Love At First Kingdom

Chapter Twelve

Three months later....

"Alex! Come on!" John snaps at me, we're by and ocean and its the height of the summer. He's stretched out happily under an umbrella on the sand, his crazy curls are tamed back neatly as his eyes scan the ocean.  "Its been three minutes. Im getting thirsty. "

"You're going to get fat laying there drinking alcohol all day." I mutter my breath as I cary the tray and set it down next to him.  My jaw clenches and I give a  forced smile.

"What'd you say?" He snaps at me and grabs me by the jaw, Thomas tesnses from where he stands. The silver cuffs on his upper arms catch the sun and his eyes flare with an anger. I meet his eyes and eyes narrow.

"I said,' you're going to get fat sitting here and drinking alcohol all day'. Not that it hasnt happened yet." I sneer and the grip on my jaw tightens as I pulls himself up into a sitting postion, his faces mere inches from mine.

"Is that any way to talk to your master Alexander?" He snarls and pulls me up to my feet. Thomas takes a step forward, Hercules sends a warning glancw and puts a hand on Thomas' chest.  His hand covers the necklace that hand around Thomas' neck like a brick,it keeps him and his power at bay.

"I talk to assholes like that. You are not my master and you never will be. You're just an asshole." I snarl and smack his hands away. The humans around us watch as John and I have a silent conversation.  Power crackles between my fingers and I can feel the hum of it in my teeth. I've broken dozens of the amults that the humans gave out. Either by anger or sheer power.

"Alexander. "He snaps and other hand slides around my wait as he pulls me close to him,our chests touch and I bite him.  Like a fucking five year old, like what Philip's been doing for the past few weeks if they try to take him too far from Thomas or I. He growls and slaps my cheek harshly, pain flares up in my gritted teeth and pain rings in my ear." You spoiled little brat ." He snarls

"Bitch. "I hiss.

"Mutt." His teeth bate and hand taises to hit me.

"At least I'm not an asshole." I snarl back and shove him back. He stagers a step back before he's on me, knife at my throat and eyes screaming in anger as they trail up and down my body .

"At least I'm not reduced to a slave." He spits the words and lips tease over mine.

"At least I dont get my ass handed to me by a slave." I slam him back onto his back and my hands wrap around his neck.

I hear a squeak from where Philip was happily playing in the send and whip around.

"Let go of General Laurens Alexander. "Aaron snaps. I quickly get up and glare at John. He pushes himself out of the sand and dusts his clothes off with a glare at me. "Thank you." He sets Philip down in the sand where the child was playing. Philip glares at the sand then up at Aaron .

"Thank you sir." John nods at Aaron and he nods back.

"I expected you to have a hold on your personal slave by now John. I wasn't expecting you were still fighting with the help." Aaron's cool glare goes between John and I. I hold the glare like a challenge while John looks down.

"My apologies sir." John nods at Aaron who nods back." But this one is troublesome. He has a mouth and doesn't know when to shut it when it's not being used." His eyes flicker dangerously, lust hidden behind the wall of anger . I freeze and yank back. Thomas growls and the sky glows brighter.

"Watch it Thomas." Aaron warns, not sending a glance at him but holding his gaze on John ." It'd be terrible if something happened to Philip." Its my turn for my eyes to flare in anger and energy warm the palm of my hand.

"If you lay one hand on mh son I'll...."

"You'll what Alex?" Aaron snaps and turns his full body on me." You have no power over me, you are powerless here. You make one wrong move and you'll quickly find yourself childless. Don't ever think I am not willimg to stoop that low to show the power I have over you, the chosen one.  Hell I could just take your entire family and leave you alone for the rest of your damn life."

"Understood." I look at my feet and. Aaron turns sharply on his heels and starts walking away at hid leisurely pace. I scratch uncomfortably at the silver around my forearms and wrists.  They mark us as slaves, property, lower then an  animal. None of the humans that I've come around since the barrier came down seem to pity us. And why would they?

We're monsters.

"Papa?...." Philip whines and looks up at me. Both Thomas and I freeze, we look at eachother then at Philip.  He spoke. He said papa. We both break out in true genuine smiles . Without a moments hestation we both breal through the bond that hold us still and scoop up Philip between us. He smiles and shows us his full set of teeth finally in.

"Good job bud!" I kiss his cheek right over the freckles.  He squirms, but hes smiling  ear to ear with curly locks touching his shoulders." And who's that?" I point at Thomas as his hands rest on the bottom part of my back and he traces circles into the dip in my back.  I glance at him and my eyes sparkle teasingly,he rolls his eyes and brushes a strand of hair behind my ear.

"Daddy!" He cheers and hugs Thomas tightly. We both nod eagrly and hug him tightly. My head lays on Thomas' chest as Philip keeps testing the new words out on his lips.

"Thats right! We're Papa and Daddy!" Thomas agrees as I kiss his cheek.

"You can be my daddy any day." I wink at him. He snorts and rolls his eyes.

Then I see something im his eyes that I havent seen for months in his eyes, pure happiness. The kind you see in the old wise ones as children dance arounda campfire.  Its there for a few minutes and that all I need to see to know that he's still my Thomas. The wars not over until we lose and give upon ourselves and eachother . I smile back and kiss his lips happily.

John clears his voice.  Our smiles fall and we quickly break up the family bonding time. I start cleaning up John's drinks and Thomas goes back to his post.  I put everything on a try and start to carry it back to the castle following John.

Thomas picks up and Philip and hes right behind me with a supportive hand on my back. I meet his eyes and give a  smile, my eyes fall to Philip's and I frown.

It's not the little five year old Thomas is carrying. He's a teenager, taller then me but not taller then Thomas. He carries his pride and self worth in his shoulders as he struts next to us. His gold and green eyes shine with power and prinde. His freckles seem to glow like the stars, hes gott he uplift of a smirk in the corner of his mouth. Copper cuffs rest comfortably on his wrists, the seem to absorb the power around him. His shirt hugs him tightly and I can easily spot three different weapons on him. A sword and two knives. He's got a tattoo on the inside of his wrist, a beast that looks alot like Thomas' second form and a pair of wings connected to it. Odd.

Ten bleeding hells....he looks like John.  Just alot younger. He has a cocky air to him and hes lean, made and trained for battle. His arms move fluidly at his sides, yet I can tell if he really wanted to he would take out and disarm anyone he chooses.

"Alex, are you okay ?" Thomas cocks his head. I blink and shake my head and teenage Philip is gone.

"Yeah... I'm fine love.  Just tired." He doesn't look convinced but he nods.

"I love you.Till nothing other then god himself break us apart." He whispers in my ear before we get into the castle.  I turn my head and kiss his lips with a smile.

"I love you too, my mate. Till nothing other then god himself break us apart."I smile at him lovingly and we split ways silently.  The rings on our fingers holding the power of the sun.

Love truely does conquer all.