Darkling Chapter 20

Darkling POV

With my arms around her I couldn't believe my ears. "Did you just ask me what I think you just asked me my sun?" Smiling up at me "I did indeed. Will you be my king Aleksander?" Picking her up and swinging her around "yes I will! I was planning on asking you tonight my sun. I had it all planned out." I add laughing she looks stunned.

"My beautiful sun let us go back to the little palace and celebrate since your room here in this palace is currently being vacated by the former moya tsaritsa." Nodding her head she let me carry her out the grand palace to a carriage. The ride was short but felt like forever with Alina on my lap kissing me and my neck.

As we got closer to the Little Palace we could hear yelling and cheering. Causing Alina to sit up and look outside cringing back. After she looked outside she sat on the seat beside me. So I looked out to see nearly every grisha that lives in the Little Palace. I cringed as well.

Getting out of the carriage first I help her out. "Let me help you out Moya tsaritsa." She barely heard me over the cries of 'long live the Moya tsaritsa, finally a grisha sits on the throne, Sankita Alina forever.' However she gave me her hand to get out of the carriage.

When she stepped out the crowd roared loader and Ivan appeared out of nowhere to help me get her inside safely. Once inside my guard had to block the doors so we could rush her to my rooms. Walking inside I seen her shoulders slump. "Come here my sun. What is the matter?"

Sighing she turns and walks into my arms "i'm just tired and hungry we haven't eaten yet." Gasping I pull her back and look at her "you're right I am so sorry I will send for some right away. Why don't you go rest till then." "Okay go lay down and rest in our bed." She does as I bid and I go and open the door to find Ivan standing guard.

"How can I help our future tsar?" He ask mid bow. Taken back I take a step back. "How did you hear that Ivan? The Moya Tsaritsa ask while we were alone." Chuckling he looks at me with no fear as he has always done. "Sir if I may I knew you were going to ask her but when they crowned her. I knew she would want you by her side and would not wait for you to ask."

Shaking my head not believing that Ivan has gotten her pegged that well. "Well if you could please send word that she is hungry but please watch the food being tested. We can not afford for her to be poisoned." Nodding "As you wish I will send word she wants food. I will have the royal taster come to the war room and we can all watch her food being tested if you wish sir." "Yes that sounds like a plan." "As you wish sir."

Alina POV

Last thing I remember was laying on Aleksanders bed and the next thing I know I'm in a beautiful meadow. Fast walking towards the tree I see my mother and me. Coming to a complete stop and yelling "I'm pregnant and queen! Why didn't you warn me this could happen to me! What happened to you? Who are you? What is your name? Who is my father? What is this blood oath between our families and baghra's?"

Sighing she looked up "slow down my daughter. I will answer your questions. You have done well for yourself if you have become queen but yes you are pregnant that I knew. It is the only way I am could be able do these visits. My child you will be fine you have found your soulmate so your baby will be strong. I could not tell you it's power seeing as you control the sun and he controls the dark.

I will not tell you what has happened to me because you do not need to go looking for any more answers about me I am gone. As for your father's name that is a long answer. He has had many names. When I met him his name was Mikhail but that will not be what he goes by when you meet him. When you meet him, he will go by the name of Damien." That was the last thing I heard as I was awoken.

"Alina, my sun wake up you dosed off. The food is here and you need to eat." Opening my eye's I see Aleksander "send for your mother I've had another dream." I say as I am getting up only to be pulled back under him. "Not till you tell me what was said in this dream. Tell me while we eat then I will send for her please my love. I need to know to keep you safe."

Sighing I nod and he lets go letting me up. "Lets go eat and I will tell you the little she told me." We sit and start eating I could tell he was getting impatient. "My mother told me I was pregnant and that is how is able visit. She wouldn't tell me what happened to just that she was gone. She said my father's name when she met him was Mikhail but he now goes by Damien."

Standing Aleksander started pacing "did she say anything else that was incredibly helpful." Stopping to look at me I shook my head no. "No nothing that would help and you woke me up as soon as she said the name he would go by now. Which I am glad you did because I my stomach was killing me." Sighing and sitting back down he looked at me "what did she say that you don't think will help protect you."

Looking him in the eye's "you are my soulmate." He got up and come to kiss me. After our kiss "she also said she had no clue what power our child would have. She also told me to find your mother once again to find out about that damn blood oath. So will you please send for her or I am going to risk going to her."

