The Shadows

Chapter 7

The smell of food engulfed my nostrils, my eyes fluttered open to see my meal in front of me and Vincent holding sleeping Castepher. I sat up quickly pretty much inhaling my food, Vincent watches as I scarf down every last crumb. "Hungry?" he asks. "Shut up... I'm starving." I mumbled. "Well when you are finished, get dressed and we can leave." He tells me dressing Cast.

Washing down my food with blood I stripped into pants and one of Vincent's t-shirts. I climbed out of bed and helped dressing Rose, I put her in a little pink creeper (it's a onesy but they are called creepers.) that has flowers on them. I put longer pants on her to keep her legs warm till we get to hell considering it's the end of January. Rose was fussy the whole time until I got her situated. We put them in their little car seats as Vincent sighed the discharge papers.

He flashed us back go hell little did I know that Vincent had a welcome home party in the ball room. He handed me Cast as he ran to do some business leaving me with both babies. Thanks honey. Love you too. Carmen came to my rescue taking Rose we walked to a table that was set up for us. I looked at the well decorated ball room. There was a table with about a thousand pink and blue cup cakes and other snacks.

There were pink and blue streamers and balloons covering the place. It was cute, "They are so adorable Layla." She says pulling Rose out of her car seat and holding her. "Thank you, they are going to be one spoiled ass brats." I chuckle getting Castepher out. "He looks just like his father." She says staring at Castepher, "Acts like him too." I add, "I heard that." Vincent says walking up behind me kissing my head. "It wasn't a secret." I smile. "Of course." He rolled his eyes.

"Anyways. How mad would you be if I went to work?" He asks giving me a sweet smile. I glare into his red eyes, "Go. But your on baby duty when you get home." I say sternly. "Fare enough." He shrugs taking off with a few men. I roll my eyes. After hours of conversing with others and people I did not know. Everything was dying down and the babies started to get antsy. Carmen helped me with them as we headed up to their room.

I changed their diapers and fed them putting them to bed. "You're a great mom." She smiles. "I call it instinct." I joke. She laughed hugged me and said her good byes. Turning on the baby monitor I walk to the kitchen there sat the cup cakes from earlier. Thank god I don't know why I am so hungry, I ate about four before grabbing a soda out of the fridge. I sat there for a few minutes before I decided to walk around giving me something to do.

"Oof." I mumble falling back on to my butt. I look to to see Johnny boy. "I'm sorry Layla." He chuckles helping me up. "You should be." I tease. "You were like zoning out for a moment." He says, "I was? I didn't notice." I say bluntly. "Obviously." He laughs. We start walking the halls, "Anyways what are you doing here?" I ask looking at him as he led me towards the back French doors. "Bored. Ronnie and I got in a fight and where not better to be then with my best friend." He smiles.

I glare through him. "Uh huh. Spill your guts." He sighs shaking his head, he reached his hands up..

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I shook my head, my eyes fluttering open. I look at the wooden chair I am sitting in, my hands bound to the arm of the chair my ankles tied tight. I struggled against them, "That's not going to work love." Johnny boys voice whispering in my ear. "What the hell John!" I shout struggling some more. "It's not going to work, the whole chair is vampire proof thanks to a witch."he smirks walking in front of me. I look around the dimly lighted room, "I have kids John." I mention. "No. Vincent has kids. You do not, we do not." He spits.

"VINCENT AND I HAVE KIDS, YOU AND I DONT!" I scream at him. "Now, now, Layla honey. You will never see him again. Don't mention his name in front of me ever again." He spits coldly. "Vincent is my one true love. Him and I will be together forever. And I hope when he gets here he rips your fucking head off." I growl. "Poor choice of words." He says stalking towards me.

Vincent's Pov.

"I'm coming babies. Relax. Where the hell is your mother." I spit angrily walking into their room. Changing their diaper and looking in the mini fridge that has their food in. Feeding them both I put them back to bed, I hurry my way to my room seeing that Layla is no where to be found. I'm hopping she is sleeping, I know she would leave the babies like that.

