Skyler POV

The man towered over Mia eclipsing her small frame. He was very handsome but something about him seemed unhinged. He looked over to the dead demon and then looked to me,

"Did you do that?" he asked.

"Not really. I'm not some warrior chick that lopped off the monsters head." I said in all honesty.

"Her blood is lethal to demons." Mia said.

"And did you know that before the monster died?" Luc asked Mia.

Mia shook her head. Luc swore and grabbed Mia's shoulder's,

"You could have died Mia! Our children would have been motherless. " Luc said angrily.

"I trust my visions Luc- unlike you! I knew Skyler would pull through."

Before Luc could reply Rayne shimmered in front of me. Luc grabbed Mia protectively. Both the men stared at each other. Gently I touched Rayne's shoulder.

"It's okay. Mia saved me." I said.

Rayne looked at me his fingers gently touching the cuts on my face,

"How did this happen?" He asked.

I pointed to the corpse of the demon monster. Rayne looked at it.

"I killed one a couple of days ago. Why did you not come to me for help?" Rayne asked.

"Good question." Luc added staring at Mia.

Mia threw her hands up into the air, "Because Skyler was the one destined to kill it. She needed to kill it for us to find out about her blood. "

Rayne went to touch an open wound on face muttering, "What is wrong with your blood?"

"Don't touch me!" I panicked.

Rayne withdrew away from me his eyes full of hurt. It never occurred to me until then that my blood could be poisonous to Rayne. One drop could kill him. How would we over come it? What if I accidently bit my lip and kiss him, or caught the egde of my tongue- a single kiss would kill him. Stepping back away from him Rayne painfully watched me putting a good distance between us.

"You can't come near me Rayne. My blood is poisonous to demons. One drop would kill you." I explained.

Rayne face hardened ignoring Luc and Mia he pulled me into his arms and jumped off the ground and into the air. Two huge black wings thumped against the air propelling us into the night sky angrily I yelled at him,

"You're going to get yourself killed!"

I was covered in grazes where I had fallen through the window payne on to the road. There wasn't a lot of blood but it was enough to kill that horrible black monster thing. Closing my eyes I rested head against his shoulders and muttered, "Idiot, let me go."

Rayne dived back towards the earth, wind whistled around us. I held on tightly, until he stepped back on solid ground. Opening my eyes I could see we were high up in the mountains. Snow lightly dusted the ground glittering in the moon light. I turned to Rayne and was surprised to see him lifting up his top. He took one look at me and said, "Take off your clothes."

I blinked in shock.

"Excuse me?"

Rayne repeated the order, "Strip off."

My whole face was on fire.

"Are you crazy! What the hell is wrong with you! Its freezing up here. I need to go home and sort out these cuts. And you need to stay away from me."

"That's not happening." He said throwing me over his shoulder.

Clenching my fists I beat at his back, "Put me down!"

"Its not happening, darling."

"Rayne, my blood can kill you."

"I don't believe you." He said flatly.

My mind was spinning. He saw the dead demon. Why was he being so obstinate? Suddenly he dropped me. Splash. I sank into warm bubbling water that soothed my cuts and grazes. Rayne slid into the hot spring beside me and swam to the other side.

"I told you to take off your clothes." He said brushing his wet black hair out of his eyes.

"You never told me that you were taking me to a hot spring." I snapped back.

"So you thought I brought you half way up a mountain to ravish you?"

I sank deeper into the water and muttered, "Maybe."

"You're half right." He said swimming towards.

I swam backwards, "Rayne, you need to stay away-"

"Your blood will not harm me. It knows me, like your body does, it would never reject me." He reached out and took my hand and pressed a tiny kiss on to a small graze. Looking up he flashed a grin,

"See, I did not melt or keel over and die." he said.

I watched him carefully for a few fearful seconds. Rayne gently closed in on me wrapping his arms around me. I could feel his need and desire beating at me. The last few days had been agony for both of us. All it was my fault. I had been the one who got frightened and ran away. Tearfully I bowed my head,

"I'm sorry Rayne for all the trouble I have caused."

"We are together now and nothing can separate us- not even your venomous blood or an overgrown chicken." He said.

A small laugh managed to escape to the surface through all the saddness and fear. Pressing into me, Rayne caught my mouth with his. All the anxiety and saddness melted away into one exquisite moment. My whole body was aching for his.

"Why are your clothes still on?" He asked irritably.

"I don't know." I murmured absently.

Seconds later my t-shirt and jeans were floating in the water. I loved the feel of his skin against mine. Melting into him I let him carry me away from reality where there were no monsters or crazy prophecies or angry black chickens. There was just me and him. Holding on tightly I looked up at the stars and prayed I could stay in this moment forever. Our passions climaxed and I floated hazily in the water. Rayne pulled me close,

"We need to go and check on Stephanie and the others."

"My clothes are soaking wet." I sighed but before I could blink Rayne teleported us back into our bedroom. Rayne carefully placed me on the bed. Sleepily I yawned,

"I'm so tired."

