up till the time came...

But when we found Crystal had found her mate, we were wary wondering what will happen if she was mated. Coral was mad about it, she was so angry that, she sent someone to kill you Connor, but that man didn't do his job properly and instead turned you into one by mistake...

We all thought you were dead until you came back claiming that you are her mate"

"Did you just say that Coral was the one who sent those vampires to kill me and my sister?" Connor grits through his teeth

"I'm sorry"

"I don't need your sorry as it won't bring my sister back!" he seethes in anger

"What else? How did she open the portal?" Enzo enquires

"That's a different story..."

"What else can be more now? This whole thing is so messed up that I have no clue what is what anymore" Enzo sighs pinching his temple

"Coral's mate is alive and she is using him to open all the portals"

"No shit he is alive because of you and your husband, I guess?"

"No, we didn't know he was alive till recent, she had him captured"

"Is it true that she had mated both her mate at once?" Rose asks getting curious on all of this new information

"No, it was just a rumor she never had two mates just one but, Crystal's father he was insane he would do anything for power...

He went to such length to get more power and rule the kingdom. For now, please follow me"

"Where are you taking us?" one of them asks

"From where we can see what she is up to" she informs

"What do you mean by that? We need to go where she is and get everyone out of there as soon as we can" Connor states

"I know we should but first we need to see what she will be doing before taking any further step, don't worry we all are with you okay. We all want this thing to end" Laura sighs once again tiredly.

"Who are these we?" Enzo asks her with narrowed eyes

"We are"

Everyone turns around to see who the new voice is before coming face to the witches Enzo asked help for before.

"So, this means you all were with her from the start?"

"Yes we were after all even we witches are loyal to our own but Coral has crossed every limit she shouldn't and we need to control her. We may have supported her through many things but we tried to put stop when she started to hurt the innocent...

For that we have tried many times to ask help from the council but as you all see us not trustworthy that no one took us seriously...until now"

"This shit gets deeper and deeper"

All the head turns to the voice of the new comer.

"What the fuck are you doing here?"

"For same fuck you are"

"How did you even get in?"

"I take leave for few days and you all go and get deep down on the nastiest that's ever been!"

"Ya like you could have handled it better" Enzo scoffs

"I am the head of the council for fuck's sake! I'm offended"

"Cut the drama"

"Fine, fine so who are these hot chicks?"

"They are the same witches who had put the petition for joining the council time and again and it seems you ignored them"

"I did! Impossible who would have ignored such a bunch of ravishing women? I must have never gotten my hands on them...I mean the matter of course" he grins

"You still are a shameless pervert as the day I have met you" Enzo groans rubbing his face

"I'm not a pervert, that's Travon's job"

"How did you get in anyway?"

"Seriously, you are asking me that?" the man scoffs

"Anyway, Connor let me introduce you to the head of the council Dante and Dante this here is Crystal's mate Connor"

"Crystal's mate is alive? Damn, I was planning on banging her!" Dante grumbles but stops once he hears Connor growl

"Relax buddy, she is like my sister now that you are in her bedroom" he sighs

"What are you doing with all that toys anyway?" Enzo asks him suspiciously

"I came to meet Rom's son what was his name again?"

"Giovanni Romano Reid"

"Ya, ya, don't remind me! I can't believe he didn't name his son after me and had to name him Giovanni's, for goodness sake I'm fucking handsome than that old geezer" he snaps annoyingly

"And" Enzo asks

"And what, I felt something wrong in the air, something really dark about this place so for past few hours I have been roaming in this place, till I found the loop hole and got in"

"So, you can feel it?"

"Of course, I can! What do you take me for? I'm not head of the council because I fucked my way up to there"

"No, he is still fucking everyone even after that" Enzo snorts gaining a pout from Dante

"Oh and let me add he is a man version of Erika with extra bluntness, curse words and with the ability to make any man insane with his mere presence. And if it wasn't for the power, he holds he would be dead by now" Enzo adds

"Hey! I'm not the male version I was born before your mate so she is a female version of me. Wait. What?" Dante thinks at what Enzo just said about him

"If you two have finished kissing each other shall we move so we can be done with this?" Connor interrupts

"But first fill me in" Dante states before they all move to the next room

While they walk in the room Enzo fills in to Dante at everything that happened.

"Hmm, so Rom's mate is in all this along with Crystal's mother the former queen. And Gio isn't Rom's son but Rose. Wow, I should disappear more often" Dante rubs his shin

"Rose is mated as well" Enzo adds

"What is this? National, meet the mate's day?" he shouts before dumping the toys he has on the table

"Where had you gone to anyway and for this long?"

"You aren't my mate, so let me tell you this is none of your fucking business" Dante snaps

"Can we hear them?" Connor asks to Laura who nods before murmuring some spell and they can hear the voices in just as crystal calls out for her mother.

"Hey, is that Rom and Ad?" Dante plasters his face on the window created by Laura

"Yes and it seems they aren't in a good condition" Connor states

"Damn they are going to put shame to the council's name. Fuck and they are known as the most terrifying warrior, pssh! I am so going to harass them for this" Dante snickers as he takes out his phone and start recording the scene.

"Seriously, Dante" Enzo growls

"What? I haven't forgotten the time they posted my naked picture all over my company's wall! Not that I'm ashamed of my body but fuck it they put a lingerie while I was passed out drunk" he exclaims

"I liked it better when he wasn't around" Connor comments

"And I liked it better when Crystal was without you, but anyway I think I like you buddy. You seem quiet the silent type" he grins before hushing all of them and pointing at the scene happening in front of them

"Man, she is one hot mom!" Dante whispers drooling just as Coral takes off the cloak showing her face.

But all of them ignore her as focus on what is happening as Crystal stands up in rage.

"Mother"

"Took you long to figure it out dear"

"How...?"

"What do you mean by how? I thought among all, you and Adrian here would have known it would be me, it always has been me"

"Why...?"

"Because this is how it's always supposed to be. I created you, I made you so isn't it obvious I went to all these lengths to achieve something from you in return? You were just quiet opposite you know I always thought you will be someone I can rely on to, someone who will help me create a perfect world, a world I will not have to salve for others...

But I was amazed at how you grew up to be, no matter what I tried you never did what I asked you to. I thought I could mold you to be what I want but I guess I should blame the Ad here...

He was always around you, always. If it weren't for him, I would have succeeded, you are the only one in the family who is pure in every sense"

"How can you be alive?" asks Crystal in shock

"Oh please, you think I'm that pathetic? Please dear, I won't die just because your stupid mutt came and put a scratch on me. Foolish of all of you to think I'm dead...

I wasn't planning to act dead but I'm glad I did as everyone knew about my intentions, if not for your mutt there no one would have known about my capabilities....

I have been waiting so long for this day, for so long...

And also, for your so-called mate, what is he made off of anyway? He was so close to find me if in the last moment I managed to lure him back to you. I was sure he was dead that night, I made sure he did but that stupid blood sucker changed your mate, pathetic, it was a good thing he is dead now, non other than by your mate's hand else I was hunting that bastard myself ruining my plans...

Everything was going according to plan until he marked you! I was furious I couldn't take you down without getting caught now he marked you...so I had to wait, wait till I had the perfect time to show myself...

There were times I thought I should just kill your mate to free you from his mark but he is powerful than I imagined. God that boy can freeze anyone in a blink of an eye, trust you to get a powerful mate for yourself as if the men around you weren't powerful enough" she sneers

"Why did you do it? Why hurt?" Crystal asks still not believing at what she is hearing or seeing.

"Oh, please why shouldn't I? I was fade up being a slave in name of Queen! I hated it more than anything every eye was on me waiting for me to make a slight mistake so they can point it out! I couldn't do anything before they start to nag me how inappropriate it was for a Queen!

I wanted all of them to just shut up and let me do what I wanted! And for that I had to be more powerful, so much that they would do what I wanted them I wanted to rule each and every single one of them...

Oh the thrills, of making someone submit to your each and every whim. They will now see what I'm made of"

"Is this what it's all about to gain powers?" this time Adrian questions

"No, it's much more than that; do you know that a fairy's blood has a very distinctive taste? It's something else....

Your father, he was kind always finding happiness from other's smile, he lived for others. And he loved you more than me be sure about it. He cherished you very much even if you were a girl not a boy, he made you the ruler of the throne, all through the pregnancy he was so loving, spending time talking to you while you were in my womb as if you could hear, it may be touching but at the same time very irritating. It's not a surprise you held his qualities...

