Winter's War (Her Guardians series Book 4)(24)
“The demon is lovely, I like him and want to see him in the minion outfit,” Katy laughs around a small cake bar she is eating.
“He is, well, compared to the rest of his race,” I say.
“Well, come on, you’re part demon and pretty lovely, Win,” Alex knocks my shoulder, and I drop some popcorn on the floor.
“Look what you did,” I laugh and pick a piece up and throw it at her. She only laughs and catches it before eating it.
“Where are all the guys, then?” I ask her.
“Wyatt wanted to talk to them all anyway, so it was easy to convince them to leave us for a night,” Alex shrugs.
“So, what are we watching?” I ask.
“It’s called Bad Mom, it’s brilliant,” Alex says, and I smirk at her as I glance at her stomach.
“I seriously hope you’re not watching this movie for tips?” Leigha says, but there’s a small smile as she leans back.
“You’re pregnant?” Katy asks in shock, and we all look at her.
“You didn’t know?”
“Nope, I missed that memo,” Katy laughs, “But, congratulations, you’ll make an awesome mum.”
“Thank you,” she says with a smile, sliding her hand into mine and squeezing it before pressing play.
“Shh,” I whisper to Leigha as she stands up, and we look down at Alex and Katy who are sleeping on the rug after falling asleep during the film. Milo is sleeping on Katy’s stomach, and I gently walk towards the door with Leigha. I get why they are all tired, with the training and the stress at the moment, they aren’t the only ones tired these days.
“Can I have a word?” Leigha asks as I open the door for her. I knew she wouldn’t want to sleep here when she got up after the movie. She is at training stupidly early in the morning these days. I quietly shut the door behind me, and we walk down the corridor and away from the rooms. We come out of the corridor to the main level, and it’s empty. Leigha stops near the bannister to the stairs, and you can see all the way down.
“What’s up?” I ask her, and she frowns at me, pushing her long hair over her shoulder.
“He is coming any minute now,” she says, and I just lift my hands in the air as a response just as I see Wyatt coming up the stairs with Freddy and a familiar, older vampire.
“Hey,” I say as Wyatt gets to me and gently kisses me.
“Winter, you remember Harold?” Wyatt introduces me as Harold and Freddy come over. Freddy hugs me and moves away as I offer a hand out to Harold to shake.
“Queen Winter, it is lovely to see you again and looking so well,” Harold says and bows his head as he shakes my hand.
“It’s good to see you too, but what’s going on here?” I ask, because it’s a little suspicious us all meeting in the middle of the night like this.
“We are crowning Wyatt tonight and Freddy as heir, in secret. There is a lot of disruption in the castle and with our people, I believe it would make more sense to have the crowning private, and we do not have the crown to give Wyatt anyway,” Leigha tells me as she walks over.
“What about Jaxson, Atti, and Dabriel?” I turn and ask Wyatt. I do agree with him in a way. The angel crowning is coming up, and there is already enough worry throughout the castle. Wyatt being crowned isn’t the issue, it’s the fact the vampire crown is on the head of the demon king, and Wyatt is naming a half breed as his heir. There are rules, I’m sure, and it makes everything easier to do in secret.
“They are setting it up,” he tells me, but I already guessed he wouldn’t keep this from my other mates. They are like brothers to him and, really, the only people we need there.
“Drake?” I ask as Wyatt places his hand on my back, and Freddy takes my other hand as we walk down the stairs.
“There too, but no one else. Leigha, Drake, and Harold are my new council of the vampires and the only ones I need there today.”
“Aren’t there usually four on the council?”
“Yes, I’m naming Freddy as the fourth.”
“You can’t do that,” Freddy protests, and the statement echoes around the stairs. Leigha glares back at us and places a finger on her lips to suggest we all be quiet.
“I can, and I will. You are the prince of the vampires and heir to the throne. A seat in the council will teach you what you need to rule one day.”
“I might not even rule, if Winter has a child, they will be heir to all the races,” Freddy says, and Wyatt glances at me with a strange look. He almost looks sad, and it confuses me. Why would he be sad about the idea of us having a child in the future?
“No one knows the future, son. For now, will you do this?” he asks. Freddy doesn’t say a word as we walk down the final set of stairs. We follow Leigha and Harold down one of the corridors, and they open a door, walking in when Freddy stops.
“I will do this, but it means nothing,” Freddy says, not looking us in the eyes as he walks in the room. Wyatt catches my arm as I go to walk in and pulls me to him. I gladly slide my hands around his neck, and he gently kisses me.
“I remembered that I never asked if you want to be my queen?” he says, and I chuckle a little.
“Wyatt, I chose you the moment you kissed me, all the way back then. It’s me and you,” I tell him, and he nods, resting our heads together for a while as we look into each other eyes.