Hey everyone, I am so sorry for the long wait, it turns out that the reason I have been so ill lately is that I had an ulcer that is bleeding into my stomach, I'm due to have surgery soon to fix it, I'm still very sick, but I feel well enough right now to write you a halfway decent chapter. I do hope everyone will continue to be patient with me and be understanding of my situation.

Chapter 10-

-15 minutes after the mighty busting-

Aiden and Trysten sat upon the wine red coffin shaped sofa in the black and red parlor with their heads hung in shame as I paced back and forth in front of them, Jagger standing at the far side of the sofa with his arms crossed over his chest.

"Alright you two" I said as I stopped pacing and stood facing my cousins "I understand that you were worried about me, but you could have just walked up to the front door, if you've been watching ever since we arrived in Romania, you'd know that I am no longer here against my will. You both owe Jagger and I an apology for lurking about and trying to break in, afterwards, the two of you can join us to go to the restaurant and we'll have a nice family dinner to catch on lost time"

Aiden looked up with a bright big smile at his cousin "Does this mean you forgive us?"

Trysten elbowed his brother and gave him a sharp look as he whispered "Don't forget, that Jagger guy kidnapped her at the start of this, nothing changes that, nothing justifies it"

Aiden stared at his brother for a minute before nodding and looked at his cousin "He still kidnapped you Raven, we cannot forget that, he stole you from your family and friends against your will and dragged you here, we cannot force you to leave with us and we cannot leave until we know you are alright, but it will be awhile before Trysten and I can find it in us to trust this guy whom has so devastingly offended the magical realm's original royal family"

Now it was Jagger's turn to do a double take "Magical realm? Royal family? Raven, what are they talking about?"

I turned to look at Jagger with a weary expression "Jagger, there are parts of my life I've never been able to talk about for the sake of my entire families safety"

Completely silent, the white-n-red haired vampire nodded and moved to sit down beside my cousins, both Aiden and Trysten gave me apologetic smiles, they knew as well I did that talking about our family was not an easy thing to do, no one completely knew if the danger to our family was past.

"Okay" I started, taking a deep breath to relax myself "Jagger, my family were once witches and warlocks, but not just any magic users, no, we ruled the magical realm, the magical realm is where all the supernatural beings, yes even vampires, originated from, thats another story for another time. My parents were the king and queen, I was first in line for the throne, our lives were actually pretty good, the capital was a peaceful place and we had a very good relationship with the people, every race and specie got along so well, it was wonderful, we were the very picture of racial harmony..... unfortunately.... the peace was not to last....."

Jagger could visibly see the dificulty to continue on his wife's face and felt his heart clench, this was very hard for her, he wished he didn't have to make her do this, but he had to know what was going on, especially if there was a chance his wife was in any sort of danger from her old life and damn, he couldn't believe it, he was married to a princess.

I saw the emotional support in all the faces staring at me and I took a deep breath to help me continue on explaining this to Jagger "No one knows how he did it, but there was one particular warlock that did not enjoy the peace, he was known for enjoying power and control over those weaker than him, but he was not content with simple control over his thugs and minions or followers as they called themselves, all caught up in the deception of this charlatain's 'powers', his name was Azmarinth. Somehow, Azmarinth got his hands on some horrible dark power, something not even my parents and their wisemen had seen or heard of before.... he attacked the city with his followers and then stormed the palace, there was nothing any of us could do to stop him, our only choice was to escape out of the secret tunnels beneath the palace... myself, Billy, our prarents and a few other lucky relatives tried for the first year after our escape from the palace to hide in several different places around the magical realm, but Azmarinth's followers always somehow found us.... so, we realized that we had no choice but to abbandon our world if we wanted a chance to survive, so we did, we came here, to the mortal realm, we all stayed away from each other for many years to make it harder for everyone to be found should Azmarinth ever make his way here to this world.... but.... I am so very happy to see my cousins again, to know they are safe and alive. One more thing, when our family came here to the mortal realm, we gave up our powers and became truly mortal, that way Azmarinth could not track us through our magic and that would make it almost impossible to find us among so many mortals"

Aide and Trysten smiled softly at me and stood, coming closer to pull me into a family group hug, we all silently wept for a few moments, remembering the horrors we went through in our youth and basking in the fact that we were now together again.

Jagger stood up as I parted from my cousin and I was surprised to see the calm accepting look on his face "I understand why you kept everything quiet, you had to protect your family, I would have done the same in your situation. As for your cousins, they are welcome to join us for dinner and they are also welcome to remain here with us as long as there is no more sneaking about"

I saw big smiles light up Aiden and Trysten's faces as my husband spoke and accepted them into our lives as his own family, he didn't have to say that part, I knew, I could see it in his expression.

It was then as I looked at my cousin Aiden that a thought came to my mind "Hey, Jag, invite your sister Luna along tonight, I want her to meet my cousins"

He looked at me with a raised white brow and I leaned in and added in a whisper "I want her to meet Aiden, they are so perfect for each other".

My husband barely had time to speak as Trysten said softly, with happy tears in his voice "And now, my cousin Raven is a vampire, she is knocked off Azmarinth's radar even more, you've given her such powerful protection, thank you"

I looked over at Trysten with soft eyes and a watery smile, I had always been so close to my cousins, I loved them so much and had worried about them horribly over the years, now it was evident that they too had worried about me as well.

Jagger much have been able to sense the mood that needed to be lightened up a bit with some fun and announced that he'd call Luna and they'd pick her up on the way to the restaurant.

I smiled at my cousins and nodded for them to follow Jagger and I out of the parlor, I grinned inwardly, I could wait to tell my cousins that Jagger and I were trying for a baby, they'd be thrilled, our once royal family would have new additions, hopefully.

Well, I hope everyone liked and appreciated that, I put a lot of effort into this even though I really am very ill, I just didn't think it was fair or right to keep you all waiting for so long, I really did my best, I'm sorry if it isn't super awesome. Don't forget to review okay? I could really use some reviews to cheer me up.