Chapter 75 - C73 Grimm’s Son?!

Paris's POV:

Richard ran his fingers through my hair as we sat watching a movie together before he sighed and leaned his head against my shoulder. "Tomorrow you go off with Louis," he murmured then breathed in my scent. "Promise me you'll miss me while you're away with Louis on your birthday? It's been a long time since we've been apart like that."

"I know... I promise I'll miss you," I told him and leaned in to give him a kiss. "We'll be back together before you know it." He nodded and took the kiss before he sighed and wrapped me up in his arms.

"Don't go looking at other people," he told me firmly. "I'll know and make you pay for it when you get back."

"You're the only one for me," I promised quickly and kissed his cheek. "You know that."

"I better be," he purred at me then kissed my lips again. "You're my whole world~"

"You're my entire word," I mumbled to him and smiled sweetly. I can't wait to spend time with Louis. He nodded and rubbed my cheek before he pulled back and yawned slightly, rubbing his eyes before he rubbed his chest with a small frown. I eyed him over before frowning. "Let's get some sleep," I suggested. He looked at me then frowned, grabbing my hands.

"I'm fine... I just... I feel tired all the way down to my stone," he told me. "I want to spend time with you before you go. Maybe we can go on a date."

"You're wanting to sleep..." I trailed off then and frowned.

"I'm wanting time with you," he told me quickly then exposed his fangs. "I can sleep when you're away and I'm alone."

"I want sleep," I purred to him.

"You're only wanting to sleep because you know I'm tired," he grumbled then rubbed his chest. "My stone feels like it wants to sleep...."

"Maybe you should," I suggested. "It might want some healing time. I'll wake you up when I get back," I promised.

"I will when you're gone," he told me softly then smiled. "I want you to have fun with your twin. I love you...."

Unknown's POV:

I laid my ears back as I slowly moved through a garden filled with all kinds of delicious plants that tempted me, but I couldn't shake the feeling I was being watched. I had been feeling like this for hours. Something... someone was watching me. My little heart thudded in my chest quickly as I shuffled my paws, looking around slowly before I crept towards a rose bush. I'll hide here! Whatever it is won't follow me! I felt hands scoop me up suddenly as a pale man eyed me over.

"Master Laurence, is this the bunny?" He asked and turned with me in his hands to show a young boy sitting at a table in his garden with a teacup in his hands as he sipped on it. There was a slice of cake at the table.

"Yes," he said without looking at us and bounced his feet happily.

"Hey! That was mine!" Another boy shouted suddenly before I heard a cat like growl as another boy popped out from behind a bush and looked pissed. OMG! CAT! I jumped out of the pale man's hands quickly and made a break for the bush, diving under it before I cowered against the base of it. Cat! Cat! Cat! It's going to eat me! My nose twitched as I raised one of my ears, listening for it as I sniffed around. Maybe it won't come here.... I'm in a bush.... It won't want to play with thorns. It's not going to catch me here....

"Maybe you shouldn't be hunting in my garden," Laurence's voice scolded. "Come have tea with me, Chess."

"H-how do you know my name?"

"Because I'm Laurence," Laurence explained sweetly. "I know your parents." I tensed and peeked out from under the bush, looking around. The cat is gonna get closer! That boy is playing with it! No! I need an escape route!

"Here bunny," the man that caught me called out and his feet started for me. I watched, my heart racing as my eyes stayed on his feet. Oh no, what do I do? I lowered myself to the ground, looking up towards the man quickly before I darted for his feet, trying to go between them to escape. He grabbed me quickly and chuckled in amusement. "Got you... Don't be afraid. My master will take care of you now and give you carrots."

"I have a slice of carrot cake right here for you," Laurence told me. Carrot? My stomach grumbled as my thoughts trailed off to the last time, I had a carrot... which was months ago. I sniffed at the man's hand then looked up at him as I relaxed a little. He'll give me a carrot? I want a carrot! Carrot!

"Okay," he said and brought me to a cart that had lots of carrots on it. "There you go," he told me as he gave me one. I looked at it then sniffed it a little before I started to gnaw on the carrot quickly, flicking my ears as I watched the man. Caaaaaaaarroooooots~ I transformed into my human form and snatched another carrot, giggling as I stayed in his hands, laying my rabbit ears against my head. He sat me down slowly and rubbed one of my ears then.

"They're so soft," he said under his breath. I tensed, blushing as I looked up at him slowly while my fingers loosened on the carrot in my grip. He's touching my ears! I squirmed then quickly chomped another bite off the carrot nervously as I flicked my ears in his grip. He's going to pull them! He let them go before handing me another carrot and patted me on the butt towards the table. "Go sit down with my master," he told me. I gasped as I got another carrot then grinned from ear to ear as I bounced over to the table.

"Thanks mister! I got carrots! Carroty carrots!" I sung under my breath as I reached the table then sat down before I paused in my singing as I felt my heart speed up a little as my eyes landed on the cat boy from earlier. He was watching me with his ears twitching- cat like ears and a boyish face... I shrunk in my seat slowly, pushing the rest of my carrot into my mouth to hide it from him. Kitty isn't getting my carrots. He started for me then slowly as his eyes looked towards my ears. I gasped and jumped up from my seat, squeaking as I started to run off in terror. NOOOOOO! I felt my body crash into the butler's body as he got in front of me and snatched me up. I yelped and started to squirm in his arms. "No! I don't wanna! He'll eat me!" I cried out then hid my face into the butler's chest as my ears started to feel hot as my heart pounded in my chest. I sniffled as my eyes started to water up, and my fingers curled against his jacket, holding onto it tightly.

"He's not going to do that," he chuckled out. "Take a deep breath. He's just being friendly." F-friendly? I pulled back slightly from his chest and looked up at the butler before I looked back at the cat boy then chewed a little on my carrot nervously.

"He won't?" I whispered. Before I could react, the cat boy was right by me and snatched my hand- chomping his fang-like teeth down into my ears playfully and let out a loud purr. He started to lick my ears then when he unleashed them from my jaws. I widened my eyes and trembled as I stiffened a cry of fear. He's got me! I squeezed his hand that was holding mine as my heart raced in my chest, but I was able to bring myself to look back at him slightly as I twitched my ears. He gave a louder purr and wrapped his arms around me then. I yelped a little and squirmed in his arms, flicking my ears as I shrunk against him. "Don't eat me," I begged quickly. "I don't wanna be eaten! I'm just a bunny!" He nodded and rubbed his head up against mine then.

"I won't," he told me and smelled me then. I blushed and looked up at him, lowering my ears against my head. I relaxed slightly in his grip then hid my face into his chest quickly to try to escape his sight. If I can't see him, he can't see me! Then he really can't eat me!

"Chess, your mother has been looking for you," I heard a voice scold. "It's a good thing we didn't catch you too far away. I see you've already met Laurence but who is this in your hands?"

"You've come to see me?" Laurence asked and purred.

"Vlad asked to see you." I moved my head out from this Chess's grip and glanced towards the voice quickly then squirmed, managing to break free before I took off towards the carrot cart. I tensed as I caught sight of another cat person lingering by the one who scolded Chess. More?! I grabbed a carrot quickly then whined as I ran towards the butler. The new cat man watched me closely before he broke out into a loud purr, appearing beside us before he yanked me away from the butler and bit down lightly onto one of my ears. I shrieked and froze up in his arms, gripping him quickly as I whimpered.

"Chess!" I called out quickly, looking for him. He'd protect me from the other cat then I can escape from him later!

"That's my bunny," Chess whined out and started for us with his hands out expectantly.

"Oooh, you better give our son back his bunny," the man said that had been talking to Laurence. The man holding me hissed slightly but reluctantly slipped me into Chess's arms, watching him closely. I blushed and clung to Chess as I glanced around. There are so many predators! Chess rubbed my head as he carried me away from the older predator. I relaxed then sniffed him before I chewed on one of my carrots and relaxed. He won't be able to keep me if I really want to get free! I giggled a little at Chess then reached out, touching one of his ears curiously.

"Chess," I said sweetly, giving him a huge smile as I rubbed his ear. He's not going to eat me because I'm too fast for him. I can tame this kitty. He eyed me over and licked his lips as he looked at my ears then leaned in and nibbled on them with a small growl. I yelped and flicked my ears as I started to squirm then ducked away from him, bouncing a few steps away before I whined. "Don't eat me! I won't taste good!"

"Come back," he told me and started for me as he licked his lips. I widened my eyes then took off running for a bush, dropping all the carrots I had been holding so my hands would be free.

"Noooo!"

"Come back!" He whined out. "I will be nice." I paused and glanced back at him then perked my ears up. Nice? I slowly walked over, watching him cautiously before I bounced back into his arms, wrapping my arms around his neck as I tried to keep my ears away from his mouth.

"Promise?" I asked him with a sweet smile. "You have ta be nice or else I will run away and not let you near me."

"I'll be gentle," he told me and gave a huge smile. It took me a moment as I watched him before I giggled and nodded.

"Mkay," I said then perked my ears up at him as I leaned in towards him curiously to see if he had a carrot. I dropped mine.... He eyed me over before looking at the cart.

"Want me to get you one?" He asked me softly. I gasped slightly then nodded, unwrapping my arms from around his neck before I grabbed his hand.

"Carrot!" I grinned at him then leaned in, nuzzling my head up under his chin in hopes of getting one from him.

"Aw, I'll give you one," he told me and started for the cart then. I giggled and chased after him, a small bounce in my step as I was hot on his trail. I want carrots! The older predator sent Chess a jealous look as he moved over and grabbed the one who had scolded Chess earlier, laying his ears back at us. I blushed a little and slowed down then tackled Chess's back, clinging to him as I kept my eyes on the older cat. My heart raced a little as my eyes lingered on the other, but I quickly tore my sight away and buried my face into Chess's back.

"Here," he told me and picked up a carrot and stuck it in my mouth and moved my jaw to rub my teeth against it. I bit into it quickly, chewing it down before I eyed his hand over for more than glanced at the cart but stopped myself as I glanced back towards Chess. He's not that bad....

