To Make Me Happy

Chapter 19: 5 Months

Miranda was now five months along. She was happy and she was loved. And that was all that mattered. She had even manage to truly befriend Arianna. She had tea with her at least twice a week and sometimes more. Miranda loved their chats. The Goblin Queen was a much happier person now. And she was highly fascinated by the whole process of pregnancy.

It amazed her how the baby grew inside of Miranda's body. And she was informed that one day the same thing would happen to her.

It was evening now, and Dentwood was due home any moment. She cherished her moment with her husband in the evening. Since she was pregnant, his hours had been cut back so he could be there whenever she needed him.

But the guards had been given extra watches lately. There was something lurking in the woods that they weren't quite sure of. It didn't appear to be menacing, but it didn't appear to be good either.

So finally, with a click, her husband entered the room. She turned around to grin at him and the warm smile she received in return made her heart melt.

This had become their routine. He came home from work, she sat with her back to the door, and as soon as he walked in, she had a grin for him and he had a warm smile for her. She loved this routine and wouldn't change it for anything. Dentwood walked towards his wife and held out his arms.

She immediately rose from her seat and walked into his warm embrace, glad to be safe in his arms again. It felt wonderful. They stood like that for several minutes, just enjoying each others company like every night.

Finally, Dentwood sighed and pulled Miranda towards the table near the window. "I have something to tell you." he said. She nodded her head and sat down with him.

"Soon, I don't know when, but soon, I'll be sent out for a couple of days to keep watch. All the guards are having to do this in shifts. Whatever it is out there, it's starting look bad. Were still not sure what it is though."

Miranda's face paled through this speech. "What?" she whispered. "But what am I going to do without you here?"

Dentwood took her small hands in his. Mother is going to look after you. You can even stay with her if you like. Father is going to be on shift with me. It's only for a couple of days. Four at the most." He hated to be away from her to long.

Miranda closed her eyes and slowly nodded her head. "I should be fine here. I don't want to impose on your mother like that."

Dentwood wanted to point out that his mother wouldn't feel she was imposing, but knew how Miranda felt on matters such as this. They went to sleep that night with Miranda worried out of her mind.

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2 months later

Miranda sat with her back to the door, softly stroking her swollen belly. It was the fourth day of her husbands long shift. It was over and she was itching to see him. This had been the hardest four days of her life, being without her husband.

She was excited, but something was wrong. She couldn't quite put her finger on it. There was something, some feeling, trying to stem her excitement. But she refused to let it. Any second now, Dentwood would be walking through the door. She would turn and smile at him and he would retaliate with his heart melting grin.

And all would be well again. So she sat patiently. More and more time passed and the unidentified feeling grew. Miranda began to fidget in her seat. It had been to long. She was starting to worry that something had happened.

Finally, another 10 minutes later, Miranda heard a sound, but not the one she expected. Instead of a click of an opening door, there was a knock.

As panic set in her heart, Miranda stood to her feet and made her way to the door. She prayed the whole time that it was only Dentwood trying to be funny. Taking a deep breath, she slowly pulled open the door. And there stood a distraught looking Seylin.

"Miranda, I'm so sorry." Miranda's eyes grew wide and the feeling came on full force, now welcoming her to identify it. Dread. "What happened? What's wrong?" Seylin stepped into the room. "Miranda let's sit down-"

"No!" Miranda cried. "What's wrong?" Seylin closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "I'm so sorry." he whispered again. His eyes slowly opened. "It was the end of the shift. We had packed up and were making our way back to the entrance. Something came at us. It was large and took us completely by surprise. It managed to knock down me and the other four of my men, then had Dentwood and was gone before any of us could even get up. We ran after it but it was to fast. There was no way of catching up."

As Miranda took in all the information, her head grew lighter and lighter until she could no longer feel the ground beneath her feet.

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Miranda woke a few minutes later to the sound of whispers. Slowly she sat up and looked around. No one noticed her yet so she was free to observe. She spotted her mother-in-law Emily and Arianna Sitting near a window, neither talking. Emily with tears streaming down her face and Arianna looking sad. Kate was behind Emily, rubbing gentle circles on her back.

Seylin and Catspaw were in the corner, arguing in hushed tones.

"We incited a chase but two of the men couldn't follow." Seylin whispered angrily. "Ferlow had a broken leg and Paymere was knocked out cold."

Catspaw still had an angry look on his face at the explanation.

"You claim they are the best of guards yet you let this thing take all of you down and run off with one of your men!"

"May I remind you," Seylin replied, voice rising, "that the man you speak of is my son and never doubt for a second that I didn't do everything in my power to go after him!"

Seylin snapped his head around and spotted the terrified look on Miranda's face before snapping angrily back around at Catspaw.

"Now we've woken her."

Everyone turned to stare at Miranda and the sorrow in their eyes was almost to much. So she looked down and prayed that this was all just a bad dream. Soon she felt the bed dip beside her and a finger under her chin, gently coaxing her head up.

She was met with the eyes of her dear father-in-law. "Miranda dear, I'm so sorry." She shook her head as a tear trickled down her cheek.

"It wasn't your fault. You did everything you could." Seylin sighed. "Yes, but it wasn't enough. We have 60 guards and our best trackers out looking for him right now. We will find him my dear. We will."

Miranda nodded her head. "I know." And now the sobs she had been holding in came pouring out. The last thing she remembered was Seylin wrapping his arms around her. And as she cried herself to sleep, she held on to him as tight as she could.

END CHAPTER

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