I woke up rubbing my eyes as I sat up in the nest. "Night's Blessing." Father said. I yawned and nodded to him.
"Night's blessing and I am sorry about yanking everyone yesterday." I said softly.
"You know what you need. I am surprised you didn't grab Matthew as well."
"I wanted to but if I remember right he was teaching the pagies yesterday." I said as Logan pulled me back down to cuddle more.
Father chuckled and smiled at me. "You know you can call me Athair if you prefer it." I smiled at him.
"I was in a cell with someone who spoke very little English and she said she wanted her Athair and Mathair. I remember them throwing us together and telling me to teach her. Ava was her name." my memories are so broken right now it is painful." I spoke softly.
"Then stop thinking and relax." Logan muttered as he shifted me to where my face was buried into his chest and his nose was buried in my hair.
"He's right. Relax, we have a week before the tournament." He said as a knock came from the front of the nest making me stiffen.
"So this is where you guys disappeared too." Matthew said.
"Come in." Father spoke softly and then after a minute I had a back up against mine.
"So can I ask why send you to the nest?"
"Daddy's death." I said softly.
"Yea when Mom's death anniversary comes I tend to hide in the nest too." He agreed. "How did it happen?" He asked me.
"Stabbed again and again and ag…" I was stopped by Logan.
"At least my mom went peacefully." Matthew said softly.
"True." Logan said, kissing my head softly.
I simply hummed as a banging on the window made up all the jumps and Father, Logan, and Uncle hissed and were over top of us.
"I apologize." Someone yelled. "But the door is locked and the prisoner is asking why he is being held prisoner and Maxwell said I quote "Get your asses back to the castle with the guest there."
I sighed. "Come on, we need to deal with politics." I sighed as Logan moved off of us.
"Night's Blessing." Xavier said, yawning.
"Night's Blessing Kiddo." I said crawling out of the Nest.
"Are you feeling better?" He asked me.
"Yea I am feeling better." I smile at him as I help him out of the Nest.
"So other than being a safe place what is the nest for?" Mother asked as she crawled out.
"If you're turned you get put into the nest and you go through the change in the nest." Athair yawned.
"For born Vampires they will spend their first years in the nest. The nest tends to be at the safest place in the home." Regulus said as Logan held me close to him.
"I will take your mother and brother, you take Logan and Varance can take Matthew." Father said.
"Okay." I yawned and pulled Logan into the shadows and pulled back up in the suite.
"Do you want to start looking for a place to make a nest here at the castle?" He asked me as he nose my ear.
"I will start looking but I make no promises." I told him.
"Okay thank you." He said, kissing my head. "I love you."
"I love you too." I purred, still feeling emotionally drained but I know I have to deal with the world.
"Go back to bed Diana." Father said as I looked up at them. "No you bed now I will handle the dumb ass and we can handle the rest of the night."
"If you guys are sure."
"If I remember right this was supposed to be your week off." Matthew said, tilting his head.
"It was." I agreed.
"Then sleep if I need you, someone will come get you." Logan kissed my cheek.
"Very well, good night." I yawned and winced as my heart beat.
"Did your heart beat?" Uncle asked me.
"Yea it does that from time to time." I answered him before shadowing to bed. A knock on the door had me sitting up and rubbing my eyes as more memories settled into place.
"Diana?" Mother called.
"Yes?" I asked as the door opened.
"Do you need a puke bucket?" She asked me.
"Not at the moment." I said softly. "I will probably once I process what the fuck I saw." I said softly crawling out of bed.
"I just wanted to check on you but you don't need to get out of bed." She tells me.
"I need to get up and move." I told her. "Plus I am hungry." I told her.
"That does seem to be a good reason for you to wake up." She agrees as I change and head to the living area where Maxwell was sitting.
"Night's blessing my Lady, are you feeling better?" He asked me.
"For now my brain feels like mush though." I explained as we left the suite and headed for the great hall.
"So what did he say when you told him why he was down there?" I asked them.
"He freaked out that you are remembering." Mother said softly.
"Do we know who the other guy is?" I asked her.
"You remember the man I spoke to on the phone the other day?"
"The council member?" I asked her.
"Yea that is him." She sighed and grabbed my wrist. "Have they ever seen you like this?" She asked me.
"Yes but not for a while." I said softly as I opened the door.
"Night's Blessing my Queen." Zoe said as she passed us.
"I thought that title was not yours yet." Mother said softly.
"I don't but half the castle has already said that I am their queen title or not." I explained as I took my seat and Leo came out with a goblet of blood and a cup of tea. "Thank you, Chief Leo."
"Of course my Lady." He said softly.
"Can I get some meat?" I asked him.
"Sure you want some fish or game meat?" He asked me.
"Surprise me, Chef." I told him.
"Very well." He said.
"I thought you said you just don't need to eat." Tacal asked.
"Don't need to. Doesn't mean we won't. I am in an emotional and mental rack with some of what I have remembered. It's a confert." I sighed.
"Can I ask what you remembered?" Loran asked as she pulled up a chair next to me and I leaned against her as I sip my blood.
"Watching my Daddy get murdered." I said softly but I knew the room heard it.
"Death." She said softly and hugged me. "I am sorry you honey."
"It's not your fault I watched it." I told her.
"You want to talk about it?" She asked me.
"When we can talk alone." I tell her as I lean against her.
She rubbed my back as I sighed. I know I am dropping all protocol for acting around non clan members and just relax against my sister. "Sleepy?"
"Just woke up." I told her.
"Memories returning?" She asked me.
"Dragon let them go." I tell her as a plate clicks in front of me. "Thank you Leo."
"You're welcome, I hope you get to feeling better." He patted my shoulder.
"You have fun with Vicky, just not too much fun."
"Yes My Lady." He said as I took a bite of fish.
"Do you want me to go steal Alice or Frank?" Neal asked me.
"No Neal, if I want a little one to cuddle I will steal my brother." I sat up. "Speaking of my brother! Guard Alexis!" I spoke looking at her.
"Yes?" She asked me.
"Would you mind staying here with Xavier to keep applying the spell on him?" I asked before taking a bite of meat.
"Yea I can do that." She agrees.
"Thank you." Both Mom and I said.
"I will watch him for the most part." Regulus said to her.
"The Brat's my favorite brat besides tournaments are more Jason's thing anyway." She smiled at him.
"Are you okay?" Jason asked me.
"No." I said. I looked around to make sure there were no kids around. "You try remembering the fact you watched your Daddy be stabbed 20 times 5 before he died, 1 kill shot then 14 more times just to let out rage…" I said, shivering.
"Yea no I would be right with you on the rack." He said with a nod.
"Hey at least your stress eating doesn't pack on the pounds." Alexis huffed.
I blinked as I took another bite of fish. "I guess?" I tilted my head.
"The outside world was obsessed with people's weight when I was turned." Loran said.
"They still are." Momma said.
"Lovely." Loran rolled her eyes as she stole a piece of my fish!
"No stealing my meat." I hissed at her.
"Like you don't steal some of mine when I am stress eating." She huffed.
"Brat." I muttered.
"Spoiled."
I looked at her. "Planthead."
"Shadow freak."
"No no we are not doing this today!" One of the elders said as we both looked at him.