"My name is Chise," I whispered then bit my bottom lip as I looked back at the carrots then snatched another, eating it quickly.

"Chess, catch it. We'll take it home with us," I heard the older cat purr out suddenly. "He's right next to you. Snatch him!"

"I'm not going home," Chess told him quickly. "Chise is coming with me where I go to. Right Chise? I'll feed you lots of carrots."

"Told you he was running away and that he's at that age where he wants to rebel," the other man said that was very similar to Chess. The older cat hissed slightly, eyeing Chess over as I blushed a little. Go with the kitty? I lowered my carrot slightly then flicked my ears as I sniffed him. He might eat me!

"You might eat me," I whined towards him, pulling back a bit before I climbed up onto the cart with the carrots and started to stuff them into my shirt. I'll take these with me and escape!

"I'm not a cannibal," Chess told me and lowered his cat-like ears. I widened my eyes and looked at him before I sunk down against the cart. Oh.... He just looks so much like a cat... and he was stalking me earlier like one... I thought he was going to eat me! I blushed and sat down on it, hanging my feet off the side and reached for him.

"I'm sorry," I said innocently then snatched a carrot, offering it to him. "You can have one of my carrots! Don't look upset! I'm sorry I thought you would eat me."

"I don't want a stupid carrot," he told me and wrinkled up his nose. "You can have it." I dropped my jaw then pouted, bringing the carrot back to me.

"It's not stupid," I mumbled, looking away from him as I sniffled. He called the carrot stupid....

"Whatcha sniffling about?" He asked and frowned. I shook my head quickly and rubbed at my eyes, dropping the carrot as I felt my eyes tearing up.

"Nuh-uh," I said and turned away from him. He frowned and picked up the carrot and rubbed it clean before offering it to me.

"I thought you liked carrots," he whispered. I looked at it before I wiped my tears away.

"I do like carrots," I mumbled then looked towards him and leaned in, nibbling on the end of it as he held it. He still called my carrot stupid.... Meanie. He grabbed my hand and gave the carrot back to me.

"Well eat it," he told me and purred. I blushed and ate at it slowly as I watched him before I slowly got off the cart and moved closer to him, leaning up against his chest as I finished the carrot off. He rubbed my ears again and suddenly a cat tail slipped out from his shirt and twitched up in the air.

"Oh... Richard is coming to see me in a few seconds- Paris left him to celebrate his birthday with his twin-" Laurence said as his eyes glazed over slightly like he was seeing something else from us. "Uh-oh," he said as his eyes cleared up and looked at the older kitty whose eyes widened.

"Richard?" He asked then flattened his ears against his head quickly. He suddenly was over by Laurence's side, ditching the man who he had been snuggling up to. "Richardo?" Laurence smirked a little as his head turned towards the castle's window as a man's figure was in it. The kitty gasped and looked towards it before he tensed quickly, shrinking back a bit. "Oh Hell... He's going to kill me!" The man's figure suddenly disappeared before a dark-haired man appeared by Laurence.

"Laureeeence! Look, I brought you a gift," he purred, pulling out a small teddy bear but tensed as his eyes landed on the kitty. "Vlad...."

"H-hi?" Vlad said and looked this man who was probably Richard over. "Long time no see-" The man dropped the bear into Laurence's lap and grabbed Vlad, hissing as he sniffed him.

"Where the hell have you been?! Why do you smell like catnip?! WHAT THE FUCK VLAD?!" Laurence purred as he eyed over the teddy bear and suddenly hugged it quickly- completely distracted now by it.

"Oh my god, it's so cute," he said and squealed a little.

"Language," the butler scolded. "There's children here." Richard gripped Vlad tightly as he started to struggle to get free.

"Lemme go," he whined, twitching his ears. "Daddy-"

"Quit it! And who the hell do you think you're calling daddy?" Richard hissed then eyed over Vlad's ears before he touched them. Vlad froze up and moaned suddenly, his knees buckling as he broke into a loud purr.

"Grimm~" He husked out, closing his eyes in delight. I watched as the other man that arrived with Vlad walk up and snatch Vlad away quickly while shoving Richard away from him and glared him down. Richard hissed suddenly as something clicked in his eyes.

"You... little..." He started to narrow his eyes as his canines sharpened into fangs. "Bastard! That's my brother!" Vlad purred and nuzzled his head against the other man, gripping his shirt as he clung to him and mewed like a cat as a tail flicked behind him.

"So?" Grimm asked and smirked as he leaned in and kissed Vlad in front of us and deepened the kiss. Vlad moaned quickly and leaned into it, laying one of his ears back as he wrapped his arms around Grimm's neck then jumped up suddenly, wrapping his legs around Grimm's waist. Richard tensed then growled loudly.

"Vlad! Get off him!" He went to try to take Vlad away but got his hand bit as Vlad suddenly pulled away from the kiss and bit him before he could touch him then flattened his ears against his head as Richard yelped.

"Don't touch my mom," Chess hissed out and flattened his ears. "He's got all the right in the world to be on my dad and love him." Richard looked towards Chess as he pried Vlad's jaw open and got his hand back.

"M-mom?" He asked then widened his eyes. "Oh... my... fucking... nightmare... YOU HAD A BABY?!" He looked back at them in shock then narrowed his eyes at Grimm. "Stay the fuck away from my brother!"

"I'm his," Vlad hissed quickly and clung to Grimm tighter. "He's my baby daddy, and I'm his kitty." He stuck his tongue out at Richard then looked back at Grimm with a loud purr, stealing another kiss. "I love you~"

"I love you too," Grimm purred out and gave a huge smirk. Chess growled a little then and sat me to the side and rubbed my ear before starting for Richard with his tail twitching. Richard looked at him then was suddenly behind him, snatching him up.

"I can't believe Vlad's been with Grimm this entire time," he grumbled then relaxed a little as he held Chess closer to him then purred slightly. "I'm an uncle...." Chess's ears twitched as he gave a confused look.

"I would have told you but then Rose would have found out," Laurence told him. "Things wouldn't have went so well after that."

"We'll go home as soon as we get Chess to come home with us," Grimm told Vlad quietly.

"I'm not going," Chess said quickly. Vlad looked at Chess then at Grimm before he purred.

"Why don't we let him have some alone time? He's not going to be little forever," he told Grimm sweetly as he got down from him and gave him a kiss. "He could explore this plane and learn how to hunt souls~ We'll get him at the end of the year when he's ready to come home... and it'll give us... some alone time," he purred out and placed his hand on Grimm's chest. "We can play all sorts of games with him somewhere else~ I'll give him one of my toys though, so he remembers to come home." Richard tensed as he watched Vlad and sat Chess down slowly.

"You're seriously wanting to go with that... that demon?" He asked and wrinkled up his nose. "Don't you know anything about-"

"You were once demonic," Vlad hissed towards Richard then leaned his head against Grimm's chest. "This man is my life. I want him. Come on~ He needs the experience out here," Vlad purred at Grimm then kissed his neck. "We could play all over the house too! I think I might go into heat at the thought," he said, a teasing tone to his voice. Heat?

"M-MOM!" Chess said quickly and placed his hands over his ears. "I'm not going home if you keep talking like that."

"Sure~ We'll let him stick around here for a while and get an adventure out of it.... He'll find that home is better and won't want to leave us." Vlad nodded quickly then looked at Chess, reaching for him as he bent down.

"Come here kitten," he sung out sweetly. "I'm going to give you my favorite bouncy ball~ I want you to take real good care of it while you're here." Chess purred and ran up to Vlad quickly before wrapping his arms around his neck to hug him. Vlad chuckled and pulled a ball that could easily fit into one's palm of their hand then slipped it into Chess's as he kissed his temple. "Be a good kitten, okay? Summon your daddy when you want to go home, and he'll help you come back home to me. Eat lots of souls and get really strong like your daddy~"

"But you've got to eat them regularly like I taught you," Grimm warned. "Don't miss a meal," he said sternly. "You'll have to hunt on your own now so don't get into trouble."

"Mhmm, if you get in trouble, call your dad," Vlad said quickly. "Stick around here too. It might be harder for you to get to other countries... and watch out for a white-haired woman. If she sees you, she'll be after me."

"Why?" Chess asked and frowned. "Why is a white-haired woman upset at you?"

"Because he used to be her friend and he disappeared one day without a trace. She used to adore him," Richard said and clenched his jaw slightly. "He used to be her kitty."

"What?" Chess asked and frowned. "You had a girlfriend before dad?" Vlad blushed then and flicked his tail quickly behind him.

"N-no! I just thought she was really pretty, and I wanted her... and I used to fight this Russian over her-" He cut himself off and flicked his ears as he lowered his sight. "I'm your daddy's kitty, and I like being his kitty," he said quickly as his face turned beet red and he fiddled with a collar around his neck. "I wanna be his kitty forever."

"Okay, good," Chess said and squeezed the ball. "I want my parents to be together forever." He glared Richard down then. "No matter what some people say."

"He kidnapped your mom!" Richard shot at him then sent Grimm an evil look. Vlad hissed then stood up, giving Richard a small glare before he looked at Grimm sweetly and kissed him.

"Let's go home~ He'll be fine on his own, and we can check in on him soon," he purred as he wrapped his arms around Grimm. "I wanna go home and open a new bag of catnip and open those new toys you brought home yesterday!"

"Okay," Grimm purred out before disappearing with Vlad. Chess eyed over where they went before squeezing the ball tightly and then twitched his ears. I twitched my ears then slowly started to move away from them, tiptoeing towards the bushes. I'll take my chance.... Chess looked at me quickly before frowning.

"Hey," he whined out. "Stay." I yelped and bounced a little before I faced him and perked my ears up.

"S-st-stay?" I fidgeted then blushed as I tugged on my favorite lock of hair that was wrapped up in a small red ribbon cloth that separated it from the other strands of hair.

"With me?" He asked and started for me with a sweet look. I gasped a little as my heart started to race. That look~ I giggled and ran towards him with a small bounce in my step before I leapt into his arms, hugging him.

