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Author's Note: Hello lovelies, I am really sorry that it has been so long since the last chapter that I have updated. I have been really busy for the last few weeks with trying to finish up my last semester of my undergrad in anthropology. It's been a hectic last few weeks and I might have a few more weeks few more weeks in the next few months. No matter what I will keep updating this story as long as it remains unfinished that I will promise you despite how many weeks go by. But please be patient with me.

But I am really glad everyone has been enjoying this story so far. And once again I am really sorry for jumping around with the story for the last two chapters but now we will continue in present time in this chapter. I am sorry about the story being a bit late I am in my last semester of my undergrad degree in college so I have been really busy.

Also thanks for all of your great comments and suggestions so far. But despite there being a couple of hundred people reading this story a month and with every new chapter that I posted here, there aren't a lot of people writing reviewing for this story aside from a couple of reviewers that have been writing reviews for most to all of the chapters. Please write more reviews for those of you that haven't been write any I would really love to read your thoughts on this story.

Also it was the birthday of a very special reader, and not to mention one of the fantastic followers that follow my stories who calls him or herself (not sure what pronoun to use) "Jamscottroc54" a few days ago. So happy belated birthday 'Jamscottroc54' I am dedicating this chapter to you as a very late birthday present to you from me. Enjoy and onwards to the next chapter dearies.

Chapter 7:

Masquerade Ball

Paige's P.O.V.:

Paige was just waking up from a deep sleep she was just opening her eyes, at first she didn't notice anything wrong until she saw that her beautiful bronze skin goddess wasn't in her bed with her. Paige looked franticly around the room for her princess, as she was trying to work out what the hell had happened. She tried to slow down her mind so that she could run through the last night's events; the last thing that Paige could remember was Emily had though the trouble of setting up this super romantic setting and had finally told her how she felt about her, Emily had made Paige feel so safe in assuring her that if Paige wasn't ready to make love to her that they could wait as long as she needed, and the last thing that she could remember was Emily had stripped Paige of all her clothes and she had just pulled the cord of her robe and was about just to drop the robe and nothing.

That was the last thing that Paige could remember before she could see anything of Emily's nude body Paige had completely blacked out and after that nothing. All Paige could think about was what had happened after she had blacked out and what had happened to Emily. What if something happened to Emily? What if she had done something to hurt her?

Suddenly Paige had smelted a familiar sent of peaches and honey coming from under the door. Recognizing the sent as Emily's Paige had stopped what she was doing as she heard the mechanics of the door handle moving as Emily opened the door and came inside and shut the door behind her. Paige had rubbed her head as she felt a massive headache coming on and had asked in strained voice "We must have had one hell of a night last night because I feel like I got hit by a runaway train. What exactly happened last night Em? Cause after some point I can't remember anything."

"Wait! You don't remember anything up to a point?" Emily asked worried sitting on the bed resting her upper body up against the head board.

"No not really don't can you please fill me in, Em?" Paige answered as she crawled up to where Emily was sitting on the bed. When she reached where her love was sitting Paige arranged herself in to a position where her head was resting on Emily's chest and Paige placed her arm so it was lying across the princess's belly. Emily gave her a sad smile as wrapped her arms around the red head.

"Sure, but first can you tell me what do you remember about last night?" Emily asked.

"Well I remember coming to room when you had sent for me, the room, glowing candles, rose peddles everywhere;" Paige started to run thought her memories of last night to Emily. "I also definitely remember you telling me how you felted about me, the last thing I remember was you were about to take your robe off and then nothing, everything goes all black after that. That's all I can remember."

"Are you that is all remember, Paige?" Emily asked with a lot concern on her face. "Are you sure you really want to know what happened afterwards?"

"Yeah can you please just tell me what happen what happen after that, Em?" Paige pleaded.

"Well Paige, your wolf half took over your body, I tried to stop it by using my hypnosis but it didn't work…." Emily said with concern in her voice as she watched as Paige's eyes widen with fear. "Caleb and the girls ran in and stopped you from attacking me and they had to knock you out before you wound up hurt yourself."

"I attacked you?" Paige said starting to sound frighten.

"Yes you did but it wasn't your fault I know it's not and I wasn't hurt too badly."

"You were hurt?" Paige said sitting up to look Emily in the face

"I kind of was your wolf side when out of control and throw me in to the wooden writing desk." Emily said. "But you weren't in control of your body at the time, Paige, you weren't the one who did it."

Suddenly Paige jumped up from the bed and started to run out of the room with Emily not far behind her.

Emily's P.O.V.:

"Where are you going?" Emily shouted trying her best to keep up with the wolf girl but she started to fall behind.

