Phew. That hell of a plane ride was over, after just 2 hours I was begging to get off. Now my prayers were answered. Not all of them, just the jet related one.
"Are you sure your ok with this?" Adrian question as I unbuckled Erik from his seat.
"It was bound to happen sooner or later, I guess now I get to see them sooner. Hooray!"I answered with a fake cheer as I propped Erik up onto my hip, he was almost getting to big for it.
I felt a hand on my shoulder and realized Abe was there. He gave me a reassuring smile as we exited the plane.
"Welcome to court, Angel," I whispered into Eriks ear as we walked inside. A guardian came to escort us through the back of the palace, out of sight. Only Adrian spoke to him, but I saw his eyes widen with admiration when he saw me.
The Queen had planed our arrival during a meeting, in which we would be announced to come in. Luckily, she gave us time to go to our suite in her section of the palace.
The suite was large, with a master bedroom and attached nursery, two bathrooms, guest room and living space. Everything was set up when we arrived and I quickly put Erik in his crib from where he had been napping on my shoulder. Abe took a shower as I got dressed in blacked ripped jeans, a black muscle tee, leather jacket, silver jewelry, and knee high combat boots, assorted knives and a stake in my pocket. Even I had to admit, I looked like a badass.
I did my makeup and stepped out of my room to find Abe talking with the guardian, Williams I think was his name.
"Let's get this over with." I muttered and we walked out into the halls of court. Our footsteps echoed off the marble as we walked down. Abe and I joked about the following events, but nothing helped lighten the mood. Neither of us was completely ready for this moment.
Soon after, we were in front of the doors to the courtroom waiting for the signal. A few guardians who had been noted of our arrival were standing around us in a semicircle. Let's face it, no one had the willpower to talk, so we stayed silent as the shouts from inside the courtroom echoed around us.
" Queen Tatiana, what can we do about the strigoi situation?" Came from inside, the unmistakeable high pitched voice of Lissa.
" That brings me to a good point," answered Tatiana and there was no noise in the court room, " as you know, the attacks have been getting worse." I heard mutters of agreement."Because of this, invited someone to court to take them out," You could hear whispers fill the air." They should be here any moment." That was the signal.
I bust through the doors after a few seconds. There were gasps, I had a hood over my face so i looked like an intruder. Eyes were on me, and as I made my way up, came the shocker. I crossed the room swiftly, soon standing at the right hand of Tatiana who had risen out of her chair.
"May I present Hunter Mazur." There were cries from the crowd, I had just revealed my face, and now was even more of a legend. I gazed over the crowed and saw many familiar faces, two in particular. Lissa had a look of shock and hurt, while Dimitris just showed a hurt look overthrowing his mask. I had my mask and emotions in check, but quickly looked away. They disgusted me.
I stood by the queens side as she made her final statements explaining why I was here and asked for questions. The room was abuzz. She answered a few that, and then one came directly for me.
" Where did you run off to, Rose?" The voice of Sparky filled the air. Trust me, I wasn't mad at him, just those two but I didn't show any sort of emotion to his question.
" That's personal, but I've been hunting many places." More questions came for the queen as I stood in somewhat of a shock at the reality of being back, seeing faces i never thought I would miss. Tatiana called the meeting to a close as I rushed out.
" Hey, angel." I said softly as I walked into Eriks nursery and picked him up from his crib.
" Momma" he giggled sweetly as I tickled him.
" Is my baby boy hungry?"
" Hungwy, hungwy." He clapped his hands and I scooped up a baby bag to go.
" Let's go mister"
" Yayyyy" he screamed as we walked out of the suite.
"Shhhh" I whisper yelled as we rounded the corner of the long hallway.
" Who is that?" a voice screeched from down the corridor.
My who being shook at the sound of those words. Shit.