"Mkay!" He yelped as he dropped me on accident and rubbed his arms. I squeaked as I hit the ground then groaned, getting up and rubbing my back I landed on. "Owie," I whined then looked at him. "Why'd you drop me?" Meanie! I won't let him hold me again!

"You're heavy," he complained. "Next time give me a warning."

"I'm not heavy!" I said and gasped. I pouted then moved away from him quickly. No touchy!

"You are too," he told me and frowned as he squeezed his ball again and put it away in his pocket.

"Richard, do you want to take in your nephew for a month?" Laurence asked.

"A-a month?" Richard asked and frowned. "Paris will be back in a week...." He glanced towards Chess before he looked towards Laurence. "How am I going to explain to him his ancestor hooked up with my brother and surprise, they had a baby we didn't know about either?"

"At least you won't have to tell Rose," Laurence told him and smiled. "Louis might like to know too."

"F-fine," Richard said and frowned. "I don't know how to take care of an actual demon though. If he winds up getting sick, you're going to have to help... and I guess I'll take the bunny too unless you want it." W-what? I stiffened and looked between the two before I backed up from them. Take? "It would be rather cute if you had a pet bunny~" He teased Laurence. "He might get his soul gobbled up if I take him."

"Let Chess have him for a little while. They seem like friends," Laurence sighed out and frowned. Chess eyed over Laurence before tensing a little and gave a curious look as he smelled the air.

"Are you sure?" Richard asked. "You look disappointed. Chess can always visit the bunny. Besides, you need someone to help keep your bed warm for you."

"Umm...." Laurence trailed off as he looked hesitant before looking at me. "No... I WANT the bunny."

"Then keep the bunny," Richard purred quickly.

"I will," Laurence purred out.

"What?" Chess asked and frowned as he flattened his ears. "I saw him first."

"No, Laurence did," Richard said calmly. "Laurence sees everything. He knows everything before it happens. His eyes saw Chise before you even knew about Chise."

"N-no fair," Chess said and frowned. "I want Chise."

"Hey! I'm not something that can just be taken!" I said quickly, lowering my ears. "I have wants too!" Richard looked at me then laughed a little before he walked up and took me into his arms, holding me against his chest.

"Yes, but Laurence will spoil you and give you lots of love and let you run through his garden all day," he told me then rubbed my head. "Lots of carrots and treats and everything you could want!"

"Everything I can want?" I asked and gasped.

"If you go with Chess he will just eat your soul," Laurence told me.

"No I won't!" Chess gasped out. "Liar!" I whined then started to sniffle.

"H-he'll eat my soul?! I don't wanna dieeeee!" My eyes teared up as I started to cry. He'll eat me! I was right! Chess whined then as he saw me.

"I- I wouldn't, Chise," he sniffled out. "Don't you believe me."

"No, he's a demon," Laurence told me in amusement. I whimpered and curled up tightly into Richard's arms.

"Heh, looks like you got a bunny rabbit," Richard said and winked at Laurence as he carried me over to him and slipped me into Laurence's lap. "Treat him well." I wiped at my eyes as I cried a little, looking towards Laurence.

"Don't let the kitty eat me," I begged. "I don't wanna die!"

"Stay with me and I can give you everything you want," Laurence promised. I took in a shaky breath as I tried to calm down and nodded slightly.

"There! It's settled," Richard said and smirked quickly before he went over to Chess and scooped him up. "You're coming with me~"

"What?" Chess asked and frowned. "I don't want to."

"But I'm your mother's brother," Richard said and rubbed his ear. "C'mon, I'll take really good care of you and get you a different bunny."

"I want that one," Chess whined out.

"Why?" Richard asked and frowned slightly as he studied Chess.

"Because I want that one," Chess said and frowned.

"But Laurence also wants that rabbit. You can't both have it. I can get you one that doesn't talk back and won't run off from you- a real bunny." I gasped and looked towards them quickly.

"I am a real bunny!" I shouted towards him then blushed. How could he say I'm not? I rubbed one of my ears and pouted. I even have a fluffy tail in my bunny form....

"You're not a full bunny," he whispered. "But that's what I like." I gasped slightly then giggled, reaching for Chess.

"You like me?" I asked sweetly, bouncing a little excitedly in Laurence's lap.

"Hey," Laurence said quickly and grabbed my hands. I looked at him then lowered my ears slowly.

"What?" I asked him as I shifted nervously.

"You're mine," he whispered and smirked.

"Y-yours?" I sniffed at him then blushed. His butler was giving me carrots... and I like carrots. But what about Chess?

"Don't worry. Have some carrot cake. Baleen, fix us a plate." Baleen walked over and sliced a cake on the cart and got a piece for me and gave it to me. I looked at it curiously then giggled as I caught its scent. It smells so good! I took a bite of it and relaxed, sinking against Laurence's chest as I began to eat it quickly. Richard purred as he watched us then rubbed Chess's ear again.

"Alright, let's get you home with me," he whispered to him. Chess whined as he looked at me before looking away.

"F-fine... I'll be back for my bunny though." Richard frowned and looked towards Laurence before he groaned.

"Laurence... if I get you another bunny, will you trade?" He asked him and tsked. "Chess is pouting."

"No," Laurence giggled out and rubbed my ears. "This is my bunny." I gasped and giggled at his fingertips touching my ears before I leaned up against him, setting my empty plate down.

"Laurie!" I smiled hugely at him then hid my face against his shoulder as I wrapped my arms around him.

"Hmm... you know... what if Chess and I stayed here then while Paris is gone?" Richard suggested. "Then you both don't give up the bunny."

"You might want to spend some time with your nephew alone," Laurence told him.

"Hmph," Richard said then looked at Chess. "I'll get you a different bunny. Maybe I can find you another werebunny to have." Wait. What? I widened my eyes and looked towards them then pouted. Chess is going to get another werebunny? I want to be the only werebunny for them! They'll lose interest in me and I won't get any more carrots!

"N-no," I whimpered and gripped Laurence's shirt tightly. He's going to leave and get another bunny!

"I want that one," Chess growled out.

"Well Laurence wants him, so I'll take you to a market and let you pick out a werebunny from there to have," Richard said and shrugged. "There's probably tons of them for sale. I'd imagine they have lots of children."

"I want that one," Chess said again and frowned at Richard.

"But Laurence wants him," Richard repeated. I whined and looked them over then looked at Laurence, torn. One might eat me and the other will love me, but the other one wants me too.... "You can't have that one. Besides, I can get you one with floppy ears~!"

"I. Want. That. One," Chess growled out and then reached into his pocket and pulled out his ball and squeezed it. Richard frowned and rubbed Chess's head.

"No," he told him softly, trying to be gentle about it. I bit my bottom lip as I watched Chess then shrunk against Laurence's chest. Chess.... Chess let out a frustrated growl at Richard and looked away quickly as he tried to get out of his arms. Richard widened his eyes as Chess managed to break free from his grip then hissed. "Chess," he growled out, going after him. Chess frowned and stepped away from Richard quickly and went for me then. I gasped and perked my ears up in excitement, holding back a small giggle as I tightened my grip on Laurence. Kitty! Richard tsked and chased after him, trying to get his hands on him. Laurence frowned and at the slight movement of Chess coming for us a shadow grew from the table and went after Chess's shadow. Chess suddenly tripped up as his shadow started to drag him towards a darker shadow that was coming for him. Chess widened his eyes as fear entered them. Richard snarled sharply then and looked towards Laurence. "Laurence, you big baby, knock it off," he hissed. "He's only a baby demon. He's not going to take your bunny." Laurence smirked a little and looked at Chess.

"Whose bunny is his?" He asked Chess. Chess held onto some grass then to help slow down being dragged and looked at Laurence with wide eyes. "Well?" Laurence asked before the shadows tugged harder- causing Chess to jerk and pull the grass up. Chess yelped and started to cry then.

"Y-yours," he whined out.

"Okay," Laurence said and smirked as the shadows disappeared. Chess got up quickly and ran into Richard's arms and hid his face against him. Richard rubbed his head gently as he held him and shot Laurence a small disappointed glare as I trembled in Laurence's arms. D-did Laurence just do that to him? I whimpered slightly in fear and started to tear up. What if he has a shadow grab me?! My heart started to race as I looked into Laurence's eyes slowly while I gripped the front of his shirt tightly, yelping slightly as my nails cut through his shirt and down into my palms from my sheer terror. He could have a shadow eat me! The dark is scary!

"You didn't have to do that," Richard grumbled at Laurence. "Your way, way older than him, and you're acting like a five-year-old that can bend shadows. Grounded. That's what you are." Laurence smirked before giving me a fork full of carrot cake- forcing it into my mouth.

"Richard, we both know I'm way older than you. If anything, you're grounded for trying to boss me around." Laurence rubbed my cheek then and looked at him. "I wasn't going to hurt him. Just wanted to scare him." I whimpered slightly as I swallowed my bite of carrot cake. Evil....

"Whoa, I'm not the short one," Richard said back quickly. "You can't ground me. I'm supposed to ground you for over teaching Chess."

"Ptfff, he's fine," Laurence said in amusement.

"No, he's not. You frightened him to death," Richard told him and sighed. "Look Laurence, you can't just terrify little children. You may look like one, but you are not one. Now give him a small apology for overdoing it."

"What? No," Laurence said and frowned. "I'm not apologizing. He's a big baby."

"Oh? Then you won't mind if I call Paris and tell him," Richard said and pulled out a small box from in his pocket and flipped it open. "He's in Hawaii enjoying his vacation with Louis. It would be a shame if he had to come here and scold you himself."

"You wouldn't mess up his birthday..." Laurence trailed off in uncertainty. It was too late because he already had it by his ear.

"Paaaaaris! Did you know that Grimm took my brother and now they're together and have a child, and in the same day I found this out, Laurence tried to terrify my very young nephew with his shadows to scare him out of fighting for a small little werebunny?" Richard purred into the phone, a huge smirk on his face. "In the same few minutes, he decided to not apologize either and be a big baby about me trying to make him."

"Richard," Laurence growled out. "Why are you telling on me?"

