Chapter Nineteen.

An Aston Martin with a pink bow on the front.

"Oh my god." I said. "Is this for me? Who the hell is it from?"

I walked closer and saw a tag saying 'To Sophie, happy birthday! Love Hannah'

"Hannah?" Ben asked, looking puzzled.

"My sister." I told him.

"How many sisters do you have?" He frowned.

"14. And 6 brothers."

"Bloody hell, your parents need a hobby." He smirked. I laughed and got my bags out of the car. I trudged up the stairs, to see Hannah waiting outside my bedroom door. She ran to hug me.

"What the hell are you doing here? I thought you were in Australia!" I told her.

She shook her head. "No, came back a few weeks ago. I have some big news!"

"Go on then." I said, opening my bedroom door.

"I have a new boyfriend!"

"Who's it this time?" I sighed.

"His name's Niall." She smirked.

"Horan?" Ben asked her.

"Yeah, why? Who's this Soph?" She asked, curiously.

"This is Ben," I said unpacking. "And I thought Niall was with Zoe."

"He dumped her."

"Well they seemed pretty all over each other last night." I said. We'd stopped into Illinois to check up on them.

"That dick!" She shouted, storming out of the room. A few seconds later we heard a car door slam and an engine rev. I chuckled to myself; something bad was going to go on there today.

"Where will I be sleeping?" Ben asked.

"You could sleep in here tonight." I said. "I'll show you around later yeah?" I looked at my watch, 12pm.

"You ok?" He asked.

"Yeah, just seems weird, that's all."

He came over and hugged me.

"God your freezing! Put on a hoodie or something. Actually, have mine." He said, taking his off and putting it on me. I couldn't hold back any longer, he'd been too sweet. I kissed him. It was perfect. There was a knock on the door and we broke apart.

"Come in!" I shouted. It was Rose.

"Soph? Ben needs to come to the guardian meeting. And Lissa wants to see you."

"Ok. Oh, and tell Dimitri I'm free from 9pm tonight." I said, winking.

"No time for jokes today Soph." She said.

"What do you mean?"

"It's not my place to tell you. Ben you need to come, fast."

"See you later Soph." He said, hugging me. They left the room and I went to go find my mom.

I eventually found her by the court building. Everywhere I looked everyone had worried expressions.

"What's going on mom?" I asked.

"I'll tell you in a second. I just have to go check the wards."

"The wards should be fine; they laid some done when I got here."

"We've got to be extra careful right now."

"Why? What's going on?" I was getting worried now.

"Give me a second." She said. She left, and an old royal came up to me.

"This is your entire fault!" He said, shaking his finger at me.

"What's my fault exactly?" I said, raising an eyebrow.

"This! Your entire fault!" He said, walking away. My Dad came over.

"What was Alan saying to you?"

I shrugged. "He said this was all my fault. But what's my fault?"

Mom came back over and dad muttered something to her. She nodded.

"Soph... Zayn and Daisy got turned... By force."

"By who?" I asked, mortified.

"Louis. Their coming here. For you."