The Assassin Queen (Book Four)

Chapter 32- Ryia

It had been months since that battle and much had passed. Niamh had come to visit Leo's grave after her training had finished. Since Niamh had become a certified healer she agreed to stay with me until I would give birth and maybe a bit longer because a few days after the battle had ended we found out Alexandria was also with child. The news had nearly made Aaron faint. I. Recollected all these memories to Leo as I sat by his tree. "Well I suppose this is the hardest part to say I love you Leo and I always will but I find myself falling in love with Simon as well. I can't have you anymore and you always told me not to dwell on the past I swear that no matter what happens in these next years you are my own true soul mate and I love you but I can't keep living in the past. I'm going to give Simon a chance. I miss you" I started crying. I love Leo but he is gone and I also love Simon. I watched Leos tree fondly and let him go knowing I needed to stop desperately clinging to his memory. If he was here he would tell me it isn't healthy to be that way. Its time to move forward but Leo will always be in my heart. I walked back to the castle but half way through the doors I fell to my knees. Labor pains, the baby was coming. "The baby its coming" I heaved in ragged breathes to the maid holding the door for me. She and two other maids assisted me to a guest room on the first floor for fear going up the stairs would be too much. When Niamh arrived with Simon, Alexandria, and Aaron in tow behind her she started ordering people to go and get stuff but I could barely hear her over the ringing pain that enveloped my senses. "Ryia breathe, alright listen to me you nee to push" it when on like that. Niamh calming me down the whole way through until the beautiful boy was out but the labor pain kept going. "Ryia I am going to need you to keep going there's another one" Niamh said I could hardly register the fact that I was having twins I could only continue listening to Niamh. I nearly blacked out before the little girl was born. After they were both out I slept nearly the whole day. When I woke I saw Niamh and Simon holding my two new precious children. "Your awake, its about time. You have to name them you know" Niamh said matter of factually. I thought of Leo hair messy sloped in bed about ready to pass out, 'Fabian for a boy and Diana for a girl'. There was nothing more perfect for them. "The boy is Fabian and the girl is Diana" I said smiling and holding my arms out that I may be able to hold my babies. They sighed and shifted in my hold the boy had Leo's curly brown and when he opened his eyes they were the same blue ringed fire red as mine, and the girl had wisps of raven hair and the same amber eyes as Leo's were. "They're so beautiful" I whispered. I smiled as I watched them softly breathe I started crying and Simon walked up to me. "They really are" he said as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders. "I only wish Leo was here to see them" I said. "Its going to be okay they will be able to see the love he left for you and they will know him through you" Simon said with a soft smile. I cried. "Thank you, so much Simon" I sobbed as he took them from my arms and carried them into their cradle and rubbed my back saying, "it's time you slept" and I did with him telling me stories in a calm soothing voice, I fell asleep. When I woke I saw Alexandria and Aaron watching over Fabian and Diana. Aaron was standing behind her with his arm holding her caressing her baby bump. It would only be a month or so before Alexandria would have her baby. I wondered what her child would be like. Whether or not she'd have twins as well though it didn't really matter. She seemed so happy and content standing there watching her niece and nephew sleep peacefully. I smiled. I wish Leo could be hear. Simon walked in and smiled sitting next to me on the bed. "They look so happy" he whispered hugging me. "I miss him" I told him. "I wish I could have known him better, he must have been a truly amazing man" Simon said looking at me almost forlornly. "He was" I mumbled before lying standing up and pulling Simon toward the crib. "They are so beautiful" Alexandria said. I rocked the crib as they started to stir from their sleep. Smiling I said "yeah they are". From that moment I knew everything was going to be alright. Those two babies were the rainbow at the end of my storm.