You are just like him, easily trusting people, always seeing good in them and that was the reason he had to die, to the world he put a sword in his heart, he died so he could protect you but, in a way, I am glad he died"

"Why mother?" Crystal cries

"I had no other choice he was suspecting too much and putting his nose where it wasn't necessary, but trust me honey he died happily" Coral informs making Crystal gasps in shock

"Awe, don't cry sweetie" Coral bends a bit to come face to face with her daughter and pouts

"But let me tell you, your daddy did everything to keep you away from but I couldn't let that happen I needed you, I needed you more than my next breath to conquer everything not just rule over the werewolf's kingdom but the fairy land too!

Do you have any idea how much power you hold inside of you? Your father was a bloody Fairy prince! He didn't think it was necessary to inform that little fact when we married!

And you being not just a princess to were kingdom but to Fairies along with the powers of a witch oh my, my you were a true weapon...

The portals I can open through your magic its so mouth watering! And then your blood it was a boon as well a curse to our kind...I was on my knees with tears when I found about your blood...

You are so magnificent honey so much that even you don't know. You held so much power within you that I'm so scared you will break down with a mere push...

But you didn't break even when your mate left, you just became more stronger always grasping on the brighter side of the life" Coral roars at Crystal with rage but Crystal doesn't even flinch as she is in so much grieve for her father's death who was just a victim as everyone in her mother's hand.

"So, she had no choice but to break their bond, it was a bit risky. I used the same spell with Rom and mine bond. You see both me and your mother understand each other in a level you will never. We both despised our mate and just wanted something from them and now that it was done, we have no use for them" Vivian grins proudly

Coral smiles as she walks towards Vivian whose eyes shine as she looks at Coral. Coral holds Vivian cheek on her hand and smile at her.

"You are right dear; she will never understand and you did well. Now the bond will break forever. You'll be free forever" she states moving away from Vivian who still has a grin in her face.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I forgot to tell you something honey" Coral stops and turns back to Vivian.

"What is it?" she asks

"For the bond to break one of you should die"

"Oh well I already did say goodbye to Rom, not like it would make any difference" Vivian shrugs

"Well then let me say goodbye as well"

"Of course"

"Good bye Vivian, you were very useful to me but you are just so stupid sometimes and I don't have any power to tolerate you anymore. So, do have fun in hell" Coral smiles

Vivian who is grinning like a fool stops, as all the color drains away from her face, just as she chokes holding her neck and drops to her knees.

Blood, it's the only thing that can be seen around her as it oozes from all over her body; her eyes, nose, ears as well her mouth.

"Coral" she chokes before going limp on the ground just as Rom screams out and jerks up sitting.

"Ah welcome back Romano and no need to thank me" Coral claps her hands happily

"What have you done?" Crystal chokes as tears brims from her eyes seeing the bloodied body of Vivian on the ground

Both Ad and Crystal looks wide eyed towards Vivian as nothing but ashes remains on the place where Vivian was lying few seconds ago.

"I didn't do anything honey, it was all her doing. She wanted to break the bond with her mate well now she did"

"What...?"

"Mating bond is something no one can break only dead can do them apart"

"Mother, what have you done?"

"Oh I gave her what she wanted, she wanted to break the bond and now she is free for eternity"

"Mother" Crystal bellows.

"Ah, fine, fine I gave her a toxin named Crystal's blood, which she happily gulped while I asked her to transfer some type of juice in Rom's body, which will paralyze him for a little while, what a timing for Rom to wake up just as Vivian's body couldn't handle your blood as your blood once which played as boon to them, the second time you put in them they die. So, you see I didn't do anything, it was all you honey" she laughs clapping her hands once again and twirling around the room in excitement.

"How did you even had Crystal's blood in the first place?" Ad voices

"It was all thanks to Laura and her late husband who always took some blood out of Crystal...

I had a stack of her blood with me as I knew it would one day come to use and what a use it came. Those kids were amazing while they had your blood running till their magic started to fade one by one as they mated and held no use for me" Coral states putting all of her cards on the table

"Why do you need my son?" Rom voices hoarsely

"He isn't your son Rom, Vivian was never pregnant with your baby"

"I don't care who gave birth to him but he holds my last name and he calls me Daddy" Rom snarls trying to break free

Crystal bites her lower lips as she hears Rom. She couldn't bring herself to go and soothe him and couldn't even imagine the pain he is going through.

"Oh poor Rom, always desperate to have a family, but don't worry he is your family after all no matter how cruel the fate is he really holds your blood. Rose is your own blood, you both share same father after all" Coral laughs making Rom snarl at her once again.

"Touch my son and I'll kill you" he threatens as he looks at the prone figure of his son on the table

"He is simply brilliant isn't he? Oh Crystal I wish I could see how your kids would turn out to be, you know? Gio just holds a bit of the power and blood from his father and look how he has turned out to be...

Let's not forget Rose bloodline too, but yours? Your child will surpass all of them with a strong mate as Connor and your lineage oh my, he or she will be a sight to behold but unfortunately it will all go in vain as this is the last night of your life...

Once your powers are transferred to me there will be no tomorrow for you and all of you will be my slaves as I rule each and every one of the creatures"

"If I'm the one you want why not let go of others?" Crystal asks to her mother hoping she can bargain and let them go

"Good question honey, but you see they have done many wrong to me. And I'll be sacrificing them in front of everyone and make a example out of them so no one will ever defy me"

"But..."

I'm sexy and I know it

Everything stops at once as the ring tone to Dante's phone goes off.

Coral snaps the head and uses her spell to blow the wall from where the song is still blaring on.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" Dante curses as he tries to turn his phone off only to crash on opposite wall as the wall in front of them blows up.

"This is why I hate technology, always going off in wrong time!" he shouts banging his phone on the wall before it finally breaks down and stops altogether.

"See, its stopped" he grins waving his broken pieces of phone at Enzo who I is looking at him murderously

"Well, well, well what do we have here? I was just thinking why you weren't here already?" Coral grits out as she glares towards Laura who just glares at Coral in return.

"You will never win" she snaps at Coral who just laughs at Laura

"Your services aren't needed anymore, thank you for everything Laura. This is goodbye"

Coral states just as a dagger stabs on Laura's stomach out of nowhere.

"I should have killed you the moment you started protesting against me" Coral snarls once again as Laura crumbles to her knees.

"She is damn hot" Dante whispers in awe

"Dante" Enzo sighs loosing all the hope for him

"Ah now the portrait is complete, finally! Hello everyone, especially you Connor heard a lot about you!" Coral speaks before moving to her place in the dais

She picks up the book she was holding before, and puts it above the table opening the book.

"Now that all the players are in the room shall we start our show?" Coral asks as silence is all she gets

The room falls in to darkness and different marks and symbols starts to glow on the walls and Coral starts the chant.

The witches around her can't help as they are dragged to their intended place in the room and they too start chanting along with Coral.

"There are advantages of being the great grand daughter of the queen of witches" Coral states smugly as the circle that surrounds Crystal starts to create flames

Soon the chanting is stopped when the flames die and makes its way to where Gio lies.

"No" Rom roars but his shouts are of no use as the flames this time surrounds Gio.

"Connor, do something" Ad calls to find all of the men frozen in their place

"What have you done?" Ad shouts at Coral who just clicks her fingers and the sound of broken glasses is heard and with that Coral's body is also crumbled along the glass.

Ad turns his head to find Coral at the other side of the room.

"I never trusted Laura; she always was against me anyway. So, I knew she will do anything to help you out. I know about your powers and your weakness too...

I knew the first chance Connor gets he will try to freeze me so I created an illusion you see this room is filled with mirrors everywhere and what you thought was me in front of you was just my reflection...

When Connor used his magic, he not just froze all of the men but him, himself" Coral explains as she laughs at their stupidity.

"Mother your grudge is with me let them go, please" Crystal begs as she looks at her mother with pleading eyes

"Awe, my poor baby is begging me, but baby it won't be much fun without them here" Coral pouts.

She sighs before looking at Vivian's and Laura's body before waving her hands around as the chanting from the other witches in the room starts even if they want to stop they can't.

The blood around Vivian starts to glow before making a straight line towards the center where Crystal stands. The blood makes its path connecting with Crystal, Gio and along with Laura and the place where the witches stands.

When the blood connects all of them one by one the room itself glows creating a mark which looks like a Fairy wings.

"What's happening?" Ad whispers in awe

"The ceremony begins; I need a sacrifice, who better than witch and of course Vivian's as she is special" Coral informs before walking towards Enzo with a grin

"Well hello there dear Enzo" she whispers as she touches his cheek with the dagger and cutting a straight line.

The blood flows down his chin but before it drops on the floor Coral bottles it up enough to continue her ceremony.

She mixes both Ad's and Enzo blood before making a mark on Gio's heart all this while the chants around the room doesn't stop.

