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EBONY'S POV (A few weeks later)

"I don't get it?" I said to Jacob as he threw his head back and laughed uncontrollably to the punchline of his own joke.

"How can you not get it?" He laughed grabbing his chest. "Okay listen again." He cleared his throat. "What do you do when you come across an elephant in the jungle?"

"Ummmm..."

"Wipe it off and say you're sorry." He said with a huge grin on his face. "Wipe it off..." he once again threw his head back and cackled loudly slapping his leg with his hand.

"Wipe what off?" I said confused and touching my lip with my finger.

"When you CUM across an elephant you say sorry and wipe it off.." Jacob grabbed his groin and smirked. "CUM!" He sat up and looked at me with wide eyes, a smirk covered his face and I could tell he was trying not to laugh at me. "Oh, that is adorable and so fucking sad." He pressed his lips together and looked away from me once again holding in his amusement.

"Did something spill on the elephant?" I said nervously trying to understand the vampire's humour.

Jacob covered his face with his hand and laughed as he tried to hide it from me. "Yeah, you could say that. It was more a squirt than a spill.." he couldn't even get those words out before he started laughing again.

"Oh, was it a drink?"

"Nope." He said clearing his throat. "Just a big load.." Once again he slapped his leg with his hand and laughed loudly. "This is just too good. Best joke ever." He rubbed his eyes and then put his hands on his chest as he sat back in the chair and looked at me. "I'm starting to enjoy our time together Ebony." He said winking at me. "Everything is just funnier with you around."

"Well, it wasn't funny when you put that disgusting noise thing under my seat at dinner last night." I crossed my arms over my chest and glared at him.

Once again his chest started to bounce up and down uncontrollably as he laughed. "The Woopie cushion was hilarious. You were like 'did I just fart?' Was that me? And the best part was that everyone thought it was you and just kept drinking the blood in silence trying to laugh." He waved his arms in the air as he laughed. "I tell you, I almost pissed my pants holding in that laugh."

"That was very uncomfortable Jacob. I thought something was wrong with this body. I thought it had broken or something."

"I know it was hilarious." He hung his head back over the chair. "So, you ready to meet the vampire council today?" His head sprung up and his big blue eyes stared at me intensely as I shifted in my chair.

"No, not really." I felt my throat go dry.

"Yeah, they are going to rip you apart." He said shaking his head.

"They are going to rip me apart?" I gasped.

He rolled his eyes. "Not literally...well, maybe? They are pretty unpredictable sometimes. They once put hot pokers into Carter's arms and legs because he defied their orders." He made a face and stuck out his tongue. "It was gross, to say the least. I can still smell his burning flesh."

I felt my body tense up. "Are they going to do that to me?"

"Probably, but hey they might have new ways to torture creatures now. Fingers crossed for you though." He smiled as he stood up. "Come on, you have to be downstairs any minute. Trust me, you do not want to be late for a council meeting. Been there and done that. Bastards kneecapped me and left me in the woods tied to a tree."

"I'm not going," I said pulling my legs up to my chest and hugging them tightly.

"Yes, you are." I heard Carter's deep voice behind me. "Jacob, kindly fuck off and annoy someone else."

"I was only trying to help boss."

"You can help by fucking off," Carter said patting him on the back.

"Fine," Jacob grumbled. "Good luck." He patted my head like an animal and left the room.

Carter kneeled in front of me in the chair and smiled as only he can. "Ebony, are you alright?"

"No." I shook my head. "I don't want to go."

Carter sighed. "I will be right by your side. You have nothing to fear."

"Except pokers and being kneecapped."

"That won't happen to you."

"How do you know that?"

"Because I won't allow it that's why." He touched my arm. "No harm will come to you."

"How do you know that?"

"Because they fear me more than I fear them." He said calmly as he rubbed my arm with his thumb. "I will not leave your side."

"Carter, what if they order me to be killed? I'm a creature of darkness. I am forbidden to be here in your world. What if they..."

"Shhh..." he touched my cheek with his hand. "Take a deep breath."

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath as I let the feeling of his calmness run over me.

"Whatever happens tonight, I promise you no harm will come to you. I will make sure you and Cayden are safe no matter what the consequence. You have nothing to fear."

I looked up into his eyes and nodded. I had become very close with Carter over the last few weeks as we had been spending a lot of time together researching the darkness in the library. Many hours were spent locked away together reading, talking and building trust with each other. I trusted this vampire more than anyone or anything and I needed to be strong right now. Not for me but for him. He needed me to show him that I trusted him and that we were a strong unit together. We needed to do this for our son.

