Chapter 37

Sitting on a little edge if the little non functioning fountain of the secret garden where Demetri had took her, on her very first tour of the castle.
It felt like years had passed from that day, even though it had barely been a couple of months.
She looked at the yellowish grass, it was withering because of the colder weather, as most of the beautiful flowers and plant that usually colored and gave life to the small green oasis hidden in the walls of that palace.
Her thoughts though, didn't let her concentrate on the garden, she was still too shocked to think about anything else, but the last events.
She couldn't believe what Daniel had done. It was just too much too take in all at once, she still couldn't believe the lengths Daniel had gone through, to make sure she would be safe, she couldn't forgive him just because he thought it was the best thing to do though. She felt too bitter towards him to forgive him anything.
"I knew I would find you here"
Demetri's voice came from behind her, and it broke through her confused mind. She hadn't even realized he was there, and that showed how tuned out she was.
She smiled, and turned her head to look at him, he was right behind her, standing in front of the closed door. He looked like he had been standing there watching her for a while.
"Was it so hard?" She asked,avoiding his gaze.
"I barely need my sixth sense with you, you're too easy to find for me".
She sighed and didn't say anything. Demetri made a few steps towards her, a little doubt on his face.
"Are you avoiding me too now?" He pouted and she couldn't hold in a little laugh.
"No, I just felt like being alone for a little while"
Demetri sighed, sitting down beside her, taking her small hand in one of his large ones.
"I know how you're feeling"
She looked at him, finally making eye contact with him.
She battled her eyelashes, he was right. He was involved in all of this with her. She felt selfish, she had not even thought about him, just about herself and her feelings.
"I'm sorry, I forgot I'm not the only one touched by all of this" she said, tightening the grip on his hand and leaning her head on his shoulder, she felt better now that he was there with her.
"So, what are we supposed to do now? I think we should meet him" she said with a low voice, feeling a little uncertain. She wasn't sure if she was ready to meet their son, and she didn't know if Demetri was ready either. He glared at her, his perfect dark eyes bore into hers, as if he was trying to study her.
"Do you feel like it?"
She raised a brow at his direct question. Maybe he felt the same way she did, even if he was acting more controlled than she was.
"Do you?" She looked at him, and studied his pale face. His brows were knitted together as if he was deep in thought, and his jaw was tense, as if he was angry about something. That wasn't an easy situation for him either and she knew it.
"I don't think there will ever be the right moment, we should just take it as it come"
"Yes, I know, but, I'm scared. What if we are not what he expects? we can't be the parents he deserves? I know nothing about being a mother, and you... You are not really the best fatherly figure"
"Should I take that as an insult?"
"You know what I mean" she clarified and he snickered and stroked her hand with a light touch.
"We will be fine, we just need to be the best parents we can"
"How come you sound so sure of yourself while I'm a bundle of nerves?"
"Maybe because I'm wiser, and reasonable and a little older than you"
"Demetri... We're about the same age"
"Ok then, just go with more reasonable and a little wiser"
"Yeah right"
"I'm freaked out just like you are. But, panicking won't help anybody. We have to take the first step towards the kid"
"You're right"
"I know, I'm always right"
She rolled her eyes at him, and he gave her an amused smile.
"Yeah, convince yourself about it"
He laughed softly, but then his expression turned serious when something else came to his mind.
"And what about Daniel? What are you going to do with him?"
"I don't want to talk about him"
She answered with a little edge to her voice.
"I know you're mad at him, but you should try and understand him too"
She looked at the tracker with a little surprise.
"I thought you were mad at him too"
"I am, but, I understand his reasons, at least a little bit"
"You do?"
He grinned at her surprised expression, he knew he was gettin on her nerves know.
"I love you, if doing what he did was the only way to protect you, I might have done the same"
"He took our son away"
"And he's alive because he did so. You can't deny that his intentions weren't bad. The only thing I blame him for is for not coming to us after everything was done. He knew I was alive, and he knew where you were, he could've got us back together a lot of years ago, maybe we could have formed a family while Damien was still young, but anyway, I'm willing to forgive him, when my nerves calm down"
She looked at him, he was acting a lot more maturely than she was, not only with Damien, but with Daniel too. He had always been more thoughtful and patient than her, so she wasn't surprised by the difference between their personalities. They compensated each other perfectly.
"So, you think I should talk to him?"
"When you're ready"
She sighed as she felt one of his arms encircle her body and pull her towards him, trying to comfort her.
"I think we should go now, there's someone who I think it's eager to see us, and It's getting chilly too"
She nodded, and kissed him on the cheek before they both got up, and, hand in hand walked towards the door.

Felix walked out of the throne room, his expression made him look exhausted, even though he couldn't possibly feel physically tired.
His eyes fell immediately on the two figures left in front of the two wooden doors, an his lips turned into an indignant smirk.
Rose and Daniel were arguing about something, and he could tell Rose was not happy about something.
He decided he wanted to say something too, feeling irritated that she hadn't told him anything about Damien, but the real problem for him was, that he was incredibly jealous.
"So, I hope you two are happy"
He spat with a venomous tone, and he immediately noticed Rose eyes look at him with a hint of delusion.
"Felix...I... This is not how it was supposed to go... I had told Daniel to tell them as soon as he arrived here"
"When he didn't why didn't you go up and tell them? Or did you want to make them suffer? All of this could have been avoided by you"
She gave him an incredulous expression.
"Why are you so harsh with me? You knew almost everything, I had told you most of the story"
Felix almost didn't know what to answer. He knew she had, and he also knew that it wasn't his place to get mad. Demetri had surely gave them a piece of his mind already, said he couldn't really say anything more. But he was feeling furious for other reasons, it was blinding his judgement.
"Forget it Rose, I'll leave you two alone"
"Wait Felix, you can't leave now! Not like this! Not thinking that there's something between me and Daniel"
Daniel sighed and gave Rose an understatement look. He had known he stood no more chance against Felix. He had understood the girl's feelings for the tall vampire immediately.
The vampire who was already turning to leave, stopped on his tracks.
"What do you mean, Rose?"
She bit her lip, trying to gather the courage, to tell him what she had wanted to for a long time now. It was no mystery she was shy.
She took a deep breath, and finally said.
"I mean that I love you!"