CH56 Coven of Africa

We were standing on a hill, that looked over the whole coven, it was quiet big, we could see the Palace from here
"Isn't it beautiful?" Dakarai asked
"Yes, it is" I told him
"Not as beautiful as you, Anastasia" Dakarai said in a tone full of lust
"Prince Dakarai I'm your queen address me as such" I threatened
"I'm sorry, your majesty" for three whole minutes he said nothing "your majesty, tell me, what can a vampire give you?" Before I could answer he carried on "nothing, a vampire can give you nothing, no treasure, no castle, no servents, but a prince? A prince can give you a whole kingdom, servents, a palace, everything your heart desires, wouldn't you rather be mated to a prince?"
"I don't need a kingdom, I have seven, I don't need treasure or servents, and I already have a mate, a mate that I love"
"What is love? Love is not important, to rule is more important"
"Is that why you want to be mated to me?" I shrieked "so that you can rule the seven kingdoms?"
"Yes, but I would love you, I would treat you like a queen"
"I'm already queen" I informed him
"Become my queen, marry me" he came closer to me and tried to kiss me and I slapped him
"How dare you" I threatened but he just laughed and tried to come closer once more, I took a step back, and lifted my hand, I tightened my fingers then bent a finger to break his wrist, the wrist that wanted to hold me, he screamed in agony, I stopped and got close to his face "I love my mate, and only my mate, if I ever get married it will be him I marry, and if you ever try anything like this again I. Will. Kill. You" I threatened and then blinked straight to the palace, I started walking towards the bedroom I shared with Damon and by the time I had opened the bedroom door I was crying, Dylan, Charlie and Damon were sat on the bed talking about something, when they saw me crying Damon came to me and hugged me
"What's wrong? What happened?" Damon asked as he held me
"Should we leave?" Charlie asked to which I shook my head, I went on to explain what happened, I left nothing out
"I'm going to kill him" Damon said as he tried to walk around me to get out of the room
"No, no" I sniffed stopping him "if you confront him he will try and compell you, and when that doesn't work he'll know you can't be compelled, how long do you think it'll be before the whole world knows?"
"She's right" Dylan said "We have to be smart about this"
"No" I shook my head "I just want to go home" I announced as I hugged myself
There was knock on the door and the others looked at me as if asking me who it was
"Jabari and Dakarai" I said as I moved away from the door, I sat on the bed, Damon opened the door
"Queen Anastasia, are you okay?" Dakarai asked me before I could answer, Dylan, Charlie, and Damon came and stood infront of me, as if shielding me, I was grateful for that
"Excuse me, I want to talk to the queen" Dakarai insisted
"Whatever you want to say to her, you can say to us" Charlie said as he rubbed his hands
"Dylan you will move...." I realised that Jabari was trying to compel Dylan so I moved Dylan away from in front of me and stood there, Jabari laughed "there you are" he opened his hands to hug me, but I shook my head and put out my hand as if to say don't touch me, he stepped back and stopped smiling "queen Anastasia, we only came to see if you were ok? And of course we need these people to leave, so that you can marry my son, and stop this charade once and for all" he pointed at the men when he said 'these people'
"You can't force me to marry your son" I reminded him
"Anastasia, Anastasia, Anastasia, if you want these men to survive you will do what I say, we can either compel them to leave or I kill them" Jabari said with a smile, I looked at Damon then at Dylan and then at Charlie, I stepped forward as if ready to face my fate, Dakarai had a big smile on his face as I looked into his eyes
"You don't love me..." I began, Jabari tried to interrupt me but I straightened my fingers and bent a finger to break his wrist, "you don't even like me, I came here with my mate, you showed us around, that's it, you don't want to marry me" I finished, I stopped breaking bones, and soon both men recovered
Both men looked at us
"We have work to do father, let's go" Dakarai started pulling his dad away
"No wait son, she compelled you, you want to marry her, Dakarai listen to me" this was all I could hear as Jabari was pulled away
"Do you still want to go home, Anastasia?" Dylan asked to which I said yes, the people of Africa were happy the servents were happy, we still had a few days left here but I didn't want to stay here anymore so Dylan and Charlie retired to their rooms to pack, they promised to meet here once they were done, so Damon and I proceeded to pack as we waited for the lycans to meet us here. Once we were packed Damon came and hugged me, I let him, my head rested on his chest and he kissed the top of my head, and tightened his arms around me, I tightened my arms around his torso in answer, this is where I wanted to be, forever.
A knock sounded on the door and I knew it was Dylan, Damon opened the door
"Ready?" Dylan asked to which I nodded my head, Dylan held their luggage with one hand, and Damon held our luggage and we all joined hands, we blinked to Damon's house.