"Tomorrow we will seek Mia and Luc."

"What about Aidan?"

"I returned him to his pack. Poor guy was really torn up over Stephanie."

"I think he expected too much too soon."

"She was his soul mate. How would you feel if I cheated on you?"

"Devastated."

"Exactly."

"But I'm different. Stephanie has been severely depressed and suicidal for the last few months then suddenly she is turned into immortal. She is liberated. Her hair grows back, guys are attracted to her, and she feels good about herself and suddenly she wants to have a good time. But then Aidan comes along and wants to chain her down."

"Do you think I chained you down?"

"No. You released me from my chains and that's why I love you so much."

"I still think Stephanie acted like a spoilt little wanton."

"Do you think Aidan will forgive her?"

"I don't know." Rayne replied.

Her Imperial Highness Queen Sophia POV

My husband Casper the great King of the Vampires was absent from court today. Why? Because he couldn't be bothered to get out of bed. Watching him blissfully asleep completely unaware of the horrible evening I had because of his lie in. Court had not gone well today. My proposed idea of a society of equal opportunities went down like a lead balloon. All the old stuck up aristocrats laughed off my ideas and my position as Queen. All of them thought the King should have married a vampire that was born a vampire- not bitten like I was. Unsupported and out numbered I was jeered out of the court. If Casper had gotten his lazy ass out of bed and helped me things would have gone better. I grabbed a pillow and threw it at his head. His body jerked up, blonde hair spilling over his face, heavy lashed eyes gazed sleepily up at me. I stood at the foot of the bed arms folded across my chest frowning at him. Casper gulped.

"How was court?" he asked feebly.

I grabbed another cushion and flung it at him. He ducked quickly and avoided impact.

"Where were?" I said.

"Here, asleep." He said.

"You should have been down stairs with me, facing the court as a united front. I got massacred in their today. No one wants to listen to the bitten Queen. I got laughed out of court Casper."

"I'm sorry baby."

"You have no idea how bad it was."

"Babe if they upset you I will have their heads placed on spikes outside the castle and I mean that."

"I don't want anybody dead, I just want you to get out of bed sometimes."

"Come here." Casper said.

Reluctantly I walked over to the edge of the bed. Casper grabbed my arm and pulled me into bed next too him.

"You should have stayed in bed too. I was really disappointed when I woke up and found an empty space next to me." he said,

"Casper, I'm so pissed off with you right now nothing you do or say is charming."

"What if I kissed you?"

"Your face would feel the back of my hand."

"Threats of violence? You must be mad."

"Don't mock me."

"I'm not, I just find you very sexy when you get cross."

"I don't feel sexy. I feel really pissed off that you couldn't be there for me just this one time."

"Aw come on Sophie don't bust my balls over this."

"Fine, if you're not going to take this seriously Casper then I'm not sleeping in this bed tonight." I said jumping off the bed before Casper could catch me. Casper got out of bed wrapping the bed sheet around his waist following me across the room.

"Sophie, Sophie-" he called after me.

I left the room seething. Casper stood in the doorway of the bedroom calling after me,

"Sophie come back and talk. I have no pants on, I'm not going to chase you through the castle naked." he said.

"You should wear pyjama's to bed like a normal human being."

"Maybe I'll borrow your duck night shirt!"

"You could if you hadn't burnt it to the ground like all my other possessions." I yelled over my shoulder.

Casper was a powerful vampire but he was also an emotional vampire. When we first met he threw a little temper tantrum that resulted in our house being burnt to the ground. I lost everything petty much, including my over sized duck night shirt my grandma had brought me. I stomped down the corridor and bumped into a familiar face. Nico, the captain of the guards and a close friend.

"Lover's tiff." He asked.

"You have no idea what I have to put up with. Have you had any news from Jacques?"

In the beginning when I first turned into a vampire Casper kept me away from the court. He didn't even tell me he was a King. We all lived together in a house with Nico his body guard and Jacques his best friend. Jacques was a legend. I remember him sliding down the banister in my bra and fighting with Casper. I loved him to pieces but he ran away. It's a complicated story but I ended up going to this vampire school where I met Christie who was engaged to this tool called Rudolph- it was an arranged marriage neither one wanted to marry the other. So at the school there was this big ball and Rudolph decided to publically snub Christie by not asking her to the ball. Jacques decides to be a hero and asks Christie to the ball. Then at the ball everything exploded. Rudolph and Jacques got into a fight and Jacques announced he was stealing Christie away from Rudolph- and no one has seen Jacques or Christie since. Jacques asked Casper's permission but Casper refused. Jacques is the original man-ho, he is by no stretch of the imagination monogamous. Currently we have Nico and the whole guard searching for them.

"Nothing, we hear reports here and there but Jacques is evading our efforts." Nico replied.

"Crap. Keep looking. I love Jacques but he is going to break Christie's heart."

"We shall keep looking but in the meantime Luc and Mia have returned have arrived." Nico smiled.

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