64. Blood Is Gold.

Narrator’s POV.

Daphne looked like she had seen a ghost and so did Fredrick and Sarah. They were the least expected people on Daphne’s list; maybe not Sarah, but Fredrick coming there was a huge surprise to her.

They on the other hand were not expecting her to be there, was she even the one? She looked completely different; her face had lost its glow and her lips were pale, her hair was way longer than before and Sarah made a mental note to give her a major haircut as soon as possible. Her eyes had nasty looking bags under them and was that a baby she was holding?

“A baby?”, this was the first thing that Fredrick said to her and she nodded,

“What are you doing here?”, Daphne asked rocking her crying baby in her arms, “How did you even make it past the guards?”, it sounded awfully rude that these were the first things she decided to ask them but she was a very curious person no matter the situation.

“Can we come in?”, Sarah asked her but her eyes were focused on the weeping pup Daphne held tightly to her chest. With a nod, Daphne pushed the door open to the maximum so they could enter,

“How did you find me?”, this was the first question she wanted to ask them, right from when she saw them at the door. She was very happy to see them; it showed that she had not been forgotten.

“It was not easy, we have been searching for you for almost two months now”, Fredrick stated, sitting on the old bed,

“Can I wonder why?”, she sat on the ground and placed her baby on her lap, “Sarah, you can sit”, Daphne smiled sadly at her former maid, she was extremely pleased to see her,

“Thank you, my lady”, Sarah bowed, a loud laugh left Daphne’s lips immediately Sarah said those words, she thought of the irony that came with the words and she just could net help the painful laughter,

“That is quite ironic, is it not? You calling me ‘my lady’ and bowing down to me in this shithole of a house that I am living in”, she said with a shrug,

“You are still the Luna Queen, Daphne”, Fredrick pointed out and stood up from the bed, he knelt down in front of Daphne so they could be eye level with each other, “Something is wrong with the alpha king, he has been spelled by Emilia”,

“And Fiona”, Daphne added with an eyeroll, Sarah shot up from the bed in realization,

“I knew it! That bloody hag! I knew she was bad news immediately I saw her”, she was pissed at herself but not pointing this out early; not that it would matter in anyway as she was only just a maid, but at least, she would be given the liberty to say an ‘I told you so’ to Daphne- as bad as it sounded.

“You know?”, Fredrick was surprised by this news, she knew all this time that the alpha king was under a spell and she never came back to the castle to report it?

“Yes, Fiona told me before kicking me out of her house. I had nowhere else to go so I figured I would just stay with her until I could get back on my feet, she told me everything; how she was related to the Rolands, everything”, just recalling that day made Daphne tear up, that was the day that everything went to hell for her, it was the worst day of her life.

“I believe I should get to the point then”, he took a deep breath before saying his next sentence, “We need your help”, Daphne’s body became rigid, what could they want from her? Her eyes started to panic as she wondered whether they were here to take her back to the castle. “Relax”, Fredrick chuckled, “We just need your blood”,

“What?!”, Daphne was extremely horrified and she pushed herself away from him, hugging her baby closer to her as she became protective, what the fuck did he want her blood for?

“Fredrick!”, Sarah scolded him and whacked him on the shoulder, “I am incredibly sorry about that, my lady”, she bowed her head, “What Fredrick should have done was explain why we needed your blood at first”,

“Would you stop talking about my blood? It is very creepy”, her eyes narrowed to slits and watched their every move, ready to pounce incase there was any threat,

“Please, would you calm down?”, Fredrick ran his hand through his head with a sigh, “I am sorry for being so straightforward with you, I know you have been through a lot these past few months and what I said might have triggered something, I am sorry”, he apologized. Daphne nodded and relaxed, still keeping her distance,

“Please go on”.

“We went to the witch’s coven once we figured out the alpha king was spelled, of course, the only family that could conduct such a spell on the alpha king that could work is the witch head’s family”, he had not gotten far before Daphne stopped him,

“Wait, let me get something straight, you went into the witch’s coven and came out in one piece?”, they both nodded and Daphne stood up from the ground, “You guys are the most reckless and lucky people I know”, she sat on the rocking chair that she had found in the basement a few days back; it was a good replacement for her bloodied up couch.

