“She does.”
“Uncle knows, and he said the same thing, just my baby here still feels I do too much when I don’t,” Raihana replied, running her finger along Chris’ lips.
“You do, and I don’t like you getting hurt. I need you safe.”
“Always,” Raihana replied. I massaged my jaw thoughtfully.
“I know you have reasons to worry, but we’ve learned from what happened with Del. I can assure you both Uncle and I will not let anything happen to her. Just the way we won’t let anything happen to you or anyone else.” Dad came to my mind, accompanied by a pang of pain. We had already lost far too many.
“So, you have nothing to worry about,” Raihana was saying, kissing him softly.
“I will still worry when it comes to you, ma chérie.” They began kissing, and I shook my head, standing up.
“Alright, I’ll leave you two to it. I’m off to bed.”
They didn’t reply, and I headed upstairs. Entering the bedroom, my eyes fell on the slender form of Delsanra, who was lying on the bed with her eyes half-open. When she saw me, a flicker of light returned to them. I smiled at her, closing the door and removing my shirt before I slipped in beside her. Lifting her head gently, I kissed her neck.
“I love you,” she whispered.
“I love you more.”
Placing my hand on her tiny waist, I inhaled her scent, letting it calm me. On her other side was Sienna, her mouth hanging open as she slept without a care in the world, with Del’s hand resting on top of her tiny little belly. My beautiful girls.
“Raihana’s pregnant,” Del whispered, smiling up at me, making me press my lips to hers.
“Yeah, I wonder if it’ll be a girl or boy,” I replied, brushing my fingers over her hips.
“Either way, I cannot wait,” she replied softly. I hugged her tightly, pulling her against me, and she smiled when I throbbed against her ass.
“And I can’t wait for you to get better so I can do a lot more to you than just hold you.” I smiled teasingly, kissing her jaw. “We are finally getting answers, and I’m sure Uncle will find something out, too.” I just wanted her to be healthy and herself once again.
She nodded, and we fell silent. I was sure Uncle would, and then with that knowledge combined with what Mom learned, we could work on a plan to find this Crimson King and kill him.
I had organised a regime for a special group, with the help of other trusted alphas, to gather the blood we needed. We currently had the blood of one hundred and two virgins. We still had a way to go, but we had sent some men to go to the human areas of the country and were attaining blood from humans as well. I just hoped we had the six hundred and sixty-six soon because it was high time this Djinn was sent back to hell.
The Price to Rule
Alejandro
We had returned earlier today, and to my surprise, it was a fucking full house. Scarlett, Raven, and her pups were all here. It seemed Scarlett hadn’t known when Kia and I would be back, so had come to help with the kids.
We were having a meeting later, but Maria had quickly filled us in on what they had learned. Dante was the target. It all made sense from the start. Even Enrique had tried to attack him. I just fucking wished I knew why they wanted him. What exactly did his blood offer them?
The smell of food wafted through the house as dinner was being prepped. Kiara was baking with Scarlett, and even Maria was making some desserts. Everyone had been happy to hear the news of the new pup. Chris seemed a little quieter, but I was sure the concern for his mate and pup would do that to anyone.
Raihana had bought all the kids and women new clothes; the girls were all in glittering dresses that reminded me of disco balls. The women were in equally fucking sparkly dresses as well. I wondered if I should grab a pair of sunglasses. As for the boys, they were in matching shirts, pants, and boots – only Dante was refusing to wear them. He was sitting on the sofa opposite Raihana, who was in a deep pink sequined dress, glaring at the clothes on the sofa next to him.
“I am not matching babies.” He scowled across the sitting room, directing it towards Raihana.
The living room in itself looked like a tornado had fucking hit it. There were toys, cups, clothes, as it seemed all the younger pups had changed in here, as well as Raihana’s table full of makeup products. It was obvious she had decided to go full-out on dressing everyone up for this small dinner in celebration of her new addition. I wasn’t complaining; it was good to see them all enjoying shit, but the makeup and the glitter werefucking too much.
“Oh, zip it. Stop being dramatic, you’ll look cute!” Raihana replied to Dante as she applied makeup on Delsanra, who I felt fucking sorry for. Kiara rushed to heal her and Dante upon our return, but it did little to help raise her energy levels. She was getting worse. She lay there with her eyes closed, whilst I had to admit Raihana did a good job of covering those veins that covered her.
Kataleya was sitting against the far wall, holding a teddy bear tight to her chest and staring out at the sky from the window.
“Perfect…” Raihana smiled proudly, finishing applying Delsanra’s lipstick. The woman could barely keep her eyes open, and Raihana was using her as a fucking makeup doll. What the fuck was wrong with her?
“I am not wearing these clothes. You wear them,” Dante shot at Raihana.
