Alois looked over to Naveen, who gave a slight nod.
"You can both come in." Hannah told them. They slowly made their way to her.
"Miss Hannah, you don't owe me an apology. You love Alois very much, that is clear. I'm grateful that he has you, if I have in any way intruded, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you, Alois loves you very much and I am no one to stand between you." Naveen said softly.
"Naveen, you've done no such thing. I'm certain that you can understand,my fear of losing my boys. I've seen the love in your eyes, and listened to your words, all of which I believe are genuine. It was wrong for me to let those fears take over and for that I do feel regret. If you are serious, if you truly love my Alois, then I will put his happiness first, I will allow you to be together. Know this Naveen, should you ever harm him, it does not matter to me which family you're from. If you hurt him, I will kill you."
"Miss Hannah, I wouldn't have it any other way, if I should so that, I am not worthy of life. We have an understanding then?"
"Yes. Take care of my boy, treat him right Naveen, he has been hurt so many times before, guard him with your life, shield his heart from further damage."
"I swear Miss Hannah, on my life, I will treat him as the treasure he is."
"Good." Tears fell from Hannah's eyes as she spoke, Alois sat down next to her and took her hand.
"Hannah, I do love you very much and I want you to know rhat I would never just leave you. You'll always be a big part of my heart, just like Luca and nothing will ever take your place, not ever. I'm always going to think of you as my mother, and there'll always be time to spend with you so please don't cry." Alois gave her a hug.
"I'm so happy to hear you say that." Hannah said as she released him.
"There's one other thing I need to tell you, I'm not sure how you'll take it but, I'm not really pregnant, I was wrong to tell you that to get you to stop. I'm sorry Hannah, I used your belief about family that way, I'll understand if-" Hannah pulled him into another hug.
"I'm relieved by this, you are still very young and I hope that you will wait so that you can expirence this existence, you have all the time in the world to have children. If later you decide you want them, then that would be the best time to do it so that you can focus on your family."
"So you still love me?"
"Certainly, I wouldn't be a good mother if I didn't love you and your brother unconditionally. Naveen, is there something you wanted to ask Alois?"
"Miss Hannah, I'm not sure-"
"What were you touching earlier that is currently in your pocket?"
"Are you sure you're alright with it miss Hannah?" Naveen asked in surprise.
"Honestly no, however Alois has finally found what he has wanted for so long, as his mother, I will allow him to follow his heart." Naveen smiled and turned to Alois.
"My beautiful one, you are nothing short of a treasure, my one true love and I am grateful to be allowed to stand by your side each day. Throughout your life, you have known heart ache, have suffered so much. I want to change that for you." He knelt down and pulled out the box.
"Alois, you and I share a love that is strong and true, you have become my everything, you are the sun, the moon and the stars. I cannot envision a future without you in it. I wanted a love as great as Cousin Sebastian shares with his mate and I know without a doubt that it is right here in front of me. I love you more than words can say, I will shield your heart, keep you safe and never make you wonder if I am being true. You fill my live with such joy and I cherish you above all else. I want to promise you an eternity of understanding, fond memories and a never ending love. All I need from you, is one word. Alois, my beautiful one, will you be my mate?" Alois didn't know what to do, no one had ever loved him this way and certainly never wanted to spend forever with him.
Naveen opened the box, the ring inside was golden and the amethyst jewel sparkled beside the emerald.
"How sweet that you would choose to represent both mates in the ring." Hannah said with a smile. Alois turned to her, his eyes looking to her for help.
"Give the answer that's in your heart, whichever it is, I will stand with you." Alois turned back to Naveen.
"Yes." Alois replied excitedly.
"Truly you have made me the happiest demon to live." Naveen said placing the ring on Alois' finger and standing to pull him into a tight hug.
"I would be willing to challenge his statement." Sebastian whispered to Cynna as they both looked on from the hallway.
"I believe you would win that challenge Master." Cynna whispered back.
"What are you two doing out here?" Ciel asked from behind them.
"We were simply checking on them, after Hannah's outburst earlier." Ciel looked at him skeptically.
"Nice try Sebastian, you're just being nosey. Don't you have anything better to do?"
"Not at the moment, unless you've something in mind."
"Sometimes I really don't know about the two of you."
"How could we not look in, it appears that soon we will have another cousin." Sebastian said.
"I know." The older demons turned to him.
"How could you possibly have known?"
"Naveen was nervous, he asked my opinion on what he was planning to say."
"How is it that everyone seems to go to you?"
"How the hell am I supposed to know, he's family so he probably already knew that you weren't the right person to ask. You've admitted to that, though you did very well when you asked me, I was very impressed." Sebastian smirked.
"That is because you fell for the irresistible Michaelis charm."
"You mean the irresistible charm that I proved possible to resist?"
"That wasn't fair at all, you were-"
"You're just upset because I proved you wrong." Before Sebastian could reply Alois and Naveen entered the hallway. Both were overjoyed.
"Ciel guess what!"
"What?"
"I'm going to be Naveen's mate!" Alois said excitedly."
"That's great Alois, I'm happy for you both."
"I can't wait, this is going to be so wonderful, I hope you'll come to the ceremony, and you could help me plan like I did with yours, won't that be fun?"
"I suppose so."
"We're going to tell Luca, I'm not sure how he's going to take it, I hope he's going to be happy."
"It might be hard for him at first but he will come around." Naveen said as they passed the group in the hall and made their way upstairs.
Hannah walked out slowly.
"Hannah, you did the right thing, It was difficult and painful but you will be glad you did." Sebastian said.
"I let him go so he could find happiness, that does not mean I will ever be alright with it."
