I flew to the States with a small crew. They were there mainly as a secondary precaution. I know my brother well enough to know that had they been necessary most if not all of them would not return home.
We surrounded Erik's mansion on a sunny afternoon. The sound of someone swimming could be heard. When I was able to get a better look, I noticed it was Christine. Erik was watching her from the side of the pool. It was then that my phone started to vibrate.
I answered to hear my own native tongue. "Send them away or I will disperse them to hell."
Erik is a very possessive man, who has never learned to respect the hierarchy in our family. I, however, followed his demand. As soon as my men were gone, I made my presence known to Christine by taking a seat next to Erik.
Christine climbed out of the pool and wrapped a towel around her. "Good afternoon, your majesty." Christine has always had better manners than her husband. We would only be so fortunate if some of it would rub off onto Erik.
She started to walk back to the house when Erik grabbed her elbow. "Come see before you leave with Meg."
"Of course." She placed a kiss on his forehead before continuing on her way up to the house.
"What is it that you want Aros?" Erik voice was the hard steel that I was used to hearing from him. Not the soft voice he had used with Christine only moments before.
"Mother wants you to come home. She has an assignment for you." I wasn't sure exactly how much to tell my brother. My mother and Erik have always had a strange relationship. One that I will never fully understand.
"I am perfectly content here. She will have to someone else to occupy herself with."
"Erik, she won't take no for an answer." I prayed for Erik to take the easy way and just come home. I didn't want to do as my mother had ordered.
"I have better things to do than to be at her beck and call." Erik got up and started walking towards the house. I followed Erik up to his house and bid my time before speaking again.
"You know Erik she has been missing Christine quite terribly." I know how attached Erik is Christine, and it was the wrong thing to say. Erik had heard my threat, and before I could finish, I found myself slammed against the floor with Erik's hand crushing my windpipe.
"You will leave her out of this." Erik's eyes glowed, and I was terrified. I know that if Erik ever has to choose between Christine and me, Christine will win every time.
"Mother will not be as forgiving as I. She will take her and keep her from you if you don't go. Why do you think I brought men with me?" Erik didn't loosen his grip any. "I was ordered just to take Christine, knowing that you would follow behind, but I came to you, my brother, before I proceeded in such a manner."
Erik suddenly released me. If I didn't know Erik as well as I did, I would have assumed I had gotten through to him. My suspicions were proven correctly when Christine opened the office door enough to peak her head in. "Meg and I are leaving."
"David and Ralph are going?" His soft voice was back with no trace of the venom that he had just used with me.
"Yes."
"You have a good trip." Christine left for a minute before coming back. "Yes, Christine?"
"I just wanted to say I love you." She was gone again and giggles could be heard of Christine and her friend.
"I will talk to Christine, and if she is free, we will come for two weeks. No more. We have a schedule to keep."
"Erik, I don't know if mother will agree to that."
"Then we won't go."
I left Erik's office, praying that mother would accept. I had my own matters that needed to be attended to. I went back to the hotel to call mother and gather up my men.
A/N: Sorry I haven't updated. Review let me know what you think.
A/N2: Was looking through it and noticed a lot of typos. I thought I would correct them before I added more. Going to try to get back into writing. Anyone know a good beta?