"Hey baby can you come with me? There's something I need to show you."

Looking over at Trigon I simply a nod a yes. I've been in my office all day signing treaties and filtering out major disputes. I haven't even taken time to eat. I've been so behind lately with everything going on with us. A break sounds like a very nice distraction at this moment. I feel a headache coming on from no food and looking at documents all damn day. Who knew being a Queen could be so demanding.

Following behind Trigon to wherever he's taking me, he seems distracted, lost in his own thoughts. It's the same way I've been here lately, unfortunately. The issues with Herema and Talon have definitely taken their toll. I feel extremely exhausted just thinking about it all.

"Where are we going Trigon?" We've past the outer garden, close to the rivers edge, I can hear the heavy streaming flow of the water cascading all around.

"Just a little farther." He nudges his head for me to follow.

Trigon takes ahold of my hand, guiding me over some slippery stones. I've never been this far out from the castle yard.

Pass the rivers edge I see a beautiful cottage. There's bars on the window, with a heavy wooden door. It's timeless in its own beauty.

"What is this place?" Trigon doesn't answer me, he just opens the door that creaks a bit. He nods his head for me to enter. I cautiously step in, the area is cast all in darkness. There is a musty odor in the air. No one has lived here for awhile now.

The door slams behind me, with an echoing vibration. Swirling around I run to the door. Trying my best to open it, but it doesn't seem to budge.

"Trigon! Open the door!" Fear automatically consumes me. What if this is Herema with one of her cruel pranks. Maybe that wasn't Trigon after all. My hands start shaking as I bang against the door. No one is answering my calls. What. The. Actual. Fuck!

"Miracle?" Somebody calls my name in the darkness of the room. Adrenaline pumps right through me, my entire body begins to tremble.

"Who's there?" Dumb ass! You see this shit in horror movies, you don't call out in the dark.

"It's me Talon." What the hell is going on? Creating a fireball in my hand, it casts a light across the empty room. I don't see anyone around only cobwebs and dust. What kind of game is this? Confused and disoriented, I start to tiptoe around the room. There's has to be a way out somewhere. Seeing a window I run over with a little hope. Unfortunately the bars on the window are preventing me from escape. My hope deflated.

"Miracle?" This shit is no longer funny! Who the hell is really calling out my name? Instead of replying, I creep over to the closed door. Reaching for the doorknob, with unsteady hands, I release a sigh when it opens. The loud creaking of the door halts me in my tracks. Squeezing through the open width of the door, I peek into the room.

I see Talon setting in a wooden chair, his head is lolled over to the side. Running over to him, I check him over, thankfully I see no wounds but his eyes are closed and seems to be out of it. Worry hits me full force, this just has to be Heremas doing. Looking around the room I see a light switch, hopefully the damn thing works. Walking to it I flip it on and low and behold we have light. Folding my hand up I relinquish the fireball, glancing around I notice it's an old kitchen, with worn down appliances and as old wooden table with some chairs around it.

Talon moans, his head pops up, with widen eyes he takes in his environment. Stepping over to him I kneel down in front of him, getting his attention.

"Are you ok?" He just nods his head looking all about. Curiously taking in his whereabouts.

"What happened?" He focuses his eyes finally on me, there's wonderment cascading out of them.

"Brack. Brack is what happened!" Talon gets up and stats pacing back and forth. Combing his fingers through his hair.

"What do you mean?" He stops his pacing resumes back in the seat he vacated. I go to sit in the chair next to him. Talon grabs my hand that I placed on table. I jerk it out of grasp quickly. Realizing what I just did, I start to feel regret, looking over to him I see the sadness in his eyes. Shit! I wish I wasn't so edgy around him.

"Sorry." We both say in unison.

That at least gets a small laugh out of us.

"We need to talk." I've been dreading it but I need to face reality. We can't move forward till we both confide in each other. Communication is what we desperately need at this moment.

"Yes we do. You start." I'm allowing him to explain to me what the hell happened. If I can understand what drove him to it maybe I can forgive him for it. Maybe!

"It's hard to explain. I don't know where that came from. I acted inappropriately and took my aggression out on you. I can never forgive myself for what I did to you. I don't blame you if you could never forgive me either. I'm so fucking sorry Miracle. I could blame it on my own assault but that would make me a hypocrite. I did the same thing to you that Marcus did to me. I'm no better than he is." Grief storms in me from his confession. How could he even think that he is anything like that asshole Marcus. What he did to Talon was out of malice and hate. Talon didn't do that to me from any of those issues.