"Stop it please" Crystal shouts at her mother who ignores her as she keeps whispering the chants herself.

The surrounding in the room changes at once as the chants grow loud. The whoosh of winds blows in the room as the straight light passes direct above of Crystal piercing the roof above.

The circle she is trapped in glows bright as if some one has lit the fire and the fire blazes wild as it gets hold of the blood's trail surrounding everything.

The scream of Crystal is all heard as the room falls into total silence.

"Yes, let it take over you baby, that's it" Coral laughs as she sees the transformation start.

Pain is all Crystal feels, hot, blazing pain she never knew before not even when her mate had asked her to let go of the hold she had on the other side of her soul.

One last pierce before everything stops.

Both Ad and Rom holds breathe as the fire slowly dies and Crystal remains still on the ground.

Once again the room is filled with light blinding all of them for a moment before it too dies and the flutter of Crystal's wings is heard.

"Welcome to life my little princess" Coral grins

Crystal just looks at the room around her and huffs. Stopping the flutter of her wings she sits on the ground folding her arms and legs and pouting while Coral watches her in amazement.

"Now, now I know this is all new to you but I don't have time the moon will be gone soon and I have to do this before it happens. Come here" Coral orders but Crystal just rolls her eyes at her before huffing and puffing once again.

"What is wrong with you? I said come here" Coral orders annoyed once again but still Crystal doesn't listens and start to check her wings

"How dare you disobey me; you are supposed to be in my control" Coral shrieks as she points to Crystal who once again rolls her eyes before bowing towards Coral to mock her.

Coral's eyes widen at that behavior before she yells at pull the dragger out and slice Gio's cheek just like she did with Enzo.

"No" Rom shouts fighting his binds as he sees that

"See what you made me do? You never listen to me do you, ever? And each time you disobey me some one will die in this room" Coral threatens pointing the dagger towards Crystal

"Fine, fine" Crystal waves her hands before moving where Coral is standing

"What's with your attitude? Don't you fear me?" Coral asks confusion written all over her face.

Crystal just shrugs before trying to smile a little making Coral confuse all over again. Holding Crystal's hand she summons all of her powers and start to begin to transfer Crystal's powers within her.

Coral begins to read the scroll in a language no one understands. She reads all of it and grins waiting to feel Crystal's power in her, but nothing happens.

She tries again and again till she is frustrated as she leaves Crystal's hand and look at the book.

"I said every word correctly so why isn't it working?" she whispers

"Seriously, you were just going to call the fairy and take her powers just like that, all because you thought a fucking book which has some gibberish language can help you? How much more stupid can anyone be?" Crystal cries throwing her hands up in the air.

"Crystal" Ad warns narrowing his eyes towards her

"What?" Crystal snaps annoyingly at Ad before once again rolling her eyes and looking at Coral who looks at her daughter in horror.

"Who are you and what have you done to, Crystal? She never uses such a vulgar, disrespectful language to no one, particularly her own mother" Coral gasps

"Come on give me a break! You have been terrorizing all of us for what decades and you want me to respect you? Oh please, this whole drama is so boring; I just want to go home take a hot tub bath and nap or may be I will just end up fu..."

"Crystal!" Ad roars

"Ah fuck" She curses before holding her hands up in the air in surrender as Ad throws dagger her way

Crystal smiles sheepishly at Coral's way before taking Coral's hand in her.

"Okay, mommy let's try this once again shall we? Maybe you are nervous or too excited to get new powers you missed few words calm down, deep breaths and read it may be it might work. You must have stressed too much" she slowly states with a smile

"Maybe you are right, I have been stressing about all of this for too long" Coral nods taking few calming breathe

"Are you sure that this mother fucking spell work? I mean it looks older than your sexy ass" she giggles

"What is wrong with you? Did I mistake something while I did the ritual? You don't act like my daughter at all and moreover you never cursed this much" Coral narrows her eyes

"Oh come on mommy, times has changed with that people should change too. And I have been hanging with Enzo so much he may have rubbed on me" she explains waving her hands around

"And anyway focus on the things in hand. Are you sure this will work? This doesn't seem so trusting to me" she asks pointing at the book

"Of course it works! I have tried this before with your father, makes him putty in my hands. The powers within me bounds him to me and he is like a puppet to me" Coral grins

"Ah that's how you captured him?" she asks and Coral nods in confirmation

"May be it's different with her, I thought forcing her back to her fairy form will do the trick as she has never got the chance to be that. Her wolf's lack of presence was the benefit" Coral mutters to her self as she re-reads the scroll.

Crystal folds her hands tapping her foot as she waits Coral to do something. Sighing, she once again starts to play with the wings, but stops when Ad growls her way.

"Hey mommy, why did you use Ad's and Enzo's blood on Gio?" she asks curiously

"Ad's blood is special due to who his mate was as for Enzo do I need to tell more? Gio's soul is as pure as you sweetie so I need to balance it, an exchange made for one soul to another...

Once I get all of your powers, I have no use of you while Gio is a different case, he will be extra ordinary once he gets holds of his real powers"

"Oh is that so? But what if I kill you first?" Crystal smirks making Coral laugh

"Oh you poor baby you can't even harm the hair on my head, that ritual wasn't just to call out your true fairy in all her glory but to bind your powers within my grasp...

You can't even harm a fly not until I say so, why do you think I am letting you be this free?

Laura was a powerful witch so is each and every one of the witches standing here, joining all of you with Vivian's blood gives me incredible hold of all of you...

This mark here I create isn't just to symbolize the Fairy it's to join all of you together so I can control your powers...

Vivian even if she is dead is very useful. It's true I never showed who I was to anyone not because I was afraid of you all....

I'm dying Crystal...my powers has come to its limit. I'm aging fast and my wolf it's dying the only way I'm still standing is because of your father whose life essence is keeping me alive....

So, you see I need you more than anything. I need you dead so I can live, if only I had thrown away Ad years ago then may be I would have succeeded and not be this!" Coral shouts the last part as she takes her true form.

"Oh my fucking, mother fucker, son of a bitch! By God! What are you? Who are you? Why are you?" Crystal throws curses after curses as she sees the true form of her mother

"For the love of god, Crystal" Ad grits out which is totally ignored by her as she sees Coral.

Who just turn from total sexy siren to a true form a witch which is shown in the movies as well story books? The one with withering white hair, dirty yellow broken teeth as well the skin in her body seems like it's decaying slowly but certainly.

"This is what has happened to me, Crystal and all because of your family! I have to drink blood from you father to looks young when I'm not! Do you know what has made me hate you more is the blood running in your body the same blood that has done this to me!

He took everything away from me, ever single thing!" Coral shouts more like a banshee that Crystal cringes

"Slow down witch jeez you have the same blood after all you are the mother here more like a great grand granny. Oh god I can't stand seeing you" Crystal grimaces shivering seeing Coral

"That's right Crystal I'm your great grand granny" Coral smiles showing her broken tooth

"What?" Crystal asks dumb founded

"That body you see is just a shell I have been using for decades to gain my goal. You mother was long dead just after she had you and I had taken over her body the moment her soul left...

You see I wasn't dead I was practicing a new spell which let me separate my soul from my body for a few times when the men sent by the man who raped me from everything killed me and I never got to get in my body due to which I had been wandering around the world...

And from that day I have been watching over each and every one of your family. I never let any male to be in born in your family. I always killed them as soon as I knew a boy was going to be in the family...

They all died in the mother's womb but it wasn't enough, it wasn't the justice I wanted. I wanted the Royals to be wiped out of this world so I started to take control of the body of the women in the family and started all the mixed mating even when they weren't the real mate I made them...

But no one protested it I was getting frustrated with same thing over and over again till one day you came and then I saw the light of hope....

You were something else but the your birth was difficult for your mother so just when she took her last breathe and leave her body I entered and ever since I have been trying gain the powers you have...

But this body wasn't enough for me, it's decaying as this was the body of a dead. So, you see why I did all this? Your blood may be dangerous to others but to me it's a boon it will help me create a life within...

Just imagine if your father's blood has kept me alive till now what will yours do?" Coral laughs

"Wait, so you mean you aren't Coral but some damned soul who has been haunting the Royals since ages? Aw man! This is the creepiest shit I have ever been or seen in all my life!" Crystal cries as she throws her hands up on the air

"What is gotten into you suddenly? You should have been furious or anything" Coral asks wildly

"Please bitch you don't want to see how furious I can be" Crystal stops Coral showing her palm in front of Coral's face while tapping her foot and putting her other hand on her left hip.

"Fuck this! I can't take this anymore" Rom shouts as he starts laughing rolling on the ground.

