Chapter Thirteen
Felix 'awoke' me when we arrived at our station. We got off to see a butler and a maid waiting with our luggage. They were the head servants of the house with strict orders from Caius. I got into the carriage and felt something move in my stomach. Felix saw it move when he closed the door to the carriage and was seated across from me.
"We have to call a doctor when we arrive at the house, dear," I said. "I am starting to worry of what is in me."
"I shall have Oscar call a doctor and we shall see what is making you feel scared," Felix said. The ride to the house was a beautiful ride with lots of greenery and many birds singing to everyone. Felix read the whole ride while I looked out the window and watched the scene out the window move across it like a moving picture. I stuck my fingers out the window and smiled at the glittery sheen my skin had. My skin now looked like the armor knights had when they went out to battle. The carriage stopped and I looked outside to see the house like my uncle's house.
"Welcome home," the servants said as Felix and I got out the carriage. Felix put his arm around me as we went up the stairs to the front door. I looked around the foyer once we stepped in through the front door.
"It is beautiful," I said. Felix smiled as the butler took our coats and hats. He took me in his arms and we went upstairs to the library. I saw all the books and giggled. Felix kissed my neck and then my hair as we stood in the library. I turned around and kissed his lips.
"We finally have some peace and quiet. No family barging in when we get to a good part," Felix said against my lips. I giggled and then shriveled into a ball. My abdomen felt like it was being ripped apart.
"Felix," I gasped. Felix scooped me up in his arms, ran out the library, shouted for the servants, and ran to our room. He put me on the bed as the maids and butler ran into the room. I screamed and my body convulsed. Felix held me down on the bed and he tried to get me to calm down. He ordered to have a doctor be called immediately. I screamed and snarled as the pain continued. The doctor arrived not long after and I was screaming into a pillow that Felix was holding to my face. All the servants were ordered to leave the room and go back to what they were doing before. The doctor checked to find my problem and Felix removed the pillow.
"Madam, you are pregnant and you are almost ready to give birth," the doctor said.
"That is not possible! We were told we could not have children!" Felix snarled. I grabbed his hand before he swung at the doctor.
"Felix, dear, please do not hurt him," I said. Felix looked at me with red eyes and I touched his face. "I am not going to die, my dear. I am just fighting with the baby."
"Allison, I cannot lose you," Felix said. We kissed and then we held each other in our arms.
"You shall never lose me," I whispered. Felix sat back up and I smiled. My smile went away when I heard something break in me. Felix shot to his feet and he stared at me. The doctor ran around to get his things ready for something. I screamed and curled into a ball. A few maids came into the room. Felix stood against the wall in fear as I was in pain like when I was human.
"It is almost time for the baby to come," the doctor said. The maids ran to get some things for the baby. I looked to Felix and he ran over to me. He sat next me and put his upper body over mine. We had our foreheads together as the doctor opened my legs and I pushed. Felix had his eyes closed and I held onto him tightly. "It is not working this way!"
"Cut me open," I said. Felix's eyes shot open and he snarled at the doctor. The doctor cut me open and the maids helped get the thing out of me. Felix looked at the thing that tried to kill me and he gave me a sad look. "Felix, what is it?"
"A baby boy," Felix said. I smiled and then I looked at the baby being held by one of the maids. Felix took the child and placed him on my chest. "Say hello to your mother, my son."
"Hello there, my darling baby boy," I said. The doctor stitched me back up while I was staring at my son. "You gave us quite a scare."
Chapter Fourteen
I was back on my feet within a few days and Felix grew to love his son. I smiled at the two of them as they stood under the full moon one night and I was reading by the fire. Our son was a big boy for a boy born at four and a half months. He looked like a normal baby at nine months and he ate like a normal human baby. This scared Felix a little to see our son eat human food and blood like us. I was scared to see our son was able to sleep like a human but be a vampire. A letter was sent to Caius of his grandson's surprise birth and to inform them they were able to visit the baby when they felt ready to. Felix brought our son to me and I took him in my arms.
"Look at our little Edward, he is such a handsome boy," Felix said. I touched my son's chubby cheek and smiled.
"I look at him and see my brother's face in him," I said. Felix kissed my hair and he rubbed my shoulder. Edward looked at me with his gentle green eyes with tints of amber. His hair was coming out a curly blonde like my hair.
"I am sure your brother is watching you from heaven and he is proud of you," Felix said.
"I think you are right, my dear," I said. The nursemaid came in and took Edward to bed. I watched my son leave the room to do what Felix and I used to do when we were humans. "While he sleeps, shall we take a walk under the full moon in the garden like old times?"
"We shall take the walk," Felix said. We went out to the garden and we walked under the full moon. "How are we to explain how we were able to have children and no one else of the family can?"
"Felix, they all know that I was a witch before I was reborn. That makes me half alive and half dead, allowing us to reproduce when others like us cannot," I said. Felix put his arms around me as we stood next to the sunflowers that I planted. I put my head against his chest and closed my eyes.
"This is not going to be easy when they come to see Edward," Felix muttered. I softly laughed and looked into his amber eyes.
"Nothing is easy for our family," I said. A maid came out to get us, because Edward was not going to sleep. I went to see what was wrong with him to find crying in his little crib. Felix stood at the doorway telling the maids to let us put him to bed. I got Edward out of his crib and held him close to me. "My sweet baby boy, tell mommy what is wrong. I am here, sweetheart, and will always be here."
"Allison, the maids said he just started crying when they put him in the crib and he tried to bite their fingers," Felix said.
"Edward, you know you are not supposed to bite people. That is not allowed yet," I said as I sat in the rocking chair. Edward curled his little fingers around my index finger as I rocked him back and forth. "Felix, he is not looking really good. Did he feed today or did he eat the food the cook made for him?"
"He ate what the cook made for him," Felix said. He walked over to look at Edward. "He must need to feed and then he will go to sleep."
I bit my finger and then I stuck it in Edward's mouth. Felix kneeled to watch our son feed off my finger. Edward drank my blood like a human baby drinks from a bottle and his mother's breast. I kept rocking him as he drank and started to fall asleep. Felix touched my cheek and I looked at him. His eyes were gentle and were like an amber sea. He took Edward once he was asleep and put him in his crib. I fixed my blonde curly hair and then stood up. Edward was able to heal the bite on my finger. I stood next to Felix by the crib and we watched our son sleep. I saw my Edward look like my other Edward while he slept. My little Edward sighed as Felix turned the light off.
