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Richard's POV:

"Would you like anything?" I heard Baleen's sweet voice ask me. "I could get you tea." I glanced at him then frowned before I nodded.

"Tea would be great," I whispered and looked back out the window. Where is he? We've had to postpone the ball for him.... I rubbed my arm nervously as I felt uneasy. It's been too long.... What if he's not coming back? Baleen gave me a sweet smile but looked worried himself- he even looked hesitant to ask me something but nodded.

"I'll get you tea," he whispered and started out the door but stopped and quickly grabbed my shirt. "R-Richard!" He yelled out and backed away quickly- his back hitting the window. I caught Grimm's reflection in the window but quickly realized it was Paris standing there... watching me. His head slowly tilted to the side. He cracked his neck to the side slightly before disappearing again. As quickly as he came. "W-was that Paris?" Baleen asked me and shivered. I widened my eyes and turned around quickly, smelling the air for him as my stone pulsed at the lingering sight of him I saw.

"Paris!" I called out and frowned, furrowing my eyebrows as I looked around the room. Where did he go? Why didn't he say anything to me? I whimpered and fell to my knees quickly as I couldn't catch his scent anywhere near me. He left... just like that? How could he? I heard a scream a few halls down that came from a maid. Baleen ran up to my side quickly and grabbed my shirt. I widened my eyes then grabbed him, pulling him close. Oh Hell... that's him and I have to take my mate's stone.... I shivered a little at the thought, remembering his reflection in the window and how he had looked like Grimm at first to me. He really is different.... I looked at Baleen then kissed his cheek. "Go hide somewhere, okay sweetie? I'll check out the scream." I gave him a small reassuring smile as I got to my feet then started to run in the direction I heard it. Is it really him? What if it's Laurence? Paris was supposed to bring him back and Grimm said he would be like him too....

I found Paris standing over a maid's dying body. He ran his fingers down from his lips- taking a trail of blood with them as he rubbed at his neck then scratched his shoulders quickly. I could smell his blood then. His blood smelled different... Like a demon's blood- like Grimm's scent almost. They were related so it makes since. He was hurting himself again. His eyes landed on me before he gave a small smirk. He paused quickly and brought his free hand up to look at what was in his hand- eyeing over a pulsing dark stone. He bit down into his wrist quickly before he placed the stone down and started to pour his blood over the stone. Paris had changed since the last I saw him. His hair was pitch black with Silver tips now. His wings were burned and tarred looking. His clothes was falling off his body from being stretched and ripped. He wasn't even wearing shoes now. He had his horns still. Paris did change... Like Grimm said he would. No wonder why he took so long coming back. Who knows what happened there.... and maybe I'll never know. Paris might not tell me. He might have trouble remembering it. Grimm said he would be tortured there.

Laurence's scent filled the air as his small body formed from the stone. Forming from the blood Paris gave it. Laurence's small body finished forming and looked up at the ceiling with a tired expression. Paris pressed his wrist against Laurence's lips to continue giving him his blood and brought him into his arms quickly. While Laurence was drinking his blood I spotted his gold markings across his body appear slightly before disappearing. Laurence had formed with black wings- the ones he had before they fell off days ago. They twitched a little but stayed this time. He's changed. Laurence has changed. He fed on Paris's blood greedily until Paris ripped his wrist away. I heard them both give out a light purr like they were happy to see each other but the purr sounded... off... and definitely not like the normal vampire purr I've heard thousands of times. That's right- they changed. I have to cure both of them before they get out of hand. I frowned a little as my stone pulsed in slight fear at the sight of the two of them. This isn't going to be good at all.... At least we have Laurence back, but it will be hard to get him with his future abilities.