Please forgive the long wait and in truth I'm not sure how this is gonna go. My laptop is broken. I got a Kindle Fire and I haven't gotten a keyboard yet. I'm not use to typing this way, so please forgive any mistakes as well. I love you guys for all the support and believe me when I say this has been driving me nuts.

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MARIA'S P.O.V.

"Sweetie I really don't know why Sabrina told us to come here." I tell DeNice while rocking her and giving her her morning bottle. "I know that these people are my relatives but I'm not sure about how close. And what is Michael doing here? I'm so confused."

I then hear someone coming into the nursery.

"Maria darling I hope you will let me feed her some too." Eve says coming around so I can see her.

"Of course I'll let you. May I ask you something?"

"Maria you have always been able to ask me anything. Even when you were younger I would have answered any question you had." She tells me.

"Sabrina told me you and David can answer a lot of my questions. The ones she thinks I don't need to be alone getting answered to. Why is that and I know we are related but I'm not exactly sure how?" I tell Eve.

"You definitely take after both your great grandparents." Eve says with dismay.

"You knew them and how an I like them?"

"Is DeNice ready to be put down again? I'm only asking because I would like this conversation to take place in my sitting room." She tells me.

"Yes she is. But why don't you want to talk here?" I ask her.

"Yep just like your great grandfather and his sons. I want to move this conversation to my sitting room for many reasons. One is because it will take some time to tell you the story. Two I would rather be in a much more comfortable area and three I have family records you will want to see. Plus David and or Bill and Von may want to join us to help answer your questions. I can promise you that my answers will lead to even more questions." Eve tells me.

I put DeNice in the crib and make sure the monitor is on. I also notice Eve open the door opposite to the one leading to my room and there is a young woman in there who tells me she will look after DeNice.

I follow Eve to the wing that appears to be her and David's primary living area.

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"Sweetie please don't be nervous. "

"I really can't help it. All this is really so new. Sabrina said you have a lot of the answers I need." I tell Eve.

"Ok but first can you tell me exactly who Sabrina is and what she had told you." Eve answers me.

"Well at the risk of sounding crazy, Sabrina is a voice in my head who tells me she is my wolf." I look over at Eve just to see her reaction before continuing and see Eve smiling. "She says she is a very old and that she is a, no that's wrong she is The Royal Judge. The only one who out ranks her is God the Father however she says the Son can intervene on the behalf of the person being judged and cover their sin with His blood thus taking their punishment. She also said that Liam is her mate and he is 'old as dirt'."

"Sounds like she is just a tad upset with Liam." Eve says laughing.

"Believe me when I say she is. Wait a minute you don't sound surprised at what I'm telling you." I can't help but feel a little shocked and I think Eve senses it.

"No darling I'm not surprised or shocked. Well I guess you could say I am a little thrilled at learning Sabrina has a sense of humor. I honestly can't wait to see her in action. Her judgments are legendary as are her punishments." Eve tells me.

I start laughing at that so hard I can't catch my breath. Eve looks at me funny and I guess I have to tell her why I'm laughing so hard.

"She is smart too. She tricked Liam into passing judgment on himself. Oh I guess you need to know who Liam is. Well he is her mate and he is Michael's wolf."

"So you know Michael is your soul mate?"

"Yes I know and it hurts. He didn't find me until after I married Lewis. Please don't get me wrong. I love my husband and I won't leave him. Michael had plenty of chances to find me before I married Lewis. I mean for crying out loud his sister was my best friend and college roommate. It breaks my heart to see him and know what we could have had. The day he finally found me he called me after I got home and told me he would wait on me to be free. He said he knew that Lewis would die young. Eve how an I suppose to do this?" I ask her.

I realise I am crying when Eve comes and puts her arms around me.

"Life isn't easy but when we put our faith in God He works this out. Now just a minute ago you were laughing so hard about something Sabrina did to Liam would you mind sharing it with me?" Eve changes the subject.

"Let's put it this way I don't think I would want to be on the end of her judgments. Mind you she loves both Liam and Michael"

"Yes that is the way wolves are. So what did she do?"

"She told me that ever child I conceive he will be present... well at least he will see it in his dreams. And then there are some other things she is doing but she won't tell me." I tell her.

