I would like to dedicate this chapter to dolphin cos she has always been there for me and is owner od Sedah! She created him, I abused him.

I would like to add that I had 11 reviews posted and 2 reviews by email which made me go on a high for about a week!

Than Stillman: Thanks dude! I am honoured! Suspense? Well you have more of that to come!

Zabella: I know. I am a genius! Well maybe not, but I was planning that from day one!

Kitty: Remember with soulmates the improbable is always the thing that happens.

Redaura: I am glad your bloody pleased! Right now here we go! Red's or Tyra's? Do you really think ya wanna know?

Anatia: well dude at least you did review! You have a life and I know it so you can stop being so bloody depressed!

Dolphin: Wanna believe what you want, but I KNOW THE TRUTH

Pandie: dude I prefer them on here, cause then I have them all together and when I get low I just look at them, but if ya wanna email it's fine by me! I am up to chappie 18! But that was a couple of weeks ago! Oppss. I love it and definitly wan t you to keep writing! RED AND ISABELLA FOREVER!

Practikal magik: Would I ever be mean to Red? He is my baby!

SkyDrache: Ok I'll post less then! No prob for me! Well wouldn't you like to know? Well you'll see soon!

Ririka: DUDE! Mentally insane people are my speciality! I am not a christian so Jesus makes not affect on me and If you really don't like me I will move to the North Pole and give up my life as a mental patient (yes that means no more Red).

NO cliff-hanger on this chappie!

Baby blues

Isabella awoke to the sounds of a baby crying. She opened out her eyes. The cradle was in the corner. Red was standing over it staring down at the baby within it. "Oh Red get over it. Your scaring it, oh I mean him. Your getting to me, you are."

Isabella pushed him out the way. "Morning Dante. How are you? Yes you are my favourite boy in the world. Red, he's just a baby. You are my soulmate. You have no need to kill little Dante." She pushed passed Red again picking the baby up and carried him in the bathroom. Red tried to follow them, but Isabella had locked the door.

"Isabella open this door."

"I can't." The muffled reply came through the door.

"Why not?" Red demanded.

"Because I am feeding him." A choking sound reached Isabella's ear through the door. "Are you alright dear?" She asked innocently. "I hope you know I am not going to leave this baby alone. You will not get your murdering hands on him."

Isabella unlocked the door to find Red handling a lock pick. He hastily put it away and eyed the baby carefully. "So whose is it?" He looked down at the little squealing baby.

"Who do you think?" Isabella asked laughing. She placed the baby on the bed while she took off the tee-shirt of Red's she was wearing, moving towards the closet to get some clothes out. She turned to see Red glaring down at the baby.

"I don't know." Red said indignantly. He picked the baby up. Isabella was instantly beside him. Red held him up to his face. "He's mine." Red said definitely dropping him into Isabella's arms. She scowled at him and comforted the baby. Red moved round the back of Isabella and held her possessively.

"You know I never would have guessed that. With the yellow eyes and black hair which shines blood red in the light. His strength. His name. Even the fact that he has fangs should have alerted you." Red did a double take.

"Weren't you just feeding him?" Isabella realised what she had just said and moved away from him. She placed Dante back on the bed. Red moved in front of her and she looked him in the eyes. He opened his mouth to say more, but she planted a kiss on his lips.

After a minute she moved away smiling at him. Dante giggled in the background and Isabella giggled. "We are impossible. I can't believe we managed to have a child without even, well you know." She giggled again. Red took in breath and turned around. The giggle faded in Isabella's throat. "What?"

"We can fix that little problem of yours if you want." Red turned back with a farce of the attitude he had before. Isabella walked up in front of him, so close she could feel every movement of his body. She raised an eyebrow. "Well it's not strictly true that we have never made love before."

"Excuse me?" Isabella asked her jaw dislocating. He smiled at her and flicked her hair off her face.

"Well. On one of your first nights in the mansion.." He trailed off.

"I thought I dreamed that!" Isabella suddenly flung her arms round his neck and jumped on him. "I think I am gonna take you up on that offer of yours. Let's see if we can make it more realistic this time." Red grinned and moved her over to the bed. Dante began to cry. Isabella closed her eyes.

"Oh well. Scrap that plan. I'll see you later Red." She dropped off Red and picked up Dante and walked out the door. She got no further than the corridor as she felt and was pulled at vampire speed back into the room.

Dante was removed out of her arms and Red took him down the corridor, shouting. A servant came up to him. Isabella rushed down the corridor. "Give me my baby back." She ordered the servant who now held the baby.

"Take him to one of the older maid servants." Red rounded off his orders. Isabella gave her orders again.