"Wait what?" I heard a voice asking on the phone. "Let me get this straight.... V-Vlad and Grimm had a child and that's where Vlad's been... and they've kept it a secret from us.... until now.... and Laurence scared the little guy and won't apologize and now you're calling me?"

"Mhmm, my little brother is now your demon's little kitten and purrs for him. They had a little kitten named Chess, and I'm going to be watching him for a bit. Now, tell Laurence his ass better apologize, because he's not five anymore," Richard said and rubbed Chess's ear calmly. Chess rubbed his eyes and sniffled.

"I better tell Louis.... LOUIS! Richard, you can tell him to apologize or I'll punish him when I get back," the box said to Richard.

"There you have it Laurence," Richard purred. "Even Paris thinks you should apologize." He clicked something on the box then closed it, putting it in his pocket. I shifted in Laurence's lap before I looked towards Chess worriedly. Glancing back at Laurence, I quickly hopped out of his lap and ran up to Chess, hugging him tightly to cheer him up.

"Are you okay?" I whispered, pulling him into my arms and out of Richard's. I'll make him feel way better! Laurence was mean! Chess purred a little and rubbed his eyes as he hugged me.

"N-no," he mumbled softly.

"I'm not apologizing to that big baby," Laurence said quickly before turning away from us. "Chise, come back, I'll feed you a carrot." I gasped and looked towards him quickly in excitement. Carrot? I giggled a little then gave Chess's forehead a big kiss then went to run off for Laurence for a carrot.

"You are too going to apologize. You're being the big baby," Richard told him sharply. "You already have Chise. You didn't have to rub it in for Chess."

"No, I don't apologize," Laurence said quickly and crossed his legs as he took a sip of his tea. "Now go away with him."

"Then apologize to me," Richard hissed sharply, starting for him before he grabbed him and yanked Laurence out of his seat. "I am one of your oldest friends, Laurence, and you're acting like a big baby! You know better. I'll kick your butt if you're not going to treat me well. You shouldn't be shooing me away like that- especially when I brought you a teddy bear."

"The teddy bear was cute," Laurence purred out. "I'm sorry to you," he muttered and looked away. Richard tsked and tightened his grip on him.

"Listen here, you may be stuck in a child's body, but you're not a little baby. You're older than me, Laurence, and somehow I'm more mature."

"I can't help it," Laurence whined out. "I have childish urges."

"Well don't forget I'm much bigger than you, and I'll turn you over my knee," Richard warned sharply, letting him go. "Now, apologize to Chess. I'm not asking for anything else from you. You can keep Chise, but what you did was too much. You could easily scar him for life!"

"He deserves to fear me! I deserve respect.... What's mine is mine!" Richard narrowed his eyes as his fangs sharpened slowly and his eyebrow twitched.

"Laurence," he growled lowly, snatching his shirt.

"Richard," Laurence growled out and frowned. "Don't tempt me."

"Tempt you? You're tempting me," Richard said, evening out his voice to try to make it sound calm. Laurence glanced away then before snatching Richard's hand and started to squeeze it. Richard hissed then tackled Laurence to the ground, biting him on the neck quickly.

"Richard," Baleen hissed out before walking up and started to yank on Richard's shoulders. "Get off my master and control yourself." Richard sat up and glared Baleen down before he smacked his hand away from him.

"Baleen, you're a great butler, but not right now," he told him before he returned his attention to Laurence, pointing at him. "Laurence, march your little butt over to Chess and apologize! If you have any ounce of respect for me, you'll listen to me!" Laurence gave a small glare and exposed his little fangs.

"No," Laurence hissed out. "I refuse!" He went to sit up then. Baleen stepped back a little and clenched his jaw. Richard got off him then yanked Laurence to his feet.

"That's it, Laurence," he said then gave Laurence a small smack on the butt. "You're being terrible, and you know it! See if I come around anytime soon," he growled at him then walked towards Chess, scooping him up. "I'm not sticking around near someone who has no respect for me. You can stay here and think about what you did."

"I didn't do anything bad!" Laurence yelled at him and then looked at me and reached for my hand. I whined slightly as I took his hand and lowered my ears. Uh oh....

"You did too!" Richard snarled out, whirling on him. "I am Richardo Dracula, Laurence. I am your dear friend! You should have more respect for me. I survived a war, and I killed my parents. Don't think I'm not willing to get what I want. I am stronger than you know, and so help me, you better not come around the manor expecting an apology from me until you are ready to give one yourself."

"I'm not!" Laurence whined out before pulling me towards his castle. "Come on Chise. We're getting away from them." I yelped and took my hand back quickly, looking back at Richard then at Laurence.

"I don't wanna be in the middle of this," I whispered towards him.

"Hmph," Richard huffed out then held Chess close to him. "I don't need this. I have more important things to do than to deal with a brat."

"I'm not a brat!" Laurence snapped out. "I am standing my ground in what I believe is right."

"Terrorizing little kids?" Richard asked him then rubbed Chess's head. "That's hardly right. There were better ways to get your point across."

"He's fine. I toughened him up," Laurence snapped over his shoulder and turned to look at Richard. Richard shot him a look before he disappeared out of our sights completely, leaving me with a shiver from the way he had looked at Laurence. He's really upset.... Laurence frowned and pulled me along with him and into the castle.

"Laurie," I mumbled, looking towards him worriedly. Wasn't that supposed to be his friend? He had seemed excited to know Richard was coming earlier... but it ended in a fight.

"Don't ask," Laurence whispered softly. "He'll get over it."

"But he's really upset with you...." I lowered my ears and gripped his hand tighter. "Doesn't that bother you?"

"Of course, it does but he's going to realize that it wasn't a big deal. I've done worse to my enemies." I frowned and pulled my hand away from his slowly.

"Why won't you apologize? It's not that bad... and that's all he wanted from you."

"Because I have to apologize for something I wanted to do."

"W-well..." I frowned then and rubbed my cheek. "Couldn't you work something out with them? That's your friend.... How long does he stay mad?"

"Not long, I'm too cute to stay mad at," he told me. I nodded then relaxed a little.

"So, he'll come back soon for you?" I whispered, perking my ears up. He might bring Chess back with him.

"Maybe," he purred out. I nodded then gave him a huge grin.

"Mkay! Can I have a carrot?" I asked sweetly, tackling him into a hug. Everything is going to be alright! Yay~! Chess will be back, and I can say hi to him and get carrots from Laurie!

"Sure, we'll get you one," he promised. I giggled and kissed his cheek then.

"Thank you," I said then nuzzled my face into his neck. I could play a game with him too! I smiled hugely then touched his chest as I pulled away. "Tag!" I took off running down the hall quickly, giggling happily as I raced away from him.

"Don't go," he whined out. I turned around mid-run and winked at him as I paused in my running.

"You gotta catch me silly! Like Alice!"

"Alice in wonderland?" He asked and laughed a little. "I'm not Alice though."

"Well I'm the wabbit!" I giggled and gave him a cute look. "And I'm late!" I smiled hugely and hopped a step away from him playfully. "I'm late~ I'm late~ I'm late!" He eyed me over before giving a small laugh. I giggled and raced back to him then hugged him, giving his cheek a small kiss. "Laughing at me silly~"

"I will all the time," he promised me. I smiled hugely at him then rubbed his cheek.

"Let's be friends," I suggested and bounced a little. "Pleaaaaase? I wanna have a friend! I don't get to play with many people! They all wanna capture me and stick me in cages, but you're friendly."

"I am your friend," he told me with a small smirk. I smiled hugely then nodded, grabbing his hands and lacing my fingers with his.

"Really?" I asked sweetly. "Forever and ever?"

"As long as you live," he whispered to me and patted my head. I giggled and nodded.

"Mkay, Laurie~"

Paris's POV:

Louis looked up at me from the chess board we had brought out to the beach and smirked. "Check~" I smiled a little as I eyed over the board. I let him win... but I doubt he will notice. I looked at the water and purred a little.

"Louis, we found out what happened to Vlad. Apparently, Grimm has been with him intimately all this time.... and they had a son," I purred out. I didn't get to tell him earlier because he was out of the house getting us dinner.

"W-what?" He asked and frowned. "Grimm is gay?!"

"Yeah, I always thought he was straight..." I trailed off then. I thought he really loved that woman too he had a child with that gave him this line of children. He always talked so fondly of her- I thought she was his only one. "Well, Richard is babysitting their son and his name is Chess," I told him in slight amusement. "Isn't it good to know we have more family?" He puffed out his cheeks and sat back in the sand.

"I can't believe that's where Grimm has been," he muttered and looked off towards the sea with a hint of jealousy. "He could have at least come to see us on our birthday."

"He's too busy sucking-"

"-And to think I was bringing you two a present," I heard Grimm purr out from behind us. I looked over my shoulder to see he had a bag in his arms that contained two take-out boxes. "Happy birthday jealous brats," he purred out and walked up- siting it on our board.

"We're not jealous brats," Louis defending, looking towards the takeout boxes with a purr. "Thanks Grimm!" He grabbed one then gave Grimm a playful look. "So how come you haven't told us what you've been up to? Vlad has been missing for a while now, and you're only now showing him off." What did he take Vlad for out of all people? I've heard stories about him... and he sounded like a bore.

"Well... Laurence suggested it," Grimm said before opening the boxes and started to separate them to us both. "I'm sure he wanted it for Rose's future with Victor," he winked at us then. "I bet he didn't see us having a kid though. In fact, Chess was supposed to be a secret, but when he found out there was somewhere else, he could go... he just had to run away." Louis laughed then gave me a playful look.

"We ran away too from our homes, didn't we? Oh, that means that poor Richard is babysitting his new demonic nephew." He grinned then frowned slightly. Shoot, what if Richard goes demonic by the time we get back?

"He's already on that road," I whispered to Louis. "We're trying to find Dylan Ainsworth but my newborns aren't-"

"Why don't you ask me?" Grimm purred out. "I'll find him instantly." Louis glanced at Grimm then rubbed his cheek.

"Asking you might be trouble.... You might run off with him like you did Vlad."

"I don't want a stupid hunter when I've got a cat that meows for me."

