• "do…do you want a family?" she asked sounding suddenly more interested in me
    I shrugged "yes, I've been looking, but, I've had no luck, and if that's my fate, I'll take it with pride" I said genuinely
    She squealed and quickly ran up to the beach house
    My eyes followed her curiously
    "ugh, now you've gotten her excited with your stupid being here…" Shan groaned
    I looked over at her
    "what? What do you mean?" I asked
    She opened her mouth to speak but before she could, Maven was pulling my arm up to the house and through the large doors
    "this way!" she exclaimed
    I was baffled, dumbfounded by her expressions, what was going on?
    I looked at her with confusion "umm?" I asked trying to seek words
    She giggled lightly and stopped, knocking on a wooden door
    "come in" I heard a soothing woman's voice say
    She pushed open the door and there sat a woman with long, curled brown hair, brown eyes, and tanned skin, her lips full with a light shade of gloss lightly dabbed on them, and a red dress flowing to her ankles, red streaks in her hair that had their own curls in the bangs, he nose ring shimmering in the sunlight and her almond eyes looking back at me and Maven
    She smiled gently taking my hand and leading me to a chair
    "sit down sweetie" she said in her soothing voice at which sounded like a lullaby
    I nodded and sat in a chair around a small table
    I heard something ringing softly as she put her finger up as if to say "one moment" and picked up the phone
    "hello?" she answered
    "oh hi honey, well, I need you here, your trainee can wait" she said sternly
    Then she quickly hung up
    She looked over at me smiling
    "he's on his way" she said
    Maven stood there not knowing what to do "should I be here with you three or go back down there and monitor?" she asked the woman who I was guessing was her mother, aka the queen
    "no, go on down and monitor, we wouldn’t want…what did you say your name was again sweetie?" she asked me
    "I didn’t, but, it's Raven, Raven Helena" I said softly
    She nodded smiling
    "well, Maven, we wouldn’t want Raven to feel more nervous than she probably already is" she said to Maven gently pushing her to the door laughing lightly
    Maven waved to me before leaving
    I smiled softly and looked back at the woman
    "oh, I'm sorry, I'm Beauty, Beauty Bloodlust" she said laughing lightly at her introduction
    I smiled and nodded
    Just then a circle of light came out of nowhere with a man climbing out
    "what was this about dear" he sighed looking at Beauty
    She smiled and pointed to me
    He looked where her finger led to and smiled widening his eyes
    "oh hello" he said kindly
    "honey, this is Raven, Maven said she had no family, not even a mate, I was wondering, if she could be part of our family" Beauty said looking at the man
    He looked from her to me
    "is this true?" he asked me
    I looked up at him and quickly nodded
    "y-yes" I said
    "no need to be nervous sweetie, you have done nothing wrong" said Beauty
    I nodded smiling
    "Raven, this is my husband, King Bloodlust" she said warmly
    I smiled
    "nice to meet you sir" I said
    "charmed" he smiled
    I smiled back and then Beauty spoke up
    "could she dear?" she pushed
    He sighed looking at me and then at his wife
    "yes" he said smiling
    I smiled and quickly stood up hugging them both
    They smiled and hugged me back
    "you're our daughter now, this means we will introduce you to the whole family by bits and pieces so you're not confused" the King said
    I nodded
    "and please, call us mom and dad" they smiled
    I nodded smiling
    "And as you know already, Maven, is your sister, and so is Shan, and the man who should walk in later on tonight, WK, is your brother, and if you see a man by the name of Lestat, he's your uncle" said my new mom
    I nodded
    I walked out down to the beach and saw Maven pounce on me and hug me laughing
    "welcome to the family sis!" she said proudly
    I smiled
    The word "sis" rang in my head
    It made me smile to know I belonged somewhere for once
    Maven looked at me with excited eyes
    "we need to get you a throne made!" she exclaimed once again
    I looked at her with confusion "what?"
    "you're a royal, a princess, now in line for the throne, if the others were to die, or not take it, you would be queen!" she explained
    I nodded slowly showing I, in a way, understood
    She smiled and took my hand leading me out of the beach and down a road
    I watched as I saw the different places
    Staring in awe
    The buildings with gorgeous architecture
    I had NEVER been to the royal side of town
    The bars with blood seeping through the creases on the walls
    The scent making me intoxicated
    I slowed my pace smelling it more
    I walked closer to it and Maven must have seen me considering she wrinkled her nose and pulled me along
    "you don’t like blood?" I asked curiously
    "oh I do, a lot, but not cheap, bitter blood, that was type AB" she said matter of factly
    As if I didn’t know my blood
    I nodded
    Obeying to my conscience's every demand
    I mumbled quietly to myself "actually…its type B-…"
    She looked back at me "what?" she asked unable to fully make out what I had said
    I shook my head
    "nothing" I said quietly
    I was used to normal blood, I wasn’t exactly picky when it came to that stuff
    I looked around more and found a dark bricked palace with the sign "welcome, now recruiting guards" on it
    "who are they?" I asked pointing to the palace
    She glared
    "oh they're just the Darkchild family"
    I nodded, it was, to be honest, a cool name
    She tugged me along more pointing to various places
    She stopped pointing to one palace
    "that's the Drakul palace, they're part of our family, and so is the Wicklicks" she said looking back at the places
    I nodded showing I kept up
    She smiled and tugged me along once more
    We stopped in front of a red brick palace lined with silver on the doors, pushing the doors open, there stood dad in the main room training a trainee
    "no no no Rayne, look, you do this" dad said correcting him and jumping up, doing a 360 degree flip in the air before landing softly back on his toes
    The trainee I was guessing, Rayne, looked at him with interest
    "I think…it looks more gay than fierce" he said back
    "look, you wanna learn the moves or not?" dad snapped with aggravation
    Rayne shrugged and sat down
    "so teach me then sir, I wanna look fierce and get the ladies, not look gay and get the men." he said
    Dad rolled his eyes "the ladies part, is in charm and glamour, not your attack techniques" he said matter of factly
    I looked more closely at Rayne, his black hair hanging loosely in his face, his silver eyes shimmering behind his hair, his broad jaw line catching just the right amount of light to bring out his beauty, his muscles scratching at his shirt, and his lips curved to the perfect lines as he spoke
    Maven giggled looking at me to Rayne, and back to me before taking my hand and pulling me to the throne room
    "you seemed awfully into Rayne back there" she said teasingly
    "what? No, he just seems very unique" I said
    She rolled her eyes