The Two Kings (Afterlife Saga) (33 page)

“The idea of her becoming Queen consumed her, so after years of her persistence and Dominic’s denial
,
she took matters into her own hand.” Sophia ordered another strawberry
daiquiri
but I passed and ordered water instead.

“What did she do?” I was nearly on the edge of my seat and bouncing up and down like a child.

“Well as you know, Domi
nic is very possessive and does
not share
,
although it was never an issue with other females.” She laughed but I was being blonde.

“What do you mean by that?”

“Oh Keira
,
don’t be naïve. Do I need to spell it o
ut to you?” Then it hit me and
soon
had me hating
this conversation.

“What! You mean Draven’s been with more than one woman at a time?” Ok
,
now I felt like cry
ing
for very different reasons.

“Keira do not judge him, this is q
uite common among our kind but
you know he thinks very differently now he is with you
.
” This still didn’t help with the mental picture I had in my head of Draven surrounded by
the most exotic creatures
,
all there to please his ev
ery need. Her words weren’t calming
my green eyed monster,
that was for sure!

“Right
,
” I said in a deflated tone
,
one she frowned at.

“So
,
getting back to the story.
Aurora
,
knowing his jealous nature
,
slept with another in his bed.” My hands flew to my face in disgust. I mean
, did she have a death wish?
Sophia grinned at my reaction and looked delighted at what she was about to say next.

“I know what you’re thinking and we all he
ld the same thoughts
…what madness
of love
drives someone to do something so suicidal?” She looked sorry as soon as the words were out of her mouth because of course I could answer this one. Love drives us to do the most extreme actions.

“Sorry…I guess you can answer that one
.
” I felt bad for her as she lowered her head but I just leaned my gloved arm across the table and gave her hand a squeeze.

“Sophia
its
fine
,
but you
’
r
e
right
,
I can understand why love does make us do the craziest things but still
,
I would never be
that
suicidal!” I couldn’t imagine the level of rage this would have put Draven in, having just seen a minuscule amount when kissing Jack. The thought made me shudder.

“What did he do?” I didn’t want to ask but the darker side of me was burning to know.

“It may shock you as i
t did us all but he did…nothing.
”
She stated simply with only a quaint shrug of her delicate shoulders.

“WHAT!” I shouted this a bit too lo
ud and the rest of the posh din
ers looked at me as though I had three heads. Sophia giggled before continuing.

“He d
id nothing, he just didn’t care.
He told the
other Angel that he was welcome
to have her. After that she left the council and wa
s
n’t seen until years later when she eventually came
back
to plead
for another chance. Dominic
allowed her to join
his council but nothing more. He changed after the year she did that and none of
us
knew why….
well,
until now
anyway
.
”

“What do you mean changed?”

“I mean he lost his passion for pleasure. He became more withdrawn and didn’t take many to his bed. We all thought it was down to Aurora but he would never talk about
the reasons for
his change. He started
once again
to
do research into finding you but it was not to happen like that. You were always meant to find him
, it was in the written fates and you don’t challenge the fates
.” I couldn’t believe what she was telling me but if I thought that
this
was hard to take
,
the
n the
next question
I
got
answer
ed
threw
me completely.

“Ok
,
so you said you thought it was Aurora that changed him but now you know it wasn’t, so what did happen? Why that year?” She
was once again laughing and she took a slow
drink before giving me my answer.

“
Because my dear Keira…

It
was the year you were born.
”

Chapter 15

Cooking for a
King

Af
ter the bomb
shell Sophia dropped on me I
was quiet
and deep in thought for the rest of our lunch.
She didn’t seem to mind
,
only ever
y
now and again sh
e would giggle to hersel
f when
she saw my confused
face. I mean
,
could this even be possible. Whenever
Draven had mentioned me being the chosen one
,
I hadn’t fully understood what it had mea
nt but now….what did this prove?
Did he feel my presence in the world as soon as I was born?
I bit
my lip at the thought. For some reason what Sophia had just told me
,
made everything more real…more terrifyingly real!

Once she had paid
the bill and we were
back in the limo on our way home
,
she finally pulled me from my mental breakdown.