"I'm going to tell Richard you talked about his brother like that." Louis shivered at the thought then looked towards the takeout.

"Grimm... I don't wanna know about your sex life and your cat kinks," Louis said firmly but relaxed after a second as his thoughts turned to how interesting it would be to have a cat like that. He smirked then and grabbed his portion of the takeout, starting to eat it.

"Well... they did have a kid," I told Louis and smirked as I kicked his foot under the table. "He's distantly related," I whispered.

"Demon cat kinks are the rage in the afterlife," Grimm mumbled and gave a thoughtful look.

"Wait..." Louis looked at him then frowned. "Most demons have cat kinks down there? Do you keep Vlad put away from the others?" He winced then shook his head. "Bad day to be a cat."

"I have a highly guarded castle by my underlings in hell," he promised me. "Vlad is perfectly safe." He frowned then. "You two aren't supposed to know about my life outside of you," he grumbled. "No more questions."

"What?" Louis frowned then and turned to look at him. "We're your favorite twins...."

"You'll find out when you die," he promised us sweetly.

"I'm not gonna die," Louis grumbled then and started to eat. "I have too much to do to die." He purred then and took another bite of his food. Like that leprechaun back home~ I laughed a little and unboxed my food. Grimm got us sushi to eat.

"Alright then," Grimm sighed out and then stood up straight. "Have a good day boys." Louis looked at him then got to his feet, shoving a bite of sushi into Grimm's mouth.

"Why don't you stay awhile, hmm? Kitty can wait. You're going to spend time with us," Louis told him firmly.

"Alright... I'll stay," he said and smirked before taking Louis's seat and pulled him down into his lap. Louis gasped then laughed happily, looking at Grimm before he started to feed Grimm.

"You know Grimm... I met a leprechaun who has been my booty call recently," he hummed out, "and I have a dragon problem. There's a lot you've missed."

"Did you leave those two alone together?" He asked and frowned. "You'll be having hybrids soon."

"Shit," Louis hissed. "You don't think the dragon could get out of a locked hoard, do you?" He started to look worried then. "Damn it... what am I supposed to do if that happens?!" I don't even have a mate! I'm mateless! If I lose that leprechaun to a dragon, I'm going to be alone!

"Oh... You're clueless when it comes to dragons. They'll take what they want. They're powerful and greedy." Louis shot Grimm a look then frowned, looking at the sushi.

"But he's my booty call," Louis grumbled then sat the plate down like he lost his appetite.

"You probably lost him by now," Grimm laughed out. He growled then and got to his feet.

"No! Fuck that! I'm going to go take that leprechaun and make Richard watch him!" He tsked as a pissed look took his face over. "That's my sexy gold-digging leprechaun!"

"You better get to it or he won't be yours," he warned Louis. With that, my twin disappeared in a blink of an eye before he came back in a torn up, burnt shirt. He sat back down in Grimm's lap as his hair smoked like he almost was caught by the dragon's flames there. He looked like a train wreck, but he had a huge smirk on his face like he got what he wanted.

"Oh boy..." I trailed off and gave a small laugh. "Are you okay?"

"Uh huh, peeeeerfectly fine," he sung out. "Just kicked some dragon ass and saved the princess." I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and pulled it out quickly to check it.

Rook: Paris, we found Dylan's whereabouts.

I smiled and stood up quickly as I teleported into Grimm manor. "RICHARD! THEY FOUND HIM!" Silence. Complete and utter silence. I frowned and glanced around before biting my bottom lip and called him then. Maybe he's visiting Rose or Laurence. His phone went off on a nearby couch where his scent was a little stronger than the rest of the room, but it had faded by a lot.... He had left it there a good hour ago. "RICHARD!?" I growled out. Damn it. Why doesn't he keep it on him at all times? We're supposed to be sending cute messages to each other to make sure we're okay. I growled a little and stomped down on the ground a bit. FUCK! Where is he!? I teleported into Laurence's castle then. "LAURENCE WHERE'S MY MATE!?" I yelled out and started searching for Laurence- finding him in a living room with another boy that had bunny ears. The boy looked at me curiously then snuggled up to Laurence's side with the book in his hands as he lowered his ears quickly.

"Laurie, there's a scwary man," he whined.

"That's Richard's mate," Laurence explained. "Paris~ I think he went to get Chess a bunny. Try the black markets." I wrinkled up my nose a little before sharpening my fangs. He better not be there! I teleported into Dante's castle then. "DANTE! TAKE ME TO THE BLACK MARKET!"

"WHAT?!" I heard him shout before he appeared in front of me with a frown. "You can't just come busting into my castle," he groaned. "Why do you want to go to a black market anyways? You don't even like them."

"I'm trying to track Richard down," I told him and shifted anxiously on my feet. "I gotta find him urgently and I think he went there."

"Maybe," Dante said and rubbed his chin. "I might have seen a certain Richard and escorted this said Richard to a decent black market."

"Really?" I asked and gave a relieved sigh. "I need him. We've got to take care of a certain business."

"Sure, let's go get him," he said and grabbed my hand. We were suddenly standing in a lobby with a woman behind the desk typing away on a computer. "Excuse me miss, I dropped one of my friends off here earlier. Any chance he's still here," he said and purred. She glanced his way then gasped as her eyes lit up in recognition.

"Oh yes~ He is. You can find him back there," she said and pointed to a door as she hit a button under her desk. Dante nodded then dragged me back there quickly, taking me down a hall as the door unlocked then sniffed the air for Richard.

"He's back here somewhere," he grumbled. "If he was after what he said... he should be in this room." He stopped outside a door that had herbivore on a sign hanging on it then looked at me. "There, if he's not in there, you should be able to page him." I nodded and walked in quickly and looked around for him.

"Richard?" I called out and smelled the air.

"Chess, quit terrorizing that bunny!" I heard Richard growl out sharply before there was a loud bang like a cage fell over. "Chess!" I ran over quickly and stopped as I reached them- finding a cat boy biting a bunny's ear and purring.

"Richard," I purred out as I saw him. "They found Dylan."

"P-Paris?" Richard looked towards me in shock then ran over, tackling me as he jumped up and wrapped his legs around my waist with a purr. He breathed in my scent quickly and wrapped his arms around my neck as he moaned slightly. I heard the poor bunny squeak in terror before it managed to get away, taking off running from the cat boy.

"What are you doing here?" I asked softly. "You better not be buying something."

"I am," he murmured, kissing my neck quickly. "I'm getting my nephew a replacement for Chise."

"Well do it another time, I need you," I purred to him before looking towards the cat. "That's Chess?" He nodded and glanced over his shoulder, looking down at the cat.

"That's Chess," he whispered. "Vlad left him here with me so he could go with that damn Grimm and do things around their home without Chess seeing."

"You know..." I tilted my head a little as I eyed over Chess. "He doesn't have..." I pouted a little. "Our family's hair color. Are you sure he's theirs?" I asked as I looked at Chess's rainbow-colored hair. Maybe he dyed it those colors... I eyed over his ears- one of them was black while the other was white and his tail was black with a white tip.

"He's theirs," Richard said then kissed my neck again quickly before he moaned and started to suck near my collarbone.

"I guess so," I muttered. "Let's go get Dylan," I purred out eagerly. He pulled back from my neck and looked at me in confusion.

"What?" He asked, licking his lips. "What about Dylan? I thought you came to see me," he murmured then kissed my lips quickly.

"They found out where Dylan is," I purred and showed him the text. He frowned and got down from me, taking my phone and looking at it.

"Oh..." he said and then purred a little. "That's great!" He handed it back then kissed me. "We'll have to go get him... but I'm a little disappointed you didn't come to just see me too. You're on a mission."

"Richard," I purred lightly. "I'm supposed to be with Louis anyways," I mumbled. I hope he doesn't get upset that I ditched him without explanation. "We need to go," I told him and grabbed his hand before teleporting us back to Grimm manor than called my newborn.

"Paris~! We found out where he is, I'm glad you called."

"Well, where is he?" I asked curiously.

"I'll send you the address," he told me before hanging up. I looked at my phone then to wait for it. Richard frowned and looked around then gave me a sharp look.

"Paris... you forgot poor Chess," he told me quickly. "He'll eat all the bunnies if we leave him alone for too long."

"Oh, he'll be fine," I told him and chuckled. "He's a demon. He might enjoy a soul or two. We'll get him later." He frowned then crossed his arms.

"Paris," he tsked at me. "He's a baby demon.... I can't let him be by himself in one of those places. They'll eat him alive and stick him in a cage and sell him."

"No, they won't. They know he's with you," I purred out and kissed his cheek. "Quit overreacting. We've got to find Dylan." He frowned and gave me an unsure look but nodded.

"I'll blame you if he gets lost," he muttered. "I'll make you pay in our bedroom, and you won't like it."

"Richard, we can use Grimm to track him down," I purred out.

"Does it look like I'm playing?" He teased me and gave me a wicked grin. "I know a pair of handcuffs with your name on it, birthday boy." I blushed and looked away quickly.

"If you think so," I mumbled. "We could go back and get him really quick."

"Chickening out?" He asked and smirked as he shoved me down into a nearby armchair then sat down in my lap, straddling it as he leaned in for a kiss.

"N-no," I told him. "Just trying to do the right thing." He nodded then kissed me slowly.

"Good~" He whispered then licked my chin. "I was about to tell you that I know every... single... inch of your body, and you shouldn't be chickening out of being with me."

"I wouldn't.... Not anymore," I told him and purred lightly. "I love you," I whispered.

"I love you too," he murmured then gave me another kiss. "Maybe after we get Dylan back and put Chess in a bed... I can give you a very, very special gift," he told me and winked. "You can run off to your brother afterwards. It is, after all, your birthday week."

"Yeah," I purred and wrapped my arms around his neck. "Let's do that." He laughed then kissed my neck before he gave a small growl in my ear.

"I'll let you pick what we play with," he told me then nipped at the tip of my ear before he started to trail kisses to my lips. "We can do it wherever you want too~ like here," he said and rubbed the arms of the chair as he lingered his lips near mine. "We can screw in the music room like we used to.... We can even play in the kitchen on the counters."