"Someplace where I won't be able to hurt you anymore; I am a monster!" Paige shouted over her shoulder to the princess and with that Paige ran so fast in her human form that she was a blur even to Emily. Emily stopped running knowing that ever with her own super speed that she would never be able to caught up to Paige. Instead she started to run down another corridor running towards the group of people that she knew would be able to help her with Paige.

Emily stopped running when she reach the door to the room where she know where she would find Hanna. She burst in to the room where out even knocking and jumped on to the bed where the group's favorite blond was sleeping.

"HANNA! HANNA WAKE UP! I NEED YOUR HELP!" Emily shouted into the sleeping girl's ear as she started to shake the crap out of Hanna.

"EMILY! WHAT THE HELL!" Hanna yelled. "What going? And why are you trying to shaken baby syndrome me to death?"

"Hanna I know it's early but I wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't really important! It's about Paige she ran away!"

Hanna sat straight up and clearly waked awake now! "Ok I am awake tell me everything!"

…An Hour and a Half Later…

Hanna's P.O.V.:

Emily had spent the last hour and a half explaining to Hanna what had happen earlier when she was explained to Paige what had happen the night before when she blacked out. Hanna at there as she listen intently to Emily and when Emily broke down in tears half way through the story Hanna tried to sooth the other girl. Hanna couldn't help but feel sad for both her best friend and for Paige knowing how deeply both really loved each other but everything seems to be trying to pull the two of them apart. All she really knew was that she had to do something to help them and suddenly Hanna had a brilliant beyond brilliant of ideas.

Hanna waited till after the brunette had finished, so she could pull Emily back a little from the embrace that she was holding Emily in while she was crying, and started to tell her the brilliant plan that she had just came up. Hanna remembered that it was Emily's birthday coming up really soon and that Emily's parents hadn't come up with an idea that would be suitable to celebrate it yet. But Hanna just thought of an idea that would both remedy that and be able to get Emily and Paige a chance to talk… a Masquerade Ball! That way Paige would have to attend and Emily and Paige would have a chance to talk without anyone knowing who they were.

When Hanna finished telling her the plan, Emily couldn't help but to smile, the idea was perfect so she agreed to it. When that was settled Hanna told her not to worry and that she would take care of everything.

Paige's P.O.V.:

It was the night of Emily's birthday finally arrived… the Masquerade Ball. Emily had told her what had happen, but Paige know very well that she would have no choose but to go seeing that she was Emily's personal guard. As she was getting dressed in the costume that Hanna had made her, Paige couldn't help but think about the last few days, things had been so uncomfortable and awkward between the both of them that they haven't really been able to talk about anything, much less what had happen. But what did she really expect since she ran form the princess after she told her what had happened between them after she had blacked out during their almost first time. But then again it really didn't help much that Paige has been performing her duties as Emily's guard from a distance within the shadows. What else was Paige supposed to do though; they really weren't really supposed to be together anyway, there was a law against it for crying out loud.

Plus what about that legend thingy that the other wolf Toby was telling her about, the one where the 'last alpha of the red wolves blood line' and the 'vampire of the highest and purest of blood lines' would somehow bring the end to how the kingdom is ruled by falling in love with each other. And how that this legendary 'Alpha Red Wolf' will either bring either great good or great destruction by falling in love with 'vampire of the highest and purest of blood lines'.

Plus what if this legend was real true and nothing but destruction came from both of Emily and her love. She know that couldn't risk it, even if it went the other way and their love did end up bring great good not if there was even the smallest chance that many of the people that she cared about could end up getting hurt or worse dead. She couldn't help but see the faces of Hanna, Caleb, Aria, Spencer, and Emily flash through her mind. They were the only thing that she had that was even remotely close to being with her family that bitch Allison had stolen from her. They were the only ones on this planet that made her feel what she felt when her family was alive. They made her feel so safe and so happy that she know that no matter what Paige know that no matter what happened that she had to protect them; even if it meant that her and Emily and Emily could never be together.

There was also a very small part of Paige that couldn't help but feel like she had heard something like this before in the form of a story back when her family was alive and she was a young pup. There was so many stories and legends that were told to both her and all of the other pups that where her older brothers and sisters that Paige remembered were told to them by their parents, grandparents, and sometimes some of the elder wolves who were the council members that advised the pack's alpha male and alpha female (who were at the time her parents) as they were being tucked in to bed. But that felt and so long ago that Paige couldn't remember any of those stories anyway, so all she could do was just to leave that part of her past alone and try to push it to the back of her mind. Since she knew very well that picking at it wouldn't back bring her family and pack back to her anyway.