"Are you sure you're okay, Anastasia?" Charlie asked, concern etched on his face
"I'm fine, now that I'm home" I smiled
"Drinks anyone?" Damon asked
"No thanks, I just want to sleep" I told him, I was feeling drained and I needed to sleep
"We'll leave, you get some rest" Dylan said as he started walking towards the front door
"No, you guys, don't leave because of me, stay have drinks, I'm sure Damon would like that" I said looking at Damon, Damon just smiled but his eyes showed sadness
"No its okay, we must be going" Dylan was adamant, and both Dylan and Charlie started walking towards the front door
"I'll blink you" Damon suggested
"No, it's ok, you stay here" Dylan told him, with a hand on Damons shoulder, he looked towards me, and with a smile Dylan and Charlie went home, Damon turned to me, held me in a hug, and blinked us upstairs, after doing my nightly routine I got into bed and straddled my mate
"Anastasia" he groaned
"Shh, don't speak, please" I shushed him, I lifted his shirt to kiss his abs, Damon must have felt the tears as he stopped me again
"Ana please, come here" he sounded sad this time, so I moved up and lay my head on his chest, and cried for gods know how long, Damon rolled us over so that I was on my back on the bed, he propped himself up with his elbow, my eyes were probably red "drink" was all he said before he offered his hand to me, I bit his hand and he hissed I hadn't told him I wanted his blood, but once I bit him I realised just how hungry I had been for his blood, once his hand healed and he moved it away he lay down, I put my head on his chest and played with the hem of his shirt "sleep baby" he whispered, I said nothing and tried to sleep, it must have taken hours but I finally slept
I was on the hill again, looking over Africa and Dakarai was next to me, he was telling me how much he wanted to marry me, when I turned to him to give him a piece of my mind he was standing with Damon's severed head in his hand.
I woke up and sat up with a jump, I was sweating, and breathing heavily, it was still dark out and Damon wasn't in bed, I used my hearing to see if he was in the bathroom, he wasn't, I went downstairs and saw him on the sofa in the living room, I wrapped my armes around him from behind the sofa
"Couldn't sleep?" I asked him, kissing his temple, he kissed my hand and said no, I let go and walked round to sit on his lap, the drink in his hand smelled delicious, I took it and drank the whole thing, my heart was frantic, I just needed to make sure my mate was ok, I kissed him passionately I needed him like I needed oxygen, but he stopped the kiss very quickly
"What's the matter?" He whispered, I just shook my head, "You're scared" he told me, how could he possibly know? The question must've shown on my face "You're heart is too frantic, you're scared, why?" He whispered again, I just put my head on his shoulder, and when Damon didn't move,
"Hold me, please" I whispered, Damon held me tight, and soon my heart calmed down, he was fine, he was ok he would be fine, he's right here I kept repeating these thoughts in my head over and over again
"Please tell me what happened" Damon sounded so desperate so I told him about the dream, I told him how scared I was when he wasn't in the bed, I explained that I knew he was fine, but the future scared me, I didn't want to lose him, he kissed my tears "I'm right here, I'm never leaving you, ever, you're stuck with me" he smiled
"Promise?" I asked
"I promise" he smirked his signature smirk and I smiled too, "you hungry? I can make you breakfast" Damon offered
"No, I'm fine, I'm not hungry" I just wanted to stay in his lap, if not forever at least for a little while, when I lay my head on his shoulder he kissed the top of my head, it was around two in the morning and somehow I fell asleep.
We woke in the morning and I was stiff all over, I had a cramp in my leg and my back and neck were really stiff, I stood up off Damon and groaned
"That's what you get for sleeping like that" Damon laughed I gave him an evil look then blinked straight into the bathroom I proceeded to have a shower, once done I wrapped myself in a towel then blinked to my room, as soon as I entered the room I gasped, Dylan and Charlie were downstairs, and so were Jabari and Dakarai. I got dressed quickly I wore one of Damon's t-shirts and a pair of my own jeans, Damons shirt was big on me but not too big, I blinked to the bottom of the stairs I wanted to find out what was being said before I went in
".....and that's why it is better for Anastasia to marry me" Dakarai was saying, great my compulsion wore off
"But I'm her mate" Damon reminded him
"Mate shmate, all you have to do is step down, step away from her, tell her you don't love her, you never did, tell her you were playing, you only wanted her because you wanted to be king, do this and you can have any kingdom you want, once I marry Anastasia she will be queen of six kingdoms and you, my friend will be king of one, one of your choosing of course, don't make me compel you, Damon, you know that a witch should be seen with her own kind, you're a vampire"
"But I love her, I can't just walk away" Damon was saying
"Love? What can a vampire give a witch? Hmmm? You're nothing Damon, you're love is nothing, all you can give her is this house, look at it, it's tiny, where as me, I can give her everything she needs, everything she deserves" Dakarai was saying "now, where is she? It's about time you tell her that you don't love her, otherwise the lycans? I will tell them to jump off a cliff without transforming, your choice" I chose this time to make myself known