Aislinn woke with a slight throb in her head. Her stomach was rumbling; she was very hungry. She looked up to Keenan who had stayed with her while she slept.
"Keenan, hurry, get me something to eat." She couldn't help but growl at him. He smiled loving the way Aislinn looked while she yelled; it was a total turn on for him.
Aislinn got of the couch. There was a pounding in her head. She put her hands to her head. "I think I over slept."
He rubbed her back and laid his head on her shoulder. "Aislinn, my beautiful." He said. "The Summer Girls have your breakfast ready."
Food made her stomach rumble again. The mention of Summer made all the girls sweep in the room.
"Aislinn!"
"I heard!"
"Omg! I am so excited!"
"Never before have they brought a little one here!"
"Ahh!"
"Are you hungry?" Seemed to be the only reasonable verbal action to Aislinn right now. To her surprise it was Siobhan. The Summer girl smiled nicely and brought the gold tray of food closer to her. Aislinn started eating everything, faster than faerie speed.
"Is there anything else you need, Aislinn?" Keenan asked, setting his goblet on his knee. There they go again with that damn goblet!
Aislinn didn't look up as she ate. "For these girls to go." She said, waving a hand to make them depart. These hormones gave her a jealous feeling that she had never felt for anyone before.
The Summer Girls left. They all had dejected expressions on their faces. They couldn't say anything to her, after all, she was the Summer Queen. Keenan stared her way and smirked. "Great riddance. I could have never gotten rid of them so fast."
She stared at him feeling mad for whatever reason. "Don't talk to me, don't even look at me." Then out of nowhere, she started crying. Big fat tears. Keenan came to her immediately. "Aislinn, my love? What is the matter?"
Nothing was wrong with her. It was just the pregnancy hormones. "Are you still going to want me when I get fat and emotional?"
He kissed her tenderly. "Aislinn, how will I stop loving you? You are carrying my son/daughter. I thinks that's enough for a man to love a woman."
She sniffled. "Your words are kind but they don't ease my stress."
Keenan set her on his lap as she grubbed on her Faerie fruit. "What is it that is stressing you?"
She put a hand on her belly. "This."
Keenan kissed her stomach, very gently. "This will be over soon. And soon we will have our little crazy baby running around the Court. Hell, we'll have lots more if you allow me to get them in you."
That eased some of her tension. She wondered if there was some Faerie birth control.
Leslie's POV
What the hell had she gotten herself into?
The dark court might have scared her back then, back when she didn't know about the existence of faeries, but now, it felt normal to be at the dark court. Donia pulled her along, gripping her forearms. She wasn't scared of Donia; she was scared of seeing Niall and Irial again. All the dark fey stared at her, looking at her as if she were lunch rather than a visitor, or a prisoner it felt like.
"Leslie." That voice was very familiar to Leslie; she had heard it everyday, each time she woke up. It was that same voice that was advising her when she was mortal.
She turned around and there he was. . . .
Keenan's POV-Five months later
"Sir, Keenan. We have not one clue about her." Keenan's guards said.
He thudded his fist into the desk. "Damn! We have to find Donia so that bastard can leave me Aislinn once and for all!" Keenan slammed his hand against the desk. He was seconds away from murdering someone. Seth had been playing huggy bear with Aislinn for the last months that Donia had been missing.
The guards looked terrified. "Sir, Keenan. We shall do his best."
"Find her. Or if not—
He didn't have time to finish his sentence, Aislinn spoke from the door way. "Keenan, my king, are you well?"
He switched his murderous expression to a sweet smile. He held out his arms for Aislinn. She came to him eagerly. Aislinn was now five months pregnant. Time passed really slow for faeries, though. "Yes, all is well. Weren't you supposed to be in bed?"
She nodded. "Yes, but your racketing woke me up. And I didn't feel you near me; I couldn't sleep peacefully."
"I'll be there soon." He grabbed her and put his hand to her belly. His anger dimmed a little but his murderous expression was still there. He turned towards his best guard. "Reid, remember what we talked about."
"Yes, we will. Good night, Lady Aislinn." The guards departed.
He rubbed her back as they made their way to their bedroom. "How are you feeling, Aislinn, my love?"
"Better now that you are by my side. Come, lay with me." Aislinn had spent enough time with him that she now spoke in his vernacular. He smiled as she undressed and slipped into the bed where he was already laying in.
He wrapped a hand around her and brought her close. He put another hand on her stomach. His head went down to her swollen belly. Like always, the baby started going wild. Just a touch of a hand from Aislinn or Keenan, the baby went wild. Aislinn had mentioned to Keenan countless times how he would be the perfect father but Keenan doubted it. But now moving on to better matters. . . .
Donia's POV
Damn! Her plan was supposed to work! But no Leslie had hooked up with Niall. Damn that Leslies! Her plan would have been brilliant, if not for Leslie ruining it.
Now she was all lovely and dovey with Niall, she needed to do something to Niall. Something that would get her back to Seth. . . .
