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These questions get answered in this part, jeeze don't be so impatient and moody.
I have my reasons for introducing her family the way I did.
Now why were her professors so willing give her what she wanted?.
Now see I was waiting for someone to notice that, how were they able heal her when she was a child if they couldn't come near her?
And finally, why does it seem like Vi so easily accepted all of this new information?
As for part one being overwhelming I'm sorry about that I was on a roll. I suppose I could have just made the last chapter longer but I thought it would be better if I split it up a little.
If you just want erotica I'm afraid you'll have to skip this part too, now that that is done let's move on to the chapter.)
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Stefanos's POV
I took over and listened to what Violetta had to say; A.J. was simply quiet when she finished, we were equally confused. How couldn't we tell? Never once had either of us noticed anything. I asked her about it.
"I don't know, I'm still in a daze. I have a boatload of questions, but their all swimming together in a jumbled mess." she said.
"I'm not surprised." I said.
-So, can we come get you?- A.J. asked.
"Well of course." she said.
"Good, then we are on our way." I said.
She told me exactly where I could find her, and I let her go after asking her to rest. I was still feeling a little panicked but I knew when I was near her that I'd be fine. I would call our family when we reached Violetta.
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.A.J.'s POV
Stefanos let me drive, we could have used our combined powers to appear next to her now that we knew where she was, however I knew we had to follow the non-human laws. She's the baby daughter so we have to meet her family and show them that we're a good match for her.
When we arrived to the forest I got out of the car and released my wings to get a birds eye view. I saw the mansion, then floated to the ground and got back in my car, I drove down the path until the house came into view. When I got close, I ran to the steps and pressed the door bell. A man opened the door that strongly smelled like Violet.
"I'm here to pick up Violet, she called me and told me where to find her."
"You must be the twins, I'm Sebastien and I'll kill you if you hurt my sister."
I smirked a little.
"Understood."
He moved out of the way and I walked in. The house smelled strange, but calming, I couldn't describe it any other way. Sebastien led me to her bedroom, and told me to come to the living room after I checked on her. I pushed open the door and saw her asleep on her bed. I walked toward her bed and as I sat next to her I stroked her stomach then kissed her forehead. I felt her shift under me and watched her eyes open, it took a little while for her to register my face in the dark but she soon smiled.
"Hello, my loves..."
I smiled and kissed her deeply, then pulled away to stroke her cheek.
"You picked a rotten time to get abducted, couldn't you have planned this better?" I jokingly asked.
She turned on the light and tapped her chin.
"Well I tried, but my people called their people and this was the only time open." she replied.
I smiled.
"I met your twin, first time anyone has threatened to kill me that wasn't immediately followed by an attack."
She sighed.
"Was it one of those "if you hurt my sister...." speeches?"
"Oh he kept it very very short."
I felt her sliding her hands over my back and leaned into the touch before I stopped her.
"Oh, your parents would be enraged if I took you in their house without meeting them beforehand."
"So?"
"Its a law among the royals if I act like a horny bastard and offend your mother or father they can use a non-human restraining order to keep me away."
She sighed and nodded.
"Fine, but you owe me later."
I kissed her hand.
"Again and again my beloved."
I told her that her brother wanted to talk and left her in her room, I followed his scent until I reached the living area. One solitary candle sat on the table, and he was sitting on a couch. A woman I could smell that was marked as his was asleep with her head in his lap. Two children were sleeping on sleeping bags by his feet. I sat on the other couch and he seemed to snap out of the daze he was in.
"She's fine isn't she?"
"Yeah just tired."
He nodded and his gaze shifted to the woman and children before he looked back at me.
"She told you why we couldn't reach her right?"
I nodded.
"I've been waiting a long time for her to be able to come home, while I was here I could watch father as he kept an eye on the barrier for holes."
I noticed a bit of poison lining his words.
"You say that like you couldn't wait to leave."
