“I got your message Sab.” Cj says to me and I smile. He throws each of us a pair of ear pieces for noise cancellation but this time, to not hear a vampire when they try to use their mind control gift on us.
It was game time.
‘Everyone, ear pieces. Time to take this king down.’ I say through mind link as I put on my ear pieces to prevent Cayden or any other vampire from compelling me.
Everyone puts in their ear pieces, except for Josey. She did not need it as she was now also a vampire.
I release my power, Hunter follows. Anthony and Josey do the same as Cayden groans in agony.
This was overwhelming for him, forcing his vampire in to submission and I can imagine for a vampire king, this must be torture.
I walk up to him, place my index finger on his chin and lift up his head so he looks at me. I look in to his mind, his past. Growing up without a mother and growing up with the guilt of killing his own mother without even knowing it as a baby.
Turning his father, a man that was never satiated and was driven by greed. He traveled the world with his father, taking money from people. Building an empire that was legit and brought them immense wealth in the human world.
His first heartbreak was turning his sister who was sick. She was dying and he felt selfish for forcing her in to this life but he could not imagine a life without her. He loved her, more than she ever knew and she hated him for the first few years, refusing to speak to him and trying to end her life by not drinking blood. She would become unconscious and Cayden would force feed blood in to her and he would cry as he did this.
He spent half a century trying to help his sister with her transition, helping her to find a purpose in life and love. She eventually found love but just like him, she fell for a human. Who later found out what she was and left her. Unlike her, Cayden’s lover accepted him for who he was and stayed with him until the end.
They tried so many times to have children but her body was unable to carry such a child. Every day was a battle but she was a fighter. Every time they would lose a child, she would want to try again until she grew too old and he didn’t. He watched her age, year after year and his love always growing.
This was a man that knew love and had lost it. I can understand the need to have children and after so many years, Josey would seem like the perfect match but she is mated and once we bare a mark, we remain faithful to the man or men in Josey’s case who gave us those marks.
“You will show me where Clayton and Chase are kept and after that, you will take me to those children. You will set them free, allowing me to take them to their homes.” I say and Cayden nods his head yes, standing up and walking to the door.
Cj steps out of the way to allow Cayden and I out. He walks out behind me and everyone else follows silently behind.
It was almost sundown so we had to act fast if we wanted to save the children and Josey’s mates.
We walk past so many corridors, down so many stairs and past steel doors that look hard to break through. We walk in to a dungeon with so many uv lights to torture vampire criminals I’m guessing, one would have to find shade and hide somewhere if you were a normal vampire.
Stopping at one cell where Clayton and Chase were. Chase was sitting down, his head between his legs, stressed. Clayton was standing, his head resting on the concrete wall.
Their faces look our way, once they smell us. Cayden opens the cell doors and Josey runs in hugging Chase who stood up fast when Cayden opened the cell door, stumbling back at Josey’s force when she jumped on him. Clayton hugs Josey from the back and I look at Cayden, it was time to save the babies.
We walk further down the dungeon and in to a big room filled with cots that had small babies in them. My heart broke at the sight before me.
Cayden has been through so much but I don’t know if I should kill him for this or not. These babies needed their mothers, family. A clean and safe place but here they were, kidnapped to play warrior to a sick and twisted vampire king.
“Cj and Anthony, get these kids to safety out of here. I have plans for this vampire king. I need a few days to deal with him” I say before disappearing with Cayden.
“I will be staying behind. Vampires are a problem to the neighboring towns and they need to be taught a lesson.” Hunter says to me and I nod my head in understanding.
“Sabrina, that amulet is his mother’s magic. She was a powerful witch so I don’t know what he wants to do with it.” Mother tells me.
“The elders are taking a look at it but I’ll have Arianna take a look at it too. If Shadow was a witch then Arianna might have the answers, Cj?” I say.
“I’ll have her come to your pack tomorrow. We can check the amulet then.” Cj tells me and I nod my head in understanding.
I leave everyone behind, going back to the castle with Cayden.
I walk in to my castle, the moon goddess castle, to find Evan walking towards me with not less than ten guards.
“Take him in and make sure you have enough weapons to hold him.” I say.
“I’ve got this your highness. Don’t worry.” Evan tells me and I nod my head yes.
“Don’t give him any blood. Let him starve, I will be back to see him in a few days once he is weakened. Have the elders mix some concoctions to knock him out. Also, he is a magic creature, one surely doesn’t need much to remove the curse right?” I ask Evan.
“I never thought of it like that. I will consult with the elders.” He says.
“Evan, I need you to fix the situation with the vampires, Cayden has a sister that hates the life as a vampire, please find her. I will also need books or reports on my family history and what happened before Ethia’s rule.” I say and he nods at me. I leave him there.
I arrive back in my room. I needed to hug my child and hold him close to me. Today, he will be sleeping in bed with Xander and I.