“Keira please, you look traumatised. Dom is going to be so angry with me!”

“I’m sorry, I guess I just never believed it until now. It’s still hard to see why me
.
” I said weakly and even Ragnar looked down at
his feet
. Sophia took my hand in hers and she looked at me with more love than from a friend…this was from a sister.

“Then you are the only one. No one else doubts why. You are beautiful and in more ways than one. Aurora is beautiful yes but her soul is ugly and it shows on the outside. Your soul is pure and it radiates off you in every way. In this she will never be able to compete…you are out of her league and
of
this, she is painfully reminded every time she see’s you sat by my brother
’
s side
.
” For the first time I couldn’t help but feel sorry for her. It must be a hard pill to swallow.

“Poor girl” I said but Sophia couldn’t contain her outburst. She laughed so hard it nearly brought tears.

“Oh
Keira
,
you are funny! She
does
not deserve your
pity. She i
s the creator
of her own undoing.
She knew about the prophecy and that one day you would come. She never really loved him anyway…it was the power she loved. There is no one in this world or the next
,
that she co
uld love more than herself.
” I
now knew why she seemed to hate her so much. After all
,
wouldn’t I be the same with Libby if Frank had been the same way. One of the reasons I loved Frank so much wasn’t how he treated me, no
,
it w
as how much he adored my sister.
 

Ok so now I was feeling slightly better and she could tell as now I was smiling
to myself,
so she added something more that sealed the deal on my mood.

“Anyway you think she is beautiful but sh
e does have a team of girls who
get her ready every night
,
but you drive my brother crazy without having to wo
rk at it! Why do you think it is
that he won’t allow you to come to my private room? He gets insanely jealous over you, far more than he ever did when he was with Aurora
.
” I couldn’t
help the huge grin that split
my lips and strangely Ragnar started to relax more at the sight. He raised his head up and smiled to himself. It was an odd reaction for him to have but I just shrugged it off.

When we got closer to town I decided it would be better for her to drop me off at home before I got my supplies for tonight’s meal. I thought it was one thing going clothes shopping in a blacked out stretch limo but to the supermarket….a tad
much.
Plus I couldn’t really see Sophia pushing a trolley around the frozen food section.

We pulled up outside the house and I thanked God that no one was home and I knew Libby and Frank must still be sorting out his uncle
’
s insurance for the
‘
ruined’
cabin. Ragnar grabbed all my bags even when I protested and he was by my front door waiting before I could walk two steps.
Then I remembered what I wanted to ask Sophia before she left, I turned round to find the window already down and her sat there waiting.

“Yes?” She said as though
she knew there was something I was forgetting.

“How did you know?”

“I am finding it easier
,
the more I am with you
,
to read the signs. You wanted to ask something else about my brother?” I shook my head and smiled before asking the all important question.

“What does your brother like to eat?”
I don’t know why but I found my
self going red when I asked.

“Anything h
ot.
”
She said making
me laugh
at her answer
.

“You mean spicy hot
?
”

“Use your imagination honey! See you later
.
” And with that the window went up with the same evil grin on her
face that I was getting used to
seeing. I found myself still smiling as I walked up the steps. Ragnar eyed me curiously and when I put my hands out to retrieve my bags he just nodded for me to open the door. Well
,
he was well trained that was for sure
I though
t
as he
followed me in.

“You can just dump them there
.
” I said but he cocked his head to one side that reminded me of a dog that doesn’t understand a command. Then I felt guilty for thinking it.

“Dump?”

“Yeah
,
I mean you can just put them down over there
.
” Ok
,
he must have thought I meant throwing them away
...
hehe.

“Would you like a drink?” He actually smiled at me but then it fell straight away.

“No
,
I will be outside waiting
.
” And with that he left to guard the house. I couldn’t understand why one minute he was nice and then the next it was like I was an annoying bug buzzing around that he wanted to swat.
It seemed to be m
y year for not understanding men.

I grabbed all my bags and ran upstairs with them but like true Keira style I tripped and landed on my knee.

“BUGGER!” I said out loud and then I heard Ragnar burst through the door and was next to me in seconds
.