Heaven Alizah Dianne's pov :
"That's a silly excuse". Sometimes l wonder how these two devils of mine think. They hid themselves from me because they didn't want me to come looking for them?. What if they get into trouble and they couldn't reach out to me in time.
"You don't have to worry about us. We are not kids anymore. You taught us how to defend ourselves remember? You raised us to be strong men. We can take care of ourselves." Damion said assuringly.
"Yeah, we are the most powerful tribids in the world, thanks to you of course" Derick smiled as he hugged me tight. "Don't worry we can take care of ourselves. And if things comes to worse, we know we can always count on you".
My little brothers have really grown up. I smiled and ruffled their hair. "Seriously sis, we are not kids anymore" they giggled.
"Yeah l know. My little brothers have grown quite nicely"
"Come on sis, we are not little, we are big" they said proudly.
Really. I couldn't help bursting into laughter. "No matter how big you've grown, you will always be my little brothers".
We all laughed. "I think you should leave now. Your husband might be waiting for you" they said stressing on the word 'husband'. I have a feeling that they are still against this whole contract thing. I'm against it too but this only chance of getting this damn curse off me.
"You want me to leave so soon. Don't you miss me at all" l pouted my lips. "Of course not. Sis, we've missed you so much. But then again judging by our current circumstances, we have to respect some certain rules. And as the queen you are supposed to be with the king right now" they said. My brothers have really matured.
"Alright then. I know you guys are still not in support of this. So l want to thank you. Thank you for always considering my feelings" l said sincerely.
"Sis, we should be thanking you for always putting our wellbeing first before anything. And for taking good care of us all these years" they said simultaneously.
Damien held my hands gently , "We know..it hasn't been easy. And we will do our best to make it up to you"
"Silly" l tapped his forehead. "You don't have to. You haven't done anything wrong. You should just focus on taking care of yourselves".
I palmed both of his cheeks and kissed his forehead. I did the same to Derick too. I could see emotions whirling in their eyes. If there wasn't so much crowd, we'd probably be crying right now.
"Take care of yourselves, okay?"
"We will. You should take care yourself too". I still can't get used to hearing them speaking together at once.
I left them there and went to look for Eugene. I wonder where he is taking me. Just as l was about to go to his room, Lucas called for me.
"Heaven, are you done? He's been waiting for you" he said as he approached.
"I'm done. Actually l was about to look for him in his room. Where is he?".
"He is waiting outside".
And with that, l went to look for him outside. And just like Lucas said l found him waiting beside a car.
He sensed my presence and looked at me. His hot gaze never left until l was near him.
I cleared my throat as l got to him. "Stop staring" l said.
"I'm not staring, l'm admiring" he said calmly. He really has his way with words.
He opened the door for me to get in. I sat at the passenger's seat and he sat at the driver's seat. But that's not right. His driver is supposed to be here.
"You'll drive?" I asked.
"Yes" he said simply.
"Why?" I probed further.
"Because l'm taking you to a very special place. And l want no one else with us".
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The dark palace:
"My king, l don't understand what's going on. We've killed his mate, so how come he still has a mate" said one of the Dark demon king's surbordinates.
"There can only be two possibilities. One, is that maybe he does have a second chance. The other is that, that woman is not mate" said the king.
"Father, how is it possible for her not be his mate and the elders wouldn't know"
"Of course it's possible. There is a certain ritual that can make replace mates temporarily. Eugene might have replaced his mate with that woman so that he can keep his throne" the king said.
"But we are not sure about it yet. Eliot, tell our spies in the palace to look into it. Their feedback will tell us our next course of action" the kind continued.
"Consider it done,my king" said the latter.
Will the dark demons find out about the contract?.
What will happen to Eugene and Heaven?. Keep reading to find out.