The Gentle Maiden and Five Lustful Brothers-Chapter 107: Queen

After gathering her strength and sharing energy with Ash, she felt recharged, like things in her world were finally falling into place. Her life would get better from here. No more attacks by Riley or from wolves. She has her own power, love, and a baby on the way.

Feeling the warmth of love inside her, she looked like a beacon of hope to those injured in the hospital. She went through every room that accepted her, touched them and took their pain away. Asher couldn’t be more impressed with Violet. She went from being this weak mousy, small girl to this powerful, uplifting light in everyone’s life. He couldn’t be any more in awe of someone capable of bringing so much hope to every damned soul she encounters. Her uncanny ability to be pure even living in world of cold cruelty and darkness she maintained her benevolence and warmth.

It was late into the night by the time they had gotten through the all of the patients injured in the attack and even some family members with the pain of their loss.

"You’re incredible. You know that?" Ash gazed in amazement at the woman skipping in front of him.

"I know." She looked back and winked.

Ash smiled and shook his head at her innocent child-like gesture.

She seemed totally fine, even after all the things she went through in the last 36 hours.

"You ready to go home? Theres still a lot of things we need to settle and take care of." Ash asked holding the car door open for Violet.

"Thanks." She says sliding into the front seat, smiling. "Oh, and yes, I need to call Rosa, I haven’t spoken to her since..." Her words trailed off and a saddening silence stretched between them in the car. Violet was assaulted with flash backs of that night. The smell of blood clinging to her nostrils. The feeling of fear and rage coming from both shifter and vampires. The screams that send chills down her spine and pain in her.

Violet lost in the memories whimpers as she covers her ears. Her drumming heart beating with the cries that replayed over and over. She shook her and yelled "Go away, go away, go away!" But they didn’t listen the images just repeated in her head.

Ash pulled the car over and took Violet into his arms, "Shh... it’s okay baby. Shh... You’re safe now, I’ve got you." Ash held her close and rocked her back and forth while she sobbed in his arms.

"That’s right, just cry. I know it was scary what you went through. But you’re safe now. Look at me Violet." Ash was firm but gentle with his words.

Violet looked up to Ash’s silver eyes. Tears soaked her lashes.

"I will burn the world for you Violet. I would turn the world into ashes for you, I’d paint the earth red with blood to save you and get you back. I’d do the same for our daughter." He held her gaze and focused in on her eyes.

"I will never let you go, and I will always find you." Ash held her close. Feeling his strong embrace and his even breathing help steady Violet’s breathing. The images stopped and she was able to breathe again. The air was no longer suffocating or smelling thick of blood.

"I love you." Violet said sheepishly.

"I know." Ash joked winking back at Violet.

Once they get home, Rosa was there leaning against the stairwell.

"Rosa!" Violet shouted running towards her best friend and jumping into her arms.

"Where the hell have you been Mi hija?" Rosa asked swinging her friend around.

"Do you have any idea how worried I’ve been?" Rosa asked sternly.

"I was worried about you too, you didn’t go with the rest of the vampires, did you?" Violet asked concerned.

"Of course I was! But don’t worry I didn’t kill anyone. And I didn’t get hurt. Jeremy made sure I wasn’t in any danger before he left with the rest of the brothers to find you, I stayed with the dragon." She chuckled referring to Lilith as ’the dragon’.

"I wish you hadn’t gone, but thanks for coming for me." Violet squeezed her best friend.

"Okay, okay, enough. You’re gonna squeeze my daughter to death." Ash said interrupting their hug. He was jealous, he didn’t like anyone touching Violet, especially not now with her being pregnant. He was very protective and possessive over Violet, and now that she was pregnant, he could stake that claim and enforce it.

Now if his brothers touched her, he could kill them for touching his queen.

"Excuse Me!" Rosa shouted at both of them. "Pregnant?"

She paused when it hit her. "Oh, my goddess, so the baby is, okay? Even after the whole attack on the CrystalBay pack?"

Violet looked down and rubbed her belly gently with a honied smile "Yeah, she’s okay, she’s great in fact. Oh, Rosa I have so much to tell you, let’s go upstairs!"

Violet grabbed Rosa’s hand with more force than she expected, catching Rosa by surprise, so when Violet pulled her forward, she jerked hard, stumbling.

"Shit, Violet, where did all that strength come from?" Rosa skeptically asked.

"I guess it’s from her maybe? I don’t know but come on." Violet quickly dragged Rosa up the stairs and when she opened the door, she found Viktoria in her living space laid back on the couch, her ankles crossed, and a book in her hand on, Astrology, apparently.

"You’re finally back." Viktoria exaggerated her tone.

"Yes, and before you ask, Ursula was not involved in my kidnapping." Violet walked over to the couch taking her usual chair, picking up her kitten and putting her in her lap. She began stroking the cat with her nails.

"We’ll go back to that; I wanted to talk about the elephant in the room." Viktoria refocused the conversation.

"Elephant?" Rosa questioned taking the chair across from Violet.

"Yes. The elephant." Viktoria confirmed.

"Whatever do you mean?" Violet asked.

Viktoria sat up, propping herself up with her elbows on her knees closing her fingers under her chin.

"Are you serious?" Viktoria snapped.

"Yes, there are a lot of things that could be the elephant, which one?" Violet looked at her with her big pink doe eyes.

"Fair point." Viktoria shrugs and says "Congrats on being pregnant with my new baby cousin. And I’m glad she’s a girl. So, I won’t be the only pureblooded female around these parts anymore."

"I’m a pureblood Viktoria; in case you forgot." Violet reminded her.

"Yeah... But... You don’t drink blood." Viktoria shrugged again before leaning back on the couch.

"Funny you say that; Ash and Lilith think I might be an energy vampire, and that Odette could be too. So, you might still be alone, and maybe I won’t be." Viktoria said smugly.

Rosa raised an eyebrow. "Violet, I don’t know where this attitude came from, but I’m liking it. You’re pretty spicy."

Violet threw hands up, quickly covering her mouth. She even surprised herself with that comment. She’s not usually so blunt with her language. She doesn’t even remember thinking that.

"Wow, well why don’t I just go fuck right off then." Viktoria stood up.

Violet quickly jumped up. "No, please I’m sorry, I don’t know where that came from."

Viktoria glared at Violet, "Fine, but only because you’re my future queen."

Rosa’s jaw dropped as the realization hit.

Her best friend was soon going to be her queen.