"I couldn't, I never accepted being separated from my twin and kept our parents at arms length. My older siblings and their mates thought I was being too hard on them, but it bothered me, watching the way they lived. As if it didn't matter one of their children was being kept away from them. Then tonight they act like they've been waiting for her all this time as if they were so broken up about it. Life just went on, mother never shed a tear and father was always in a good mood.
That might be normal for a human family but demons...angels, they just don't respond to a missing child like it's a case of bad weather."
I frowned, that did sound weird...really weird, our father played it off but mother even cried when we wanted to go to a human college. Just to see what it was like to live among humans.
"What did your siblings think?" I asked.
"They said they were being strong for us, but I don't know if strength is the same thing as brushing something under the rug. The boys, Dawson and Micheal were concerned too, their parents didn't seem all that worried about her unless we were all together. Even Claudia thought they were acting weird." he pointed them out as he spoke.
"So what are you saying?"
"I never could trust our parents like the others did, and I always noticed how odd it smelled in here. Mother told me it was just a mix of potions to keep everyone relaxed, but it was strong like a drug."
I frowned, the scent was keeping me calm but I knew that I should keep my guard up in a house full of strangers with our pregnant mate upstairs. Stefanos mumbled something about her eyes looking oddly dilated.
"I try to keep these three out of the house a lot, it's not as strong now because mother and father are asleep, I don't think Violet should stay here much longer, she was weakened when they brought her here, and while she's pregnant it seems to be having a strong effect on her. It did the same thing when Penelope and Anna were pregnant, they were weak and passed out frequently. All of their worries were thrown out the window, it wasn't as strong around Claudia and the boys I made sure to take them with me or have Claudia watch them outside until I returned."
I could understand his concern, it was odd for any demon to fill the house with something that would cloud the family's judgment in any way. If they were attacked but their senses didn't pick up the danger they could all be slaughtered easily. However, that would explain why the house was placed so deeply in the forest.
He nodded as if hearing my thoughts loud in clear.
"Now that Violet is here and I can be around her, we need to leave. I have a group of imps watching the house to make sure their all OK when I'm not here to keep watch over them."
I nodded, he moved to wake them up and I stopped him.
"There is plenty of room for them in my car, just let them sleep."
He eyed me for a moment then nodded.
"Thanks man, this one here..." he said indicating his mate.
"Is almost impossible to wake up by the time she starts snoring."
I smirked, after helping the kids into the back seat with Claudia I went upstairs carefully to get Violet, she was asleep again. I frowned and grabbed her things before I picked her up and took her outside. I watched her stir in her sleep as soon as the fresh air hit her face, I strapped her in the front seat and got in the driver's side. I watched him leave on his motorcycle and followed him down the path.
With the windows partially rolled down the breeze woke up Claudia, before she could panic I told her who I was.
"Your husband is in front of us on his bike."
She coughed a little and seemed to relax.
"It's nice to meet you both...." she said softly.
I smiled at her in the rear view mirror and focused on the turns his bike made, Claudia reached forward and shook Violet gently. She mimicked Claudia and coughed before she was able to wake up. I didn't like the thought of her being drugged, I wish I knew what had been in the air, I would have to talk to Dia she was good with potions. By the time we left the forest and moved onto the highway Dawson and Micheal had awakened. Claudia assured them that they were safe.
We pulled into the parking lot of a twenty four hour diner and walked in, Sebastien kissed his mate and Violet on the cheek before we got a table. They explained the smell in the mansion to Violet who took out her compact to look at her eyes.
"They'll go back to normal in a bit." Claudia said.
She looked at Sebastien.
"That's why you didn't have any kids?"
He nodded.
She turned to the boys.
"Aren't your parents going to notice you're gone?"
Dawson shook his head.
"They'll check my room and just think I'm outside with aunt Claudia." he said.
"Mine will probably look for me for a few minutes and assume I'm at school, despite the fact that I've always had private tutors." Micheal said.
Too far gone to notice their own children weren't in the house, I asked Sebastien if they had a reason to keep them drugged.
"I have no clue, they started doing it when I was six, I didn't like the way the house smelled and stayed outside most of the day."
"Are we going back?" Micheal asked.