"How about the basement?" I asked curiously.

"In the dungeon?" He asked then gave me a small kiss, "or are you wanting to play in the treasure room in that old coffin of yours you found and put down there?"

"I want the dungeon," I told him in excitement.

"You wanna play captor and prisoner?" He asked me curiously then kissed me again. "Or is there something else you want to play?" He smirked and ran his fingers down my chest slowly.

"Mhmmm, captor and prisoner," I whispered to him and leaned in for a kiss. "You can be the captor." He grinned then kissed me passionately, pushing me back against the chair as he leaned against me. I heard him moan softly as his fingers slipped under the hem of my shirt and started to run up my spine slowly. I purred in delight before stopping.

"We have to go get Dylan," I reminded him. He frowned slightly as he looked me in the eyes then nodded slowly.

"Okay," he murmured. "Get Chess here before we go." He slipped off my lap then and stretched in front of me, walking off towards the couch to wait.

"What? You go get him. He's your nephew."

"You ditched him there," he groaned out then rubbed his arm. "I don't like teleporting...." He glanced back at me and frowned before he disappeared then came back with Chess in his arms and laid him down on the couch. Chess frowned a little and looked around.

"You promised me a friend," he whined out towards Richard.

"I will get you one," he told him sweetly. "I have to do things with Paris though, okay? I'll even see about maybe getting you a playdate with Chise too."

"Okay," he whispered and then got up off the couch. "I'm going to explore," he told us before walking out of the room. Richard watched him go then looked at me, holding out his hand.

"Come here sexy," he purred. "We need to go get Dylan and bring him home." I nodded and ran up to him quickly before taking my phone back out to look at the message of the address we needed to go to. He pulled me close by my waist then kissed my neck before he glanced at the phone and suddenly, we were standing outside a bar in what looked like New York. He wrinkled up his nose at the sight then pushed me towards the door. "Go get the little newborn." I spotted a few of my newborns nearby rush up to us as they spotted us.

"He's in there, we didn't want to disturb him... He's armed and we were afraid he would shoot us," one told me nervously. Richard nodded and put his hands on his hips.

"He probably would shoot you. His entire family was attacked by vampires, and he was turned," Richard said then glanced the door over before he went inside, ditching us all. I followed him quickly- taking his hand as I caught up to him. I heard a few of my newborns trailing behind us. As we walked in, I spotted Dylan eyeing a woman down across the bar from him with a gun in his lap as he sat slouched with an empty shot glass and bottle of beer in front of him on the table. Richard frowned at the sight then snuck over before he sat down next to Dylan and grabbed the bottle of beer, taking a sip of it. "Dylan," he tsked out as he crossed his legs and put an arm around Dylan's shoulders. "Why didn't you come home?" Dylan jumped a little and looked at Richard before gasping. I smiled and walked up to them before sitting down across from them. Dylan looked at me then before grabbing his gun.

"Hey, we're not your enemy," I promised him. He eyed me over before blushing.

"Dylan," Richard purred softly. "Let me see that." He gently took the gun away then kissed his temple. "We're here to take you home. You're safe with us... and your twin brothers need you. You have to come home for them."

"T-they.... they died," he whispered to us in confusion.

"No, they're currently in the custody of the Hunters Association so we can't get ahold of them," I told him.

"H-how?" He asked softly.

"Well, a good friend of ours saved them."

"They need you, Dylan," Richard told him. "If you don't come home, they'll grow up in the hands of the association. They'll think you're dead. You don't want that, do you? Paris and I can help you. We'll help you learn how to deal with hunger, and we'll lend you some money to get the manor repaired. Blade is worried about you too. Come home." He nodded a little and looked at the empty shot glass.

"I want to see Blade," he whispered. "But I don't want to get shot by him." Richard watched him thoughtfully then nodded.

"We won't let him shoot you. I doubt he will anyways. He's been with your family for years. I'm sure he understands. He'll probably watch you closely," Richard told him then rubbed Dylan's head. "We'll get you a bullet proof vest to wear under your shirt to protect your heart and pump some antidote into you beforehand."

"Let's get you something to eat," I purred out and looked at my newborns that were lurking nearby and watching us. I looked at the female he had been watching then and saw them starting for her then. Richard glanced in their direction then gave Dylan's temple another kiss.

"We'll have Donnie come visit," he told Dylan with a purr. "Let's get you home and get you a good bath and that woman." He looked at me and nodded for me to make sure the girl got back to the manor before he disappeared with Dylan to take him back home. I pouted a little before looking at my newborns and watched as they convinced her outside. I followed them until we were outside then teleported home- watching as they teleported into the room, I was in not seconds later with the girl. She started to scream but one of them silenced her quickly.

"Dylan!" I called out. Richard appeared in the room with Dylan and rubbed his shoulders.

"There~ drink all you need Dylan. I'm going to tell one of the servants to draw you a bath. I'll contact Blade and tell him to come here tomorrow morning, and if all goes well, you two can both go to get the twins and stay here until your manor is cleaned up and fixed up," Richard told him then looked at me sweetly.

"T-thank you," he whispered and then looked at the girl before rushing over to her and bit down into her hungrily- pulling her closer to his body. I eyed over my newborns as they watched with a hungry look. Richard glanced at them then cleared his throat.

"You may go share two maids," he told them, "as a reward for finding Dylan." He waved them off then walked over to me, pulling me into his arms and kissing the top of my head. They walked out of the room with delighted purrs as they talked to each other quietly. I looked at Richard and gave him a sweet look. He smirked and kissed my lips then pulled back, walking over to a phone in the room and dialed up the servant hotline then started to give orders for Dylan's stay before he called Blade and instructed him to come tomorrow. He hung up then sat down on the couch running his fingers through his midnight black hair as his eyes lingered on me like they used to back in the older days- like the confident prince he is.

"Dylan, servants will be here soon to help you," I told him before smirking towards Richard. He hasn't looked at me like that in a long time. He playfully exposed his fangs my way then leaned back in his seat as he nicked his bottom lip, drawing blood. I eyed him over before winking and teleported down to the dungeon and went into an empty cell before spinning around... Wait a minute, I should play hard to get. I smirked and teleported out of the cell and purred in delight. I could hear Richard's footsteps echoing down the stairs as he came for the basement, his shoes making distinct thuds before I saw him stop at the end of the hall of the cells. He glanced down towards me then smirked, putting his hands in his pockets as he walked in my direction slowly.

"Paris," he husked out lowly, his voice sounding like silk. Damn, the way he held his shoulders.... My knees went a little weak at the sight, reminding me back when Richard used to dress in his princely uniform back in Europe right after the war. He looked strong... and healthy... like my Richardo. I purred as I eyed him over and licked my lips. What was I doing? I started for him slowly before pausing. That's right- I've got to make this interesting... I started to back up then. He smirked as he watched me then stopped before I felt his strong chest against my back. "Are we playing that game?" He whispered into my ear as his hands gripped my hips. "You're not going anywhere~" I purred and leaned up against his body quickly and went to spin around in his arms.

"I don't want to," I husked out. He chuckled as he forced me to stay facing away from him then kissed my neck.

"Good boy," he murmured as he rubbed my sides slowly. "I'm going to make you wish you never had to leave my side ever."

"I already do," I purred out and then bit my bottom lip. I love him so much. He turned me to face him then leaned in, pressing his lips against mine as he shoved me up against the cell door and forced the air out of my lungs from the impact. I jumped up quickly and wrapped my legs around his waist in excitement and gasped lightly. He growled against my lips then ran his hand down to my thigh, holding it up as he bit down into my lip lightly. I gave a small laugh before leaning into the kiss a little.

"I love you," I whispered to him and licked his lips. He moaned slightly then gripped my butt.

"I love you too," he said quickly, closing his eyes as he pressed his lips up against mine firmly again then pushed his tongue into my mouth as he closed the space between our bodies. I reached down and turned the door handle- making it fall open and made him stumble a bit. He grunted as he did his best to regain his balance then pulled back from the kiss, looking at me full of lust. He smirked then brought me over to a metal table in the room and laid me down on it. "You wanna try something fun?" He asked me and winked as he started to strap me down to it. I widened my eyes a little before eyeing over the straps in excitement.

"What're you going to do to me?" I asked and purred.

"First I'm going to tease you... then I'm going to cut you... and then I'm going to make you wish you could break out of those straps," he told me and gave me a playful look as he ran his hands down his sides, drawing my attention to his body as soon as I was strapped down firmly. I eyed him over before blushing. Wait a minute.... cut me?

"C-cut me?" I asked softly. He purred then nodded, going over to a cabinet and getting out a knife before he came back.

"Oh yes~ I want you hungry," he told me then kissed my lips before he took the knife and started to cut my clothes off under the straps.

"Hungry?" I asked and then eyed over the knife. Richard is going to cut me!? I bit my bottom lip as I watched him taking my clothes off before I tried to break the straps. He tsked at me then kissed my lips.

"Calm down," he purred sweetly at me. "I'm not going to cut you deeply... just enough to make you bleed a little."

"Yeah," I whispered and squirmed a little anyways.

"You liked it one time when I cut you," he told me and smirked as he slowly brushed the knife against my arm then started to drag it against my skin, leaving a trail of blood behind it. I moaned and stopped squirming as I eyed him over and exposed my fangs. He purred then leaned in quickly, kissing my lips as he went for my other arm and started on that one. I leaned into the kiss quickly and bit his bottom lip a little to make it bleed. He yanked back and tsked. "No," he told me firmly then reached for my neck, dragging the knife across it gently enough like a musician playing a string instrument. I squirmed a little and looked up at him as my heart raced. He purred and dropped it on the floor as he leaned in and licked my neck slowly, gathering all the blood up on his tongue. I licked my lips and tried to kiss him quickly. He climbed up on top of me then kissed me deeply, moaning as he pulled back and bit into his lips before he leaned in and kissed me again. I purred and kissed him back deeply and squirmed a little against the straps- trying to break free. He chuckled when I couldn't then pulled back from the kiss as he straddled my lap and pulled his shirt off, taking it slow as he inched it up his body. He's teasing me! I squirmed a little more- feeling my shoes fall off from it.