"Rom" Ad sighs shaking his head

"What, what's going on?" Coral looks bewildered as she sees Ad standing on his feet while Rom laughing who can't stop it

"Hey Rom check this out I got Boobies! Isn't this better than the fake one?" Crystal shouts before holding both her breast in her hands and posing seductively in front of him

"Oh god, please, no more" Rom laughs as she clutches his side and wipes his tears off

"Adie, daddy" Crystal winks Ad's way while thrusting her boobs

"Son of a bitch" Connor roars starting Crystal before she darts away from his reach hiding behind Ad

"Shit man, I was just fooling around relax dude"

"That's my mate's body you are man handling" Connor growls

"No it's my body and I can do as I please" Crystal shouts from behind Ad

"What is happening? How could you get away from those binds and how is it possible for any one of you to break Connor powers?" Coral shrieks as she looks at all of them in shock

"As I said please Bitch! Now guys let's be done with this I have some ass to has tag" Crystal winks at the men in the room.

"Seriously this is way too creepy" Rom shivers as he looks at Crystal

"Shift back please, I can't take it anymore" Enzo requests her but she just pouts

"But I happy in my skin" she whines gaining a glare from everyone of them

"I said what is happening?" Coral shouts once more

"In the line bitch" Crystal sighs before looking at the room and shifting back

"What, how?" Coral gasps as she sees that it wasn't Crystal the whole time but Dante that was in Crystal form

"Easy, I can never be control by any of the powers you throw to me. I am invincible being a half angel has its perks" Dante grins

"Oh and it's not just fairies that can teleport but we angels can too" he adds

"Dante here had seen each and every moves of your before we enter in here he had seen the trap you set for us. We all knew the mirrors was there and as well where you were standing but what we didn't knew was you could use the witches as your puppet and as well kill Laura" Enzo explains

"What?" Coral asks dumbfounded

"The moment the light came across from the roof Dante here used his powers to replace Crystal and teleport her back to her room using the same portal you used to summon her back...

And he was playing all along at Crystal" Ad informs her

"But...but..."

"Ah, ah it doesn't end here. If you are wondering how he has changed into Crystal's fairy form then let me tell you Connor here doesn't have just the power of freezing someone but he has mastered the power of illusion as well. His illusions are so perfect that no one can see the fault"

"True, I can still feel Crystal's boobs in here" Dante states rubbing his chest he winks Connor's way who growls in return

"You fooled me!" Coral shouts thunders

"You are the one who fooled me! I was even planning to has tag her ass but damn she is so god, I can't believe I was having fantasy about her. Yuck" Dante grimaces

"You just want to fuck every walking thing" Rom pushes Dante a bit

"No I don't I have never fucked a dog!" Dante gasps in mock horror holding his cheeks making Rom laugh

"Okay enough of the chit chat" Connor snaps at them before walking towards the woman that had claimed to be Crystal's mother and the one who killed his precious princess, his daughter, his little sister.

"You will pay for everything" Connor whispers just as Coral blood curling scream is heard in the room

"What's happening?" Dante asks as he walks a bit closer to see why the woman is screaming

"Where did you get that from?" Rom asks eyeing the bowl of popcorn Dante has

"Oh I just went back home and got it" he shrugs munching on his popcorn

"You mean you just teleported yourself to your house?" Ad asks looking at the guy incredulously

"What I was hungry!" Dante defends himself

"What's happening, what's with all the screaming?" Dante asks once again

"Connor's is taking his own sort of revenge. He had her just where he wants and torturing her like she has never seen or heard before" Enzo states wiping the dried blood from his cheek

"Ah the illusionist, for a moment I thought she was screaming because you all were gang banging her" Dante snickers gaining a blow on his head from Ad

"What the fuck man I'm your leader show me some respect!" Dante shouts rubbing his head

"I'll show you respect when you stop using that mouth of yours" he scolds

Rom shakes his head before walking near his son who is lying on the table.

"Dante your services are needed here lets take my son to get him some medical attention" Rom calls him

"What am I your bitch that you can order me around?" Dante snaps at Rom

"Nope you are my whore" Rom winks at him

Dante throws the popcorn at Rom before teleporting him along with Gio to the hospital.

"Finally the peace" Ad groans as soon as Dante leaves

"Tell me about it" Enzo grins as he helps the witches to get out of the house.

"You think it was a good idea to leave them alone?" Enzo asks throwing his head towards the house as they come out

"He needs that not just for him but for Crystal too" Ad answers as he looks at the house before getting in Enzo's car

"You okay there?" Enzo asks as Ad gets in the car and closes his eyes

"Just take me away from here Enzo and I'll be" he whispers just as a breeze past him calling his name but he just ignores it.

*******

As soon as Dante and Rom materializes in the hospital room the doctor's rush off taking Gio to give him medical support.

"Calm down he will be fine" Dante pats his friend's back

"I know" Rom sighs, before taking a seat outside of the room, where Gio has been taken to.

Both of them sit in silence till the commotion erupts in the hallway. Rom peers up to see his sister rushing his way.

Not wanting to deal with anyone he just sits silently.

Rose kneels in front of Rom as soon as she sees him.

"How is he? Is he okay?" she asks him hurriedly

When Rom doesn't answer she looks at Dante for some answer who just shrugs his shoulder in answer.

"They have taken him inside to see what has put him in such a deep sleep so I'm as clueless as you Rose. Do both of us a favor, don't come near me till he wakes up. I beg of you as I can't stand the sight of you right now, I won't stop you from seeing him but that doesn't mean I won't stop myself from killing you...

So, please get away from me" Rom warns her and Rose knowing it isn't good to disobey him in such a state leaves him alone.

"Cool down, you are scaring me off" Dante jokes to lighten the mood

"Shut the fuck up, Dante" Rom grits out

"How can I shut and fuck at once?" Dante asks him incredulously

"Everything has to be about sex or sexual innuendos with you, isn't it?" Rom shakes his head while a smile forms in his lips

"Hey I'm a man with needs" Dante shouts in his defense

"Where were you all this time anyway? It was the longest you disappeared, not that I was complaining" Rom asks seriously trying to distract himself

"As I said to Enzo before none of your fucking business" Dante grumbles

"Drama queen" Rom snickers

"Shut up"

"You are so sulking now"

"The fuck I will. For sake of fuck why isn't your son named after me? I'm going to be the greatest God father ever and he should be named after me"

"I didn't even knew he was born and if it's any consolation to you it was Enzo's mate who gave him that name" Rom states as he rubs his face tiredly

"Hah! I knew it, it has something to do with Enzo, he is jealous. He was always jealous that he can never master in curing as me...

That little shit, I have taught him everything I knew and he pays me like this? Oh, I'm never going to forgive him for this. He gave your son his father's name and that is something I cannot forgive" Dante vows

"Wow, that's like the first time in ever you completed more than one sentence without joining the word fuck" Rom states in awe

"Shut up Rom we are in hospital" Dante grins

"You are the one to talk" Rom scoffs at his friend

"Hey now, I'm the exception here. I'm and will always be an exception so stop this pity party and let's celebrate for the success of tonight and all because of me"

"We are never going to be hearing end of it now, are we?" Rom sighs

"Till the day I take my last breathe"

"He isn't my son" Rom speaks sobering up

"Who says he isn't? As you said you are the one he calls daddy and you're the one he shares his genes as well his features so cheer up you are far better father than any one of us can ever be" Dante supports him

"I hate to say this but I missed you around" Rom grins

"Awe fuck it man you are making me emotional now and I'm not even in my periods" Dante wipes his fake tears

"Son of a bitch" Rom mutters

"Uh-uh wrong quote, I'm son of an Angel" Dante grins

"Like I give a shit" Rom pushes Dante a bit

Just as Dante opens his mouth for a comeback line the commotion on the hallway makes him stop.