"She went on to tell me that Liam has to be present because he is the wolf father to my children. Makes me wonder if he actually witnessed DeNice and this one being conceived," I say rubbing my stomach.

Chuckling she says "Remind me not to cross her. That's a very harsh punishment for a man much less a wolf. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes. I can only imagine the rest of his punishment."

"Eve? We have been talking about wolves and your not surprised at anything I've said. Are you a wolf?" I ask her.

"Yes my dear. I am a she-wolf. Everyone at the palace are wolves."

"Wait did you just call this a palace?" I ask stunned.

"Yes dear ... one day it will be yours." She answers.

"What? ... Who exactly are you? And why will it mine?"

"One question at a time dear. Who am I? I am actually your great grandmother."

"What??? You are not old enough to be my great grandmother!"

"Oh but I am. I am over 300 years old and so is David."

"Huh? But you don't look like you are much older than me."

"True but once a Royal Wolf reaches a certain age he or she total stops aging. Well that is as long as we let our wolves out to run about once a week."

"So how are you my great grandmother and a werewolf when my mother and grandmother weren't" I ask.

"Well your grandmother was the very first royal she-wolf ever born. However on the day she and her twin brother William were born she was kidnapped."

"Did you say that Maw maw Grace was the first ever royal she-wolf?" I ask

"Yes darling and as such according to prophecy the Royal She-wolf line can only come into their wolf when they are mated to their wolf soul mate. Gracie was stolen from us and we searched for her until we found her but by then she was already married to your grandfather who was not her wolf soul mate. He however was her destined human mate."

"I don't understand. " I interrupt her.

" Well according to prophecy, her female bloodline has two mates. One is wolf soul mate and the other is a human second mate so he can help pass the wolf gene until one of her descendants find their wolf soul mate. I suspect whoever stole your grandmother had her wolf soul mate murdered. The young wolf who actually put us on the right path to finding her was killed in a strange accident which delayed our finding her and had he not died when he did we would have found her before she married. I have always wondered if he was her mate because of what he told me when he came in from his search. The next day he was dead. It took us two more months to find her even though we now knew what area she was in. "

"What about mother and my aunts?" I ask.

" We don't know but Mary knew who both of your mates were. It was her gift."

"Then why didn't she tell someone or me?" I asked frustrated.

"Special gifts like hers have restrictions. She knew who your mate was but she couldn't tell anyone who it was. She could try to bring you together and if you thought you knew who it was she could confirm it to you right but she couldn't tell you."

"So that is the reason she kept trying to get Michael and me to meet. I don't understand something though. If Michael knew she had this gift then why didn't he want meet me?"

"Well it could be because he has his own gift and he forgot the limitations of it."

"I don't understand." I say.

"We all suspected your soul mate was Michael and believe me he wanted to find you and really searched hard to find you. He never gave up but his gift is catching glimpses of the future. The very first vision he had was of running in wolf form with mate and he knew his mate was of royal blood. Therefore without knowing there never been a she-wolf born to the Royal family and not knowing the prophecy but knowing any wolf over 75% white was part of the Royal family by birth. He asked your Uncle Bill many questions just not the right one and everything surrounding your bloodline is a Royal ut everything concerning the Royal She-wolf line is a secret however if he had asked the right question he would have gotten his answer. That's the loop hole. He never told anyone the complete vision or at least not anyone who could have put it together. Had you not married Lewis you would have been sent to the palace and it would have been David and I who would have responsible for finding one of your mates. Between Mary's frustration with her brother and us piecing together Michael's vision we were fairly sure he was yours and with what happen to Mary we also pretty sure Lewis was your human mate, but that is another story. Had you come here you would have met Michael the first day. But fate had other plans." She tells me.

There is still so much I need to find out but of course we hear the baby start to cry. Eve wants to go with me and help. How can I deny her. Our seems like she had been denied her daughter and each of her granddaughters as well as her great granddaughters. I Will not her my children. It turns out the wing I am starting in was built with us in mind. It has never been used. No one but Eve and David have ever been in it before yesterday. Eve set it up.

"Eve can finish our talk after we get DeNice taken care of. " I ask.

"Yes Sweetie we will talk again and before you go home we will try to have all your questions answered as well as some arrangements made." Eve tells me.

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