King Michael: The Dark Fae (The Hybrid Series) Book 6

Chapter 28: Demon Queen

One Month Later

Michael

It was the day of Kaitlyn's execution and although I was hurt about what happened between us, I still felt disappointed that it had come to this. Kaitlyn had a son last week and she named him, Orion, he was a cute little lad and he was going to be a smart King someday. My wife also had a son whom we named, Michael Marcus Sparks Jr, although his father was a psycho, we still gave him his name as a middle name, M.J. for short. Looking at him sleep gave me joy, I had accepted him as my own and he will be a Prince, when he is older if he asks about his real father, we will tell him. I had hated Kaitlyn for so long and wanted her dead that once the time was finally here, I didn't know if to grant her request to talk to me. I wasn't ready to face her, she was my first love, and I lost my virginity to her, well we lost it to each other, and as I remember that night, it was an awkward moment.

Asking my w***e of brother for advice was a big mistake because he was a douche about it but told me the basics. However, I promised that I would, so I left my sleeping baby with his mother and walked over to Kaitlyn's room, I stopped in front of her door before going inside. I entered the room, she was sitting on the bed, with a picture of her son in her hand saying a silent prayer. I sat next to her, she hadn't eaten, the tea was cold and the sandwich had one tiny bite, she said, "I'm not hungry," her hands were shaking and she asked, "Is it time?" As I watched her tears fall down her cheeks, I said, "You still have an hour, I came because you asked for it. Note, nothing you say will change my mind or my brother's, you brought this on yourself." She smiled and said, "I know, that's not why I asked to see you, I need to confess the truth before I go, whether you believe me or not doesn't matter once this guilt I felt for years is gone."

I looked at her and I remembered the love I once had for her, I almost felt bad about this outcome, was I letting my hate for her father impair my judgment of her? I thought about it but the fact she poisoned my brother was unforgivable in my book, I love Cayden, he was my other half and any threat towards him was a threat to me. I listened to her explain why she was forced to reject me so many years ago, it wasn't because she didn't love me, her father never wanted the pairing. He saw me as weak because of my stutter and when I chose to become second in command instead of King, he gave her an ultimatum that she could not refuse, so she rejected me. He wanted her to be Queen and filled her head with it from a young age, she started to believe in his lies and accepted it as the only way. She felt indebted to him and never said no because he blamed her for killing her mother and she just wanted his approval, and his love.

She has accepted her fate but made me promise that when I kill him, make sure that he never knew that she had Cayden's baby. She requested that I end her quickly and I granted her request, I felt guilty because I did love her at one point and we had a lot of good times together. I walked out to the balcony down the hall from her room and Bashien said, "Sorry Mikey, I knew you love her, her father was a piece of s**t and I hope we find him." I smiled and said, "We won't stop until we do, he may have slithered away but he will turn up and then we will end him, that promise, I made to Kait," I felt arms wrapped around me from behind. Emerie asked, "What is bothering you, love? You can tell me, I have a good ear," I pulled her in front of me planting a kiss on her soft lips. Emerie looked at me with so much love and I know this was hard for her but she was still at my side.

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Later when the sun was about to rise, I knew what would be happening soon and I put my son down after giving him a bottle, Emerie was tired and asleep. I did have second thoughts but the decree was already signed and unless Cayden changes his mind, Kaitlyn will be executed in a few short minutes. Finally, it was time and I saw the guards take Kaitlyn down to the square where she would be executed. She could barely walk at this point, her fear of the unknown was strong, and it had a chokehold on her, which is why she could barely walk. She stood on the platform that was erected for public execution, but in the end, only a few would see her die, I walked over to her, and looked her in the eyes as she smiled but her eyes were red, signs of the tears she had spilled. She urinated on herself in front of everyone, she looked down at her feet and whispered, "Please forgive me," I knew she meant me.

I did a magical spell as she looked at the symbol above her head and started crying, it was a symbol of forgiveness, I gave it to her because I hated doing this but it was a done deal and Bashien said, "You could stop your brother," I said, "I can't, it's his way of punishing her for trying to kill him." She watched the sun starting to rise and they made her kneel, Cayden walked over with his gun and pointed it to the back of her head, she held her baby's picture in her shaking hands tightly and she started crying again and said, "Do it now, please," she closed her eyes and then the gun went off. I closed my eyes as I heard Drax scream in pain and grabbed Cayden, his fangs drop and he yelled, "s**t, that hurts, what the f**k, Cayden," he took the bullet for Kaitlyn and we all were confused.

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Kaitlyn

I knelt looking at the sunset waiting for my mother to accept me, my father would pay for everything he did to me, and now my son will not know me because of him. I felt Cayden at my back and I knew this was it, I closed my eyes and the gun went off. Drax took the shot that would have killed me and I swore I was dead until Drax screamed, "s**t, that hurts, what the f**k, Cayden," everyone looked at Drax. Michael walked to Drax and said, "Hold still," and pulled the bullet out of his rib cage where it ended up, he looked at Cayden screaming in pain, and said, "You are lucky that I had to save her because I'm hungry right about now, you f*****g annoying Fairy!!" Michael snickered and started to sing to him to soothe him, it helped with his bloodlust if I remember correctly, he looked at Cayden like he wanted to murder him and Cayden smiled annoying him more.

Cayden said, "The bullet wasn't for you, you should have linked me," he said, "She would be dead if I did," Michael said, "You would just have to bring her back, you lap dog, now what is the reason that you saved her?" I was kneeling in shock listening to the conversation because I wanted to know why they changed their mind at the last minute. After Drax healed, he picked me up and said, "Her mate is here for her, Aidan made a deal for the dark witch." I was confused and he looked at me and said, "You are Queen of the underworld, Princess," before I passed out from the shock. I woke up in a soft big bed that had silk sheets, they were wine red and a beautiful scent was in the room, the lamp was dimmed and the fireplace was lit. I saw food on what appeared to be golden plates and cups, the cutlery had very unique markings on them, I lifted the cover and saw steak dinner, I was confused and then my memory came back.

Drax said that I was mated to the Demon King and I jumped up not knowing what to expect. However, my stomach rumbled and I decided to eat, I got up and I was wearing a silk golden gown and I was shocked that someone cleaned me up hoping it wasn't my mate because I had needed a shower. I explored the big room and opened a door that led to the outside balcony, it was huge with furniture. I was shocked at the scenery, it wasn't like what I had expected, there was a waterfall in the distance that looked like fire and then I felt a presence behind me saying, "It's beautiful, isn't it?" My n*****s perked up, I turned around to see a very handsome man, he had tattoos on his arm and a symbol on his chest and I asked, "What's that?" Not looking into his face, he said, "It's the crest of royalty," I looked up into his eyes and the bond connected. He was my mate and I smiled, he asked, "Can I kiss you?"

I stared at his fire-red eyes and I nodded for him to go ahead, when our lips touched, it felt like fireworks going off. I couldn't believe after hurting Michael, I had a second chance mate, I didn't think I deserved one, I was in a room for months awaiting death. I told him about what happened to me and how I ended up in this predicament, he listened without judgment, he said that he knew the basics but wanted to hear my version of the story. I cried because I wouldn't be able to see my son and he said, "I made a deal with Cayden, you will get a picture on his birthday every year until you have done your time and he will know about you," I hugged him, happy at the news, how little it was. He took me on a tour around the Palace and although we made out a bit, we didn't mate, we just talked about getting to know each other, and then we fell asleep in each other arms.