All the servants in the Hatter Mansion were buzzing about. The maids were rushing from the master bedroom to the kitchen and back carrying basins of water and towels. However, Elliot was rushing from the foyer to the master bedroom with Blood at his heels.

"Make way!" His voice rang through the halls. Maids with water moved to the side while the others jumped out of the way. Once at the entrance to the master bedroom, the two men began to hear screams. Now the only thing that stopped them were the young gatekeepers and the Bandersnatch. "Move!"

"Can't do that, carrot top. Calisto's orders, no one get's in until I hear the first baby cry." Bianca crossed her arms and leaned against the doors. Blood clenched his jaw and glared at her, he was not going to wait out here. "You really want to fight with your wife?"

His eyes widen then. While Blood was the most feared in the Country of Hearts, the only thing that scared him was Calisto when angered. Being shocked once was enough to put Blood in his place. He backed away slightly and sighed, "Alright. I will…"

A baby's cries rang through the doors. Bianca got up and moved everyone, but Blood away from the room. Blood pressed his hand against the door and sighed once again before entering.

"Mr. Dupre! Congratulations, you are now the father to a beautiful young girl." The faceless doctor packed his stuff and left the room as Blood walked closer to the bed. Calisto was in the center with a small bundle in her arms.

"You cannot see anything from there. Come here." Calisto and nodded her head towards him. Blood walked towards his wife and looked at the swaddled baby in her arms. There was a tuff of dark brown hair on the top of her head, however the child had not opened her eyes yet. "Meet Jade Dupre, our daughter."

Blood stared at the child in his wife's arms. Her skin barely stood out against the white blanks that swaddled her. He could see small vines behind her eyelids as well, she was going to be pale for a long time. Blood bent closer and squinted his eyes lightly, there still wasn't something right.

As if sensing his presence, Jade opened her eyes and cried lightly. Blood's face softened as he reached to pick up the crying baby. Calisto smiled at this and instructed him on how to hold her. Not long after, Jade stopped crying and simply stared at her father through large forest green eyes. She had her father's eyes except they were more fun-filled as opposed to her Father's deadly ones.

"She has your eyes, Blood." Calisto smiled at her husband and fixed her blankets. Blood looked away from Jade and to Calisto. "Yes?"

"Do still plan on taking her back to your world?" Blood's voice was cold, but his eyes were sad. To have his child leave a month after her birth was a punishment, to not see her for fourteen years was especially worse.

"I have to. It would be best that she has an education and grows up safely until she is ready to protect herself." Calisto rubbed her temples and sighed. This about the fiftieth time she has explained to her husband. She would wait almost two months and then she would take Jade, Jessica, Jonathan, and their son to her world. The children would be safe there. "It's her best chance."

"However, it is not her only chance. I could protect her here." Blood sat down on the bed with Jade still in his arms. At this point, the newborn was already asleep in her father's arms.

"With a status as your own, you wouldn't be able to be with her like a normal father would. At least, not until she is older. Even then, she will have to be able to adapt to having a distant parent." Calisto took her sleeping daughter and looked at her husband. Not far off, another baby's screams filled the halls. The Jabberwocky had given birth to a young boy. "Now she will have another connection to this world."

"I still believe that she will be safer here." With that, Blood left the room and went to his garden. There, he began to pick a rose for everyday until his daughter and wife would leave. A total of fifty red roses were picked. For just like their meaning, Blood's love for his family was boundless.