Is It Black Or Is It Noir?

Untitled Part 10

The Queens explained they were devastated and frightened at Didyme's death, so Aro suggested they rest in the tower safe from harm's way. Just take a little time out; they could manage without them for a short time. Then he had Chelsea tie them to Himself and Caius. Not realising because they were already their mates, it would fail.

The mate bond was already in place and it trumped all. In their misery, they didn't see Corin was keeping them unyieldingly complacent at the time. Decades passed and with no major enemies attacking them, they stayed cloistered, eventually realising what had happened to them. Getting around Corin was easy due to the greed she had for the Queens's jewels and objet d'art. They would distract her with trinkets and she'd forget to reinforce her hold on them.

But the ace in the hole was that Aro had Chelsea tie Marcus to the Queens as a joke and it now backfired on him. He kept them abreast of all that Aro had done, how Caius now realised he'd made a grave error of judgement leaving Volterra at the time. He had been distracted by Aro encouraging him to go after the Werewolves, on his return Aro had taken the throne and only agreeing to help him kept Caius and Marcus alive.

How Aro changed so many laws to suit himself and now ruled the vampire nation by fear. Everyone thought the Queens had abdicated in his favour and there was no one to say otherwise. Aro had totally ignored Pica and taken several lovers, but Caius had stayed true to his Queen, holding her each night in her enforced stupor whilst begging her forgiveness. But she was still angry with him for not fighting for her and Pica. Whereas the mate bond between Pica and Aro was gone, Dora still clung to hers. Hoping beyond hope Caius could explain his inactivity.

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Esme and Carmen now saw for whatever reason they had been lied to by their husbands. Discussing the whole mate bond with each other and asking all the other women how it felt to them. The facts did not add up, the electricity was never there and the pull was a weak imitation of what it should have been. Hell, Carlisle had spent more time in hospitals over the last ninety years than he had by Esme's side. Eleazar often made trips abroad alone, how had they not realised, the bond was not that of true mates!

But all thoughts of personal thoughts went out the window as the first young woman went into labour and her heart gave out simultaneously.

"Damn it, I had a feeling she wouldn't be able to take much more," Rose said quickly removing the baby before it tore its own way out,

"Well, here's the son Carlisle wanted, he's strong, healthy and venomous. Ashley what's a good Norwegian name for a boy?" she continued.

"Theodor, it means 'God's gift', so Theodor Neilson, they all can have their mother's surnames!" Ashley replied cooing at the small boy.

A nursery was quickly set up in a separate room and the poor unfortunate mother buried at the far end of the island. Esme had decided as this was her island she would turn it into a private bird sanctuary after they all left, so the young women's graves would never be disturbed by humans. She would oversee its upkeep but never return. The house and hospital would be demolished, by all the vampires here or maybe she would make Carlisle and Joham do it.

Almost as if it were the catalyst the others too went into labour and it was all hands on deck, Maggie and Siobhan took charge of the English girl, once Rose had delivered the baby,

"She might be English now, but Flynn is an Irish name and so is that colouring. Red hair and green eyes, pure Irish!" Maggie said laughing, as she herself had red hair and once had green eyes, the baby was its mother's double and they knew she'd have green eyes eventually too.

"How about Niamh? It means 'Radiance or Brilliance' in Irish, that would make her Niamh Flynn" Siobhan said smiling down at the adorable newborn baby girl.