“Very reckless and lucky”, he agreed, “As I was saying, we met the witch head, whose sister was fooled into thinking Emilia was you. The witch head gave us a list of ingredients to get so he could recognize you again, it included your blood”,

“My blood?”, she whispered silently, after what he had done to her and how he had treated her so poorly, she could not help but contemplate whether or not he was worth her giving up her blood; but who was she kidding? For him, she would give every single last drop of blood running through her veins, “I will do it”.

“Thank you so much”, Fredrick kissed her knuckle in excitement, making Sarah growl. Daphne’s eyes widened as she looked between the two of them, was she missing something?

“No fucking way”, her eyes shone in realization as she saw the tinge of red on Sarah cheek, “I was gone for like, what? Four months?”, she smirked, thinking about how she was going to tease Sarah for this like crazy in the future.

“It is nothing”, she could also not miss the blush that crept up Fredrick’s face as he handed her a small bottle from his bag,

“Sure, it is not”, she rolled her eyes before elongating her canines and piercing her hand with her own teeth, she barely felt any pain as she filled the bottle with her blood. She threw the bottle at him and watched as her wound healed,

“Be careful, this blood is gold”, Fredrick scolded,

“Thank you, I will take that as a compliment”, she shrugged and watched him do the same thing she did, “Why are you doing that?”, she asked out of curiosity,

“The blood of a loyal servant”, Sarah explained and it suddenly occurred to her, the last ingredient they needed, she looked at the baby that sat on the luna Queen’s lap, “And the blood of a direct relative”.

“What?”, Daphne growled out, what in the world was she implying?

“Nobody knew you were pregnant but it is quite obvious that that pup belongs to the alpha king”, Fredrick said after his self-inflicted wound healed,

“The pup belongs to me! He is my son! You have no idea of what I went through, giving birth to him on my own”, she stood up quickly and went to the other side of the room,

“Please Daphne, we need his blood”, he begged, stepping closer to her.

“Can you even hear yourself? You want to extract blood from a baby that is not up to six days”, she growled louder as her wolf sensed a threat on her pup,

“Please”, Sarah joined in on begging her,

“I cannot hurt my son”, she said sternly, how dare they ask her for such an outrageous thing,

“Please, she wants to kill him”, Sarah cried,

“What?”, Daphne’s anger subsided and panic washed over her as her heart stopped for a second, “What did you just say?”, she screamed out,

“Emilia is planning on killing him. He will fall right into her trap if things are not taken care of in due time”, Fredrick explained to her while carefully walking towards her, “Please, you need to help us”, he placed an arm on her shoulder,

“Fuck!”, she screamed again, how was it possible that her life was the most horrible life to live on the face of the earth? Bad luck always seemed to follow her no matter where she went to and now, she had to choose between hurting her newborn pup or saving her mate and probably herself.

“What is it going to be?”, Fredrick asked her,

“Just a few drops and that is all. I will not let my son grow up without parents”, she had thought about it, if she did not save the alpha king and he died, she would die too and their son would be an orphan at such a young and tender age; she was not taking that chance.

Sarah brought one of the bottles and Daphne elongated a claw and pressed it to her son’s wrists, a tear fell from her eye as blood came out from the wound, she quickly tipped a few drops into the bottle and watched the wound heal with surprise.

“How is that?”, Sarah was also as confused as Daphne,

“He is the true first-born son of the alpha king”, Fredrick said, gleaming with pride, “See, he did not even cry”, he pointed out. This made Daphne feel less guilty about hurting him, but it still did not change the fact that she had harmed her own flesh and blood. “We have to get going now but we will be seeing you soon”, Fredrick said, packing the bottles, “We have a long journey ahead of us”.

“Very well”, she nodded and gave Sarah a hug, “We will talk about this later”, she whispered quietly into her ear before going to the door, “One last thing, do not tell the alpha king that we have a child”, she said,

“But why? It is good news”, Fredrick said in disappointment, he really wanted to be the one to tell the alpha king that he was a father.

“I just do not want you to”, she shrugged. Daphne had her reasons and although they might sound a bit stupid to others, it sounded perfectly sane to her,

“Fine”, Fredrick grumbled before walking out of the door and Sarah quickly followed suit.