Emily's pov
I stretched out like a well-fed cat and rolled myself over finding Samson watching me a blushed crept over my cheeks and down my body. I didn't know why but I now felt suddenly shy of Samson. He placed a finger under my chin and searched my eyes I got lost once again in his he kissed me and said "don't hide your beautiful body, not from me. I gasped and he took full advantage and drove his tongue to find mine and swirled our tongue in the age-old dance of mating. We kissed till suddenly an alarm coming from his phone broke us apart. Shortly after my phone in my pants pocket did the same. Reminding me I had a job.
"The job I jumped up and quickly started gathering my clothes and started dressing" James watched me bemused and silent. As I slowed myself down I realized I would need a ride back to my car so I stopped pushing myself around. "I need to return to work," I stated he replied no you don't but if you wish to go back to and continue to work your free too. "Said Samson, "you have no need to work for the humans anymore." I looked him over and she gave me a lusty longing look."I have been there long enough but I need to give them at least two weeks' notice. Then my car disappears I can't just go with no notice they will find that odd especially with my car itself still sitting in the last jobs parking lot for the last 24 hours that the company worked at.
He nodded his understanding at where I was going with all this .but as his thought swirled through his eyes his face suddenly saddened. "I can't be the one to take you not tonight I have duties in other places that I must attend and my father the king and my mother the queen wish to meet you. Shocked I looked at him "your royalty?? Vampires have royalty still? Are you like actual rule makers or like figureheads?" I still have much to learn of the world it seemed. He paused for a moment "let me make introductions of you to my parents?" he pleaded with me "then I'll have Tyler take you back to sort out anything you need." I nodded I felt a bit uncomfortable with just wearing my same uniform over again. I just delta with it, however. I went to the car and got in with Tyler. We drove silently to my car. And they waited silently sitting waiting for my coworkers to arrive and they did on schedule.
Thank goodness the clinic was the first on the list tonight instead of the last. As there was no way we had even gotten everything done last night. At about 10:15 pm the van and my coworkers showed up and they pulled out and grabbed different equipment out of the vehicle. I went over to them and said "hey guys", they all turned jess squealed in surprise they usually got to a site before me. But not today it would seem, however. Jess jumped at my greeting and squealed giving me a big hug "I'm glad you're ok we worried about you after yesterday and when we saw your car we thought it so strange and the message you left well it was too muffled and quiet to make anything out of it at all."
"So you ok now? Did you see a doc?" asked mike I smiled weakly "I'm fine for now I did see a doctor a specialist in fact…. Guys... " I found this difficult to saw I mean anytime I had come close to people who I couldn't tell what I was too it was difficult it was why this was the closest I had come to others before. "guys I'm going to have to retire starting tonight." Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at me incredulously. "What's going on?" asked mike upset at my statement and worried as well.
I took a deep breath I had prepared them a few months back now for this in a way. And I knew the story I was going to give them, had been practicing it so I knew it by heart and could make myself believable even to my own ears. "I'm sick you guys it's a rare blood genetic disorder. The treatment is risky and hard to get and so it's part of the reason I get sick so often and suddenly." They all exchanged pitying glances then jess looked at me and said "why didn't you tell us why did you wait till now to say anything?" I laughed sweetly and tears escaped my eyes they were making this hard they really cared about me and I had gotten too close for their safety I cursed myself. They made this so complicated asking for details it was too much.
Luckily for me when they saw the array of emotions play in my face they stopped their questions and maybe it was enough of a response that jess said:" We understand Emily." Mike stepped forward and gave me an awkward pat on the back jess looking hurt and sad said "please please let me know if I can help in any way and you take care of yourself and don't forget to stay in touch." I nodded and promised. With that, I said my goodbyes and walked back to the unmarked car.
Tyler upon me opening the passenger seat asked "all good?" I responded "yes now I'm grabbing my little bug from the parking lot and I'll follow you from here back to the mansion. He nodded driving me up to my car I went and got in my little bug and pulled out my keys and started her up. I followed them out to the highway and onto the road leading back to the mansion.
The distraction of the music must have gotten to me emotionally, as I started to panic. I always did when I made big changes. I tried to calm myself and collect my thoughts but I was finding myself not in my own emotions or physical feelings. Finally, it all became too much the pain now tore through me I had to pull the car over. Tyler must have noticed I was no longer following and he must have picked up that pretty quickly or he was feeling something too. He pulled over pulled me out of my car and held me till I calmed myself down I turned to Tyler and said "we need to get back something is wrong" looking down at me "nothing's wrong now but I don't want to upset you further there was a fight between the brothers again and Samson got injured has in the infirmary your mate so you felt his pain." I looked at him shocked and then I was angry as to why we were still standing there I needed to be at Samson's side I needed to see that he was ok or that he would be with my own eyes.
Pulling away from Tyler I jumped back in my car and yelled are you coming and without giving him a chance to answer I sped off back to the mansion I must have made it there in less than record time cause I jumped out of the car and the van was nowhere in sight sprinting up the steps I raced to Samson's room where I found him lying there a feeder sitting in the corner waiting on him and a picket line in his arm pumping him full of what smelled awful causing his blood to smell funny even.
"Samson" I cried running to his bedside "what happened to him?!" I demanded I couldn't stand seeing him like this he was so powerful and we had only just found each other I couldn't lose him not this quickly. I turned to Samson kissing him a strange taste entered my mouth almost floral it made me feel slightly woozy. "The doctor when examining him had no answers for us. The only thing they could think of was to set up the drip and place him in his bed comfortably. They don't think he will make it." My head shot up at this and I stood up how dare you he will make it I shouted and as I made my way toward the doctor I got very dizzy myself and stumbled there was little explanation except for the taste in my mouth started making me choke and gag. All looked on in shock before the doctors rushed to treat me now as well I never lost consciousness through it all however when I had vomited the contents of my stomach and the poison the doctor decided to test its contents and test Samson finding the same drug in our systems he immediately gave Samson ipecac and other fluids through his iv.
Samson woke to have a similar spell to mine only much worse for he had more of a dosage than I. he was still very weak after this that the doctor forced him to rest and dragged me to a feeder Samson must have been too weak still or the doctor wanted to be sure his system was completely clean before allowing him back to nutrition.
James pov
After our last conversation mother gave me a wicked-looking vial with a syringe and told me to try to inject it into my father. Well, plans didn't quite work themselves that way as I waited for my father needle in hand in walked the oaf brother of mine Samson I had no choice but to dose him instead. And then too many people were in the hall I had to use the secret passageway mother knew of all of them and had taught me of many. She will be infuriated that once again James foiled our plans and now the suspicion of how he got sick will land on us shit I cursed. I left back to my mother's chambers to inform her and possibly come up with a reformatted plan of action.
Well, it wasn't like he didn't blame me these days for the rain. "Let us see if this will finally drive that wedge and with this little spell," said Gisele she waved and chanted the spell "vere mendacium videbitur, all Samson says truthfully let it be seen by Augustus as lies." She chanted this three times and laughed gleefully as she watched in her cauldron the spell already start taking effect.
I smiled at my mother as I knew her magic was powerful and that my mother's cunning knew no bounds. As she finished her spell I kissed her forehead and left her to watcher casting unfold.