Royal Blood

The Nanny

Valentina had to be forcefully removed from the castle screaming and crying while Robin and Melody disappeared somewhere together. Gee, wonder what they were going to do.

The woman with red hair had been pulled back out of the room after only a few seconds and now it was just me my parents and Axton in the room. The doors opened again and she walked in with her head bent down slightly, showing respect to her alphas.

¨Dove this is, sorry, was your nanny-¨

¨Charlie.¨ I gasped. The moment to woman looked up and at me I remembered her. I was only a year old, but somehow I remembered her. She always smelled like roses and vanilla and she made me laugh.

¨You remember me?¨ She cried as tears fell from her eyes (Image up top). She ran to me and pulled me into a tight hug. Tears welled up in my eyes for some reason as I laughed and hugged her back. Axton was concerned because he saw me crying but I gave him a stern look over her shoulder and he sat back down but kept an eye on me.

¨I go by Charlotte now. I can't believe you remember me, you were so tiny!¨ She stepped back and held me at arms length to look me up and down. ¨Little Red,¨ She smiled and winked.

¨Tomorrow you can spend the day getting to know Charlotte and her family. Your first word was Charlie.¨ Mom gave us a warm smile and motioned for the servants to come clear the table. ¨You better get some sleep, if you are going to have children, even before marriage you might as well take good care of them.¨ She gave me a stern look and Axton looked sheepish again.

¨Children?¨Charlie's voice went up an octave and her eyebrows almost disappeared in her hair.

¨Oh yeah, about that...Look a puppy!¨ I laughed and pointed at Meg and Castiel as they tumbled into the room fighting over the remnants of our steaks. I grabbed Axton and ran out of the room laughing hysterically. ¨Come on little ones!¨ I called to the pups and they came yipping out of the dining room and chased after us a we ran to our room.

I woke up slightly disoriented with the sun shining in my eyes and the gold bed frame glaring in my face. The only familiar thing was Axton's heartbeat against my ear. I heard sniffling and suddenly my face was being licked by a big fluffy thing.

¨Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeg,¨ Axton groaned as I pushed Castiel down from the bed.

¨The perks of having pets,¨ I yawned and stretched. I picked out a pair of dark blue shorts and a black tank top. As I brushed my hair i noticed the black streak in my hair was gone. ¨Axton!¨ He jumped out of bed and was just as puzzled as to why it was gone.

¨Ready to go little girl?¨ Charlie smiled once I opened the door.

¨I'm not small, you're just really tall for a woman. What are you, 5' 9?¨

¨5' 10 actually. Say goodbye to your mate, I plan on keeping you all day.¨ Charlie smiled again and walked down the hallway.

Before I even got a word out Axton dipped me low to the ground and gave me a sweet kiss on the lips. ¨Go have fun with your nanny, I will go get acquainted with the guards and grovel to your parents about knocking up their long lost daughter.¨ He smiled crooked and gently pushed me out the door.

¨Well that took less time than I expected, come meet my family!¨ She smiled again and grabbed my hand.

She led us to a two story light blue house with red shudders and a pick-up truck in the driveway. She kept looking back at me and smiling like she was making sure I wouldn't disappear.

¨I'm back with the princess!¨ She announced. The house was silent until suddenly two tiny little boys, probably about 4 and 2 ran out of the kitchen, one was wearing a Spiderman costume and the other was dressed like Captain America. They launched themselves at me and I caught them with one arm each and an oomph.

¨Are you really a princess?¨The younger one asked me.

¨I don't know, are you really Spiderman?¨ I countered.

¨I can't tell you that, it's a secret!¨ He insisted and I nodded with a pretend serious face on.

¨I like your hair,¨ the other boy smiled and played with it.

¨Thank you, I like my hair too. Why don't you go play with Spiderman so I can talk to your mama?¨ I set them down and they went running up the stairs. ¨They are cuties, what are their names?¨

¨Spiderman is Barry and Captain America is Bruce. They seem to like you. There are another two people I want you to meet.¨ She led me through the kitchen and into the living room where a very muscular and bearded blonde man was snoring with a tiny baby girl in his arms, she was wide awake and looking around peacefully with the same murky green eyes as her mother. Her eyes landed on me and she smiled, I could see my bright hair reflected in her eyes.

¨She is beautiful.¨ Tears welled up in my eyes for no reason and I really hoped at least one of my children would be a baby girl.

¨We named her after you,¨ She smiled and picked up the baby, being sure to keep her hand on her mate so he wouldn't wake up and handed her to me. She gurgled and waved her arms while I hummed.

¨You have a son named like The Hulk, who likes Captain America and a boy named like The Flash, who likes Spiderman and a baby girl named after a long lost princess. Interesting family you got here.¨ I laughed.

¨My mates name is actually Clark and his favorite superhero is Batman.¨ We kept straight faces and eye contact for all of about 5 seconds before we burst out laughing as Clark woke up with a snort.

¨Who's this?¨ He grumbled and I stopped Charlie with a wink and handed her the baby. I put my hands an my hips, put on a disapproving look and raised my eyebrows at him.

¨You seriously don't know who I am?!"I screeched and he sat up quickly, suddenly very awake. ¨How dare you?!?!¨

He was staring at me with his mouth opening and closing like a fish while glancing between me and his mate. Charlie and I burst out laughing so hard we fell to the floor and cried.

¨Alright Char, what am I missing here?¨He was somewhat angry and that wasn't what I was expecting. We composed ourselves and stood up, I beamed at Clark to show him that wasn't that much of a bitch.

¨Dove, this is Clark Todrick, my mate and Captain of the Royal Guard. Clark, this is Dove Lupino, long lost princess and our daughters namesake.¨ Charlie introduced us and Clark's eyes widened even more to the point where I am sure it must have hurt. He dropped to his knees in front of me and began mumbling so quietly I couldn't even hear him.

¨Stand up Clark. I was just joking around earlier I hope you know that. But if you call me princess I am going to rip your beard off, got it?¨ I booped his nose before turning away.