Paige had finally finished getting dressed in the suit that Hanna had made for her so that she could wear it as her costume for the Masquerade Ball. Paige stepped in front of the plain and not to mention ancient mirror that resided in her bedroom so she could smooth out any wrinkles that were there and make sure that everything was in the right place. Paige couldn't help but to really admire how that crazy but loveable blond made it, Hanna really out did herself this time. The suit itself was the kind you would see on a prince, not the kind where there it made the person look like a poodle with the puffy pants and puffy shoulder thingy that you normally see when you open up a fairy tale book and see a picture of the prince of the story. But this suit was more of the kind of prince type suit that was a mix of what you would see on a revolutionary warrior and what Paolo Montalban wore when he had played the character of Prince Christopher in the 1997 film Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. The main color of the suit was bronze and had these copper accents on it was really looked amazing especially when she attached the short length cape, which was copper on the outside with bronze on the inside, to the suit.

As Paige was wrapping one part of the cape over the top of her shoulder and brought the strings of the cape to she could tie them together, Paige jumped suddenly at the sound of a knock on her door which startled her to break Paige out of her deep train of thought as she finished fumbling with the strings. Caleb's voice traveling though the door saying "Hey Paige! Its Caleb, are you almost done in there? It's time to go downstairs to the ballroom for the ball."

"Yeah, I am almost done what about Emily? Is she almost ready?"

"Emily was already gone ahead of us downstairs. And before you freak out on me and ruin that really great suit that we both know that Hanna broke her neck trying to make perfect. The princess is with the rest of the girls, who are also on guard duty like us, so she will be safe until both you and I get down there so don't worry about her. I stayed behind to wait for you because I figured we could go down together there together and that while walking down there that I could help you practice a little with using your wolf sight, smell, and hearing on the way."

"Ok then I will be out there in a second just got to grab my mask" Paige said as she went over to her desk so she could grabbed the bronze and copper colored mask that Hanna had also made her that went perfectly when worn together with the suit. After griping the mask firmly in her hands, Paige ran towards the bedroom door and opened it to see Caleb standing there in a similar type of suit that she was wearing except in black and red.

"You ready there?"Caleb asked.

All she could answer was "As ready as I will ever be."

…About 20 Minutes Later…

Paige and Caleb had finally reached the ball room they had split up in opposite direction to walk alongside so that they could patrol the ballroom. Caleb saw that Paige was obviously look around for a particular princess, that they all knew and loved. Caleb silently chuckled to himself because he knew Paige would never say how much she truly loved Emily or directly ask for his or the other girls help.

Caleb couldn't help but send out a telepathic message to Paige: 'You looking for anyone in particular, Paige?'

'What exactly are you talking about Caleb?' Paige answered the other werewolf in the same telepathic manner. Even though she loved Caleb like a brother, but she wished that he would stay out of her head when they were in their human forms. Like she understood the talk telepathic when they were on all fours but sometimes he really needed to stay in his own head.

'You know what I am talking about. Let's say a particular dark skin beauty that is both a drop dead gorgeous and a vampire princess name Emily. That me and girls all know that you're absolutely crazy for each other.'

'I still have no idea what you are talking about' Paige trying keep her cool as much as possible.

'If you say so.' Caleb said 'By the way, that particular dark skin beauty that is both a drop dead gorgeous and a vampire princess that you're totally not in love with is standing right behind you.'

'Yeah like I would ever fall for that trick.' Paige huffed and snickered thinking that Caleb was just puling her leg.

As Paige was walking past a group of vampire nobles, and suddenly a leg was moved out ever so slightly so that Paige wouldn't see as she it as she walked past; the foot trip her and send Paige sliding in to a marble statue. The marble statue crumbled in to dust and pieces as they fell on her. The commotion of the statue caused everyone at the party turned to see what had happened just the person who tripped her had walked up to where Paige was laying. As Paige looked up from where she was to see that it was Samara who had tripped her, Paige knew it was her from her smell, despite her face being masked. Samara was one of many nobles who have complained about how they don't think Paige was good enough to be Emily's personal guard. Paige push her upper body up a little with her hands; she couldn't help but feel the hot tears welling up in her own eyes as she saw everyone in the ball room starting down at her and beginning to laugh. Well everyone except for Emily, Caleb, and the girls. Samara walked over to her smiling down at her with the fakest, sweet smile in the world as she swirled the wine glass filled with blood. She stopped in front of her and said "Awww! Oh no the little mutt fell down. You should be more careful next time you almost scuffed my shoes."

Paige's eyes started to glow gold as she started to growl and bearing her some of her fangs at Samara. Suddenly Emily ran over to Paige dropping to her knees and wrapping her strong arms around her body. As Emily griped gotten a tight hold around her body, Paige heard her whisper "Paige its ok, I know that was Samara's fault. Just take a deep breath and let's move somewhere private so we can talk."