"Ducky, ducky, SOS" Erika's voices booms the hallway as she pushes someone in wheelchair

"I hope you have some good reason for screaming at the top of your lungs in the hospital" Matt states as he comes out of his cabin

"The girls peed everywhere" she gulps for air

"That's called breaking water" Travon grumbles

"You are pushing me next time" Erika argues as Travon gets off the wheelchair

"What are you two even doing with the wheelchair?" Matt asks

"It was fun" Erika grins as she seats on the chair next and asks Travon to push it

"Where are the girls?" Matt asks her before they rush off

"The Twinkies are bringing them in so hurry up slow poke" she shouts before Travon pushes the wheelchair and off they go

"That was Enzo's mate" Rom chuckles as he turns back to Dante

"Go figures" Dante smirks

"How's Gio?" Enzo asks as he walks towards them

"Hey when did you got in?" Dante asks

"Just now, mom called telling about the girls and I told them to shift them in here as everyone is here and it will be easy to check on everyone if we all are together" he explains

"Where's Connor?" Rom raises his brow

"He is with Crystal" Ad answers

"Everyone good in here" Giovanni asks as he too joins the group

"Healthy as horse" Dante winks

"I see you are finally back" Giovanni nods

"What's that supposed to mean old man? Don't be too giddy because Rom's son has your name" he grumbles

"Oh fuck it, you are still on about that?" Enzo curses

"You hurt my feelings" Dante sulks

"I liked it when he wasn't around" Ad murmurs

"I second that"

"Me third"

"Me fourth"

"Hey, you just said you missed me" Dante accuses looking at Rom

"So, can you go away again so I can miss you once more?" Rom grins

Dante huffs at their way before leaving

"He is such a diva" Ad shakes his head

"You bet your ass" Rom grins

"I think I will call it a night" Ad yawns before taking his leave

Rom smiles as he sees Crystal walking his way.

"Hey how are you holding up?" Crystal asks

"I'll be better once they tell me my son is good"

"I will make sure he is" she assures him with a smile

"So, where's Dante?" Connor asks as he looks at them

"He just took his leave so as Ad they will come back later" Enzo answers

"You all can go through everything later after everything is good in here" Crystal warns them and they nod in understanding

"How's the girl's holding up?" Crystal asks Enzo

"Matt is on it, it will take few hours before they pups will plan on coming out. Amazing they went to labor at the same time" Enzo grins

"It may be the twin thing" Rom smiles thinking about his own son

Enzo's phone rings distracting everyone from their own thoughts.

"The kids and everyone is in" Enzo states before all of them rush out of the hospital to see check on the kids except Rom who stays on his place waiting on the news about his son.

Crystal smiles as she sees a familiar face before walking towards her.

"Hello Sarah"

Sarah gets startle to s hear her name and she turns around quickly to see who it was before all her tension is lift off of her shoulder as she sees a familiar face.

"Crystal, what are you doing here?"

"I can ask the same to you"

"My kids they are..." Sarah stops when Emma comes running towards her and hug her tight

"They aren't letting us go in" she cries

"He will be fine, we heal fast" Emily the elder sister sighs

"Em, honey he is going to be fine okay" Sarah rubs her back throwing a warning glare at Emily

"Are these your kids?" Crystal asks as she looks around them

"Oh yes, that's Emily the elder and Emma and Henry he is the one who is in the hospital right now. Someone took him off when they were all going to their school, since then we have been searching him" Sarah informs

"How did you know he was in here?" Crystal asks curiously

"Someone called me, I have my phone number attached in his locket" she states

"It seems it's not the first time it happened" Crystal notices

"No" is all Sarah states before walking in the hospital with Crystal behind them

"Where is Crystal headed to?" Enzo asks as he sees her going inside with someone

"That's her newest friend who keeps coming in the shop she has got a liking of her and it seems that her kids are just like you" Connor replies while Enzo raises a brow at him

"It's just that she is taking way too much liking to this girl and I don't like when she knows something I don't and whenever that woman leaves there is this smile on her face that let's me know she is planning something big" Connor sighs tiredly making Enzo laugh

"That's how she works" Enzo pats his shoulder before helping to settle down those who need immediate medical attention.

After hours of chaos in the hospital and re-counting all the kids, males and females that was rescued Enzo finally takes breathe of relief.

"Where's Ad?" Dante yawns as he stands in front of Enzo who looks at him in amusement

"It's not Christmas for you to wear that" he snickers

"I was sleeping" is all Dante states

"Wearing that" Enzo laughs wholeheartedly

"He still believes in Santa" Ad pats Dante's back as he too joins Enzo seeing Dante's attire

"If someone sees him like this we will have to deny he is the head of council, I mean come on, a pajama full of jungle bells and then he goes and adds the Santa cap" Rom too joins in

"Like I give a fuck what anyone says, as I said I was sleeping when I got the call" he yawns once again to emphasize

"And any way girls loves to unwrap their Christmas gift, Santa will love to put smile on their faces as well something else" he wiggles his brows

"Not again" Connor groans when he hears what he meant

"What? I was talking about lollipop. You have dirty mind" Dante gasps

"You and your lollipop" Rom snickers shaking his head

"It's bigger than your" Dante grins

"Dante" Ad and Enzo shouts at once

"Son of bitches, you will get it when you wake me up in middle of night" Dante shouts back

"You are the leader of council; you fuck tart so start acting like one"

"Ya like that solves everything! Where the fuck do I have to sign? Like you never tried to sign on my behave fuckers" Dante complains as he takes the sheet from Enzo's hand and sign without reading

"You signed without checking it; it could have been your resignation letter you know" Connor points out

"Like I give a flying fuck, I would quit in a heartbeat if they let me. These fuckers have fun putting me through all this in name of being leader. Fucking assholes" he glares at the men in the room who tries not to laugh out loud

"Calm down" Rom pats Dante's back

"Sit in the next briefing for 24 hours straight, with room full of shitheads then I will see how calm you will be. Fuck I need to get laid" Dante curses

"I see you haven't changed much" Crystal states as she enters the room where the men were

"I...." Dante stops as he starts sniffing the air

"Fuck me" he growls before walking towards Crystal and sniffing her

"What do you think you are doing?" Connor warns him

"Where is she?" Dante grins as he holds Crystal's arms

"What?" Crystal looks at him in confusion

"My mate I can smell her on you. Oh fucking shit, she is here. Now I can get laid each and everyday. Oh fucking hell" Dante shouts on happiness before dragging Crystal out of the room.
"Oh man I can't wait to be balls deep inside of her. It's been so fucking long. I can't believe my luck" he grins as he goes from one room to another

"Is someone going to tape his mouth or shall I broke it" Connor growls in annoyance as she keeps talking vulgar shit

"Ignore him" Rom sighs as he follows his friend who seems excited to meet his mate and even he can't help but want to see who the girl is

"Crystal, is this the room?" Dante asks in excitement as he pushes past the door before she even answers

Crystal giggles as she sees Dante act like that before she stops as the other men around her look at her raising a brow.

"Shall we" she points to the door

The cup in Sarah's hands slips away as she sees the men in the doorway. All of them look at each other is shock and not a word is exchanged before all hell broke loose.

"Fucking hell"

"Shut up"

"This is a cruel joke"

"Please shut up"

"This is a dream, someone fucking pinch me"

"Will you quiet down your tone?"

"I'm so ruined"

"You are such a baby"

"I'll die from blue balls"

"What's blue ball?"

"Oh god"

"What's happening in here, Emily?"

"She is my fucking mate and what's her age? 12?" Dante shouts

"I'm not 12. I'm turning 16 soon?"

"I thought you were 13, Sarah you said Emily was 13 right?"

"Seriously Sarah, I'm 15 soon turning 16, you always mess up with my age"

"Oh my fucking hell, what have I ever done to deserve this" Dante cries throwing his hands up in the air

"Shut up everyone" Rom bellows

"What's a blue ball?" Emma asks once again

"It's a set of balls he has which if he doesn't use continuously he thinks he will die, which by the way is wrong" Emily explains folding her hands and glaring at her mate

"You said she was 13" Crystal whispers

"No I'm not 13, I'm 15. My parents have given us wrong birth date and year so no one can find out about us" Emily snaps

"Em..."

"And it's Jeanette. My name is Jeanette not Emily. Emily is my middle name" she huffs before pushing past everyone out of the room

"I'm sorry about her. She is just stressed about Henry" Sarah sighs

"Ya, she gets quite snappy when she is worried about something" Emma shrugs before pulling Dante's pajamas lightly

"I love your pajamas" she grins

"I'm doomed" Dante states dejectedly

"What is this all about?" Sarah asks Crystal

"It seems like our Dante here has found his mate on your little Emily or shall I say Jeanette"

"Is that so, mates huh?"

"Please sit down, we have enough room. And stop staring Enzo its bad habit" Sarah scolds him before picking up the cup she dropped

"Hello Sarah" Enzo smiles slightly

"Hello Enzo and hello to you too Mr. Reid" Sarah greets before walking to the bathroom to get some clothes to wipe the floor

"Am I missing something in here?" Connor asks as he sees Rom standing like a statue

"I'll explain everything later" Crystal smiles happily but she stops when she gets a warning glare from Connor and starts to pout

"I have to check on Gio" Rom states before rushing away from the room

"I need to jerk off" Dante informs before disappearing himself.

"He has no shame" Crystal gasps

"Now you came to that conclusion?" Ad raises his brow at her before he too calls it a night once again along with Enzo.