Darkling POV

"You will not risk it I have already sent for her." As soon as I said it we both hear the wall panel in the war room open. Uh I thought I had locked that. "Stay here" I say looking at Alina. Walking into the war room I see my mother. Saying loudly so Alina can hear "Coast is Clear it is Baghra." Alina comes running in from the other room and my mother unsurprisingly does not bow.

The relief on Alina's face was clear as daybreak."Baghra you came. We have so many questions that only you can answer for us." Sighing my mother moved to sit down and motioned for us to do the same. We did. "What must you noisy children know today." Clearing my throat "well first we must tell you something and for once mother I am not sure how you will take this news."

"Just spit it out Aleksander. I don't have all evening." Sighing I take Alina's hand and look at her. "Well mother Alina and I are some how going to have a baby together." My mother stood up marching to me. She looked me in the eyes "that is not possible. Not unless no no it's not possible."

Without looking at Alina I moved closer to my mother "what isn't possible mother? We need you to tell us." Sighing she sat back down. "Very well but you might as well sit down." We did as she asked. Sitting next to each other across from her. "Alina if you are pregnant then I knew your mother. I made her a blood oath when she was hiding from your father and that from the looks of it you are on the way to honoring on your own but I also made a promise.

The blood oath was to marry my first born here Aleksander. Who was born at the time just working for the king at the time. To the child she was carrying. Which she was sure was a girl from the visions she was having. The reason we did this was she wanted her child to have someone to be able to protect the baby when she couldn't. Also she said she knew that you two would be soulmates and that one could not exist to long without the other just look at what aleksander had done."

Standing Alina turned crying "what was her name? Tell she won't tell me in the visions. So I need you to Baghra please." Mother looked at me and hearing the brokenness in Alina's voice I just nod my head knowing she needs this. "When I first met her she went by Anastasia but when she had you she gave you the name she went by Alina." I had to run and catch her before she collapsed crying on the ground.

"I am sorry to ask this but did she say vision's?" Nodding my heading while picking up Alina I start walking back to the couch. "Yes mother she has started dreaming of her mother. Mostly they are warning her against her father, to find you to get you to tell us about the blood oath, and to keep each other near."

Mother started shaking her head "that sounds like Anastasia. Trying to only prepare for the worst of it by keeping your soulmate close. unfortunately before she found her soulmate she found your father and he fell in love with her. It didn't matter how many times she tired to leave he would threatened to kill her. Then when she got pregnant with you he kept beating her nearing killing you. So she ran to me and I hid her for the time being and that is when the oath and promise came in to being.

I am the one who delivered you into this world Alina. When your mother could travel again she ran and hid you. I never knew what happened to you. I had thought you lost to us when you did not turn up eight years later. I am still not sure how to this day she snuck in and out the palace grounds to get to me to for me to deliver you."

this time we both stopped and looking at my mother. "You want to say again mother." "You heard me" she snapped. "Anastasia left in the middle of the night as she showed up. No word of where she put you or no word of what happened to her. As I had said when you did not turn up eight years later I assumed that I lost both of you when she left and you were gone."

Looking at Alina "I still want to marry you if you will have me. Seeing as you asked me I will not take back my yes. We will figure this baby out and if your father comes he will get thru two armies." She looked up into my eyes running into my arms "of course I still want you. I trust you Aleksander."

My mother left with no other word leaving me to console Alina now that we knew everything. Finally Alina after a short while she drifted of to sleep in my arms so i carried her over to my bed and laid her down. Thinking back to what my mother said. She promised me to someone without telling me. Luckily I was falling in love with the girl/woman you promised me too.

Alina POV

I remember falling asleep on Aleksander's listening to the beating of his heart. I open my eyes to the meadow. Running to my mother I ask her "why didn't you tell Baghra where you hid me? You came to her to have me why not just leave me with her? Why not tell me you named me after the name you were using at the time?"

Sighing she stood for the first time putting her hand on my shoulder. "My daughter you would not have been safe there long term. Plus your relationship with your soulmate would not be as it is now my little love. I did not tell you for I feared you would come looking for me and I am gone. You do not need to look for me. Your father will be trying to take you from where you are now to corrupt you. He will try and take you to mold you to use you to hurt people."