Elijah: The Vampire King (The Hybrid Series) Book 8

Chapter 36: Birthday Surprise Part 2

Jonz/Jakey

I took my husband out on a small balcony so we could have some privacy, I admit the hotel was beautiful and maybe I should come back here for a weekend. I knew something was on his mind that's why I asked him to come out here, he was deep in thought with a glass of wine in his hand, I touched his face and said, "Talk to me, Simon." He looked into my eyes and leaned in kissing me, I kissed back and moaned in his mouth, and then he pulled me in for a hug and I leaned on his chest taking a deep breath. He said, "Nothing to worry about, I just hate all the attention sometimes," and I said, "You are the sexiest man in the room, so you would have all the men and women looking at you but remember you belong to me," holding his hand. Simon looked at me with so much love and said, "I doubt it with all the sexy royalty in the room," we chatted about taking some time off. I encouraged him to go on a mini vacation and he agreed saying, "We can go tonight," calling his pilot to get the jet ready and we decided to leave.

I was hoping the party would have been at the Palace but security was very tight around these parts and would have to find another way to sneak in unnoticed. Maybe, befriended someone there and decided that I would research the kids of Piot and Elijah and how to run into them without suspicion. I saw his Queen and she reminded me of that past Queen, Sherice, that I killed, I admit, I did go overboard in the way I killed her but I was losing Elijah. I never thought that he would believe the others over me and kill me in front of everyone, how humiliating for my parents. Speaking of parents, my father was still in the Royal Guard but was promoted to lieutenant, my brother was still alive and living in Darmonth Palace with his mate. My mother died a few years after I was killed, rumor has it, that she was so heartbroken about my death that she killed herself, something to remember on my revenge tour.

I felt a kiss on my cheek taking me out of my thoughts and I looked at my husband and said, "Simon, on this little vacation we are going to, maybe, we can finally mark each other. " I felt him tense up, I wondered what was holding him back from marking me, Elijah led me on for years so he would be marking me on that vacation, I refused to be second to anyone ever again. He put the glass down on the little table and said, "Let's leave," and I agreed I couldn't do anything here but watch my former lover interact with his mates, King Jasper and Queen Marie and I wanted to gag. I was so much better than those two but I will be the best mate for Simon after my revenge and I followed him out. We headed back the way we came and once we reached the main hall, I heard a scream and broken glass. Simon immediately pushed me behind him in protection mode and stopped, I looked around us to see guards with their guns drawn, aimed at us and my heart rate sped up.

I held on to his arm because I was not going back to the underworld, so he linked me, "Relax babe, I got this," I rested my head on his back, scared out of my mind. Elijah walked over and my heart raced, I still loved him after all these years and I shed a tear because he hurt me when he killed me, choosing those people over me. I turned my head to see Malvoc walking up to us and I wanted him dead too, he never liked me, and always had a reason for why Elijah couldn't mate me. I was taken out of my thoughts when Elijah said, "Stand down," Elijah looked at us saying to his son Prince Eli, "Take them to the conference room on the tenth floor," and I held on to Simon for dear life as we followed Eli to the elevator accompanied by three guards. The conference room was big and Eli asked us to sit and stare at Simon. Simon held my hand tightly and comforted me feeling his calming aura when King Johrir and the rest of the royal family walked in.

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Amara

I was holding a glass of juice texting my sexy mate who was on call tonight asking about his baby and I smiled, I loved him and Nolix very much, and I was glad everything worked out in the end. I decided to go for a little stroll as the little one was kicking up a storm and I saw who I thought was Logar, come around the corner, I froze dropping the glass, did my eyes deceive me? I closed my eyes and opened them again, I knew he was dead, I was sure of it, so maybe not him but this man reminded me of him. I felt horrible scaring the guy and his mate to death when I realized the guards had their guns on them and my brother stepped in. I was still having a hard time after all these years because I had never really dealt with the trauma of it, I ran away for years before coming back here. Nolix pulled me to him and we followed Elijah and Marie while Jasper asked everyone to continue partying as they would be dealing with a matter quickly.

