Augustine POV
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"She's gone through so much. My poor baby!" Erutruse cried out. We listened to everything that our daughter said out loud from being taken from her real family and being placed with us and always feeling different and an outcast. It broke our hearts hearing about her being raped and her having a child so early.
As much as it pained us; we are also very proud of how she was trying her best and handling everything, considering she was thrown into so much. We will always be her parents no matter what and be proud of her regardless.
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Midnights Real Fathers POV
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"I killed your daughter cause she was a lying bitch! I found out oh so many years ago; after you gave me permission for your daughter's hand in marriage, she didn't want me!"
That one sentence echoed in my head over and over. Ari killed my beloved. My little girl. All because she didn't love him. The one creature I trusted killed my daughter.
I broke many years ago when my wife was killed right in front of me. I felt my heart breaking and my wolf howling in agony. It was too much pain that he hasn't really spoken or done much of anything since. I tried my hardest to fight back but I was so weak and Chen took over. He could have just killed me but all he wants is to keep me alive and live for my suffering. He's always rambling on about how my daughter will pay and it's her fault his mate is gone. Had I known my wife's sister was going to lose her life giving birth to our daughter, I never would've agreed to her being a surrogate. So much has happened and at the time; I thought all of it was worth it just knowing Midnight was out there far away. Ari was supposed to stay with her but when he popped back up two years later I was livid and scared.
"Why are you back?! You were supposed to watch over her no matter what!!!" I remember that was the last thing I was able to say before Chen decided to be dramatic and "kill" me.
He missed my heart by inches but regardless the stab put me out for a while. Everyone felt the shift of power go to Chen and I've been locked away since. Even tho everyone knows I'm still alive; they also know better than to argue with the one who took over within a blink of an eye.
Once Ari had the courage; he started coming to where I was locked up. We would talk for hours about what his life had become and how he wished he'd had listened to me and stayed with Midnight. He was angry with himself for trusting Fangs twin brother Shadow and becoming Chens servant. However, it brought him closer to seeing me. He thought he was being sneaky and not letting himself get followed till he had gotten caught by Chen himself. He was handed a wolfsbane-covered whip and forced to strike me over and over. As painful as it was; Ari himself broke after that. It would break anyone.
And it was during my torture that Fang showed up long enough to say he was leaving Slymethius and broke ties.
Ari broke even more once he was taunted about Midnight not loving him and that she would only belong to Fang. Ari knew but he always kept going because of that promise I made to him. He started striking me harder after that and always taking his anger out on me. It didn't matter what it correlated to, I was now his personal punching bag and he made sure I'd have plenty of scars.
It was never my intention to give him false hope. Ari seemed perfect for Midnight; I betrothed them 2 years before she was born and before Fang came into the picture. However, Ari didn't know till I had him brought to the kingdom and I told him that I wanted him to marry my daughter when she came of age. Once he found out Fang was her mate, he tried to back off and I had to tell him that he still had my blessing to marry her. I never liked Fang and it wouldn't kill him if he only protected her for the rest of her life. Altho, once Midnight was born, all hell broke loose and we all divided even more. I never expected that the assassin Fang would be the one to try to kill her and then out of nowhere protect her. He's a prince of vampires and ruthless. So him going soft for her was a sight to see to many. But regardless of that; Midnight ran off with Ari all the time to get away while she was here. At times; I did think she genuinely loved Ari so it came as a shock to me when I learned that she and Fang started sharing a fiery passion. However; she remained a virgin throughout everything. I even saw her and Ari do stuff but it never lasted long. Most likely it was him slipping her something to dull her senses but she's a powerful princess so I'm guessing she went along with it. Regardless, he always put his job of keeping her safe first. As I've said before, I wanted him to protect her and keep her safe even if it's from her soul mate.
I had many paintings done of the two just because they were such a Yin Yang together. He a demon and her; not an Angel but a faerie-werewolf hybrid. If no one knew of it she'd always get mistaken for an angel. But she will always be my little angel.
One day; I'll get out of here and when I do...
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Ari POV
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I know you as the audience is reading this but come on?! Who wants to read about Luna and her dad's sob story? I had this happen to me! I lied about a promise! Boo who! I'm better than they are lol. Besides, some great news is that Fang lost his shit and I'm soaking it up. Oh and besides Luna faking her death I know where she is all the time now cause Nathaniel won't let anyone near her if he deems them a threat. Fang is a threat to her which I find Hilarious! And me? Well, I'm her "protector" by default; so free access to see her? I gotta chuckle at that.