"Yes?" He asked playfully then took the shirt off, dangling it in front of my face. "You want free?" He asked then tossed it away from us as he tugged lightly on one of the straps that went over my body. "You want me?" I nodded quickly and smirked a little as I tried to slip my hand out of the strap. He smacked my hand then and went to tighten it, seeing I was trying to get loose. I gasped as I managed to get it lose and yelped as I tried to free my other one. He growled and went for it then, trying to get ahold of my free hand. "Damn it, you rascally devil." I giggled in excitement as I got my hands free and grabbed his pants- yanking them down. He yelped then went for my hands again as he narrowed his eyes. "You're asking for it~!" I growled playfully and kicked my feet around- squirming under him to try not to get caught. He grabbed my shoulders then to try to make me stop squirming then smirked as he moved a little on top of me, pushing up against my manhood. I gasped and got still as I looked up at him eagerly. He purred and gave me a kiss then. "Birthday boy," he husked out as he started to move his hips on top of me, giving me a taste as he sat up on top of me. "I'm going to teach you a lesson for squirming~" I nodded and licked my lips.

"Teach me," I begged. He nodded quickly then ran his fingers across my chest slowly before he purred in delight and rubbed one of my nipples as he leaned down and kissed me. I sharpened my fangs quickly and leaned up to bite him- giving a playful growl. He gasped and yanked back then smirked at me before he winked and got off me, slipping off the table. I sat up quickly and started for my lower body- going to unstrap it. He growled and went to stop me then, snatching my hands.

"Nope~ you're not getting free, Paris~ I'll be back. Just give me a minute." I gave him a playful look

"Where're you going?" I asked curiously.

"Toy hunting," he told me and winked. I eyed him over and nodded as I looked towards my feet. I'll get free and make him chase me. He pushed me onto my back then and whistled as he started to strap me back in, making it so tight it bit down into my skin and made it hard to breathe. I gasped and eyed him over when he finished.

"What toys?" I asked and licked my lips.

"Blindfold... gag... oils... lube... maybe a whip," he said and smirked at me. I blushed and eyed him over in awe. He's gotten creative. "Hell... maybe I'll even get something that'll tighten on you if you squirm too much." He leaned down and kissed my lips again. I kissed him back quickly and eyed him over in pure joy. He purred and rubbed my cheek before he disappeared then came back with everything he listed, putting it all onto a rolling table and brought it over to us then eyed it over. He smirked and grabbed the gag the stuck it into my mouth, tying it behind my head. I eyed him over and moaned a little as I gave him an eager look. He purred then grabbed the blindfold, slipping it over my eyes and tied it on me firmly. "I think I'll adjust the straps on this table," he purred into my ear, his hot breath hitting it. I purred towards him and squirmed a bit- gasping as the straps cut into me. I heard him chuckle before I felt his hands rubbing the oils onto my body, slathering me up in my favorite one. I could smell it~! I blushed and rubbed my head up against the table a little and tried to get the blind fold off to see. He laughed then rubbed my cheek to make me stop.

"Shhh, you don't need to see what I'm going to do to you." I could hear the smirk in his voice before I felt the straps loosen then felt him flip me over onto my stomach as he strapped my arms down to the table and forced my hips up into the air and put one of the straps behind my knees so I couldn't lay down on the table all the way. I gasped and rubbed my cheek up against the table. Ohh. He's getting ready. He's so hot and creative! What is this? My very important decade birthday? Century birthday? I heard him getting onto the table before his lips graced my spine, kissing it gently as he breathed in my scent.

"Richard," I purred out but heard it get muffled by the gag. I bet he knows I was saying his name though. He purred loudly and kissed my neck quickly.

"Paris," he husked out before I felt the gag slipping out of my mouth. "Oh hell~ I love the gag idea, but I can't stand not hearing your gorgeous voice the way I should." I giggled and licked my lips as he took it out.

"Richard," I mumbled and smiled. "You're creative."

"Creative?" He asked then laughed as his soft lips touched mine. I kissed him quickly and licked his lips.

"Mhmm," I purred out. He gave a slight moan then pushed his tongue into my mouth as he started to adjust himself over me, his stomach hovering over my back. I pushed my back up against him quickly and gave a playful growl. He growled back as he pulled away from my lips then ran his hands along my body before he started to grind slowly against me. I moved my body up against his quickly in response. I hope no one walks in... He forgot to lock the door. He moaned and kissed my shoulder blade as I felt his aroused manhood pressing up against me. His hot body pressed down into mine as he suddenly thrusted against me, rocking his hips into me. I moaned and bit my bottom lip hard- making it bleed a little.

"R-Richard," I moaned out.

"What was that?" He purred, running his fingers through my hair before he gripped it tightly and tugged on it.

"Richard!" I gasped out in pure joy. "Harder!" I heard him chuckle before he yanked on my hair harder and bucked his hips into me again. I felt my knees shake a little and moaned loudly into the table. He purred and leaned down, starting to suck at my ear as I felt his boxers slipping down his hips slowly. "Already?" I asked in excitement. He's eager for me too.

"It's your birthday week~ Why should I tease you too bad?" He asked me then chuckled as he kissed my spine then tugged on my hair. "Behave like a good birthday boy~"

Dylan's POV:

Richard hummed as he tightened the bullet proof vest on me then slipped my shirt on over it, kissing my cheek. "You drank all that antidote, right?" He asked me. "Blade is going to be here any minute. I don't want him poisoning you."

"Yeah," I told him and yanked my shirt a little further down and gave him an uncertain look. "I don't want anything bad to happen," I whispered. "What if he gets angry about me being a vampire?"

"If he does... I'll take care of it," he promised me then rubbed my cheek. "I'll compel him or something to not kill you. I doubt he will harm you though. He loved your family." He frowned then pulled back. "I haven't really practiced it, but I should be able to. I've watched Paris do it enough to steal it from him."

"Thanks for being here for me," I whispered and blushed. "I thought I was alone."

"You're a Dracula. You can make any vampire kneel," Paris purred out as he walked into the room with a bottle of blood and then gave Richard a 'whipped' look as he eyed him over and bit his bottom lip like he was thinking hard about something. Richard smirked slightly as he caught the look then exposed his fangs, growling dominantly his way.

"I'll make you kneel if you keep looking at me like that so innocently," he teased him then winked. Paris gave a huge smile and ran up- wrapping his arms around Richard quickly and leaned in for a kiss.

"Did I ever tell you how much I love it when you growl at me?" Paris husked out. Richard purred then kissed him deeply, wrapping his arms around Paris's waist and dipping him a bit back as he gave a soft moan. Paris melted quickly in Richard's arms and let out a pleased gasp of excitement.

"G-guys I'm still in here!" I yelled out and covered my eyes. I don't want to see them go further than a kiss. I heard Richard give a small purr as the sounds of their kisses stopped.

"You know... you still have to go back to Louis," Richard murmured. "You can wait for me long enough to spend time with your twin. He's probably lonely. I've got this sweetie, okay? I can handle Blade and Dylan."

"Yeah... I hope he's not mad at me..." Paris trailed off then. "I'll go back and see him... Call me later so I can ask about today." I took my hands down to see Paris was giving Richard a sweet look. Richard nodded and leaned in, giving him a small kiss.

"I'll call," he promised then purred lovingly, watching Paris like he was his whole world. "I'll call too if anything goes horribly wrong and I need you. Go spend time with your twin before you find he's missing from that island you two are on." Paris nodded before teleporting away. Richard glanced towards me then and purred, grabbing my hand then started to lead me to the front door. "We're going to be fine. Trust me~ Now let's go have fun. We'll take Blade out for food or something to make him feel more at ease outside of my home. He might not like being stuck here in a house full of vampires in the basement," Richard told me. "We need to wait till he gets here though. We'll stick him in the front seat of my car so he can't get you from behind if he tries something."

"A-are you sure we should take this matter into town?" I asked nervously.

"He's not going to shoot you in public in front of a bunch of humans," Richard told me. "He's too classy for that. We'll discuss what happened over food then go to get the twins and bring you and your brothers here where you three can stay till your manor is cleaned up and ready for you to go back." He rubbed my head then kissed my cheek. "I'm going to take care of you, Dylan. You're like another son to me~"

"T-thanks," I whispered and grabbed his hand. He's like an uncle to me. He purred then took me out onto the porch, sitting down in a swing with me as he looked around the yard then sighed.

"Everything is going to be fine from here on out~" He purred contentedly. "All Paris and I will need to do is make Maine safe again, and then we can all sit back and live out eternity. I know you don't like it right now... but you should turn the twins when they become adults. You don't want to go eternity without them, Dylan. You'll miss them terribly." Yes.... I should turn my brothers... I can't live eternity without them. He glanced at me and rubbed my head again then looked towards the gates as a car pulled up by them. He smirked suddenly and exposed his fangs playfully towards it, laughing as he pulled me close to him. "There's Blade, Dylan~" I gave a nervous look at the car before looking at Richard.

"Promise I'll be safe?" I asked softly. He nodded quickly and frowned.

"Of course," he told me. "You can go wait inside if you want so I can break it to him by myself if you're really that frightened of your family friend." He rubbed my shoulder then glanced back towards the car. "If anything, he'll shoot me. He doesn't love me like he loves you." I nodded before taking in a deep breath.

"We'll have to tell him together," I whispered. "Respectfully." He nodded at me then touched my lip with his finger, opening my mouth as he glanced inside quickly.

"Did you eat this morning?" He asked sharply. "I want to make sure you don't touch Blade. He won't take kindly to you biting him if you try."

"N-no," I whispered and grabbed his hand.

"Who's that?" I heard someone from behind as he ran up and snatched Richard's hand. I gasped as I eyed over his cat ears, but his eyes were lingering by the gates. "Who's coming over? Chise?" He asked in excitement.