"And Red how can you even think of giving him to a maid? He need's his mother. Every child does."

"Never did you any harm." Red replied and picked her up and over his shoulder. Only then did Isabella remember she was only wearing her underwear. "And if you look at my soulmates chest like that again I'll kill you." Red slammed the door and carried Isabella back to the bed.

"Now where were we?" Red asked. He laid her down on the bed. Leaning over her his hand slipped under her back and unhooked her bra strap. "Ahh yes I remember."

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Isabella awoke a new evening. The scarlet sky showed the early evening wakening to the celebrations to come. A marriage was today. A marriage Rome would never forget. Isabella got up excited. Red had probably already left, the marriage was suppose to be a traditional Roman one so males and females were separated.

Isabella jumped out of her bed and down onto the marble floor. A young maid came in smiling at her. "You have an hour before the wedding. You must get ready, my lady." The human moved to the closet and pulled out a long and flowing silk toga. It was a plain and simple dark purple dress that glided about her feet.

The maid then brought out a much more complicated toga that had many frills and ruffs. It was a light lavender and hung over the dark purple creating a mix of the two colours. Isabella looked at herself in the mirror. Her body had grown and the effect of pregnancy had worn away very quickly. She was now tall, her mixed coloured blonde hair hung in waves over her shoulders and her blue eyes shone.

The maid brought out a belt that was like a rope, only in gold. The maid tied in round her waist and up above her stomach, showing her flat stomach and rounded chest off. The maid then beckoned Isabella to sit while she did her hair. Isabella stared at herself, remembering what she had looked like ten thousand years ago. Her hair had been without patches of almost white blonde hair and her eyes had been more sea green.

The maid disappeared for a moment and Isabella looked up at her reflection. Looking back at her was a girl. Once a witch, once a vampire and now a shifter. Was this her time for a happy ever after?

The maid came back with a silk piece of cloth that was the same colour as Isabella's under toga. The maid placed it on the Isabella's head and drew it over her face. In effect Isabella's face was covered, so no one could see her face, yet Isabella could see most things about her.

"My lady." A hard emotionless voice announced from the door. Isabella looked up to see Niocoli standing staring at her. She rose and he took her arm. "I am to escort you to the wedding party, at the great temple of Mars, Ares, the god of War."

Isabella giggled. A wedding at the god of wars temple? They headed down into the street. A great crowd had gathered, this was a wedding that would be told of for years to come. Isabella kept her head down as the crowd parted for them. She felt her veil being lifted from behind and a giggle told her it was a mischievous child.

Isabella coughed and alerted the problem to her guardian. Niocoli turned to face the children. They took one look at his face and screamed. Niocoli spat on the street then turned back to Isabella. "Keep walking." He ordered.

Isabella came in sight of the statue of Ares. A crowd of near a million stood cheering as the bride entered the courtyard. Torches burned from buildings on the edges of the courtyard. Red stepped out of the darkness by the statue of Ares. Maxius took Isabella off Niocoli, who retreated to the company of his soulmate.

Fire erupted from the top of each building. Maidens of twilight came and danced round the bride who kept her head down. "Modest, kind, beautiful. Everything a bride should be." Tyra's father commented from behind Niocoli. A mummer of agreement passed through the crowd. Marie felt the tears leave her eyes. She buried Her face in Sashqua's shoulder.

Sashqua in turn buried her face in Niocoli who placed his arm round her waist. Light water fell from the sky. It was rain, but it was so light, it felt more like tears, softly flowing. The fire burned strongly as the bride reached the groom.

"By the powers that be: I am here to bind these to forever, to each other, many no god or mortal tear there love."

"By the powers that be: I ask you Lady Isabella Abforth Drache Diamedes, do you consent to give your life, body and soul to Red Jake Meurtrier?"

"Forever will I be his, forever I will dedicate to him."

"By the powers that be: I request you, Red Jake Meurtrier, to take Isabella Abforth Drache Diamedes under your protection, under your guidance, under your life for eternity?"

"Forever I will protect her, forever I will love her."

"By the powers that be: I request you Lord Diamedes, do you except your daughter to be taken from your manus to Red Jake Meurtrier's?"

"I have lost her once, hard enough once. I do not want to again, but I know this is beyond my control. This meant to be. To Red Meurtrier I give you my greatest gift, Isabelle."

"By the powers that be: May your love last beyond the edge of time and into infinity. Ladies gentleman, I present to you Lord and Lady Meurtrier."

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Ahhhhh fianlly. That took a while didn't it? Well do you wanna know weather it's gonna get any better and is Tyra's father really happy about all this? All will be revealed, as long as I get lots of reviews.......