Chapter 59
I enjoyed a vacation as much as the next person but I hated the fact that there was nothing to do. I always needed to have my mind occupied or I risked getting bored and I loved playing home with Jaxon and Kiara but there was only so much princess games I was willing to play with Kiara before a headache started to form. I thought about the pool out back and. muttered a curse under my breath when I remembered that I didn’t pack a swimsuit because I didn’t know there was one.
“You seem upset about something.” Jaxon deduced as he turned to me. “Are you okay? Is something wrong?”
“No.” I mumbled and he raised a brow at me. “You didn’t tell me there was a pool. I would have loved to go for a swim. It has been ages since I went for one and I didn’t pack a swim suit”.
He glanced over at Kiara who was playing with her dolls in front of us as if to make sure she was fine then gestured to me to follow him. I furrowed my brows in confusion but decided to go with him. He led me back to our room, pulled open his box of clothes and began to rummage through them. I stood a few feet behind him watching carefully and not quite knowing what he was doing until he pulled out what looked like a bikini and handed it to me.
“You packed one for me?” I asked and he nodded then pulled out another miniature one piece swim suit which I knew would be a perfect size for Kiara. “Why didn’t you just tell me to pack one?”
“I didn’t want to spoil the surprise about where we were going. I had told you to pack a bikini then you would have known we were going somewhere warm. I didn’t want to spoil any of that.”
I was a mixture of shock, disbelief and awe. He had put so much thought into this with just two days to plan and
made it the most amazing trip. I flung myself at him and wrapped my arms around his neck. He laughed as the full force of my body hit him and although he stumbled back a little, he held me tightly and pressed a kiss to my temple.
“I’ll take that as a thank you,” he mumbled in amusement and I nodded because I could not find any words to depict or describe what I was feeling inside. “Go change, I’ll handle Kiara, think we could all use a day out, don’t you?”
I released him and he kissed me once more before going to get out daughter ready. I didn’t waste any time before putting on the bikini. It was white with butterflies on it and it came with wrap skirt. The bottom part was a thong and was held together by two ropes on the sides while the top was barely held by the ropes at my back.
I took one of Jaxon’s shirts to wear over it and made my way out of the house. I could hear Kiara squealing from the back and when I got there, I was greeted by a sight that warmed my heart. Kiara had learned to swim during our time in the town but Jaxon made sure to keep an attentive eye and a hand on her. She would splash him in the face as hard as she could and giggle when he splashed her back.
Kiara was the one who saw me first and she pointed in my direction. “Look, mummy.”
Jaxon turned to me just as I was slipping his shirt off and I saw his throat bob. His eyes followed my every move as I slowly made my way into the pool. He still kept a protective hand over Kiara but his eyes were on me and he had no plans of looking away soon. There was heat and a promise in those eyes that had me flushing a crimson pink.
There was an unspoken silence of words between us that was abruptly cut off when Kiara splashed water directly in my face. I went from confusion to shock to narrowing my eyes playfully at my daughter.
“I’m going to get you for that,” I promised her.
By the time we got out of the pool, everyone was happy and hungry. I would have killed for some good take out in that moment but we were in the middle of nowhere as far as I knew and I didn’t know any take out spots. I was already thinking of what I needed to make for dinner but first, I needed to give Kiara a bath and take one myself.
Jaxon left to make a call while I gave Kiara a bath and washed her hair. She had been grinning from ear to ear since we got
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out of the pool and although I had nothing to do with it, it gave me a sense of pride knowing that my daughter was happy She needed the vacation just as much as we did. Palace life could be overwhelming for anyone, much less a child.
“1 had fun, mummy,” she said as I dressed her into comfortable lounge wear. “Can we stay here instead of the castle? I like it here. Nadia could come too and she would stay in my room.”
“I would love to live here too, Kiara,” her face fell as soon as I began speaking as if she knew what I was going to say. “But your daddy has duties and so do 1. I know it may not mean much to you right now but daddy is king and the king needs to live near his people. We will visit as many times as possible.”
