Chapter 23: Chapter 23

"Kitten please you have to run. Now!!!" I watch in horror as they shifted back to their human form. Deep gash that seem not to be healing all over their bodies as they crawled to me.

"No please. Don't send me away, I can't leave you both." A sob escapes trailing my hands on their wounds as they writhe in pain. "Why are you not healing?"

"You have to save yourself and the babies. Please." Damon coughs out blood.

"I'm not leaving you and that's final. I swore to fight to the end." Wiping the angry tears spilling.

"You're going to get yourself killed. It's too late for us. We love you so much." My heart broke hearing Damian say that as he slip in and out of consciousness.

"What?! No no no. Please don't leave me! I can't raise our kids alone! I can't live without you both! You fucking promised me that you won't die on me! Damn you!" I shook him furiously.

"If it's isn't my favourite trio. How is it going watching your Queen cry over your soon to be dead bodies?"

"Leave them alone." I snarled.

"Don't worry Beautiful. I'll give you more than what they ever gave you. I'll make you my Queen and you'll never have a memory about them. So watch as they take their last pathetic breathe." He laughs menacingly.

"No please don't. I'll do anything...just let them go." I just couldn't watch them die as I accept my fate, if it meant they'll be alive.

"Kitten stop..." Damon tried to speak but coughs out more blood.

"And I thought you'll be dead by now. Oh well, kill them."

I watch in horror as their hearts were forced out of their bodies which fell lifeless on the bloody ground. My feet rooted on the pool as I stood rooted in place. "Please wake up. I need you both. You can't leave me here. Please." I sob silently resting their lifeless head on my thighs watching the deep holes in their chest not healing.

"Damon! Damian! Darius! Dimitri!" I called and called shaking the bodies vigorously but no answer. Only greeted by their cold lifeless pale bodies still seeping out blood. They're gone. They're dead. They left me. He killed them. He killed them. He took them from me.

"You're mine now Beautiful. You..." An ear piercing scream broke out as the sky turned black. I watch as he tried to reach me but went flying back with a strong force but I was too gone to care. Everyone went flying back as my scream intensified holding my men close to my heart.

"Kitten! Kitten! Kitten wake up! Please wake up."

I opened my eyes in fright looking around till it focus on the twins looking worried. I jumped in their arms sobbing my heart out as I recalled the dreadful dream.

"Shhh. We're here. Stop crying." And then I knew I was choking on my tears.

"H-he killed you both. He made me watch you both get killed. He took you away from me. Yo- you b-both d-died. You left..."

I choked not finding the heart to say the word. It felt so real watching their lifeless bodies seeping blood.

"No one will take us away from you Princess. We promise." Damon held me soothingly.

"I-I don't know what to do if I ever loose you both. I-i c-cant live without you. Don't ever leave me. Promise me! Promise me!" I look up to them with tear filled eyes begging them.

"Nothing will ever keep us apart. Nothing baby girl." He places a dominating kiss on my lips as an assurance which I return with vigour until we pulled back for air.

"Let's go have a shower together and we'll talk about the dream." I nod hugging Damon as he carried me to the bathroom with Damian behind us.

Damon POV

I held a fright looking Daisy as we watch Damian fill up the tub for us to have a good soak to calm her nerves.

"She looks really scared. Are you sure it was just a dream she had?" Damian mindlink to me as he adds bathe bombs in the water for her.

"I don't know...but we made her a promise and we must keep it." He looks at her.

"Does she always have such intense dreams like that or is it her first?" He enters the tub stretching his arms for me to give her to him as I did while I settled at the opposite side.

"Princess? Have you had such dreams before?" She lay on Damian who wash her with a

soapy loofah.

"No. I usually have dreams of things ahead but never one of death. You both died while I watch and h-he was about to take me away and claim our babies."

"Babies!" Damian and I said aloud. Shocked.

She nods. "I was with child...well your babies in my dream." She begins to sob again.

"Don't worry no one will break us apart. We promise."

"Sure?" We both nod as we continue to wash and rinse her.

"My heart breaks for her." Damian says.

"We need to see mum and dad to explain what this means."

"Also don't you think a human with such foresight is impossible. There's only one person that has such powers and he's a supernatural."

"We'll get to the root of it but for now we keep her company till Jerry arrives later in the day. Then her mind will be elsewhere as we figure out her dream."

Jerry's POV

"Jerry you have to promise me you'll not freak out when I tell you this." Why can't this child let me enjoy this ride in peace? We're inside an infiniti jeep on a lone road going to her boyfriends so-called castle. Like is she kidding me or what?

"Okay if you don't stop acting like a deranged psycho, I promise you I'll slap you back to sanity." I warn.

"I'm serious Jer, okay just promise you'll hear me out and whatever you see don't freak out."