"You knew about all of this before didn't you?" Connor accuses as he opens the door of their house

"Well..."

"No games Chrissie"

"You are no fun" she pouts before jumping on the bed and lying there

"Explain" Connor orders as he takes off his jacket

"Well the first time Sarah came in here I knew she has something special about her seems like she is for Rom...

She had been Rom's love interest once and I see their future together that's how I knew that even if Vivian was Rom's mate she isn't his destined one and as for Dante oh I will laugh about that for the rest of my life...

Even I didn't see that coming" she giggles

"You have been a very bad girl" Connor grins jumping on her

"What did I do?" she wiggles her brows

"Hiding things from your mate as well taking all the fun isn't fair at all. I want to rule each and every thought that goes in and out of your head...

I want you mind, body, heart and soul"

"You have all of it, just you" Crystal rubs his jaw lightly

"I still don't feel at peace even after killing her and taking revenge for my sister" Connor sighs as he buries his head in her neck

"Revenge isn't always the answer, she never wanted you to hate yourself for whatever happened Connor. Please let go of the hatred you have in your heart then and only then you will be at peace...

She is watching you and seeing you punish your self and living life with regrets isn't what she wants"

"I know" Connor whispers kissing her neck

"I want to start a family with you" Connor states after a while

"I would love that" Crystal smiles as tears brim on the corner of her eyes.

"I love you, my heart" Connor whispers as he takes her lips.

Back in the hospital Sarah comes out of the bathroom once she is sure everyone left.

"Where's Emily?" she asks Emma who is silently playing on the cell phone

"Haven't returned yet, why, want me to go look for her?" Emma asks

"No, you stay I will go and put the phone away and take a nap please" Sarah asks before leaving the room

Walking down the corridor she checks the garden and finds Emily sitting on one of the bench.

"You should get in, it's cold out here" she speaks

"As if you care" Emily snaps back

"Emily, please don't make this hard than it already is okay?"

"Why do you keep calling me Emily?"

"Fine, fine if you hate that name so much I won't be calling it, happy"

"Very, it seems we don't have to hide anymore, huh?"

"Yes, I'm glad. No more hiding with fake identities and a mate too" Sarah bumps her shoulder with Jean

"Shut up, he is so immature. Did you see the way he was dressed and talked" Jean giggles

"I find him H.O.T; he even said something about jerking"

"Oh my god, please no. Ewe" Jean laughs

"It's good to see you laugh, may be he is a keeper" Sarah sighs happily

"This is not the way I thought I'll be meeting my so called mate" Jean confesses

"Oh, really, well, who knew our little Jean was dreaming to meet her mate" Sarah teases

"Come on every girl dreams to have a fairy tale ending as well find her soul mate, instead I found a pervert who has no filter in his mouth"

"Never the less you have found him, isn't that what counts"

"I guess so"

Both of them sit quietly staring in the dark with their own thoughts, as life has brought them in place they both never thought they would be in.

"Wasn't that the guy from the picture" Jean asks after a long silence

"He is mated" Sarah answers

Jean stares at her aunt's way with a perfect 'o' before snuggling to her side.

"You have us, so don't worry. We will keep you so busy you will never have time to think about anyone" Jean whispers

"Yes until one by one you will leave me al alone leaving with your mates happily and then you will all forget about old me" Sarah sighs once again

"You're right" Jean nods before they both burst out laughing

"Henry is going to be alright, right" Jean asks in all seriousness

"We all will be" Sarah assures before they fall down in to silence once again.

Back inside the hospital Rom finally gets chance to meet Gio, who is taking a goodnight rest.

Rom kisses Gio's forehead and sighs in relief as he finds Gio's breathing and heartbeat normal before he takes a sit near Gio's bed.

Holding Gio's little hands in his he tries to soothe his own nerves before all the adrenaline rushes back to him and he let's go.

The tears and sadness he had controlled comes to him full force as he sobs holding his boy's hand for the mate he lost, for the betrayal as well for the ugly truth he found out.

Everything he thought was nothing but a lie. He never thought he could feel so empty and hopeless. Never in his entire life has he ever been prepared for this pain in his chest.

He cries and cries till he feels someone pulling him and he clutches the source as if his life depends on it as he sobs hard.

"I'm so sorry, Rom. It's my entire fault" Rose rubs his back as he cries holding her.

After a while nothing remains but only Rom's even breathing as he just stares on the space silently.

"Why don't you go freshen up I'll stay with Gio for a while" Rose suggests slowly

Without a word Rom walks out of the room. He makes his way straight for the coffee machine before he comes to a halt.

Sarah stands silently as the coffee is poured in the cup. She takes the warm coffee in her hands and stares at the wall in front as her mind is filled with many things.

She tries to stop all her thoughts but can't as her mind keep playing all the thoughts over and over again.

Rubbing her temple she sighs once again. It seems all she does these days is sighing. It's a good thing that they don't have to hide or run any more now as the threat no longer exist.

But now what? That's the thought that has been eating her all along. First she needs to find a good job and a place to stay.

She doesn't have much money on her and with Henry being in the hospital she calculates how much money she will have in hand.

Life has been hard for the kids; she never thought she would be capable of looking after some kid moreover three. It's a good thing that all her kids are disciplined.

She still remembers the day she got a call from the hospital asking her to hurry as her sister and brother-in-law had been in an accident.

She never knew her sister was even married let along have three kids, as her sister just disappeared in thin air one day.

Her mother couldn't bear the disappearance of her sister and dies with a heart attack and she had no one to call family.

She had made end and bits to survive finishing her high school, she also landed herself to get a scholarship in one of the local college and that's when she had met Romano Reid.
She had found through a friend about the vacancy and she was so happy when she got it. Everything was going well for her, she was happy with her job. And after her mother's death for the first time she had hope her life was on track until she got involved with Romano.

She was always warned to never mix her work with pleasure but Rom was a force she couldn't fight off, she had tried to avoid his advances as much as she could.

But she was a girl and when a guy is hell bent on winning her doing things for her, making her feel like the most precious thing than how could anyone not fall for the guy.

Everything was going perfect between them, four years of her life was the most happiest moment of her life she never regretted until one day Rom came back looking defeated and informing her that he had found his mate.

She was devastated, she never for once thought about the possibility of Rom having a mate ever. She always thought she was the one for him and him for her.

She was so lost and scared that day when he had made the confession, she wasn't that much scared when he relived his true nature to her when they start dating.

But that day her whole world crumbled like a house of cards and then she left. She emailed her resignation letter, packed her bags and disappeared from not just his life but the town as well.

She didn't knew where she was going and where she end up, all she knew was she had to get away from him and the life she once knew. The memories of them were killing her and she wanted to shut it all out before she breaks down.

She was picking up the pieces one by one re-starting her life when it all start, the one phone call from her sister changed everything she ever knew.

It's been three years she was looking after the kids changing their identity and running from one place to another before she ended up here in the city where once again the fate had crossed her path with none other than Rom, himself.

The pain and hurt she once forget had been brewing in her opening the old wound and now knowing he has a son, it was like someone rubbed a chilly powder in that same wound.

Sighing once again she turns around dropping the cup of coffee as she found Rom standing in front of her.

Both of them stare at each other not knowing what to say.

"How's you son?" they both ask in unison

Sarah smiles before answering him.

"He is fine now; they will be discharging him tomorrow once they do the final check up. What about yours?" she asks

"Same" he replies before once again silence greets them

"Coffee?" she asks him and he nods

Making coffee for both of them once again Sarah can't help but steal some glances of him. Her heart constrict as she sees his red eyes and the defeated look on his face.

She goes to ask if everything is okay with him but stops herself. It's not her place to interfere in his life anyway.

Bracing herself she passes him the coffee before leaving the room thinking he needs his space as he doesn't speak further.

Rom doesn't turn around as she leaves the room; he clutches the coffee in his hand before throwing it away in the dustbin before making a new one for himself.

Enzo finds Erika still spinning around the hospital in the wheelchair with Travon, he smiles before stopping both of them and picking Erika in his arms.

"Hey baby" he greets kissing her forehead

"Enzooo" she whines pointing at the wheel chair where Travon has slumped down tiredly and panting like a dog

"Lets' go meet the boys they seem to be a bit nervous about the delivery of the pups" Enzo informs walking away from the wheel chair she has been obsessed about from the moment she came in.

"How's Gio, when can I see him?" she asks as she wraps her arms around his neck

"He is out of danger and everything is normal with him. He is sleeping at the moment and as soon as he wakes up we can see him, okay?" he replies and she nods

"How are you feeling, you aren't hurt are you or anyone?" she worries

"Everyone is fit and fine" Enzo smiles assuring her.

