The Elf King & His Complicated Mate (The Hybrid Series) Book 11

Chapter 9: Queen Eva

(Trigger Warning, DV)

Seven Months Later

Eva

I was standing in the mirror ready to become Queen, I was excited and nervous but I loved Emile more than anything, what are the odds a servant girl on her second day on the job ended up in the king's bed and life? I should thank Lamira for breaking his heart, he was broken and it was easy for me to fill the void she left. I heard a knock on the door and my servant said, "It's time, Malady," I turned to walk down the hall heading to the chapel, the Kingdom was prepared and waiting to see me coronated as Queen. I reached outside the door and saw my father smile, he got the title of lord and worked in the royal court since I became the King's girlfriend and now, Queen. I heard the trumpets placed and they announced me, the door opened and everyone watched as I walked down the aisle, I saw Lamira.

Lamira was pregnant with her mate's baby, rumor has it, she didn't want it but she got pregnant the day they got mated, Emile was smiling and so were his brothers. Zack was excited, he loved seeing his parents happy and had accepted me and Malric in his life, he was excited to have a brother or sister seeing his pregnant mother. However, I couldn't care less what Lamira gave birth to as long as it wasn't my soon-to-be husband's baby. I was taken out of my thoughts when Emile cleared his throat and the wedding started, after saying my vows, I cut my hand as the ritual started. We became one as he bit my neck in front of everyone and I did the same only to complete the process later tonight. I was crown Queen Consort and everyone bowed at us as we walked out, I saw how disappointed Lamira was and I knew it hurt to see us mated.

Malric still wasn't wearing her mark and I needed to find out why, that way, she could fall in love with him as the bond grew stronger forgetting about my husband. The wedding party was going on and the food was amazing, there were songs, jokes, and cheers from among family and our peers, Zack had disappeared with Dai but we weren't worried Dai was badass like his father when it came to fighting. Lamira had Malric rubbing her belly, he was so excited for his baby and I loved seeing him like this, but you could see Lamira was disconnected from it all. Emile pulled me to dance with him and everyone watched as the music played, I enjoyed this night, and I made my parents proud of my accomplishment. Eventually, I went over to Lamira, she was on the balcony watching the fireworks, and the Faes had the skies lit for the special occasion.

The Fae King couldn't be here because they just had twin boys, Cayden and Michael, I couldn't wait to have kids of my own and I stood next to Lamira. I said, "Congratulations on the little one," she smiled and said, "I don't need your congratulations, the little one is for my owner, I mean my husband." I was shocked, she seemed different and angrier than the nice little Elf I had known, she closed her eyes and, rubbed her belly saying, "Just stop kicking me." She hit it hard, I asked, "What are you doing?" She said, "Sorry, I was tired," I turned to walk away when I stopped her, I pulled her hand and she pulled back and I saw the bruising, I asked, "Who did that?" She said, "f**k off," slapping me so hard everyone turned around, she looked at her hand realizing what she did, and turn to see everyone staring at her.

She caused a scene that was punishable but something was wrong, she stuttered, "Ssssssorry, Your Majesty, I don't know what came over me." The guards came over and I said, "It's a misunderstanding," Emile walked toward us shocked, and asked, "What just happened here?" Malric walked over to us and asked, "What did you do, my love? " She said, "Sorry, your Majesties," her hand shook and Emile said, "My wife says it's okay," Malric said, "I will take her home, I saw how she tried to pull back her hand from his before it looked like held it a bit too tightly, I sense something was off as Malric bowed taking her out of the wedding. Emile started the music back and we headed inside, he looked at me and asked, "What happened out there?" I said, "Nothing, I just startled her," I asked, "How well do you know, Malric?" He smiled saying, "He is one of the good guys, I have no real complaints, he is loyal, and loves his family, that's all you need to know," before kissing my lips.

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Malric

I took my wife over to the carriage, she was shaken and I linked her, "Enough, why are you being like this?" She said, "I am sorry," as I helped her in the carriage. I didn't say anything and we headed to the cottage, we moved there a few months back to avoid Eva as I could see my wife still loved Emile, and even Eva saw it. If she would mark me, she wouldn't feel like this, things got worse when she found out she was pregnant, she didn't want the baby, I convinced her to keep it, and she became withdrawn although still intimate but it became non-existent when I stupidly slept with someone at the pub, she came looking for me and caught us. One stupid night, things changed between us, I hit her in our argument, something I have never done before, and now things are worse, she gets me so angry at times that I scare her, maybe hit her too much.

We argued this morning and I held her hand tightly leaving a bruise, I kept f*****g up because I knew she didn't love me but I hoped she would someday. One stupid night with a stranger changed any progress with my wife, any progress of winning her heart over seemed impossible. It's affecting my work and I hate lying to my friends, I was not this person, I was never this person, I was brought out of my thoughts once we reached home. I helped her down and I followed her inside, I shut the door and said, "We need to talk about what happened tonight," I moved too quickly and she backed away raising her hand ready to block my hit. She thought I was going to hit her again and fell back hard on the floor, she screamed in pain when I saw the water on the floor. She was having this baby now, I ended up linking the midwife not far from here, and notifying Emile that she was having the baby.

I picked her up bridal style, placed her on the bed, and she screamed as I tried to get her comfortable when I heard a knock on the door and answered it to see the midwife. I did everything the midwife asked of me when Emile showed up, I wasn't expecting him to show up because it was his wedding night. He went over to Lamira calming her down and I went outside waiting, I didn't want to see the love they still had for each other. Emile joined me a few minutes later sitting on our back porch looking at the lake. He said, "You are going to be a father tonight," I smiled and acknowledged him, Emile said, "I guess mating both of you together, paid off." I didn't know what to say when he asked, "What happened earlier?" I sighed and said, "The pregnancy wasn't planned and it has taken a toll on her, and I assure you, Your Majesty, she didn't mean to hit the Queen."

Emile smiled understanding what I had told him and said, "Our kids will be siblings," I smiled, I didn't know how long we sat in silence when I heard a baby cry. We both got up and headed back inside, we waited outside the bedroom when the midwife informed us, "She is tired but everything went well, you have a son, Lord Malric," she bowed to both of us and left. I went inside and saw her asleep, the baby was in the cot and I picked him up, Emile smiled and said, "I will leave you alone to attend to your family," I told him, "Thanks for coming, Emile, this means a lot." I put my son back in his cot and look at my sleeping wife, I kiss her forehead and leave to sleep in the other room. Tomorrow is another day where I have to win her trust back, I don't want to end up like my father so I need to change.

I woke up with the floor creaking, I took up my knife and ran into my wife trying to sneak away, I grabbed her and asked, "Where are you going?" She stuttered, "IIII can't stay here, I can't stay with you," I felt intense anger and I punched her knocking her down, I don't know what came over, and yelled, "You are never leaving me." She backed away wiping her bloody nose and she put up her hand blocking my hits, trying to stop me from hitting her, I grabbed her throat making her get up off the floor when our son started crying. I snapped out of it realizing I had her neck squeezing, pinned to the wall as she tried to push me off and asked, "What happened?" I looked at my hands as she backed away from me and returned to the bedroom and said, "I am sorry," picked up our son and started breastfeeding him. I closed my eyes realizing it happened again, I needed to talk to someone about this, I sat next to the doorway, and leaned my head back to the wall. I watched her cry feeding our son, refusing to look at me, she mind-linked me, "I am sorry, I won't go anywhere."