Their Queen

Chapter Six; Freedom

It’s beautiful.. The open.. The nature.. I can wake up whatever time I want.. I’ve sat with Valentine for a couple of meetings.. He wasn’t kidding and neither were the rumors.. He’s brutal when it comes to leading.. Of course I kept quiet about matters, I won’t disappoint or make him angry at the fact that some of the things he does wrong.. He could be more gentler with people but I haven’t said anything.. It’s been two beautiful months of being in a bubble.. My mothers been calling me less and less, I’ve checked with my father and Valentine had checked her about bossing me around.. I’ve talked to my brothers and other two sisters and they were happy I was Queen.. They were telling people I was their sister and how proud they are of me.. Although it wasn’t me but fate..

I lay in the giant bed that both Valentine and I share.. Last night.. God last night he gave me multiple orgasms without penetrating me.. With his fingers and his mouth.. My bodies a little sore at the positions he had me in, he was showing me how he wants it to be when we first have s*x.. He said he’ll be gentle but after that, he’s being rough and as much as it should scare me, it excites me.. I’ve talked to the other three brothers everyday as well, and true to their word they visited every week.. Once a week.. They try to stay longer but Valentine kicks them out.

I stare at the dark blue ceiling with white dots on it.. Stars, they’re supposed to resemble stars.. I sigh, I need to get up.. Today Valentine and I are moving through the small village that’s boarded up with the castle.. I shower off my sweat and desire from last night.. I change into a golden knee length dress that clings to my hips.. I brush out my curly strands of hair as I stare at the full length mirror that Valentine had gotten me, lights surrounding the frame so when I need a close up to do my makeup I can turn the lights on and see every detail of my face.. I pin it slightly back with my golden clip as I slip my tiara sized crown on and I slip on the giant ring the boys had picked for me.. Or should I say my men..? They’re far from boys.. It’s a large oval diamond with their birthstones on the band, their initials engraved into the band.

I stare at myself in the mirror.. Never would I have thought I’d be a Queen let alone Queen of each point.. I know women would kill for my spot.. I know a few women around here that try to throw themselves onto Valentine.. He’s warned them, I told him give them a warning, they’re lucky because he was going to kill them.. For disrespecting me and him. I put on lipgloss and some gold heels that match my dress, I know he said I didn’t have to dress formal but I feel like in public I should.. So I walk to him as he’s placing his silver cape on.. He glances at me and he smiles at me.. The dress was a gift from him.. Said he can picture me in it.

“Hello beautiful.” He tells me and I look him over, he’s in a black suit with black dress shoes, his hair pushed back and he looks like something the gods had taken time making.. Every women’s dream man in the flesh.

“I’m ready.” I tell him and he smiles at me, his smile is warm and loving, he’s whispered it countless of times, he loves me.. I’m hesitant but my insides churn when I don’t say the words that I know are true..

“Good.. You look to beautiful to walk.” He tells me and I laugh as he moves away from the man who was sizing him.. He holds his arm out for me to take and I do, I slip both arms around his as we begin walking.. He walks a little ahead of me, I asked him why and he said it’s a protective walk.. If he needed to shield me it would be easier than if I were beside him.

We greet people, they seem so happy to see us, to see me.. A man walking behind us holding all the things they’ve given to us.. Like fruits and vegetables, wine, blood.. That was interesting since this village is mixed with both humans and vampires.

“You don’t think it’s dangerous having both vampires and humans living together?” I ask him as I had silence our conversation.. He’s amazed by that since he said his witches had to charm the whole room with a spell..

“Of course not, my vampires know these humans are generous enough to live here and give us blood, that’s why we take care of them as much as they take care of us.” He tells me and I nod slowly and he smiles at me.. He grabs my hand and kisses my palm..

“I suppose so.. It’s surprising how they’re not afraid.” I tell him and he nods slowly.

“I’m sure they are, but like I said, they’re under protection once they seek safety here.” He tells me and I nod slowly while looking up at him.

“You can be so kind yet so cruel Valentine.” I tell him which causes him to look from me to straight ahead.

“I don’t like being kind, being kind sometimes can be taken as a weakness.. And there’s nothing about me that is weak..” he tells me, I stay silent as I look at the kids run around and laugh.. Enjoying the warmth the sun has given them throughout this cold winter.

“Do they have clothes?” I ask and he laughs softly.

“Of course they do, I have the maids here sow clothes thick enough to keep those tiny children alive and warm. I take care of this village Morgana. The humans are a treasure.” He tells me as we walk around.