"So, more threats and harm?"

"Well not for the time being but I can't promise about the future" he confesses

"Fair enough, can we go on a long holiday after everything is done" she asks

"Where do you want to go on?"

"Anywhere as long as you are with me"

"Hmm, thinking to seduce me huh?" Enzo winks her way

"Damn right" she grins pecking his jaw

"May be I will give in" Enzo thinks

"Woohoo" Erika shouts in victory

"I love you"

"I know I know" Erika waves her hands before yelping as Enzo pinches her side

"Will you still love me when I look as big as a whale?"

"Of course I will have more of you to love"

"Even when I scream at you and shout of many cravings I'll have"

"Definitely baby, it's all so you can give me many mini us"

"Oh, oh, how about when I will ask you to wake up in the middle of night to change their diapers"

"They are our kids so I'll do it"

"Even when they cry, shout and make mess all around. How about when they draw at your important files, will you be mad at them?"

"It's okay if they make mess or cry or shout, every kid does that and dealing with you I think they won't be so bad compared to you. Well, then I will have to make sure my files are out of their reach or have many copies"

"I want to have twins as well" she confesses

"Ah, whatever you want Piglet. I'm yours" Enzo smiles as he let her down on the ground

"Deal" she grins shaking his hands before they both walks in the room.

"Hey Twinkies" Erika shouts as soon as they find the boys hovering around their mates

"Not now Tiger" Sean grumbles as he holds his mates hand and tries to soothe both their nerves

"Pooper" she mumbles as she snuggles close to Enzo

"Do u guys need anything, before we leave?" Enzo asks his brothers who nods

Driving back home to get some rest as well some clothes for the boys Enzo makes his way. Erika sighs as she looks out of the window before turning his way.

"Will they be okay without me?" Erika asks

Enzo chuckles as he pinches her cheeks, holding her hand he keeps driving quietly.

"You are quiet"

"There is nothing to talk so" he replies

"What happened?" she asks

"It's something you don't need to know, baby"

"But...but...fine" she gives in

Walking straight to Enzo's room Erika lies in the bed as Enzo goes to take a shower to wash off the grim of the day

Erika smirks as an idea pops in she silently waits for Enzo to start the shower and as soon as she hears the water running she strips her clothes hurriedly before sneaking in the bathroom.

Enzo jumps off startle as he feels someone touching his shoulder turning around he founds Erika smiling back at him.

He shakes his head as he finds her staring lewdly at certain body part of him before he lifts her chin up.

"Eyes up here, babe" he orders pulling her close before turning her around so she faces the wall and he stands behind her

"No funny business, Piglet. Too tired" Enzo sighs as he holds both of them under the shower

"Enzo" she whispers as they get out of the shower and Enzo ties his towel on his waist

"Hmm"

"Why did I felt like that when Gio was gone?" she asks

Enzo stops wiping his body before walking towards her and pulling one of his shirts above her head.

"I don't know"

"You lie"

"Let's not worry about that okay"

"No"

Enzo sighs rubbing his temple, he walks away from her pulling some shorts before walking back to her. He pulls her to his bed, they both snuggle on the bed while he plays with her hair her tries to explain to her.

"I don't know how he does it but somehow Gio feels a connection to you in a level which I can understand as I feel the same level of connection with you...

I guess it's his ability or the blood or whatever but he somehow feels his mate who I'm sure is our future daughter inside of you...

Crazy as it sounds when you are around him, he sees her within you, it's not just with you but he somehow connects with me too because we will be the reason who will complete him...

As for why you felt so down when he was away is because you were feeling the feelings of someone who will be his in every sense and yet again as crazy as it sounds you were having feeling our unborn daughter, who if she was here right now would feel it"

"That's so creepy"

"I know"

"So, we are going to have a baby girl, hmm...are you happy with your future son-in-law?" she asks him

"I...um...can we not talk about it right now, it's our daughter and ya no more talks about it" Enzo flushes

"Oh god, you are flushed...Enzo she will have to mate one day and it's good thing it's Gio someone we will know" Erika laughs as Enzo's face glows red

"Let's not talk about mating and my daughter in same sentence" he grumbles hiding his face at the crook of her as Erika keeps teasing him.

"She isn't even born and for her mating to happen we need to mate first" she pulls his head up

"I don't think I can mate with you after we had this talk" he states

"Aww daddy is being worried for his little girl, that's so sweet" Erika pulls both cheeks as he talk to him in baby voice.

"Ahh, Erika" he sighs irritated

"You are so sensitive" Erika grins before pecking him on his lips

"Shut up" he growls before nipping her ears

"I can't believe we will be having a kid, that's so awesome well this guarantees that I won't have to die a virgin" Erika smirks wigging her ear

"Oh for the love of my sanity Piglet, none of the V talks please" Enzo groans once again

"But it's so fun. You are so grumpy" she whines pouting

"I'm just tired baby; can we just rest for a while before we need to go to the hospital once again?"

"Okay" she agrees before the both try to sleep.

Walking back to the hospital with fresh clothes for the boys and some breakfast as well coffee for everyone Erika makes a bee line to the boy's room while Enzo makes a stop when he sees Ad and Rom out at the garden.

Just as he goes to walk in their direction he collides with someone.

"Fucking hell, mother fucker" and Dante curses once more

"What the fuck Dante?" Enzo growls as he rubs his forehead where they crashed

"Shut up, virgin boy" Dante snaps making his way to where Rom and Ad are

"Virgin boy, seriously" Ad snickers

"He is just jealous I can at least kiss my girl while he can just sneak around like a pervert" Enzo points out as he passes them the coffee

"He was sneaking around?" Rom gasps horrified

"She is fucking 13" Dante whines

"15 soon going 16, her words not mine" Ad pats his back

"I can't even jerk now knowing who my mate is worst jerking session ever" he cries slumping down on the seat

"Well, you can still go fuck someone" Rom suggests

"I need to get hard to do that, I won't be cheating on her like that but for fuck's sake she could have been 18 but a fucking minor" he shouts making the men around him flinch

"Welcome to the team Enzo" Rom grins

"Fuck mine is already 18 passed, you fuck off" Enzo pushes Rom

"Fuck my life, what have I ever done?" Dante pulls his hair

The around him once again laugh at his misery, Dante is known for his over activate hormones which isn't in control at all.

Among all the men they have ever met in their entire life, Dante was the man who could live without some in the sack. He was at the top on the list of man whores ever created in the planet earth and he was proud about it.

"I can't watch your pain, bro. Three years of celibacy aww man" Rom rubs the salt

"But won't she be worth it? I mean you haven't even properly met here yet may be you should take one step at a time" Enzo suggest shrugging his shoulder.

"He is the kind of guy who jumps for the final step first and courting isn't something our Dante knows and he the word patience isn't in his dictionary" Ad informs

"I m doomed, fucked in every way possible, I will court her, for fuck's sake when was the last time I even did that?" he looks at them in concentration

"Never" they all voice at once

"Truly"

"In every sense possible"

"You are fucked"

One by one the men states enjoying this much more than they should

"Rom introduce me to her right now, lets' go. You son of bitches are enjoying my misery I can't stand you motherfuckers anymore" Dante stands up dusting off his clothes. He jumps away before anyone could knock him for cursing.

"Why would I go introduce her?" Rom protests

"You fucked her aunt so the obvious" Dante throws his hands pointing it

Rom launches himself on Dante and they both fall on the ground like a bunch of kids fighting for the same toy.

"Seriously" a voice interrupts their fight

Dante once again jumps up and stand straight pulling his clothes on place.

"Hey" he smiles at Jean

"Bye" she shakes her head moving inside

"Ah damn wait" he shouts following her

"You are really an asshole" she snaps at him

"What did I do, he was the one who started it anyway" he complains

"Don't try to blame it on others I heard everything you were discussing, you make me feel sick" Jean pushes him away from her before storming off

"Yep doomed" Rom states as Dante walks back towards them

"That's why I never did Teen fiction" Dante grumbles making everyone chuckle

"Any decision made about the kids?" Enzo asks as they alls settle down

"It's better if this thing is kept between us, I already passed the decisions regarding the kids and it's not necessary for any one of the council to get involved...

Ad will take them back to his pack and train them and if the women want they can join too. Their safety comes first and they need to learn to defend themselves and it both can be served by Ad...

This goes for Gio too he may be too young but we all know what that kid can do, first we will have to see what capabilities each and every one has before we part them and train them accordingly...

I will be taking all the warriors back who has been serving as protectors for our family, it's time they get break and Enzo you will interrogating them personally to find out about what they can inform us and if they want they can be part of training the new kids...

