Curves For My Kings (Volturi Kings)

Chapter Eighteen

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

I groaned and flipped over on the bed, curling into myself as pain ripped through my stomach. Days one and two had been mild but it seemed like day three was going to be the start of world war three inside of my body.

"Love?" Caius called from the side of the bed and I turned to see him standing there with a worried look as he held out my pain medication and a glass of apple juice.

I took it without a word, swallowing the pills, and curled up again. I pulled the blankets snuggly around my body, trying to trap the heat inside.

I heard movement and a few clicks then blanket was being pulled off of me which pissed me off until I saw Caius holding an electric heating pad in his hands.

He lifted my sweater and settled the past against my skin the tugged the blanket back around me and placed a kiss to my head. He moved to leave the room but I grabbed his hand and pulled him back to me.

"Stay. Please." I whispered, scooting over a little to make room for him.

He let out a relieved sigh and climbed onto the bed and wrapped his arms around me. I curled into him, burying my face in his neck and inhaling his scent that I had missed so much.

"I'm sorry, il mio piccolo fiore. I am so sorry for what I said to you. I know that you are strong and capable. I know that you are brave and fierce. You are my world and I worry that you will be taken from me. You are the other piece of my soul and I would choose you in a thousand lifetimes if it meant I got to spend whatever life we had with you." He whispered, taking deep breaths of my scent as he pulled me closer while being careful of my stomach.

"It hurt." I whimpered, "It hurt so much to think that I am nothing but a weak human in your eyes, that I am a burden to be carried rather than a person to be cherished."

He growled and pulled my face from his neck so that he could look me in the eyes and said, "You are not a burden. You are my greatest treasure. I do not care if you are human, you are my mate. You could remain human for the rest of our lives and I wouldn't love you any less."

"I love you so much, Caius!" I cried then leaned in and touched my lips to his gently, giving him the chance to back up if he wanted to.

Instead, he cupped my face with one hand, buried the other in my hair at the back of my head and deepened the kiss. He was gentle at first, then his dominant side kicked in. He growled deep in his chest when I didn't automatically open to him so he pulled my lip between his teeth and bit down hard enough to sting. I moaned and opened my lips, allowing him to explore to his heart's content.

I smiled when he pulled away and pecked my lips gently one more time and rested our heads together.

"You have my heart. I love you too, Mia Regina." He said, smiling at me.

It took roughly half an hour for the medicine to kick in and for me to be willing to move from the bed. During that time Caius and I snuggled and kissed, enjoying being in each other's arms again.

I spent the rest of day three stuffing my face while binging Supernatural on the living room couch while my kings sat around me, doing their boring ass paperwork.

Day five the cramps and bleeding had stopped but my hormones were still going haywire. That had to be put on the back burner though as we had received a call from Carlisle, telling us the army would be approaching in just four days and inviting us to a training session of sorts. It was pointless for our coven as they had battled many newborn armies but we still agreed to go when Caius brought up that it was an opportunity to beat the shit out of them without causing an actual fight.