“What if the children decide they don’t want to be here?” I ask him and he tilts his head to the side confused. “When they grow up and decide they don’t want to be around vampires and give them their blood?” I tell him and he nods as if he got it.

“They’re more than welcomed to leave, but once they leave I don’t open my gates to them again unless they make their case good. I make sure they’re not sick with any diseases that would affect the other humans, I screen them basically.. I question why they left and why they’re back.. I take my village very seriously Morgana.” He tells me and I smile slightly.. I’m proud of him and his answers.. I never knew the depths of his kindness, even if he says he doesn’t like showing it.. It’s being shown..

“Your Majesties.. Apologies for disturbing your stroll.. But.. Someone’s at the gate.. And they’re begging to be let in.. A woman and her children.” Someone that wears armor walks up to us, he looks back and forth not sure how much to say in front of me.

“Start the screening then-“ he breaks off as the man in armor clears his throat.

“Apologies, she looks sick.. She’s begging but she and her children look like they have something.” He tells Valentine then he nods.

“Have the vampires lock her down, and screen her, you go get screened as well at the base, make sure it’s lot airborne. And make sure whoever else was with you goes as well.” He tells him, I look at him alarmed. “And have everyone go inside, have the vampires go door to door. We’re going to see what this is.” Valentine adds as he walks with me.

“And what about this blood?” I ask and he smiles at me.

“We’re fine, but I’ll screen the blood too if you’re worried.” He tells me, I nod slowly and I sigh as I watch everyone go on lockdown.. Everyone was moving swiftly at this point.. The vampires are safe but I’m more worried about the humans and their children.. Empathy is such a pain in the a**.

VALENTINES POV;

He’s pissed that his stroll with Morgana was cut short.. But she understood that he needed to make sure that the humans were safe.. He wants her safe as well but since the humans give them blood as a blood supply she understands that they need to be taken care of.. She’s watching everything from the tower, he can see her watching him as the doctor Nicole and Herman work on figuring out what was wrong with the women.. They put cots out on the campground away from the gates and she was grateful for something warm..

“I don’t think it’s anything serious.. She has a red nose, blotchy eyes.. It can be pneumonia or allergies.. The kids have red runny noses..” Nicole speaks up causing Valentine to look at her, his eyebrows scrunched together.

“Did you get the results back? No? I suggest you hurry up with the results.” He tells her causing her to go silent and look down at her laptop.. He looks up at the tower again and he sees her watching him, she’s probably listening to them.. He sighs softly.

“I’m going to the forest.” She speaks up and he whips his head towards her, she arches a brow slightly. She didn’t say it out loud, she said it in her head.. Now she knows she can talk to him in his head.

“Be safe then.. Call me if you see anything strange.” He whispers in her head and he can tell she’s happy about getting the okay from him. He doesn’t want to keep her a prisoner here while she’s here, these are her lands as well.. He watches her change into something she can run in.. tights and a loose shirt.. She likes being bare footed so she can feel the earth below her..

Hours pass by and he hasn’t seen her, he stares at the blood that was deemed safe to drink.. The woman and her kids had pneumonia, he’s given them warm blankets and clothes for each of her kids, she thanked him and apologized for meeting while she was sick.. But she needed something for her kids.. Understandable. He looks at the door as he feels her warmth.. She walks in covered in mud and blood.. His eyes widen slightly at the sight of the blood. She looks happy though..

“And what is that?” He finally asks.

“I fought a bare! It was very aggressive, I gave the humans the meat of the bear, they were excited.. Of course the butchers going to clean it to make sure it’s good enough to eat, I think it is. But yeah! I’ve never fought a bear!” She’s happy.. He likes seeing the warmth fill in her eyes as she talks about it, he sits down on the bathroom sink as she showers and tells him about her encounter with the bear.. She has some claw marks on her but she’ll be okay.. He tried to claw her face but he missed.. She’s excited and he couldn’t help but feel her happiness as if it were his own, he knows he’ll get a call later from his brothers asking why’s she so happy..

He’ll let her explain to them the story since they’ll be alarmed if he tells them. She slips out the shower, water dripping down her body as he hands her the towel, she dries off her hair and he smiles at her, she’s very confident with her body..

“It was exciting.” She tells him and he laughs softly then he sighs as he wraps her in her robes.

“You’re very dangerous in more ways than you know.” He tells her causing her to look up at him.