~ Maria giggled out loudly, finding something hilarious about my expressions or confused phasing.
Calming herself down, Maria said, "Yes, I have the girls and the baby." She got up from her seat and walked over towards our right and knocked on this door from inside the living room. As I kinda stared at her blinking. "Just before you and Cory came by, Nick dropped off his daughter Samantha. She was begging to play with Clara. So I told him I'd take her since he has to attend that meeting anyway."
Completely stumped, I was! "I didn't know Nick was married and had a daughter!"
Coming back around the coffee table. "He isn't married anymore there is quite a sad story behind that," Maria said with the saddest frown when she sat back down beside me.
"May I ask what happened?" I asked curiously but at the same time, I wasn't trying to seem nosey.
"Nick fell in love with a hybrid-woman, not from the Kingdoms. She was from the Average Society Kind and lived the wealthiest lifestyle. She worked and went to schooling to be a business assistant within her community. Despite her wild fun side, she had her goals set but sadly she wasn't immortal." Explained Maria.
Only becoming more curious, I asked, "How did a Kingdom man like him being a Primary meet an average Society hybrid-woman?"
Furthermore explaining, Maria went on, "Nick meet her at a neutral dance club." Noticing my lost expressions, Maria giggled, "Neutral public places aren't owned by anyone and are open for any Society in case you didn't know."
I bobbed at her statement as Maria continued, "Anyways, Nick started to see her. They were together a few months but her family didn't like Nick. Especially, her dad, but he couldn't stop Nick from seeing his daughter. He knew Nick was a Primary from a Highest-Ranked Kingdom. So he didn't have any intimation over Nick. After awhile, Nick asked her to marry him. They both had a private wedding in her Society because she didn't like the Kingdom ways. Sometime after being married she asked if he'd leave the kingdom to live with her in the Average Society. But he told her no and asked her to join the Kingdom. However, she didn't want to live under Kingdom ruling and laws. And Nick wouldn't force this kinda lifestyle on her. So she never joined the Kingdom and mostly stayed with her Kind. But the bad thing about that was. It put a strain on their marriage and things got complicated. So they both agreed divorce would be best. Since she never joined the Kingdom and because she was mortal they were able to get a divorce. But after the divorce, she told him the news she was pregnant. Since she didn't tell him the news before the divorce was final. Nick, was very upset with her. It caused a bad enough fight that she excluded Nick from her life during the pregnancy. She wouldn't speak to him and he never forced himself back into her life. Up until she was in labor she called him and told him the news from her average Society hospital. She carried her baby for about two months. But her labor was fast because the baby expanded way too quickly. Just on his way up, Nick got the news that she had passed away from uncontrollable bleeding. He was told the baby had passed before birth too. But Nick being trained well, knows how to tell if someone is lying and right away he knew something was off. So he contacted Cory about the situation telling him he may need help. Once Nick arrived at the hospital entering into the birthing suite. He saw she was dead and knew she only had one life, so there wasn't any chance to revive her. So he questioned the family. Told them straight out to give him the baby. After arguing with his ex-wife's family. He called Cory and the rest of his Primary friends came in with a few Highest Ranker friends. With the power Cory has he locked down the Maternity suite. The family knew at that point they didn't have much power because everyone was fearful of Cory. Nobody messes with a Primary King especially when that Head King is Cory. JJ did the maternity testing on all the babies and found Nick had a daughter. Claiming his baby girl Nick named her Samantha after her mother. He told the family they could have visits to the child but if any of them pulled that again. They'd never see her."
"Wow, I wonder, how she died," I stated.
Maria explained, "JJ examined the mother's body and said she had some kinda internal injury and told the family he could have saved her."
"That is so sad," I said.
Maria exclaimed, "It was very devastating for Nick. Luckily, Samantha grew to gain the immortality gene like her dad. Since her mother's side carries that mortal gene. Nick is a tubebaby born in our Kingdom. The Royals to Nick are his family and Samantha is the first of his bloodline."
"Does Samantha still see her other family?" I asked wondering.
"Samantha sees her other family often but she is under our laws and protection by the Kingdom." Replied Maria.
"Awe, that's good." Still shocked I added, "I didn't know this about Nick. Then again I haven't been around Nick from only just meeting him."
Maria said giggling, "Nick, Aaron, Jay, JJ, Mike, and Matt are Cory's Primaries and best friends. They help him manage to rule the Kingdom. Along with my husband but he's a Highest Ranker under command by Jay's Division. Before too long you'll know these guys very well. Since my husband is a Highest-Ranker and friend of theirs is why I know them. My husband has been good pals with Cory and his Primaries since his teen years so they hang out together."
In agreement, "Yes, I could see they are fairly close."
Maria giggled saying, "Yeah, they're but crazy to think. Until you came around I'd never been in Cory's room. That's why it doesn't surprise me that he picked you to be his bride." Maria then placed her hand on my shoulder. "I promise things will get better. You and I are always going to be best friends forever."
"I'll try to see this from a different view but I'm just not fond of this new lifestyle." I honestly shared.
Understanding her pain and fear, Maria said, "This is the Society you were born in regardless. Whether you believe it or not. That ring on your finger shows you have already been claimed by the Primary King himself. There isn't any way escaping Cory because you are forever destined to be our Primary Queen."