"Nero, no!" Alois shouted angrily at the small hell hound. The dog tilted his head, Lenora's doll still dangling from his mouth. The infant wailed inconsolably from her crib.

"Drop it!" The puppy stood up and attempted to run only to be caught by the blonde demon and lifted into the air until he was staring into Alois' eyes.

"I said drop it." Alois growled, Nero whimpered and dropped the toy.

Alois held the dog at arms length and proceeded to open the back door and set him outside.

"Naveen can get you when he comes back." He said coldly before closing the door and returning to his daughter. He picked her up and held her close.

"I've got you love, you're okay now." He promised.

Alois examined the doll and noticed it was torn, he sighed heavily.

"We'll see Hannah in a few minutes, I'm sure she'll fix it for you, she loves you so much." Alois made his way to the nursery and placed several bottles into a bag as well as the doll. Lenora had quieted and Alois chose a pink dress to put her in.

He held it up for her to see

"Do you like it?" He asked, a smile formed on his face when his daughter made grabbing motions toward it.

"I thought you might, let's get you out of your night clothes and dressed for the day, then we'll go see Hannah and uncle Luca." He promised. Lenora cooed happily, she loved her family, Alois was sure of it. The infant often grabbed for her uncle and grandmother during visits. Claude would watch from a doorway or from the corner of the room. Alois made it clear that he wasn't to touch the child. The blonde demon could never trust the spider after what he had done.

After Lenora we dressed,Alois grabbed the bag and crossed the pathway to Hannah's house where Luca rushed to greet them.

"Brother, Lenora!" He shouted excitedly.

"Hello Luca." Alois said grinning as his brother wrapped his arms around him.

"Hannah said you were coming, I wanted to wait for you, I've missed you so much."

"I only live over there, you come over everyday."

"But you're not here anymore." Luca stared down at the ground.

"I know, I'm sorry, Hannah doesn't like Naveen enough to have him here long let alone live here. When you have a mate,you're supposed to be together."

"what about your little brother?"

"That's why I live so close." Luca smiled.

"So you can be with me a lot?"

"that's right."

"you still love me?"

"I'm always going to love you, I wouldn't have put your name in Lenora's if I didn't."

"Lenora has my name too,I remember you showing me when she lived inside you. Did.. Did it hurt brother,to have her in there?"

"A little." Alois replied as they made their way into the house.

"I don't want to have any babies, it doesn't sound nice."

"Well, you're not old enough to anyway."

"Alois, how are you?" Hannah rushed to the boys happily and embraced the eldest.

"I'm fine." He handed the baby to Hannah who began to cuddle her. Lenora was content in her grandmother's arms.

"she's getting big." Hannah commented.

"growing too fast if you ask me. I'd like to keep her this little forever."

"It's only natural for a mother to want that. Unfortunately, there's not much more that can be done to prevent it. Children grow up." Hannah seemed upset by her words. She thought of Alois. He had grown in many ways, he had shown her that he was stronger now. He wasn't afraid to be without anyone and he had joined the royal guard, fought in wars and managed to bring a beautiful baby girl into the world. Her son,though he still resembled the young boy who she had once served had grown.

"Hannah, what's wrong?" He asked.

"Nothing. I was just thinking."

"About what?"

"how much you've grown. You have a different life now and I am very proud of you."

"Then why does it make you feel sad?"

"Because for a long time, you were my little boy, you needed me and I miss that. When we first arrived here, you and Luca began thinking of me as your mother and I -"

"You always will be my mother, just because I have a mate and a daughter doesn't mean I don't love you anymore. You still see me everyday and you were there when I had Lenora, I don't think I could've gotten through it as well if I didn't have you right beside me. I still love you very much."

"I was honored to be there when you gave birth to her and when you allowed me to be the first to hold her. It's something I won't ever forget."

"Then you'll remember that Naveen was there but I was looking mostly to you for comfort. You're always going to be my mother and I'm not afraid to admit that I do need you, Lenora needs her grandmother. Actually, I need you to help me with Lenora's doll, that stupid dog got hold of it and I was hoping since I'm here i could ask you to fix it for her." Hannah smiled.

"Of course I will. I wouldn't be a good grandmother if i refused."

"You're the best grandmother ever, the best mother." Hannah began to lead her sons further into the house.

"Hannah?" Alois called softly causing her to turn around.

"I never did tell you that I'm sorry for what I did to you when I was human. You were the one that truly loved me and wanted to protect me, i was blind to it and I'm not proud of what i did to you." Hannah carefully knelt down in front of the boy.

"I have never held any of it against you. I love you and Luca very much. Even then I knew you didn't really understand, i am not angry and have never been with all you went through,it's only natural that you acted out. But when you did understand, you stopped. I don't want you to feel badly about it anymore." She kissed the top of his head.

"You've been so good to us,when I lost the baby and was ill, you never left me, i can't tell you what that meant to me."

"I was there because you are my son and you needed me. I wanted to be with you, but now you have her back and you're the mother this time. You are a great parent,you learned from your past and are giving her a better future."Alois rested his head on Hannah's shoulder.

"Thank you." He said. Hannah stood up still smiling.

"Let's get Lenora's doll fixed shall we?" She loved her sons and grandmother daughter unconditionally and nothing was going to change that.

A/N I wasn't going to write anymore Alois and Naveen stories but someone expressed interest so I might. Thank you for reading.