EPOV

It had been two years since he was forced into his marriage with Freya. The second he heard of Appius's plans for him he knew it was inevitably yet the pain of losing Sookie was worse than he imagined. He knew going in that this marriage was not one of love, it was about power and as much as it pained him to admit it he was happy about the political opportunities he had been granted due to his wife. Freya was hardly ugly but her beauty paled in comparison to Sookie. Their brief hours together were frantic at best. Desperate for release Eric hurried through their sessions trying to quell the anger he felt for having Sookie taken away from him. He still remembered the last time he saw her. He flew quickly to her doorstep and before he could even knock she opened the door, even without the bond they were still so connected.

"Hey" she said cautiously looking at my face for a sign of my mood

"Hi" I replied inwardly cringing at my childish behavior the other night

"You want to come in?" "Yes….I just want to apologize" I began looking deeply into her rich brown eyes "I don't want the time we have left to be ruined by my jealousy"

She gave me a small smile "So this is it. The end of Sookie and Eric"

I rushed forward holding her in my arms "I will always love you"

She returned my embrace "And I will always love you"

That night there was no more talk of sadness just me and her together in the most perfect way. I will cherish those moments for the rest of my existence. My thoughts were interrupted by Freya strolling into our dining room.

"I have the most exciting news" She started excitedly "Felipe de Castro has sent out an invitation to all the monarchs of America inviting them to a ball in honor of his new child"

"New child? And how is this good news for us?"

"You know how we have talked about joining kingdoms with him and with his marriage to my first child a perfect union shall be created. As for his child I've heard rumors that he had his eye on her for a while but wanted to train her before showing her off"

"Train her? For what?"

"Oh does it matter! Think of the power our kingdoms joined would have."

I laughed despite my worries power was something we both enjoyed

"A toast" I said raising my flute of lemon infused blood "To the hopeful joining of kingdoms and to the power it may bring"

I raised my glass to my lips my questions forgotten for now.

SPOV

I looked at my closet in dismay. It seemed as my knowledge of clothing grew the less choices I had.

"Felipe darling," I called out "I need some help"

My maker appeared by my side at once his lips placing a chaste kiss of my neck.

"What troubles you my child?"

"I have nothing to wear for this ball"

His eyes glanced over the racks of designers clothes in my overstuffed closet.

"Hmmm well I shall give you my card and you can shop around"

I huffed in annoyance "No actually I can't it's off season"

He rolled his eyes "I will make a call to one of my friends in Milan"

I smiled sweetly "Thank you"

He laughed his way back to his office as I walked to the bathroom set on taking a hot shower. Though the temperature of the shower no longer matter to me it was a habit I wasn't willing to break. As I basked in the rain like water I searched my mind for the source of my annoyance and found I didn't have to look far. I was worried about this damn ball and about seeing Eric with her. It had taken me a long time to except my new life and the horrible way I had been brought into it, I didn't past memories to ruin Felipe and I's happiness.

This is just a small little starter chapter it's my first time writing so be gentle and tell me your thoughts

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