Chapter 34: An Uprising

***Damien***

Could this day get any worse? I think to myself as I pace the corridor outside of Vladimir’s room. First, Guinevere calls my enemy her mate, and now I’ve just found out that our baby didn’t survive the torture that Guinevere had to endure. My heart hurt and it felt like something was sitting on my chest. I was scared to tell Guinevere about the baby, I was scared that she’d become angry and push me away and run into the arms of her other mate. Just thinking of Guinevere having another mate made Leo growl in he back of my mind. He wanted to go in there and tear Vladimir to shreds but I knew if we did that, Guinevere would never forgive us. My phones ringtone started blaring startling me from my thoughts. I fetch it out of my pocket and notice that Alex is calling.

“Alex?”

“Where are you and Gwynn?”

Shit, I’d forgotten to inform my Beta of my whereabouts, my worry for Gwynn had left my pack open and weak.

“We’re with the Blood Sol pack.”

I could hear Alex’s growl on the other end of the line.

“Don’t worry, we’re fine, Guinevere ended up passing out and needed a doctor ASAP. Fortunately for us, Vladimir offered his help.”

“Why would Vladimir help you? What’s going on over there?”

“Too much to explain right now, I’ll let you know later.”

“Okay,” Alex said pausing for a moment. “When are you coming back?”

Alex seemed to have a tone of worry behind his question, if He’d been talking to anyone else they never would’ve noticed, Alex was trained in schooling his emotions, but I’d frown up alongside him, I knew him best and could tell something was wrong.

“Why? What’s wrong?”

“You need to come back to the pack ASAP. Your father is causing an uprising, he’s trying to take your place as Alpha, and the council is willing to let him take your place in his absence, They said you’d gone mad, sprouting nonsense about a war approaching. Your father also told them about Guinevere.”

I snarled into the phone. Fuck! I didn’t need any of this bullshit right now.

“I’ll be home within the hour,” I growled into the phone. “Hold them off for now Alex. If anyone tries to get into my office, kill them, that’s a command.”

“Yes, Alpha,” Alex said hanging up the phone.

I turn and walk back into Vladimir’s room. I am surprised to see Guinevere sitting up in the bed and Vladimir sitting on the edge of the bed, near her, his hand gently caressing hers. Guinevere has tears running down her face. I can sense that her wolf Sabrina has already told her the news of the baby. Guinevere lifts her head to the door and looks my way, her nose picking up my scent.

“Da…da..Damien.” She sobs.

“I am s..s..so sorry.” She chokes out.

“If I had li…listened.. an and not ga..ga..gone anywhere. Th…th…this wo….wo…would never have hap…hap..happened.” Guinevere breaks down, her entire face covered In tears now.

I race to her side, sitting on the opposite side of her and grabbing her in my arms cradling her.

“Hush darling.” I say to her soothingly, cradling her in my arms, gently stroking her hair.

“It is not your fault baby.” I say trying to comfort her. “It’s Lazarus’ and Wendy’s fault. And they will never see the lights of day again. I will torture and destroy them until there is nothing left of them to torture. I will take everything from them. And then I will kill them.”

Guinevere sobs gently into my shoulder, before pulling away and wiping her face with her hands. “No,” she shakes her head at me. “I will kill them. Let me know when it is time, and I will take their lives just like they took that of our unborn child’s.”

“Okay,” I said agreeing with Guinevere, I knew she’d need this closure.

I hesitate for a moment not wanting to bring up pack business at this particular moment, but I knew it was detrimental to the future of the pack that I leave immediately. Guinevere can sense there’s something more going on. She pulls all the way back away from me, looking into my eyes.

“What is it Damien?”

“ There’s something going on with the pack. I need to head over there immediately but I can’t take you with me. You need to stay here and recover.”

Guinevere tries to argue with me. “It is my pack too Damien, I am their Luna.”

“Yes, but you won’t be a good Luna if you end up dead. You need to stay here with Vladimir and…” I take a deep swallow, “You need to find out what this is between you.”

Out of the corner of my eyes I see Vladimir look up at me, his face expressionless. His hand grips tighter on Guinevere’s. Guinevere doesn’t attempt to move her hand out of his.

I take a deep breath before continuing. “And Vladimir needs to mark you before I leave. So that I know you’re safe in Vampire territory, you may be part succubi but you smell like a wolf.”

Now Guinevere does withdrawal her hand from Vladimir’s, turning her full attention on. “Damien you can’t leave me here.”

“I will and I must. The pack knows I am mated to you. There are those that will kill you immediately, I don’t even know if I’ll still be alpha by the time I return. I have to make the pack safe for you. I can’t lose you too, and you’re detrimental in the war against Jupiter.”

Vladimir looks over at Guinevere. “When I mark you, you’ll become Vampire Queen, while Damien is gone, you can start training our subjects, we will fight with our Queen against the war god.”

I can see Guinevere giving in. She knows that the blue moon pack on its own has no chance in winning against Jupiter.

“Okay” she finally agrees, “You can mark me Vladimir.” She crawls all the way into my lap and pulls her hair off to the side turning her head and exposing her neck on the opposite side of my mark.

Vladimir crawls on the bed moving closer to Guinevere. He looks at me and I can see the sorrow in his eyes. I know that this isn’t the way he wanted to meet or mark his mate.

“Kiss your mate,” he commands me. His canines protruding, his eyes turning a deep blood red.

I do as he commands. Leaning forward. I grab Guinevere’s chin and crash her lips into mine, kissing her passionately, like it is the last time I’ll be able to kiss those sweet lips of hers again. She kisses me back with just as much passion. I feel the bed shift and Vladimir leans in to mark Guinevere. Through the link I feel the intense pain of his fangs sinking into her. The pain lasts for a few seconds before it subsides, and I then I feel the euphoria that being marked brings, Vladimir pulls away and licks Guineveres neck, sealing his mark, Guinevere let’s out a sigh in my mouth before pulling away from me turning towards Vladimir. I held my breath waiting for her to kiss him, but to my surprise she doesn’t, she leans over into the crook of Vladimir’s neck and bites him, leaving her mark on him. Vladimir let’s out a sigh similar to Guinevere’s when she seals her mark and pulls away from him. Strangely I feel know sexual tension between the two of them. Just a relaxing calm.

Guinevere crawls off my lap and pulls me to my feet.

“Come back to me my love,” she whispers pressing a slight kiss on my lips.

“I will I promise her.”

I turn back to Vladimir and bow my head towards him. “Thank you.”

Before turning and walking out the door. Leaving my mate with the Vampire King.

***thank you for your continued support with my novel. The next chapter will go into more detail about the link that just formed between Vladimir and Guinevere and what it means for them to be "mated" let me know your thoughts, xoxox.