The Devil's Daughter

9

Drake

I'm bought out of my thoughts by screaming coming from upstairs. I drop the plates and take off 2 steps at a time, I rush into the bedroom to find my Lottie screaming and crying. I run straight to her and scoop her up putting her on my lap and hold her close.

"Let me go, let me go. Please don't hurt me. Please." She is crying and thrashing in my arms.

"Princess you're ok. I'm not going to hurt you. I will always protect you. No one can hurt you here. You're at my house you're safe. I promise." I kiss the top of her.

She calms down and looks up at me. Finally making eye contact. A gasp leaves her mouth as her hand slowly comes up to my cheek. She caresses my cheek while staring into my eyes.

"Drake? Purple eyes you're real, it worked. I can't believe it worked."

What the hell? I was not expecting that at all.

"What worked princess? How do you know my name we haven't met properly yet? What were you dreaming about? Who was going to hurt you?"

"I thought I was dead. It must have all been a dream. It all felt so real."

She is mumbling to her self for a few minutes before I clear my throat. She gets a little startled and blushes. I'm still holding her in my arms but she isn't trying to get away so I will keep her in my lap.

"Princess? What are you talking about? What happened?"

She is quiet for another couple of minutes. I'm just stroking her hair with my lips resting on the side of her head. I give her a kiss every now and then, waiting for her to talk.

"I was in some barren wasteland. I found a house. So I went to look, all the windows were missing, the front door was gone and half the roof was caved in. I went looking to see what I could find and I found a babies room all set up but it looked like it never got used. I found the master bedroom, It was an absolute mess everything was broken. Their... their was blood. I found a box under the floor boards. I took it to the babies room I couldn't be in that room any longer it was making me feel sick. Anyway so in the box was a photo and a..."

She pauses and looks at her hand. A gasp leaves her mouth, her head shoots back up to me locking onto my eyes she holds up her hand and continues.

"This ring. This ring was in the box with a photo. A photo of a lady holding a baby and a young man beside her. He looked so inlove with the baby the lady looked so sad. Their were three names on the back of the photo, Sophia, Drake and Charlotte. It was outside the house I was in. Their was a note. Sophia was apologising to Charlotte about not being able to raise her and that this Drake man was special and would always protect her."

She was still staring into my eyes when it must click in her head. She has finally put everything together.

"You? Me?" her eyes are starting to water. I smile and nod while replying.

"Yes. You, Me and your mum"