'Im not sure I understand Nicola."
"She means that before her birth all who would seek to usurp the throne will be dealt with, but not to worry the culprits have already been identified by father, that's where he was when that....dragon was accosting you, the worst is over."
'How can you say that, Nicolai your father is going off to fight those...things.'
'Not really, it's like he said, there won't be any fighting to it, it will be more of a destruction, they're no match for father's anger; I so wish we could be there, maybe.....'
'Nicola.....mother do not listen father will be very displeased.'
PUSSY 'Ahem, lookie here little miss thing, your little ass need to get somewhere and sit the hell on down, you are way too into this blood and gore shit for me.'
ME 'Pus...I mean, oh heck, don't speak like that in front of the kids.'
'Mother who are you speaking to?'
'Never you mind Nicola, it's nobody.'
PUSSY 'Nobody my ah......'
ME 'Shut it or I'll cut you off for a week.'
PUSSY 'Vicious, I'm surrounded by vicious ass females, what have my life come to, there had better be another round of warrior booty in this for me.'
Thank heavens she went quiet after that and the kids seemed to be lost in contemplation. Things were back to normal by the time my in laws showed up and I was only too glad to have the time with Donovan's parents before we left again, who knows when we'd be back after this catastrophe.
Chapter Twenty Two
I listened patiently as Jacinda talked about ceremonies and crowns and a whole lot of other things that I really couldn't find much interest in at this point. My husband was at war fighting to make his world safe for me and our unborn children; he'd promised that all will be well, in fact he'd looked excited before he left, as if he were looking forward to the fighting or whatever it was one did to annihilate a people.
I believed in him but that didn't mean I wasn't worried and on edge.
"Tamara you're not hearing a word I say are you? it's understandable dear but my son wouldn't want you to be sitting here worrying like this."
I was jolted out of my reverie by her singsong voice.
"Forgive me Jacinda I just can't." I felt like crying, Salaman was off to the side in deep contemplation, servants were bustling around seeing to our every comfort and need but I could care less. I just wanted him here with me; better yet I wanted to be back at the mansion on earth where it was just the two of us; no one hating me no one trying to get rid of me and no jealous hag out for my blood.
I guess Jacinda thought it best to leave me alone with my thoughts for now; nothing could ease my mind, only seeing him whole and safe with my own two eyes.
The babies were very quiet and seemed almost watchful, I guess if something was wrong with their father they would tell me. I'd even grown more perceptive where Donovan was concerned, it's like we were connected even when we weren't together; but today my fear overrode everything else, all I could feel was the anxiety. Who would've thought that we would come to this? From him climbing through my bedroom window in the dead of night to a kingdom in another galaxy. Sometimes I wondered if it wasn't all just a dream, one that went on for a very long time; it just didn't seem real somehow that this man from my nights had become this; my everything. Now he was off fighting those creatures.
I can feel her angst even on the battlefield, my little Tamara; the books hadn't warned me of the great love I would bear my little earth girl. They could never describe how completely she owned me; how all consuming my love for her would be. She was in me so deeply, a part of me now. Everyday she was here she grew stronger, took on more and more of our attributes; that's why I needed her here, why I needed to destroy her enemies so she could be here in peace. The more time she spent here the stronger she would become and there was something else I haven't shared with her as yet because I didn't want her to panic but I'll have to tell her soon because the days were drawing near.
I concentrated once more on the enemy that surrounded me, this day will see an end to an era, when we vanquished an enemy that had been left alone for millennia; had they not proven that they could be used against us they would've been left alone but there was no way I could let the insult to my queen go unanswered and she will be my queen as soon as we performed the necessary ceremonies. That meant there was one other thing that I needed to do as well, something that hadn't been done in our kingdom for quite some time if ever. The destruction of a life here destroyed more than just that life, it erased a history; it could also mean the annihilation of whole families. I did not take this lightly, but the decision had been made. Any who questioned her rightful place at my side must be dealt with.