Anywho!
My lovely Luna broke her mate bonds and is officially her own person. She isn't attached to Fang, Shadow, or Nathaniel anymore but can choose who she wants freely. And right now she's chosen Nathaniel to protect her on her so-called spiritual journey which to me is boooring! All she's doing is sitting around and getting occasional answers. Where's the tension? Where's the freaking plot at anymore? It's like we're just having random shit about us written down cause the author of this story is having mild writer's block and dragging shit out... Lol breaking the third wall is fun sometimes. Lemme stop!
Oh, you know that lovely couple who was raising Luna as a human? Well, their story is actually very interesting and weaves into that story Fang always tells Luna about the half-human half-vampires. Honestly, had I known that they were night creatures I'd have done my searching elsewhere. How do I know this stuff you ask? Lol, you forget as a demon I have access to most knowledge. But I play my part like everyone else here and act ignorant. I will be getting my own full story after Lunas ends. I can't wait! It's gonna be called: None of your business! Ha! I fooled you again as I did in the prologue. You all have been such an amazing audience to this shit show of a confusing story. But come on we all know I'm the better character. I started this story and I'll be damned if I'm not the one to end it. Am I right everyone?!
Oh, which reminds me! Did you know that throughout the entire story we never have Lunas accurate age except for the prologue? So for starters, she was two in human years but 20 in her realm. We turned her into a baby again like a couple of months old but regardless she was still 2. Fast forward to when she was 15; she was actually 17 going on 18. And when we mentioned she was 17 years old with a baby on her hip well let's just end the confusion cause Luna is a ripe 23-24-year-old woman in a child's body still. What a shame. Maybe I should reverse the curse and let her age catch up to her? That's not gonna be an issue either since she's already "dead" so once she wakes up the first thing she'll probably notice is them bonkers.
If given the chance; oooh I need to stop with that dark yet desiring thought. Hey! She's a beautiful woman and I have every right to look and think so back off! I may be an asshole to her all the time but acting all lovey-dovey seriously looks disgusting. Also, stay tuned for my next chaotic act cause I love traumatizing Luna. I mean, all I did was drop her from the freaking sky and kill her. No biggie.
She came back. How else was I supposed to activate her gift? Besides, no matter how many times she dies; she'll always come back to life. Eventually, she'll go numb about dying and it'll become normal for her. She's like a walking video game with unlimited lives.
Also, remember when I tried to fake my death to go find Luna in the prologue of this story? Or was it the first chapter? Anyways, I'm a demon and I do as I please. I just up and disappeared cause why not?
Chen wasn't too happy that his "son" disappeared but tough shit. I'm an asshole but no one likes to live with an abusive person. Anywho that's a wrap for my life. You'll just have to wait for me to say anything in regards to my childhood. Oh, I forgot! Did I mention that I've been staring down at Luna this whole time and contemplating if I sHouLd make her boobs bigger?
"Ari! Stop staring at Midnight's chest you perv!" Nathaniel said from behind me.
"That's all folks. Smell you later." I say dryly while walking away from Luna. Nathaniel lets out a growl and I roll my eyes.
"I'm gonna pretend you didn't threaten me just now." I say stretching my wings out and hitting him in the face with an AH!
"Fuckin asshole! How the hell did she even put up with you?" He complains under his breath.
Nathaniel and I have become acquaintances and hang out a good bit. He's a cool guy and I honestly prefer him over Fang. He's very generous with people's emotions and feelings.
"Hey White; I know you have most people fooled that she's actually dead but let's be real for a moment, I know she's still alive. I sensed her the other day where I was at." No sooner than those words left my mouth I heard a ferocious growl leave his mouth and he tried to slam my head down but I disappeared and popped back up on the other side of Luna. He turned around and I lifted my finger waggling it.
"Ah ah ah! It'd be a shame if I took her with me and handed her over to Chen on a silver platter. I simply told you I know. I never said I was going to go around saying otherwise." I said trailing my finger along her jawline.
"Take your hand off of her." He said with an undercut.
"She's beautiful. I always preferred her with her curly white hair over her cursed black hair. Not that it really matters because it's simply a part of her." I say lost in her beauty.
"Ari! Put her down. Now!" White yells out.
I snap out of my haze and see I have her in my arms bridal style inhaling at the base of her neck.
In shock and disgust, I just drop her and walk away.