Rom I know you may be a bit down about your mate but pull up together we need you in here, you will be heading along with Travon to Summer's pack. I was informed some activities were seen in there but we don't now who or what is doing it...

Nash will join you in that; with everything going on we had neglected that problem for far too long. We can't just let something like that ignore as a whole pack was murdered in a night and with only one survivor...

Nash informed that Jasmine Summers doesn't remember much about that night but we need to look out for it. So, first we will be settling the kids down and some of us will be getting down checking on what actually went down in Summer's pack...

Any questions" Dante asks looking at the men

"Only one" Ad states

"My...um...my wife she still is unaware about our kind so I would like to keep it that way a little bit longer" he clears his throat

All the men gawk at him like he had grew two heads.

"What's with the mysterious missus?" Dante asks in confusion

"First you get married without anyone except Enzo knowing and even after moths none of us saw or heard about her except Enzo again and now you are stating she doesn't know about us? You tell her as soon as possible if I am going to send a bunch of shifters at your place and before she gets to witness her with her own eyes you better tell her...

What will she do more get faint, scream like a banshee?" Dante raises his brows and Ad nods stiffly

"I will go and ask to clear the house for the new ones" Ad adds before leaving

"What's with his wife and all? Is she ugly?" Dante asks looking at Enzo who just shrugs

"I leave for a while and you all get yourself into trouble some just pops kids and some just marries and some they just will get laid" Dante scoffs

"And some can't jerk or get laid" Rom adds

"Let's go meet your kid" Dante states ignoring the jab

"Did you tell him about Rose?" Enzo worries as they walk in

"Yes, he is with her and Marco" Rom informs

"What was his reaction?" they both interrogates

"He is still calling me daddy" is all he says

Rom opens the door of his son's room to find Marco and Rose still in with Gio. Gio smiles as soon as he sees Rom.

"Daddy" he shouts opening the arms

Rom grins before picking up him and settling him on his lap.

"Hwy son, how are you feeling?" he asks

"Much better, I missed you" he snuggles to Rom

"I missed you too" Rom sighs holding him tight

"I'm not leaving you" Gio blurts out looking at Rose

"I know and I won't ask you too" Rose smiles

Seeing Rom so broken last night she knew that both Gio and Rom needs each other more than her. And she knows she doesn't have to worry about Gio if he is with Rom, as right now Marco needs her too.

She knows that Marco may not be able to survive for too long and she too knows if something happened to Marco she may not be in a position look after Gio.

"Thank you" Rom whispers towards her and she nods before pushing Marco's chair out of the room

"You sure you will be fine with me?" Rom asks Gio one more making sure he doesn't regret his decision

"Are you tired of me daddy, I promise I will be good" he whispers dreading now that they know he isn't Rom's real son Rom won't be needing or wanting him

"Oh son, I will never be tired of you. No matter what anyone says you are mine you hear me?" Rom informs him

"I love you daddy" Gio sniffs and Rom holds him tight hearing it

"I love you more" he whispers back

After Rom let go of his son Gio looks around the room to find Enzo as well a new person.

"Where Eri?" he asks Enzo who just smiles

"She will be here in a few, how are you feeling?" Enzo asks

"Better once I see her" he grumbles making Dante chuckle

"Hey there big guy" Dante walks close before ruffling Gio's hair

"I'm your favorite uncle from now, name's Dante. I will teach you everything there is about kicking some one ass as well winning the ladies"

"I already have my eyes set on someone" Gio informs him

"That's' fucking awesome" Dante claps his hands together grinning

"That means all I have to do is provide you condoms"

"Fucking shit, he is just a year old" Rom laughs

"What the fuck Dante" Enzo growls

"What is your problem, jeez just because you remained a saint doesn't mean all of us have to"

"Gio has his eyes set on his daughter" Rom informs laughing out loud

Dante's eyes widen before a mischievous grin makes it way.

"Oh then I will teach you each and every position you can do her, this is fucking awesome. Payback is a bitch and I love bitches" Dante rubs his hands together before disappearing from the room as Enzo launches himself towards Dante

"You stay away from my daughter" Enzo warns Gio before getting out of the room in rage planning ways to kill Dante and then Gio if he ever touches his daughter.

Both Gio and Rom laughs as soon as Enzo storms off.

"Seems you have lot of work to do son if you want your father-in-law to happily let you claim your mate" Rom teases

"I got Eri on my side, so no problem" Gio grins before both of them burst out laughing

"Daddy, you okay" Gio asks seriously as they stop laughing

"No, but I will be" he confesses finally

"I love you, okay" he states holding Rom's cheeks in both his chubby hands

"That's all I need" Rom kisses his son forehead as both of them snuggle on the bed and close their eyes.

Erika waltz towards Enzo with a grin but puts as she sees him fuming.

"What's wrong?" she inquires

"Our daughter is banned to see both Dante and Gio" he orders

"What and Why? Wait who is Dante?" she asks him in confusion

She rubs his arms lightly to soothe his anger before smiling.

"We don't have any daughter yet as for Gio he is too young to do anything"

"But...but he will grow up and so will she and then...fuck" he curses

"Aww, look at you already worrying about our unborn baby girl. Don't worry I will kick Gio's ass first if he ever harm her okay"

"Okay, just warn him she is off limits till she is like a century old and...and no funny business" he grumbles

"Aye, aye, captain. So, who is Dante?" she asks

"He is a douche bag who will be staying away from our girl" he growls clenching his fists

"Relax she isn't even here and look at you" Erika holds his hands intertwining their finger

"And I will be training the twins kids to kill anyone in the sight of they ever looks at our kids wrong way" she grins

"They aren't even here yet" he informs

"Yes, but they will be soon even before ours so cheer up dear daddy, mommy needs to go see Gio"

"I hate this" Enzo complains still getting up and walking towards Gio's room only to find both father and son asleep.

"I can't believe Vivian gave this up" Erika states as she closes the door quietly

"I know but I guess everything happens for a reason, it's a good thing she is dead. It's better this way, she will no longer do anymore damage than she already did" Enzo intertwines their finger as they take a walk around the hospital.

"When are Julian and Evan coming back I miss them"

"Why so you can terrorize them again?"

"Oh please if it wasn't for me none of you would have any fun in your life. You all should worship the ground I walk"

"Like others don't do it enough huh?"

"Oohh, you are just jealous. I got more fan following then you"

"True but you are my fan so I'm good"

"You suck"

"Uh-uh you suck me good babe"

"Huh, isn't this wonderful? I feel so old now that the twins will have kids, more men in my life to rule over. We have come so far didn't we?"

"Correct we did, who would have thought just a bit of incident would bring us so far, I wonder what would have happened if the twins never dragged you to help them?"

"I don't know but what I know is you would have been all alone, stalking me like a pervert" Erika stops turning towards him and putting both her arms around his neck

"And my dear mate would lack my affection"

"Yes, my Mate's Affection. That's all I ask" Enzo grins before pulling her close as he joins their lips.

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Note: This is chapter 51 to 59 from 'Mate's Affection" even if I have put it here, I know there are things that will make no sense and create confusion to each of you, feel free to correct me and point out your confusion. I promise to try as hard as I can to free you of that confusion.

I know people who have followed all through the books I had put out may get sense of this book and hope it does make sense as you all know it has been a really extremely difficult yet beautiful journey to write this book.

I am like really proud of this book more than anything at the moment because YES! I finally am able to put it to an end, I have tried as much as I can to correct the mistakes you will all see all through the affection series and this book but all in all, it has been an absolute honor to share this book with you all.

Connor had been one man who has pulled me in to write this book, this whole aura of him has been different and he has been my one secret weapon that I could mold in any which way I could, like he was answers to many of my loopholes and mistakes I did in affection series.

Please go check out affection series once I put an Epilogue in this book and I am just as sure as the fact that my height will never grow, that you will find many loopholes that I will have to go cover up with sand but not before I fall into it first so be my ladder to help me get out of it.

From your Lazy writer to all my dedicated readers, thank you for being there from the very beginning (Elders), then some joining in from the middle (Younglings) and from now on (Newlings). Thank you!

For the patience, for wanting to shake me up, to scream, to scold me and for giving me reasons and motivation to do what we all love the most, creating our own world no one can claim.

At times, I have been rude, I have acted crazy and I have blasted on you all and there is no one to blame but myself for what I became. Yet, you all stayed for these books and in a way waited for them to get completed and that gave me hope to keep writing.

I just cannot thank each of you enough, from checking out the number of readers and counting the stars of my first book "Taming hearts" to reaching my first One million views with "Wife by Choice", you all have stood by my books.

With each Epilogue I always thought still think, this is it, no more but there has always been more, much more.

Enjoy :)