"Uhhhh." Richard frowned suddenly then scooped the cat boy up quickly, kissing the top of his head. "No, that's not Chise. That's a friend of mine. I'm reuniting him with one of his friends. See that? That's Dylan," he purred at the cat. "Chess, say hi to Dylan~ I promise I'll see about contacting that punk Laurence and see if he'll bring over Chise for you to play with for tomorrow, mkay? I'm busy today, but I'll take you with me if you behave."

"Okay, we're going somewhere?" Chess- the cat boy asked as his tail and ears flicked together. He looked at me and waved his little fingers cutely before blushing and then looked at the car with a huge smile.

"Yeah~ we're going out to get some food then go find a set of little twins," Richard explained to him. "You'll have to be very careful though. This man that is coming up our driveway will be on edge the whole time and might shoot at me and you."

"Be polite," I warned quietly.

"Do I have to hide my ears?" Chess asked and covered his ears with his hands. Richard gave him a thoughtful look then touched Chess's ear.

"I'll put one of Donnie's old hoodies on you," he told him. "You can put your ears and tail under it." With that, he walked off with Chess, concern etched onto his face. I frowned and looked at the car as it was pulling up.

"R-Richard," I whined out. He's leaving me at the worst time.

"Come with me~ A butler can open the door for him," he said then looked back at me. "I can't very well let Blade see his ears, and Chess doesn't know where Donnie's old stuff is. We'll go greet him wherever the servants take him." I nodded and ran after him quickly.

"I'm hungry," Chess whined out then. "Can you help me hunt?"

"Hungry?" Richard frowned and held him closer as he watched him. "Do you even know how to take someone's soul and eat it? I don't. I just take blood."

"Dad showed me," Chess mumbled. "But it's a private affair and I have to convince them to give it to me. But I'm bad at that."

"Well... find something they want and offer it to them in exchange for their soul," Richard said then smirked. "I could always drop you off at an insane asylum or a hospital for you to find needy souls."

"Okay," Chess purred out and then rubbed the bottom of his shirt. "I wish my dad were here to help feed me."

"I thought your mother told you to call your dad if you needed anything," Richard pointed out quickly. "Why don't you summon him? He'd help you hunt... and then I could deal with Dylan and Blade without worrying about my little nephew getting shot~"

"Because I wanted to try to do things on my own without him," Chess whined out and rubbed his eyes.

"Weeee could..." Richard frowned and trailed off, stopping in his tracks. "I don't want to summon another demon to see if he'll teach you to hunt. I'd probably have to trade my soul for that, and Paris would get pissed. How about you try hunting one of the servants, hmm? You could take a maid's soul or something. They're kind of naïve about that I think."

"You think it would work?" He asked before looked at a maid and licked his lips. "Excuse me... can I have your soul?" The maid looked at him and tensed before she looked at Richard who gave her a sharp glare.

"N-n-n-yes?" She stuttered out, cowering as Richard's eyes started to narrow. "Yes...."

"Great!" He ran up to her and took her hand before they disappeared. I eyed over where they had been and raised an eyebrow.

"That takes care of that," Richard said cheerfully then turned to me, grabbing my hand as he dragged me back to the front door just as a butler was opening it. "Now~ let's say hi to Blade!" I gasped a little as Blade was right outside the door. His eyes widened slightly as he saw me before giving a smile and opened his arms out for me.

"Dylan, they found you," he said in relief and waited for me to come to him. I rushed into his arms quickly and hugged him tightly- burying my face into his neck. Oh man.... He smells good... Richard cleared his throat then and walked towards us.

"Blade... I'd watch his face just a little. He didn't eat this morning," he said calmly. "It's great to see you~" I felt my fangs sharpen as I instinctively brushed them against his neck to bite down.

"Don't do that, you'll find yourself in an earlier grave," he warned and pushed me back an inch before grabbing my chin and forced my face to look at him as he eyed my fangs over. "Damn bloody vampires," he muttered. "No offense," he said quickly to us. "Here-" He reached into his pocket then before giving me a small bottle with blue liquid in it. "I thought I might find you as a vampire," he told me. "That's a cure." I heard Richard give a slight growl, but he relaxed quickly, eyeing me over then looked towards the bottle suspiciously.

"More like bottled death," Richard grumbled, sending a look Blade's way. "Anything blue can't be good. I've seen the poisons in your bullets. They're blue."

"So?" He asked before frowning. "I wouldn't kill my nephew," he hissed out before looking at me. "It's okay Dylan. You can drink it if you want to, but I'll understand if you don't. You've tasted the forbidden fruit," he chuckled out before smirking a little. "I did to," he whispered towards me. Richard widened his eyes a little as he watched Blade before he snatched him and smelled him curiously.

"You used to be a vampire?!" Richard asked, trying to catch any lingering whiff on him from the looks of it. "Why the fuck are you a hunter then?!"

"What? No," he scoffed out. "But I've had my fair share of blood," he said and then frowned. "Whether it be your kind's blood or battle blood in general." He looked at me then. "Just do me a favor and think about it, okay?" He asked me and looked at the cure in my hand. Richard let go in disinterest then went to take the cure from me, frowning slightly.

"Blade... this wouldn't happen to turn purebloods human, would it?" He asked and turned it over in his hand. "I don't think having this around is a good idea. You guys might put this in your bullets... and even if they just kill purebloods because they were never human to begin with, I don't like the idea of this stuff existing. Being a vampire is much better than being a human. Vampires are way more powerful and are a step up on the evolutionary ladder on everything on Earth. Why do you think we're immortal?"

"It only works on fresh newborns," he told Richard before looking at the cure. "I gave that to Dylan. Please give it back. It's his decision. He should be offered every choice." He looked at me then. "You don't have to make it now. But keep it a consideration." Richard tsked but gave it back to me reluctantly.

"I still don't like the idea. Dylan should stay a vampire... and turn his twins when they're old enough," he grumbled towards Blade.

"Don't make decisions for him."

"You're not being too great yourself. He was afraid you were going to shoot him," Richard shot back at him calmly.

"Well, I bet that's a relief, huh kiddo?" He asked me and gave a huge smile as he pulled me back into his arms and hugged me. "I'll take you home and let you get cleaned up- my home that is. Then I'll take you to the Hunters Association where they want to offer you a position. They'll train you and help you catch your family's killers and avenge them," he told me quietly. "It's a good choice. In return they'll put you on their fly list and you'll be untouchable by hunters."

"I've already offered for him to stay here," Richard said quickly and frowned. "Paris and I are going to help with his manor being cleaned up so he can take care of the twins there. We're going to go get his siblings today."

"Are you insane?" Blade asked and frowned as he pushed me back. "You're not bringing the twins into this mess. They deserve to grow up away from this right now. What if you eat them on accident, Dylan?" He asked me in alarm. "What if they come back and you can't defend your brothers, yourself, your house, or your land? What are you going to do then? Watch them turn your brothers into blood slaves while they torture you in some warehouse where I can't find you? I'm going to train you to fight and defend yourself. You'll track them down. Isn't that what you want? To make sure you're safe before bringing your brothers home? We'll train you to control your thirst and your new strength. You need to be thinking about these things. It's not a good idea. Your brothers are fine, trust me. They put them in a home- a safe home. Don't endanger them," he begged me. I felt my eyes water as I thought about my selfish needs to see them again. "Dylan! I won't let you endanger them!" He told me quickly.

"Hey, it's not his fucking fault what happened," Richard said sharply. "You can't expect his twins to sit thinking their big brother is dead and no one they love is alive! If you don't want him to have them, at least give me the twins! I don't want them growing up out of Dylan's reach, and I don't want them growing up at the hunter's association! That place is fucking awful!" He exposed his fangs then and narrowed his eyes. "Do you want them full of hate, Blade? They'll come back and wonder why the fuck Dylan didn't let them know he's alive and hate him because of that and because he's a vampire! Let him get the twins. I'll take them off both of your hands if you're really going to be that way about letting Dylan raise them!"

"S-stop," I begged them. "Just stop arguing," I hissed out and frowned. "It's my brothers." I put my hands up then and got between them. "I'll decide what I want for them. I'm not old enough to take care of them. Blade's right, if I brought them into this- I might be already engraving their gravestones. They're together and that's what matters most right now. Blade said they're safe. I want to make sure," I whispered to Blade. "I have to know... but you're right, I can't interfere with or endanger them. It's not what we want. It's what's best for them. They have six more years or a little over... before I can bring them back into my life. By then I'll have things ready for them. They'll be older and will understand. Family loves each other no matter what. Their best bet is in a home away from us right now." I frowned a little but then put on a smile. "Blade, can I go see where they are? I'll need to know so I can get them in a few years." He nodded and looked at me proudly. Richard tsked then and started to walk off, shoving his hands into his pockets.

"Fucking hunters," he grumbled.

"Relax, they're not at the association. They're in a branch off that deals with the orphans. They're in a well-managed home." He looked at his car then before looking at Richard. "I'm in debt to you, Richard. You brought my boy back," he said before rubbing my head and then grabbed my arm and started to pull me towards the car. "Come on, I'll let you go see them." I caught Richard watching us over his shoulder in slight disappointment before he sighed and rubbed his head, looking away from us.

"It's none of my business anyways," he muttered before he looked back at me specifically. "Dylan, I hope you realize what exactly you're doing- especially if you drink that cure. Humans die easily. There's a reason why hunters have a very long training process, and that's because your bodies are fragile. Don't waste what happened to you by drinking that. I don't care if you hate vampires or not but play it smart. I doubt you'll ever see a chance to become a vampire again unless it comes from me or Paris."

"I know," I whispered. I have a chance at mortality... but to be honest.... I'm not interested in it. I've always fascinated over myths like the fountain of youth... and now I've got eternity- just like I wanted. A chance to see more.... I have an endless amount of time... and I want to give this gift to others. My twin brothers. "This is my choice," I told him. "No one can make this for me." I eyed them both over. I already know it, but I don't want to watch one's defeat and the other's victory face. It's not their influence encouraging me to take my prolonged life seriously. Richard nodded then gave a small smirk before he started to walk off, humming under his breath.

"Good luck~" He purred out towards me happily as he left us in peace.