67. The Throne Of The Lycanthrope Kingdom.
Daphne’s POV.
I had run into the room that Eric had assigned for me a few days back after I got attacked, I had to admit that that day was awfully scary. I was feeding my baby when vampires barged in unexpectedly, of course, my first instinct was to protect my baby under ever cost but they were just way too many. I thought I was done for until the vampire lord came to the rescue and had all of them thrown in prison.
Tears fell down my eyes as I thought of my mate, he was only downstairs but he seemed so far away, out of reach. He had not changed one bit; he was still the same Dwayne I knew and loved and it pained me dearly, the fact that I had to undergo a change without him and he did not even feel my absence.
A firm knock on the door broke me out of my thoughts, “Who is it?”,
“It is me, Daphne, can I come in?”, Eric’s muffled voice called out from the other side of the door. With a deep breath, I went to the door and opened it, “Daphne, please, what Dwayne said was right, you need to go with him”,
I stomped away from him, knowing he would side with Dwayne. I sat on the bed and hugged my baby close to me, “I am not ready to leave with him, I have a life here”,
“No, you do not have a life here Daphne. This is not where you belong, your throne is in the werewolf kingdom”, he tried to reason with me but I was having none of it,
“I cannot go, Eric”, I had no idea why but I really did not want to go and yet I actually did, a tiny little part of me that was.
“You cannot go or you do not want to go?”, he sighed and sat beside me, “See Daphne, I understand that you are afraid to go back after everything that happened, you went through a lot and I feel for you. But you need to leave her, Dwayne was right, this place is not safe for you”.
The water works began again, “Yes, I am scared”, I cried, “Everyday, every goddamn day, I waited for him to come back for me, for him to say he wants me back”,
“But he is saying that now”, he pointed out, “He is doing what you wanted, is he not?”,
“It is coming in a bit too late”, I was giving myself reasons to not take him back, although this was not his fault in the first place,
“It is never to late, Daphne. The both of you still have your lives ahead of you”, he advised, “And I know if Dwayne does not have his way, he would rage war”, this made me laugh because it was true, it was one of the twisted things that made my love for him complete.
“He does not even know about his son”, I looked down at the young pup who was playing with my t-shirt and dragging it down, indicating that he wanted to be fed but now was not the time,
“Do you want him to know?”, he asked me,
“Do I have a choice?”, I questioned back, “I want my child to grow up with a father and enjoy his birthright”, I explained,
“The throne of the lycanthrope kingdom does need an heir after Dwayne’s time”, he pointed out.
“I am so scared”, I admitted, wiping my tears with the back of my hand,
“It is okay to be scared Daphne, nothing can happen to you, the both of you will be alright”, he assured me as he placed a kiss to me temple, it was not a romantic kiss, of course, it was a simple friendly one or the kind of kiss you would give a close relative, “Are you ready to man up?”, he stood up from the bed and stretched out,
“Yes, I think so”, I knew I sounded very unsure, that was because I was still debating with myself but I also knew that this was something I had to do sooner or later, why not sooner than later?
“Good, now get the fuck off my property”, he said, making me laugh. I never though I was going to say this but I would miss Eric a lot, he was a good man in and out but he could also be a deep pain in the asshole and that was just his million-dollar personality.
He opened the door as I adjusted my baby on my hip, I know that he is only a month old but any other person would think he was already one with his rapid growing speed; he was heavier than the regular baby and bigger too, he looked more and more like his father by the day.
We stepped into the hall once again to see Dwayne leaning his sexy body on a wall, I had missed sleeping next to that body so damn much, having his gigantic arms around me as we slept was a blessing and a gift; I did not realize that until after we were separated.