"No Talon you are nothing at all like him. You could never be like him in anyway, shape, or from. I think that the assault brought this out of you but not in the way you think it has. He damaged you and inflicted an immeasurable amount of pain to you. With me you were acting out in a different way. Not from hate or malice."  Talon grabs my hand that still lays upon the table. This time I don't retract it from his, instead I place my other hand on top of his. His beautiful eyes widen slightly while he grants me with a half hearted smile. I know he's still not sure of my feelings toward him. But it's a work in progress that now I'm looking forward to.

"I could never hate you. But I don't understand how you can forgive me so easily. After all I have done to you ever since we've meet. I've done nothing but put you through all types of misery." He's not lying on that part unfortunately. Our relationship has been extremely fluctuating. The ups and downs usually have my head spinning.

Though I know that he will always be with me. He his my mate along with his brothers. If I want this to all work out. I have to find it in me to be understanding and forgiving.

"Believe me when I tell you that our relationship is spotty. Yes, sometimes I feel like giving up on you. For the longest Talon I thought you could never truly love me. Not the way that you did love Marcus. It ripped my heart in two, but to me, I have always loved you. Every-time I look into your eyes I can see hope and hope is one thing I will always hold onto." For years I hoped for my parents to return to me. The hope is all I could ever afford to hold to. If after all this time my hope can flourish with finally having them in life then I can always hold on to hope for me and Talon also.

"You are truly amazing Miracle. I don't know how me and my brothers got so damn lucky having a mate like you." The compliment is sweet but I am far from perfect. If it wasn't for me they wouldn't be going through this mess we're in now. I always felt guilty when I found out I was all their mate, they should have one each not be stuck with just one of me.

"You all should have your own mate each. Not just one to share. I brought a lot of complications with me. If it wasn't for me you wouldn't have to deal with Herema. You would also be with the one you truly loved not stuck with someone that you never wanted." Saying the words out loud finally. I feel like a burden has been lifted off of me but the look on Talons face has me doing a double take. He actually looks pissed from my confessions.

"Don't say that because none of it is true. We wouldn't want it another way Miracle, yea at first, I admit that I didn't want to lose Marcus but that was before I found out what a true bastard he was. You have changed all of our lives and only for the better. So don't even think that we would be happy with it any other way than the way it is now." I take in his words but I still have my doubts. They deserve to have someone each that they could love not just someone that have to share. I guess I will always have this doubt cursing me but I say no more on the subject.

"I forgive you Talon. I really do love you. You will always have my heart even if you don't want it." The sound of his chair falling over takes me by surprise. Jerking my head up at him, I notice the gleam in his eyes.

"I love you Miracle. With everything in me. I love you so damn much. You have my heart and you always will." He grabs my hand, bringing me to him as I search his eyes looking deep into them. He leans down grabbing my face with both of his hands sending sparks all through me. Talon kisses me with so much tenderness, I feel the love pouring all inside of me.

He shows me in his kiss how much I truly mean to him. All his emotions come out with just one simple kiss.

Breaking away he leaves me breathless. Making me wish it could always be like this. Wrapping my arms around his center I hug him fiercely as he wraps his around me holding onto me; like he never wants to let go of me.

Placing kisses on my head, he caresses his jaw along my face. This is so much more love than I ever experienced from him. My heart just melted completely.

"You are my world baby. I will spend everyday proving that to you." He whispers in my ear with so much emotion, I thank the stars for this very second we have in each other's arms.

"You don't have to prove it me. Just love me." I breathe out on his chest. That's all I ever wanted. Was to have him love me the way that I loved him.

"I love you more than you could ever know." He says it with so much devotion. After all this time we just may be on the track. Thankfully.

"It's about time you guys got your shit together. Told you my plan would work!" Glancing over my shoulder I see all the rest of my mates. Their expressions say that they knew that this would happen and of course it was Bracks idea. He's always being devious.

Talon laughs out at Bracks declaration. Hearing the rumble from his chest is so divine. At last we're all at a place of happiness, now we just have to deal with Herema. But at this moment I could really care less about her and her cruel intentions. As long as I have my mates I know we can accomplish anything. So all I can think at this very second is,

Hemera can kiss my ass!

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