All Paige could do was nod, not taking her eyes off of Samara as Emily helped her up and pulled her over to an isolated corner out of view of most of the party. When they got there they settled themselves on the couch that where there. Paige finally gotten herself to calm down to where she could finally looked over to Emily and for the first time to night the dress was wearing that night. It looked like a deep blue version of the dress that belle wore in beauty and the beast that had a deep blue mask (It's the dress that Emily wore in the unmasked episode of second season). Paige so stunned by how beautiful Emily was in it that she couldn't even think much less speak.

"Paige we need to really need to talk about what happened the night we almost made love." Emily said breaking Paige out of her stupor. "Because I hate the way we have been so distant with each other and I really miss having you with me."

"I miss you too Em, but its better if I protect you from the shadows anyway." She responded.

"No its not better besides you can't tell me that you don't feel somewhat lonely or that your heart doesn't hurt as much as mine does from not being next to me." Emily countered back refusing to let Paige get out of this easily.

"But Emily, I am a monster and I almost killed you. It's not safe for me to be near you," Paige started. "Because what if next time I end up hurting you worse or what if Caleb and the girls aren't able to stop me in time and I kill you…"

Suddenly Emily raised two fingers and placed them on Paige's lips to silence her in mid-sentence. "Paige, I love you and trust me you are not a monster, nowhere near being one it in fact. You're the most beautiful people that I have ever seen or met and I also refuse to go one more moment without you. I also refuse to be with anyone else but you for the rest of eternity. Is that understood?"

"Yes but what about the law! It wouldn't let us be together?" Paige asked in a quiet voice.

"I have Spencer working to find a loop hole around that, don't worry. No matter what I am going to make sure that me and you will be together for the rest forever." Emily said in an equally quiet voice. "Now that is settled will you do me the honor of dancing with me for the rest of the ball, love?"

"Y-y-yes of course!" Paige said jumping up in small bow forward with one arm behind her back as she extended the her other hand forward.

Emily smiled little as she took the hand offered to her so that Paige could lead her princess on to the dance floor. As they walked towards it Paige felt Emily shift a little and placed a small but loving kiss on her cheek making her blush deeply. When they reached the dance floor Emily placed one of her hands on her shoulder causing Paige turned towards her. Emily took one of her hands to hold, seeing this Paige followed her lead as she placed her other hand on Emily's hips as they started to dance slowly together. She watched as Emily smiled at how she was acting so nervously with her, it was like they were in some kind of kindergarten level romance magna.

They danced together for hours on end, looking in to each other's eyes, and they felt like they were the only people in the room. Suddenly the clock stroked midnight and Emily placed her hand on her cheek as she leaned forward and placed a full on kiss on Paige's lips. Paige moved her hand to Emily's and pulled her deeper in to the kiss lower back, as Paige enjoyed the electric shocks running though her body that were just being caused by having Emily touching the bare skin of her face.

Pulling back from the kiss to rest their foreheads against each other as the two girls tried to catch their breath. Paige looked in to Emily's eyes as the princess whispered to her "Always remember you're my one true love, Paige. And no matter what anyone tells you, always remember that you're my true prince charming and I love you!"

Paige felt hot tears beginning to well up in her eyes as she looked in to this beautiful goddess-like woman's brown eyes and smiled. "I love you too Emily! And I love you so much more than you will ever know. You're my whole world and I will never leave your side ever again, so matter what. Even if I get separated from you I will always find you even if it takes a century, a hundred lifetimes, or even forever; but in the end I will find you I promise."

Both smiled at each other's decoration of each other's love knowing that they spoke the true as they reviled in their moment together. But suddenly the moment was ruined when they heard the announcer call for attention so he could formally introduce someone's entrance to the ball room.

'That's funny I thought that everyone that was invited and was on the guest list had already arrived?' Paige said through the mind connection with Caleb knowing he was somewhere nearby with Hanna and the other girls.

'So did I! it might be someone who wasn't invited so as stay close to Emily as you can.' Caleb answered. 'The girls and I will stay close to you two in the shadows in case something happens. We will keep in mental contact. Ok?'

'Rodger! Over and out!' Paige answered as put a protective arm around Emily's waist. Knowing what that meant something was wrong and to stay as close as possible to Paige, Emily wrapped both arms around her true love's body.

The announcer cleared his voice and said in a load clear voice that everyone could hear. "Let me introduce Lady Allison!"

A/N: Hey dearies! I hope you enjoyed yourselves with this chapter. Thanks for all of your great comment and suggestions so far so please keep writing I love hearing from you guys and gals. And I am going to update the story with next chapter as soon as I can. Happy belated birthday 'Jamscottroc54'! Once again I dedicated this chapter to you for your birthday. So I hope you enjoy chapter 7 until the next posting my lovelies and don't forget to review and comment.