The music started playing again and my parents were walking behind me, I couldn't believe I almost got those two men killed because Logar appeared in my mind forgetting he was back and in hiding. However, if he knows what is good for him, he won't come near me, I am sure that I was ready for him this time and so were my mates, they would protect me and the kids at all costs. We reached the room and I saw the guards standing behind them as Eli was on his phone, my parents had entered in front of me and then my brother followed with Marie. Jasper teleported in and we closed the door, Elijah asked everyone to sit around the table before Aidan also teleported in and whispered something in my brother's ear. He nodded before we all waited and I looked at the guy and said, "I am sorry," and he nodded before Elijah said, "I needed to come clean about something."

The guy said, "No, you don't, we can leave and never come back here," Elijah said, "You know, don't you," he sat back and I could feel he was holding his aura in. Marie yelled, "Don't tell me you have another child, Elijah," and we started to snicker even Aidan smiled. Marie was drunk and had her hand at her side, tapping her lift foot on the ground waiting for an answer, Jasper looked at him waiting for an answer as well and I knew he was in big trouble if that was the case. Piot came in and we felt the stranger's anger and then I got it, he was Piot's son, and he looked at Piot in disgust and said, "Can I leave, now?" Elijah told Piot to stay and said, "No, I need to tell the truth, that is why everyone is here, some of you will be angry with me and others will understand eventually," looking at me. I started to feel uneasy when Nolix mind-linked me, "Relax, love, this is not about you," and I looked at the stranger again before closing my eyes and thinking, "Elijah, you didn't."

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Elijah

I knew this was bad, feeling all the auras in the room wanting answers, I mind-linked Jasper to calm Marie down and let him know, "He is not my son and I will explain love." After Piot told me about the note Fury left, I told him to stay so we could disgust after this, plus, he was family too. I could feel Simon's anger towards me and Piot, I assumed if he knew that I was his uncle, then he thought Piot was his father because no one knew Amara was alive until she returned to Ravena for Aidan's party a few years back. After I got the silence I wanted, I began to tell the story of the child my sister gave up without mentioning the assault, that was her story to tell and I saw her tears. Simon looked at Amara in shock and my mother also put her hands to her mouth in shock before my father held her as she started to tear up. Amara looked at Simon and he looked at Amara holding back his anger and said, "Well, thanks for saving me but this can remain a secret," before he looked at Aidan and asked, "Can I leave, Please?"

Aidan said, "As you wish," and he got up, everyone was silent and he looked at Amara and said, "No worries, I still have parents, no one needs to know who I am, I prefer it that way. This revelation upsets you and I apologize that I wasn't what you wanted and you had to give me up, well, you wanted me killed, so thanks to my uncle for sparing me." He was angry and before he could go out the door, I said, "One more thing, Simon," and he looked at me without turning to the others. I said, "Your biological father was a murderer and is back from the dead but we can't find him, so be careful." He said, "Well if he finds me, I guess you can bury me along with him," before he turned to all of us and said with hatred, "I, Prince Simon Durrow, reject you all as my family," and spit at our feet before he walked out. I hoped we didn't create another enemy as his mate looked back at us smiling, there was something so familiar about him.

Everyone was still shocked including Eli as I watched Amara crying on Nolix's shoulder as he held her, she looked at me and said, "I understand why you did it, I was too harsh because I love all my kids and I shouldn't have put that on you and an innocent baby." Marie looked at us and asked, "Where are my gifts?" We laughed as Jasper chanted a spell putting her to sleep, Piot put guards on him because whether he was ready to accept this new reality or not, he was one of us and he didn't break the parental or family bond, because he didn't say it right. I also need to research who he was married and mated to because something seems off about him and since we failed Simon growing up, it was never too late to try and fix things, what a beautiful birthday surprise this turned out to be indeed.

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