The Devil's Daughter

5

Drake

I sit at her side holding her hand i just can't let go now she is here. She has been tossing and turning. Whimpers leave her mouth every now and then I can tell she is dreaming and it's not the good kind. I stroke my thumb over the back of her hand I bring it to my mouth every few stroke to kiss it hoping it will help calm her. It isn't. I decide she probably won't be too happy when she wakes up anyway so I will hop on the bed next to her and hold her. I take my shoes off and climb on. Obviously I leave my clothes on cant scare her too much. She doesn't even know who I am. Wait till she finds out who she is.

I pull her into my chest and hold her tight.

With in a few minutes she has settled and is breathing normally and has snuggled into my chest. My whole body relaxes with the feeling of her against me. I run my fingers through her shoulder length chestnut brown hair. I take in her scent and I can feel myself starting to doze off. I whisper it's OK he can't hurt you i will protect you my princess. Hopefully when she wakes up she won't be scared. I close my eyes with one finally sniff of her scent and let sleep take over.

I wake to find myself back in the past the day it all started.

"Just a few more pushes my Queen. You're doing great. The princess will be here soon".

"I can't, I can't do it. Somethings wrong I can feel it. Arhhhhh"

"Push my Queen. One more should do it, I see her head"

"Arhhhhhh"

It's the birth of Charlotte. The day I become her protector. I was a guard outside the doors but we could hear everything inside. I was only 18, One of the best fighters they had seen. So naturally i was assigned to protect the Queen. It came naturally after all we are demons.

That's when the crying starts. Everyone is rushing around cleaning her up checking her vitals. She is fine of course. But the Queen is not. Thats when we enter the room. I head toward the Princess, I dont know why but I need to see her.

The heart rate monitor she was hooked up to starts beeping rapidly. The doctor rushes to Queen Sophia I dont hear what he is saying as everyone is rushing to help the Queen. I watch myself looking over Princess Charlotte. She is the most beautiful thing I have seen. At that moment I didnt know she was mine. That came half an hour later when the Queen was back with us resting feeding Charlotte.

Thats when my life changed forever. The Queen called for me and asked everyone to leave. I had no idea what was going on all I knew was that the King couldn't know about Charlotte. Queen Sophia and a few loyal servants and guards went into hiding to have the princess. We didn't really know why we didn't ask. We just protected.

Even though Sophia was the Queen. She wasn't there by choice. King Amon needed an heir to the throne but none of his previous children bore the mark. He kept trying and trying so many children. He would kill the mother and banish the babies he didnt care what happened. He was searching for a millennium after reading the prophecy and he knew this was it.

Sophia.