The Dark Rose 🌹 {18+}

༺Epilogue༻

This book is finally complete!!! Sorry, this chapter took so long but I've been really busy.

It's a working progress and one I wish to edit in the future but for now...

Enjoy!

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Two years later...

Aldéric was staring down at the crib where two sleeping babies were sound asleep.

One little baby, a girl, had a head of dark, brown hair that she inherited from Ric and eyes so blue, they outshined mine. Her nose was from her father but her lips were all mine. Her skin was a little darker than mine, courtesy of Ric.  Aldéric calls her his little 'thorn.' We named her Nesryn which means 'wild rose'. Alderic chose the name as a beautiful gesture to me and I loved it.

Aldéric's heart swelled at the sight of her and he stared at her for a long moment before his eyes drifted to the sleeping baby boy next to her with a head of black hair. Beneath those sleeping eyelids with long, dark eyelashes were eyes so brown and warm, they made your heart melt. They weren't as dark as Aldéric's, his eyes were more chocolatey brown but Aldéric said they'd get darker as he got older. His lips and nose were all Ric but he had my creamy, white skin complexion. I named him Torryn. I thought it was a strong name for a baby boy and matched with his sisters name beautifully since they were twins.

Twin vampires were apparently just as rare as valerians.

I slid next to him, reaching my hand into the crib to brush a finger along both of their gorgeous cheeks. Not once did they stir but I didn't want to tempt fate. This was the first time they'd slept for so long in the three months they'd been born. Only a year after I and Aldéric got married.

We got married a year after I killed Richard. After I finally patched things up with my parents, spent genuine time with friends and family and learned how to control the power being a vampire gave me. There were still those out there who were threatened by me but none had outwardly sought to kill or capture me.

And with safety surrounding us, I and Aldéric decided to get married and finally tried for a family. And a few months after we were married, I found out I was pregnant.

Aldéric was over the moon when he found out and I was overcome with pure joy. We went through the entire estate child-proofing everything now that it was ours. Aurélien crowned Aldéric king two months after he settled Richard's followers, killed or captured, they were not a threat. Aurélien moved into a slightly smaller, but still extravagant estate, and retired into a life of nothing but peace and luxury.

Aldéric proved to be the proud King I'd always known he'd be and that reflected in the laws we created around his father's former kingdom. For instance, our laws on human pets meant that if they wished to leave their masters they could, but some refused out of pure fear. Vampires were used to the old laws and if they could get away with it, they'd rather force their pet to stay or hide them away when our soldiers went out seeking pets who wanted out of the abuse.

Like all kingdoms, It was still nowhere near perfect but our goal was to have no human pet owners in our kingdom within the next few years. If they were found to still have pets, punishments would be severe and unmerciful.

Our kingdom was also a refuge to pets who managed to escape from other kingdoms. It was Emmi and her men who sought them out and brought them here for protection. In fact, that's where she was right now, in the heart of her parent's kingdom, looking for those who wished a different life.