"If it keep your little heart at peace and you can finally shut up, then i'm all ears." I look expectantly at her.

"My boyfriends are not human. They're my mates and hybrids like part vampire and part werewolf." I look at her small form sitting holding my hands, I burst out in laughter.

"Girl! I think you've been around this white folks for long you're now having a loose nut or possibly taking crack." I laugh which she frowns. "Okay that's the most absurd thing I've heard from your mouth like ever. Are you high?" I try l touching her face for any type of disorder checking her eyes first. "First you said they're Princes and now they've evolved from royals to hybrids. Seriously what sort of food are they giving up there? You look high on drugs?" I kept laughing to her dismay as she mumbles colorful words at me.

"I'm not high on anything and stop touching me like I'm going nuts." She shove my hands away.

"Maybe you are, two things first. Either you have been around the wild much that it has played tricks on your mind with the animals you've seen so far or too much shadow hunter episodes have damaged your brain. So yes! My answer is yes! I think you've gone nuts. Are trying to scare me to turn back home or what?" I cross my arms glaring at her insane thought.

"You're so stubborn." She let go of my hand facing out the tinted glass smiling like an evil witch she is. I watch her sceptically.

"Whatever, now how long will it take to reach your boyfriends home...sorry castle? I think this drive is taking ages and your ploy to scare me is taking a toll on my face. You know I'm not supposed to be stressed." I say exasperated as I relax back palming my hair like a Demi god.

"It's high time you call your parents for a farewell one of this days because I'll put you six feet deep before your cocky ego kills me." If you need someone to threaten the crap out of you, Daisy is your girl.

"Nahhh, I'm sure you'll survive longer. If I don't torment you who will? Besides you know you love my fine ass even if you threaten it everyday." she growls giving me the middle finger. "I swear you have a weird way of showing your love, I really think you should visit the you know where." I laugh at her pout shoving her playfully.

"I'll let that slide only cause we're here and I need to act cautiously." she sits upright looking out the window as she text someone.

"Yeah right. Like the imaginary hybrid Queen." I join to look out and Lo, this is magnificent. "Woah Daisy king, you really hit the jackpot. Is this really a castle or what?"

"Get ready to let your mind be blown away cos you ain't seen nothing yet." I kept staring as we wheeled into the castle.

Our ride drove into the castle and it's just like in the movies. Pointy tops, massive landmark, beautiful water fonts and a magnificent castle. Dogs scattered in pairs or with people loitering around the grounds. Wait are those dogs? I look closely, shit the last time I checked dogs ain't big as those. They're almost five feet high, why does it look as if they're communicating. Now I need my Daisy or I must be really seeing things.

"Uhm Daisy, something is wrong somewhere. Have you ever seen a dog like that or is that a wolf, even wolf ain't big as those the last time I checked." Before I could rattle more, I saw a human running towards the woods taking off his clothes and within seconds leaped off the floor and landed on fours. I blinked once, twice, thrice as he disappeared into the woods...on fours. My mouth dropped. Then I heard a click shot.

"Totally worth it, well come on in. I don't have all day and I still got more surprises for you."

I stood there looking flabbergasted. How can she be taking a picture when I just saw what science can't prove and she's so calm about it. No one took notice and moved on as if it's

normal. Oh shit, it is normal. Where the hell am I?

"Hey handsome." She snaps her fingers across my face gaining my attention. "I would love if your mouth is closed and not open for fly to perch in and you're attracting some attention to yourself." She motions her head towards some ladies at a window who blush when they saw I caught their stares.

I looked closely towards the direction she motions as I saw a group of ladies with red eyes ogling at me. I cleared my throat, right myself, took a knights bow that cause them to smile sheepishly showing some fangs. Holy cow, now I really need a breather. I rush towards my friend, Lord save my soul.

"Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Will you snap out of your dreams, get yourself together boy. You're just imagining things. They're not real." I say to myself.

I didn't even realise we're in a room and my bag have been dropped at a corner.

"So this is your room, everything is made here for you to enjoy your stay till you go back to New York." She walk around checking things.

"Daisy are you not going to explain to me what's happening here, the fact I saw a human being turn from normal into a wolf within seconds like a snap of my fingers or the fact those girls have fangs with bloodshot eyes at the window. And why are there too many huge dogs around here, where are they actual human beings?" I braced my arms, tapping my foot heavily on the wooden floor waiting for her answer to keep my sanity at bay.

"I don't have anything to say." She shrug, she fucking shrug at this moment. Does she think I'm joking right now?

"Really! Okay, I'll just take my bag and go back home then I'll check for a doctor to know if my eyesight is normal which after I'll come back for you and put you on intensive care unit cause I think you've been bewitched. And don't you dare shush me young Lady." I tried walking pass her but she stops and held my hands dragging me towards the bed to sit.

