The Lycan Queens Dance with the Moon By Lenore Rose

The Demons Within

"You're Highness! The deed is finished." A short stout man entered a room filled with velvet couches and pillows and curtains.

"You can just call me Madam when we are away from everyone. " She was looking in the mirror brushing her long auburn hair. "Was it quick and right in front of her?" She had a wicked half smile as she looked in the mirror.

"Yes, Madam. She fell with the scream you said we would hear. Then our men got away." He was still holding the door open.

"Excellent work. You may go."

As he closed the door and she looked at herself in the mirror and gave herself a big sinister smile. "See the things we can accomplish together Miriam." A single tear fell from her eye as she looked at herself. "Now that we found the key that just leaves us just needing to figure out how to kill Edward."

"Please, no." A weak voice whispered.

"You shut up Miriam. You agreed to this, you signed the contract in your own blood. Youth and power forever remember! Now is not the time to get cold feet." She looked at herself with angry hatered seething out of her. She turned away from the mirror and went to go get dressed like the queen everyone thought he was.

It was weeks before Josh made any further improvements. He was healing from the inside out but it was taking a long time. Nicole shifted every once in a while and Josh would make more improvements. Their care team worked tirelessly to maintain thier bodies. Several times Josh went into seizures for no apparent reason setting him back each time.

Then one day Rhonda was sitting with Nicole and talking to her, just telling her about her day. Mark was fitting in nicely to thier pack and life was sort of fun but they always had them on thier minds. She wasn't really looking at her as she filed her nails. She casually looked up and Nicole was looking back at her.

"Oh My God! Nurse! Nurse!" She screamed in a high pitch making Nicole try to cover her ears but couldn't quiet make it. The nurse came running in and ran back out again shouting commands as people ran into Joshs' room. "He's awake! Get the doctor stat!" Rhondo heard from her room.

"Come on. We have to get you in there!" Rhonda unlocked her bed wheels and rolled her out of her room and was turing into his room when a nurse stopped her.

"What are you doing?" She asked

"What should've been done a long time ago, Putting them together." Rhonda snapped back and forced her way past the nurse and saw that Josh was struggling to breath. Rhonda brought Nicole next to him and he calmed down.

"Often people will struggle when they first wake up. It's shocking to the body." The head doctor was standing in the door.

Josh was totally healed and nothing was to start to bleed or rip, so he was not worried about that. It was if he knew who he was. He had lost a lot of blood and sometimes the brain can suffer.

Josh started coughing and Nicole looked toward him. Her smile said everything that needed to be said. Josh stopped coughing and opened his eyes looking right at Nicole.

"Beautiful." He said in a very light whisper and reached for her hand that was close to his.

Josh felt pain everywhere in his body, he had a splliting headache and suddenly left like he was going to throw up but he didn't . He wondered how he got here. The last thing he remembered was his heart beating out of his chest proposing to her. He felt like none of this was real. He tried to get up but couldn't move very well, everyhting was so heavy. He started fighting to get up and suddenly the nurses were holding him down telling him to stop. 'Stop what?' he wondered, he was just getting up.

Nicole reached out and laid her hand on his chest and he heard her speak inside. "Stop, you are going to hurt someone. You have been very sick for a while and will need time to recover." Josh calmed and just looked at her. Her golden eyes were soft and loving, her touch was like a power surge that calmed him down and her smile. Oh her smile made him do flips on the inside.

That afternoon they were able to get out of bed with some help. Trenton was working hard inside. It took a few days before he was walking with some help. He was getting out of the shower with his helper and he looked in the mirror for the first time. He was gaunt and pale looking. His eyes were sunk in with darkness all around them. Then he saw the scar over his right lower ribs. He traced his fingers on it wishing he could remember what had happened. He wondered how he didn't die with that big of a wound. He finished getting dressed, he was finally able to pull his own pants on.

When he walked back into the room Nicole had dinner waiting for them with a single candle on the table. He took his seat and his assistant left the room with a nod from Nicole.

"I just thought we could have a nice dinner together. Like a date." She smiled and opened his plate for him. Fetticuine with veggies and alfredo sauce.

"Smells delicious." He smiled at her "The company is better." He picked up his fork, he hoped he was going to be able to eat on his own. His eye hand coordination was not the greatest still.

"Do you remember seeing me while you were sleeping?" She was curious. Something felt off to her.

"It's all so blurry, maybe." He started to twirl his fork in the noodles.

"Do you remember what we were working on before this happened?" She took a drink of water trying to be casual.

"Not really. Was it something fun?" He smiled at her.

"Not really, I am just wondering how much you remember. I might need to bring you up to speed."

"Oh really? Do tell." His eyes were searching her.

"Have you talked with Buddy yet? I don't know how much of this type of stuff affects your wolves." She decided to go for it.

"No, he's been silent. I think it can take them a lot longer to recover." He took a bite of his food.

"Maybe. I thought they helped you heal." She was going to push it she had a feeling that something wasn't right.

"Sometimes but sometimes not." He took a drink of water.

"Before I forget, I got you something." She smiled brightly and pulled out a box from her lap. It wasn't a huge box, maybe half the size of a shoe box. She handed it to him and he moved his plate over.

The box was black and made of wood and it looked older. It had some drawing on the outside that seemed to sparkle in the candle light. "What is it?"

"Now, it wouldn't be much of a surprise if I just told you." She smiled making her eyes glow.

"Alright then." He opened the box letting a bright light come out of it.

Nicole stood up and it was her Lycan speaking "The heavens above here me now. Push the demon out of him and take him back with you. Protect him from this sinister demon and anymore to come."

Josh's face turned angry and his eyes turned black and as he opened his mouth to speak the light entered his mouth and his eyes. He fell out of the chair on to the floor. Shaking uncontrollably.

"I command that you release him. I banish you from his body, mind and soul." Nicole laid a hand on him as she spoke sending her own magic to him.

Josh stopped shaking and rolled on to his back. His mouth opened and let out this shadow type figure. It hung in the air looking at Nicole and she reached out and grabbed it making it turn to dust.

She knelt by Josh and he started to moan a bit and he sat up. "What was that?"

"It was a demon inside you. He must've gotten there when you were shot. He had been hindering your recovery this entire time. You will start to feel a lot better now." She helped him off the floor noting how much stronger he already was.

"How did you know?" He went and sat down at the table.

"There was a few things that made me suspect but I was hundred percent sure when you ate this." She pointed to the dinner she had made "Also he didn't know your who Trenton was."

"Gross, I ate veggies and pasta! I hate those things." He laughed at her glad she knew him so well. He reached out and pulled her to his lap. She sat down and they just hugged for a while. Just silence, feeling each other, taking what they need from each other.

"Umm, I am feeling a lot better already." He looked down and she realized that he was aroused.

"No, sir. You need rest and to recover. That demon was always fighting your healing body." She tried to stand up but he caught her keeping her on his lap.

"I think I know what I need." He whispered in her ear and kissed her neck giving her chills.

"Do you now? Maybe I should go get your nurse and ask her." She was smiling, so glad to have her mate back 100%.

"How did you know something was working against me?" He relinquished her.

"Because you never did that first of all and because you were taking so long to heal." She was headed toward the bathroom "Plus nobody had seen Trenton."

He sat at the table for a moment thinking and waiting for her to come back. She walked back in the room and Josh looked at her curiously "Who is Trenton?"

Nicole stopped what she was doing "What did you say?"

"Trenton. I don't know who that is." He looked at her honestly.