Chapter 50

Daisy was finally done with all the tests that Doctor Timothy wanted to be done, and she had Noah sitting in his office awaiting the results. They had traveled to see him at his home clinic; it was more private than going through all the royal channels.

Noah had to admit as he sat there holding Daisy’s hand that he had never been more nervous as he was right now. Raja wasn’t helping with his pacing back and forth. Daisy seemed calm, but they could tell that she was just as nervous as they were, perhaps more so.

Doctor Timothy finally came into the room with a big smile.

“Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, I will inform you right at this moment that you can put your immediate worries behind you; all three of the cubs are doing great. They are also growing by leaps and bounds.”

“Through our tests, we have determined that you will give birth in about five and a half months, give or take a day or two. It is hard to tell sometimes with multiple births.”

Noah felt like his jaw hit the floor. Did he say five and half months? Did he hear him right? Daisy was human. Shouldn’t it be closer to nine months?

The Doctor noticed the young father’s expression and almost laughed out loud. Poor guy looks like he has lost all his thought processes.

“It is alright. This is normal; yes, she is human. She is also something more than that. Since you are a shifter, it is only natural that the birthing of the cubs would come sooner than later. It is a multiple birth situation, and they tend to go early sometimes too.”

“There is also the possibility that you will be confined to bed rest in your later months due to the enormous strain carrying three will do to your body.”

“I will be sending you home with some special vitamins made just for shifter pregnancies. These will help you maintain energy and nutrition for your cubs and yourself. You will start to notice if you haven’t already strange cravings and temperature changes.”

“Your body is going through many changes right now; I have here some informational books to read to give you a heads up on what to expect and explain what you already have experienced and nutritional information for meals.”

“This is another book for the expecting shifter father, on what to do in certain situations, when to be alarmed and seek help, and how your Tiger will react to all this.”

Both Daisy and Noah left the office feeling better about things yet still nervous about others. It was to be expected. After all, it was all unknown territory for them.

They got into the limousine and went back to the lake house. Tomorrow, they were going to move back into the castle; they would need all the help they could get because of Daisy's condition.

Noah had thought about bringing any of the servants who wanted to come with them back to the mirror lake mansion, but he was hesitant because of all that had happened there.

It didn’t matter, though. He had a lot of money. He was a billionaire by his merit. He would find another place and build them a new home away from all the haters if he needed to.

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Garett never thought he would feel this nervous he usually always had the cooler head in everything. Right now, though, waiting for that knock on the door was nerve-wracking.

He wanted to run out and find her wherever she was and carry her back to his room like a caveman would to his cave. Just as he was about to go out and do just that, a soft knock sounded at his door.

He tried to speak out and tell her to come in, but his mouth was so dry that there was a squeaking sound. He cleared his throat and told her to enter. This time he was able to use his seductive vampire voice.

She peeked her head around the door first before entering. She was gorgeous. When she came inside fully, he noticed that she was wearing an off-shoulder dark red chiffon dress. It flowed about her like gossamer wings. He was shocked for a minute, just taking all of her in.

His fangs extended in anticipation without realizing it, and his cock hardened. He quickly went over to the door, thinking of every dull thing he could to get himself under control. He then noticed that she was carrying an overnight bag; he quickly started to lose control again and had to look up at the ceiling to calm down again.

Swearing to himself, get yourself under control, or this will be a very short evening. Geesh, you would think he was a teenager again.

“Good evening, my love; welcome to my humble abode.”

She let out a giggle that sounded like pure music to his ears. He could think of only one sound she could make that would be even sweeter than that giggle, but he would have to wait to find that out later; he had a whole evening planned. She seemed a bit nervous, so he set himself to the task of relaxing her and getting her comfortable. He had a suspicion that she hadn’t done this too many times or if at all. He liked that thought of being her first.

Shaking his head, he had dinner to bring out to the table. He needed to put the caveman back into his cave for now. He was glad that his room was more like a mini apartment because she might bolt if she saw the bedroom right now.

He had it all draped in dark blue velvet and silk. There were all kinds of colorful rose petals all over the room, along with vases of them fresh from the gardens. He wanted to see her soft milky skin draped in his bedsheets.

He slapped himself. Stop it, you idiot, think with your mind, not your dick.

Finally, he managed to get himself back under control and carried out two plates of homemade ravioli in red sauce, and they sat at the table. She looked around and then at him through the candlelight.

He felt his groin tighten yet again; if this kept up, he was either going to take her right here on this table, or he was going to have the biggest case of blue balls known to any of the male species.

After dinner, he put on the music. He wanted to dance with her, whatever he had planned. After this wasn’t going to happen, she was intoxicating. They danced, but it was an erotic dance of kissing and touching, nibbles and sucking.

They danced, slowly into the bedroom already half-naked he had seen all of her; she slowly removed what she had on, and it about drove him mad. She stood before him naked in all her glory, and boy did she have glory.

She shyly looked at him…

“Garret, I think you should know that I have never done this before. I know it is unbelievable at my age, but it is true, I am a virgin.”

Leaning in close to her, he whispered into her ear; while giving it a little lick, he could smell her arousal even stronger now.

“It is alright, my little dove; it is my first time with a virgin so that we will discover this new territory together; you are always safe in my hands.”

The night continued as they both taught each other in intimate ways. Garret knew in that instant as they climaxed together that she was the one, and he would marry her.

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Michael sat at his desk, lost in thought after encountering his old friend. He was older than Blane was but not by much; they were close friends for what seemed forever now.

Unfortunately for Blane, he fell ill to something that did indeed plague older vampires, it sounds stupid and small, but it is devastating for someone who has lived as long as they have.

Boredom happens when you have seen all there is to see, done all there is to do, and explored all there was to explore. Most of the ancients survived and made themselves anew. Some, though, couldn’t seem to get past it. Blane was one of them.

Through time he developed the other personality, The Ghost, and that gave him for a time some entertainment and a feeling of excitement. When the Ghost no longer took away the feeling of emptiness, the Wraith became the next and worst personification searching for the new, but it was short-lived, and Blane had to return to end the search and gain peace finally.

When Michael realized what was happening to his old friend, he sought to help him at first by capturing him to get him some help, but Blane had gone underground and disappeared.

Michael had no other choice than to wait him out and catch him when he resurfaced. One thing was for certain Blane has realized that the only thing left to explore and see is the world beyond this one.

He had decided to give his old friend this one last request. He would let Blane take out the last demon. He did have one request of Blane, though, before he sacrifices himself. He wanted all of Blane’s diaries and ancient books.

Blane kept his word on that, but he also gave him everything else he owned, including some strange-looking outfits and one rubber hello kitty suit, which Michael refused to touch.

Blane made a final request of his own; he didn’t want Michael to see him die. He agreed to have witnesses, but he didn’t want his only friend to see him go in such a terrible way. He made Michael promise that he would remember their good times together and not how things ended.

It was like having his old friend back again for that brief moment. He explained that he ran from Michael because he didn’t want his only friend to be the one to kill him.

This way, he would go out on his terms and perhaps earn a bit of redemption in the afterlife. With a final flourish and a bow, he was mist and left Michael alone to await for the outcome of his friend’s final moment.