"Gosh you're just like Mum. Okay one, I'm not bewitched and two you ain't going nuts. So it's a win win." She laughs making a joke as I scowl not seeing the joke. "I promise I'll explain everything to you but for now you need to get some sleep because your brain is kind of overwhelmed and I don't want your pretty face to have wrinkles due to stress of thought, neither do I want to see eye bags. So just lay down, by the time you wake up food will be served here and I'll be here to tell you everything. Please."

"You promise right, none of this is a dream and you'll explain better to me when I wake." She nods.

"Now just sleep, I'll come for you later. Love you Jer." She pecks me, leaving me to sleep my worry away as I lay down looking at the defined ceiling.

Now I get it, it's just a dream. I just need to sleep and wake up to a reality that proves all this wrong. She's right, I need to sleep. The moment my head hit the pillow, I went off to dream land.

Few hours later I'm being woken by the knock on the door. I peek up from the covers to see my bestie with a tray of goodies and a smile plastered on her face. She place the tray beside me as she perks comfortably watching me eat.

"So I had this weird dream of vampires and werewolves. Strange right, seeing you're always the dreamer and now i'm in that shoes." I shove some toast into my mouth.

"Oh it wasn't a dream, it happened three hours ago." She smirks causing her dimple to go deeper.

"Wait so it was real! Holy shit! Now start talking, I think I'm well rested enough to hear the gist."

"So it began like this..."

I just watch my Bestie talking nonstop as I ate, watching her body movement and her facial

expressions which I tell you is funny at some point but I held it in determined to hear the full story behind the mystery. She complied by supplying more toast, juice and strawberry for my heartfelt consumption. No complaint on that one. After like an hour or more which I consumed not less than 15 toast, a jar of pineapple juice and strawberries, the true story finally came to an end.

"So you're telling me you are their mates and they are hybrids as a result of a werewolf prince and a vamp princess." She nods. "You're also telling me about other magical realms but a barrier that shield them from the human lands." She smiles plucking a strawberry into her mouth. "You'll soon be coronated with them in a fortnight as the new Kings and Queen. And my supposed Cinderella is a werewolf and a beta's child." She nods repeatedly. "So all these things started from your first day at work till now, even the dreams were more like a vision." She nods taking my juice glass to her lips. "You basically use food to shut me up and listen to you without distraction. Right?" She grins like a Cheshire cat and I knew it. "Damn girl! you're evil."

She waves off my fake disappointment "Oh shush and you love food, jeez Jerry you finished a loaf of bread toast. This one weak me." She faints dramatically.

"You could have thought of that when you kept bringing more from your vamp girl." I let out a loud belch causing us to laugh hysterically.

"I'm sorry I got you panicked, you're my only friend or anything close to a family. I just wanted you to know about here, I needed my friend and brother." I felt her pain so I brought her closer to comfort her.

"You got me Bae, now wipe that tear off. You're a Queen and queens don't cry, they're strong and I love you too." I wipe the little water that leak out of her eyes smiling in understanding.

"Come let me show you around, it's night now and the vampires are roaming along with the werewolves." shye bounce enthusiastically on the bed as I chuckle at her childish behavior.

Daisy's POV

"So what do you eat here? Blood or flesh?" Jerry asked me from the bathroom.

"That's stupid Jerry, what gave you such an idea." Trust my subconscious to squeeze my heart in guilt.

You did the same when you got here so don't judge. I so hate her this moment.

'"Well they're few humans like I said that knows about them. I don't drink blood or eat flesh, fish. Or what you ate did it taste like flesh?" I replied sarcastically rolling my eyes.

"What? I'm just asking for safety reasons. It's not as if you didn't do the same cause I know you did." He just knew me well as he came out in casual white T-shirt and grey joggers. My bestie is so handsome whether formal or casual, I just love his fine ass as I stare at him with a pleasing smile.

"Come on handsome. The castle ground awaits you also try not to stray away without me."

"What witch can possess me to that extent to test such theory, I don't feel like being a vamp or were snack for your family so no thank you. I'm stuck with you till I go back in one piece." We laugh at his comment going down the hallway.

"Tomorrow I'll be in the training grounds. Would you love to join me?" I watch as his face lights up.

"Weapons available?" I nod. "I'm in, besides it's been long I geared up against you. Time to put your annoying ass in it's place." Before we got our jobs and our schedule changed, we used to brawl every weekend. I miss those days, guess we can relive it here.

"Funny, I've been better since I came here so don't let your expectations run fast."

He laughs at me ruffling my hair. "Come on beautiful, the night awaits us and I can't wait to shove your black ass in defeat." I shove him playfully as he chuckles.