She looked sad but she nodded as if she understood or was trying to. I wished I could give her everything she wanted so she never had to worry again but I couldn’t and that was the harsh reality of life. We could do the most we were capable of, we could spoil our children with everything they could possibly want but there would always be that thing that we were not able to give, there would always be something that they lacked,
“It’s okay mummy,” she leaped off her dresser when I was done dy make my room over there just like this one?”
“I suppose you would have to ask him over dinner.”
That answer seemed to be enough for her because she was smiling again and went back to her toys. I watched her carefully for a minute before exiting the room to get cleaned. I smelled like chlorine and I wanted it off as soon as possible. I scrubbed my body clean and changed into one of Jaxon’s shirts and biker shorts.
By the time I got out of the bathroom, the smell of pizza wafted up to my nose. I was out of the room in a flash wondering where it was coming from only to be greeted by Jaxon in the kitchen holding two pizza boxes. My mouth was wide open and I tried and failed to form words.
“Are you hungry?” he asked and I nodded. “Why don’t you grab Kiara for a good old fashioned pizza night out on the patio?”
“How?” I managed out once I had found my tongue. I thought we were in the middle of nowhere.”
“There’s a small hybrid settlement not too far from here. There are more humans than wolves but even a pizza company will deliver into the middle of nowhere for a price, he winked at me.
I shook my head and went up to grab Kiara as a smile graced my lips. Even if we couldn’t give her everything she wanted, 1 knew that Jaxon was going to try his hardest to make sure she had a semblance of a normal childhood. There was only so much normal she could get seeing as she was a princess after all.
We ate out on the patio. There were two swings decked with pillows and blankets and that was where we sat. Kiara sat in between Jaxon and I happily munching on the pepperoni slices that Jaxon had brought. She asked him about getting a princess room back home and his response was that he would see what he could do. She looked a little disappointed but I knew that Jaxon was going to do everything in his power to give her that princess bedroom.
The sun was beginning to set and for the first time in a very long time, I was able to watch and admire the sky as it turned into a beautiful array of colors. I had never felt as complete as I did in that moment with the quiet and my family. Jaxon’s eyes found mine and I smiled. It was a genuine smile, one to show him how happy I was and I saw mirth dancing in his eyes.
I wished I could stay in that moment forever but alas, every good thing had to come to an end. His-plione rang and he furrowed his brows as he read the name on the screen then declined the call. Another call came in almost immediately and this time he decided to pick it. As whoever was on the other end of the line started to speak, his face hardened and all signs of Jaxon was gone and replaced with the lycan king.
Without having to say a word, I knew that our vacation was over which was why when he ended the call and gave me a sad look, I didn’t need him to voice out anything I turned to Kiara and used the softest voice I could muster so she wouldn’t get
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“You need to come with me sweetheart, we have to go home now,” her eyes widened and I could see the sadness reflected in them. “We’ll come back as soon as possible, okay. Do you want to help me pack?”
She nodded teary eyed and I picked her up as I made my way back to her room. We had not unpacked much so it didn’t take long to have all our things packed. Kiara was on the verge of tears and the last thing I wanted was for her to start crying because it would have made things harder.
Jaxon took the bags to the car and he made his way over to us. He took Kiara from me and whispered a few words in her ears that made a few stray drops of tears leak from her eyes but she nodded. She wiped her tears away and flashed him a smile that was a little forced but I knew she would be fine. He kissed her forehead and placed her in her car seat then got in the front with me.
I could see one million questions going through his mind at rapid speed and I wanted nothing more than to reach in and share the burden with him. The car was silent and terse until the moment we reached the jet. The guards there were prepped and they sped into action as they put our bags into the aircraft.
“What’s wrong?” I asked Jaxon as we got out of the car. I couldn’t take the suspense and the silence any more. “Tell me what happened.”
“Someone attacked a residential pack building.”
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