Once he sensed our arrival, his eyes snapped to me and then the baby on my hip, “I will go with you”, I said but I could tell I had not gotten his attention still as his purple eyes were placed directly on Dwayne Junior. I would not deny the slight jealousy that washed me when he did not give me his attention, “Dwayne!”, I snapped at him, his eyes looked at me once more, “I am coming with you”, he nodded and pushed off the wall, walking towards us,
“Is he?”, he did not have to complete it for me to know what he was asking so I nodded, “Are you serious?”, his eyes widened as he looked at his son,
“Yes, Dwayne I am sure”, I assured him.
“How did I not know?”, he combed his hand through his hair; something he did when he was frustrated,
“I wanted to tell you but you had me banished the day I found out”, the mere thought of that day gave me nightmares for months. Hopefully, I would be able to find some sort of closure in all of this and it would chase the monsters away.
“Fuck”, he exclaimed,
“Do not swear with a baby in the room Dwayne, I thought you better than that”, Eric said teasingly and sat back on his throne,
“Shut the fuck up!”, Dwayne growled at him, the hall was empty of guards and we were the only three in the large hall, make that four; including my pup.
Eric rolled his eyes, “You are most welcome Dwayne. That is what I would have said if you were not a big asshole and actually thanked me for my services”,
“Whatever, Eric”, he rolled his eyes as well and looked back at me, “I have a son? When was he born?”, I could see it in his eyes, he was disappointed in himself for not knowing he had a child somewhere and I could also see that he wanted so badly to carry his son,
“Yes, you do. About a month ago”,
“That explains it, everything else seems foggy to me but that day is as clear as crystal now. My emotions were all over the place and I did not understand why”,
“Your wolf felt the birth of his pup but you are just an ignorant dick?”, Eric put in,
“I swear, I will fucking uproot your fucking head from your fucking head”, Dwayne’s eyes darkened as he growled at the smug looking vampire lord,
“Language”, he warned and faced me, “Daphne, if your son becomes a swearing nuisance, it is because of his foulmouthed father”, I could not help it any longer, a loud laugh left my lips as I watched the back and forth bickering that went on between the two grown ass men and knowing it had been going on for centuries made it more exciting.
“I swear to the gods, Eric, one day I will find a way to kill you”,
“Whatever, now both of you, get off my land. DJ, I will be seeing you later”, he said to my baby like he could really understand,
“Thank you, Eric, I owe you a lot”, I smiled at him, thinking of how caring he had been since those men captured me and decided to auction me off, I seriously thought I was going to die back then,
“Anytime Daphne”, he smiled back, urging us with his hands to leave, it was obvious that he did not feel comfortable with so many werewolves on his land and neither were his people.
We left the castle and went toward the cars, no wonder Eric was so uncomfortable; there were over twenty SUVs parked right in front of his home, “Was this really necessary?”, I had to ask,
He rubbed his neck sheepishly, “I do-”,
“Daphne!”, he was cut off by an over excited Sarah making her way over to me and engulfing me in a hug, she pulled away and cooed at my pup, “How as DJ been?”,
“You named our pup DJ?”, once Sarah heard his voice, she became tense and excused herself, somethings can never change.
“Yes, I did. It means Dwayne Junior, DJ is just a nickname, it was a spur of the moment type of thing, after I gave birth to him alone…”,
“No, it is perfect, I love it that you thought of me when naming our child”, he smiled, it did not last long though, a deep frown replaced the frown almost immediately, “You gave birth to him alone?”,
“It is no big deal, Dwayne”, I sighed and walked towards the one that he probably in, it stood out like a sore thumb amongst the other plain black cars, it was a bright golden color and I am absolutely sure the gold was not painted on.
“I am a horrible mate; I cannot begin to comprehend what I put you through. I love you Daphne, with every fiber of my being, I know I do not deserve you but please, I cannot live without you”, his words brought tears into my eyes,
“You are not a horrible mate Dwayne and people go through worse than I did every day. You deserve me and I deserve you”, I got into the car and shut the door so he would not say such terrible things about himself again. I knew I should have told him that I still loved him but I just could not; maybe it was because I still close my eyes and see Emilia’s claws all over him.