"Okay, I'm ready." I pushed my legs down off the chair slowly and stood up as I fixed my dress.

"I like you in that colour," Carter said looking at my pastel blue dress. "You never used to wear dresses."

I tried to stop myself from blushing and quickly turned away as I bit my bottom lip.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable."

"You didn't." I looked over my shoulder at him. "And thank you. I like this dress too."

He nodded approvingly and smiled softly as he walked to my side. "You ready to go?"

"Yes." I nodded and sighed softly. "I'm ready."

He gestured for me to go first with his arm and I swiftly obeyed as I walked out of the room.

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VAMPIRE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
VAMPIRE WORLD.

"You understand the charges laid against you Mr Morgan for bringing a creature of the darkness into our world and therefore putting the lives of every vampire at risk?" The vampire in the black cloak said to Carter as we stood before them in the dark council chamber.

"I do and I disagree." Carter crossed his arms over his broad chest.

"On what grounds Mr Morgan?" Another cloaked vampire said to my left.

"On the grounds that it's bullshit." Carter spat his words at them like were acid.

"You will not address the council in that tone, Mr Morgan."

"Trust me, my tone is better for you than my fist right now." Carter was almost growling at them like a wolf. I quickly took a step behind him. "This creature poses no threat to you or any other vampire. She was brought here by our son who is half-vampire and has every right to be here...."

"This child is also half creature and therefore unpredictable and dangerous."

"Not as dangerous as I'll be if you take them away from me." Carter clenched his fists together. "You have examined both of them and they posed you no threat. They have done nothing to suggest that they are any more dangerous than you or I. I take full responsibility for both of them.."

"You are willing to die for a creature who killed your wife?"

"How dare you." Carter took a step toward the council members but I grabbed his arm and pulled him back. "My wife died protecting this world. She died protecting you and you sit there on your thrones of bullshit away from the danger and then threaten me with death? Fuck you." I felt Carter's whole body tense up and I grabbed the back of his jacket and leaned against his back. "I am all you have left to fight the evil in this world. Me and my family. I am the one who controls things around here not you and if you take away my family from me...then I will turn my attention to you and hunt you like an animal until everything you have is gone. I will tear this world down and I will let the vampires know that it was you who did this. I'm a very patient vampire but when you threaten my family like that...You better run and better run fucking fast."

The council chambers went silent as the council looked at each other speechless.

"I will hunt the darkness and I will destroy it for killing my wife. You have my word but if you even think about hurting my family then the deal is off and you will die a very painful death. Do you understand me?"

I poked my head out from behind Carter and watched as the council spoke to each other quietly.

"Carter, I'm scared," I said nervously looking around.

"You have nothing to fear." He said keeping his eyes on the council. "Nothing."

The council suddenly stood up and faced us together in a line. "Mr Morgan, as the council of vampires we take any threat to our world very seriously. Any threats made against vampire kind are treason and therefore punished with eternal pain and suffering. You brought a forbidden creature into this world and hid it away in your home with an unknown agenda. We have decided that you will be punished for your betrayal to vampire kind but your creature and son are free to go.."

"What? No!" I yelled out. "No, he has done nothing wrong."

"Do you accept the punishment for your creature and son as well?"

"I do." Carter nodded with no change of expression on his face.

"Carter, no. Please..."I stood in front of him. "He did nothing wrong. We were trying to help you." I yelled at the council.

"Very well. You will return to your home in three nights. Guards take him away." The vampire council yelled as three large vampires appeared from behind them.

"Carter, no." Tears fell from my eyes as I looked up at him. "You did nothing wrong." I wrapped my arms around his body and sobbed as he placed his arms around me. "I can't do this..."

"Listen to me," Carter said pulling me off his body. "Take our son home and tell the others I will be back in three nights. They need to protect you both until I return. I have already called for Callan and Leon to be outside for you." He wiped my tears with his thumb. "I need you to be strong for Cayden. Can you do that?"

"I think so."

"Thank you." He kissed the top of my head gently right before the guards pulled him back. "Nunc Domus sumus nos (We are family now)" he said calmly in perfect Latin as the guard restrained him. "simul autem fortior Nobis (together we are stronger)"

"Familia. (Family)" I whispered as the guards pulled him away from me. "Together we are stronger." He disappeared into the dark and I was suddenly alone with nothing but my tears to comfort me.


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