The Vampire's Love (Otherworld Series #3)

13.Sunny Times

What is wrong with this app? Three of my published chapters automatically become drafts again! What nonsense.

I reached back to the castle as 5:30 pm. I was tired and miserable. I cried and cried alone in the back of the sedan with a black sheet covering the view from the drive.

I had a lot of work. Two more blood rituals to attend to. I saw too many discreet smiles and blushing faces. I was tired of seeing people happy but never getting that same happiness.

Why do sad things always happen to me?

Why doesn't Pius love me?

Doesn't he see that I love him so much? That I need him so much. Melanie, that bitch, what does he see in her? What does she have that I don't? Is it because she's thin? I know I'm not thin. I became fat during my pregnancy and that fat remained.

It has to be that.

Or maybe I'm not pretty enough. Maybe I should put more makeup and dress up more like her. Then he'll like me more.

Yes. I have to make him love me.

I will dress up and start getting thin, finally them maybe Pius will fall in love with me.

But what if that doesn't work?

No...It has to.

Suddenly, it heard a knock on the window.
I turned towards the window. The driver was waiting outside.

The Valor Castle loomed behind him.

I wiped my face with my handkerchief and got out of the car.

He held the door for me and bowed his head as I walked by.

Peter was crying on Melody's shoulder when I entered the castle. He was making a fuss and pulling her hair. I laughed and ran towards her and took him from her hands.

Peter instantly stopped crying and cluched my shirt in his little fist. I smiled down at him and wiped his tears away. His baby face looked up at me, blue eyes studying my features.

I heard the sound of a camera being clicked and looked towards it.

"Lovely memories. I like preserving them." Hanes said, smiling.

Melody bowed and rushed towards the steps. She was always nervous around the King.

I gave Hanes a once over. He was wearing knee length coffee coloured shorts and a green button down shirt.

"I'm going to the beach." He said noticing me looking him over.

"Surprising Attire. I never knew Kings had these kind of clothes in their wardrobe's. " I said laughing and patting my squirming son's back.

"What do people expect me to wear? Royal Robes on the beach?" He said chuckling at his own joke and came close for a hug.

He put the small camera in his back pocket and took the baby out of my arms.

"Get fresh. Eat something. Wear a sundress. Your coming with me to the beach." He said kissing his great grand son's black fuzzy head.

"Is that a request or an order?" I asked walking towards the stairs.

"It's a suggestion I know you won't turn down." He said smiling smugly and I laughed because the beach was my favourite place and I could never resist visiting.

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We go into a black sedan waiting for us outside. Peter was tagging along and tugging at the straps of my yellow sundress indicating that he was hungry.

Hanes got into the car before me and then I went in. He had a picnic basket in his hand and was grinning widely when I got in.

He pressed a button and the black cover was up. I forgot what it was called and was not intrested to know either.

"Hanes Jr. must be hungry." He said.

I nodded and lowered my sundress. Hanes looked out of the window for a while to give me some privacy. It wasn't needed, he had already seen me naked while I was trying to give birth.

"You can watch. It's nothing you haven't already seen." I said and he turned my way to look at my son feed.

He smiled and some emotion flickered in his eyes. "I remember my children feeding for their mothers, I loved watching. " He said and touched the fuzzy head at my breast.

"He looks just like his father. So much alike. It reminds me of Pius when he was small."

"Tell me more." I said eager to know about Pius' childhood.

"He was a handful. Always troubling his mother always getting lost. Not that my daughter was a bad mother it's just that Pius was a troublesome child. " he said laughing at the old times.

"You need to hear the story of how Pius...."

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The werewolf standing before me was giving me a dirty look. "Vampires are not welcome here." He sneered.

"I need information. " I said and stepped closer.

He was only 5 feet 8 inches, pretty short for a werewolf ,while I was 6 feet 4 inches, tall enough to tower over him and intimidate him.

He creeped back and tried to be discreet while doing it but failed. The captain and my men had surrounded him. I smiled smugly at him.

"What is your name?" I asked.

He swallowed and replied,"I'm Craig."

"Well, Craig, I'm Pius Valor. The elder brother of Penelope Valor. But of course, you already know that, nobody doesn't. " I said circling him.

He was sweating now and his eyes darted around. I'm sure he must be waiting for reinforcement he called through his pack link. We'll be out of his fur before they arrive.

"A white wolf named Milo is Penelope's mate. A year ago, my home was attacked and burned down to shreds. Milo saved me and Penny from the fire. I found myself halfway in Canada, passed out in a forest.

Milo and Penny are missing ever since. I need to know where they are. I was hoping you must be knowing." I said and leaned down close to his face.

"Do you?" I asked. He shook his head.

"Anything at all? You will be rewarded greatly." I said snapping my fingers.

One of my men threw me a pouch which I opened and showed him.

Werewolves looked shiny objects. The Rubies were perfect for a gift to a girlfriend or a mate. His eyes shone with greed and he licked his lips.

There...

"A few months ago....news about some werewolf smugglers. They caught a white wolf and a female Vampire...sold them in a village in Africa....That's all I know." He said and I smiled in satisfaction handing him the little pouch.

"You didn't see us."

"I didn't see you." He said and turned around. We all walked towards the woods leaving him there.

"What now?" The young captain asked.

"Now you go to Africa and bring back my sister and her mate, while I go back home and get things ready for her return."

I can't stay away from my Catra long enough to reach Africa. I have a feeling something is going to happen if I do.

I'm coming home darling. You better be naked. And with those thoughts in my mind, I walked towards our ship with a crazy grin on my face.