"LAY-" I start, but she isn't here. What the hell, I feel panic rising. "Guards!" I shout as three come to my side. "Yes sir?" they announce. "Where is my wife?" I asked pissed off. "No clue my lord, she was walking around with Prince John." One of them speaks up. "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON THAT SON OF A BITCH!" I scream at them. "Find them now." I growl, they take off down the hall. I try to calm down to connect with my love.

Layla. Where are you? I know John has you. Just tell me where you are. I repeat my self thirty times no answer. Layla. Where are you? I know John has you. I tried one more time. I don't know he has me trapped in some room bound with a magic chair or something. I am so scared Vincent help me please. I'm coming honey hang in there please. I could feel her hurt, her sadness it's killing me. Quickly pulling out my phone dialing Carmen's number. "Carmen. Don't as questions, get over here and watch my kids I'll be back later." I say as soon as she picks up I hang up vanishing into the castle on earth.

There is Chaos everywhere. I walk up to where everyone is coming from. Ronnie lays on the floor blood oozing out from her neck, stomach, and head. everyone except my father is crying hysterically. "What the hell is going on?" I spit walking over. "John obviously." He growls. "He has Layla." I throw in. "He was just here three minutes ago and did this." My mother says. "Then his trail is still fresh." I say following his sent. "You aren't going alone." Jared says coming up behind me.

I nod as we follow my brothers sent. He is dead very dead. Ignoring my brother trying to calm me down I run faster, we stop at a old yellow beat up house. I can hear the screams of my love, barging through the door I run to the room. Layla is tied to an bed fully naked as my brother kisses her body. I use my powers to fling I'm into the nearest wall. Layla cried and struggled I dropped him and let Jared take care of him. I untie her and instantly pull her into my chest wrapping a blanket around her.

I grab her clothes and hand them to her. She quickly puts on her bloody clothes, crying more. I coo caressing her cheek. Not paying attention gun shots go off. Bullets hit Jared and I, Layla is taken away from me again. John held a sliver blade to her throat. I love you Vincent "If I can't have her no body can." He says slicing her throat quickly. She fell quickly to the ground. My body paralyzed from the bullet full of dead mans blood.

My father entered the room taring his son apart limb from limb, I fought back the tears, trying to wet my throat, trying to calm my breathing but I break. My father drains the dead mans blood from my body and then Jared's. I run to my mate as she bleed all over the floor, I pulled her into my arms as her now fully lifeless body lays in my arms. Her neck half open, her body lay limp a tear drips off my face and on to hers. "I love you too." I whisper to her dead body. "I love you so much." I say again breaking.

My father places his hands on my shoulder. "I'm sorry son." He says walking out of the room leaving me and my wife alone. I pick her up vanishing back to hell. I walk through the castle halls as everyone stares at us with morning faces. Some cry, some look more shocked as tears run down their faces. My love. My one true love gone. On my children's day of birth, how do I explain that mommy will never be around. How will I explain that they won't have a mom who will Rose turn too when she has problems or is crying at her first heart break.

They are left with out a mother, just a father who will hardly be around. Who will love me, who will I lay in bed with after a long day of work. Who will kiss me goodnight and good morning. Who will be my best friend and partner, loving mother and wife. I only want her.

I remember the day I first laid eyes on her. She looked so beautiful with those eyes, gray hair fell perfectly on her shoulders. Her clothes hugged her giving off every curve complimenting her body. Her heart beat filled my ears, it was the most lovely sound I could hear. Her smile forming on her perfect pink lips, her rosy red blush took over her face. She looked perfect, the most beautiful human I have ever laid eyes on. The way her body stretched and bends when we played pool, how much she made me smile when I took her to dinner. When she made me try French fries in a shake. Our first fight, she slept on the couch and left me in bed.

Our honeymoon in Greece, how we spent most of it in bed. How every morning she made me smile when her hair was messy, it looked so adorable on her.