Chapter 25

Epilogue

Seventy years later…

-Dedrick paced outside their bedroom door. He looked like a nervous wreck because he was a nervous wreck. He knew that it was too soon and she was too young. They should have waited a couple of more years before they took this momentous step in their lives. Diana's yells rung out. He gripped his hair ready to pull it out. He couldn't take much more of this. How he wished Diana had not kicked him out of the room.

Giulio cleared his throat not wanting to surprise him. "Prince, Diana won't die from this. She is an immortal."

"You would not be saying this if your wife was the one in Diana's place." Dedrick sneered. He continued pacing.

Giulio paled. "You're right. I would be dying of worry over my Neola."

"Brandy any one?" Aiden teleported along with a maid, beside Giulio. She was carrying a tray with drinks. Giulio took his and Aiden handed Dedrick his own before the maid scurried away. "Dedrick relax. There is no real reason for you to lose your head. Princess Diana is strong. She has proved it over and over again."

"I hate it when you sound reasonable." Dedrick stated as he sipped from his glass.

Aiden chuckled. "You can thank my girl."

Giulio laughed at the scowl Dedrick gave Aiden. Their good humor only lasted a couple of minutes before another of Diana's screeches boomed from the room. Dedrick growled and crushed the glass in his hand. Brandy and blood ran down his hand. Aiden and Giulio took a step towards him. There was silence inside the room. They all turned towards it.

"Dedrick! Dedrick!" Diana yelled at the top of her lungs.

He teleported inside the room. Rushing over to her, Dedrick took her hand in his. "I am here love. I am here."

"I smelled your blood. What's going on?" Diana groaned. A drop of sweat ran down the side of her forehead.

"I broke a glass of brandy." He wiped her forehead with a towel.

Neola chuckled and tossed him a towel. Diana wrapped the towel around his bleeding hand. "Why?"

"Your pain is tearing me apart." He moved her sweat soaked hair form her face. "I can not take it from you. It' is killing me."

She chuckled. "It's normal for me to feel this pain, you dummy. I'm in labor!"

Diana gave another yell as another contraction ran through her body. Dedrick groaned at her pain and from the death grip she had on his hand. He turned to her aunt Sophia. "How much longer must she go through with this?"

Sophia turned to her sister Galena. Looking under the bed sheet, she sighed. "She's almost ready. Give her a couple of more minutes to a half an hour. We can't rush this."

Dedrick cursed and wiped her forehead with a wet towel. Neola took the dirty towels they had used and handed them to a maid. She left the room. "Damn, I forgot to tell her to bring clean ones."

"Don't worry. I'll tell Aiden to ask one of the maids." A young black haired Fury walked out of the room.

As soon she stepped out Aiden rushed over to her. "What's wrong Zoelie?"

"Nothing. Neola just forgot to tell the maid to bring clean towels, do you mind asking her?" Zoelie looked up at her Vampire.

"I'll get to it." Before Aiden could teleport, spoke up. "How is the Princess doing?"

"She is almost ready to give birth." Zoelie answered before rushing inside the bedroom.

Aiden teleported and minutes later teleported back with the maid who carried clean towels. She rushed inside the room. He leaned against the wall facing the door. Giulio chuckled and Aiden turned to him. "What's got you chuckling Giulio?"

"That youngling has you on your toes." He chuckled again.

Aiden smirked. "Just like Neola had you."

Giulio paused from taking another sip. "What do you mean?"

"I have heard tales from the Princess." It was Aiden's turn to chuckle. "How Neola had you chasing after her at nightclubs. All because you wouldn't claim her."

"She was still mortal. I didn't want to hurt her in any way before she froze into her immortality." Giulio sipped his brandy. "You know this much. After all Zoelie is barely on the stages of freezing into her immortality."

"Hopefully they don't last long." Aiden shuddered. "I don't want any danger to come to her before her immortality."

"Do what I did. Kidnap her and take her to secluded places where no one will bother you or endanger your mate." Giulio leaned back against the wall. "It's what I did with Neola when the end of her mortality neared."

"I'll take that into consideration." Aiden took a sip of his brandy and nearly spit it out.

Another yell came from the bedroom.

-Diana let her body fall into the pillows. "Please tell me I can push already."

"Ah honey." Galena looked under the bed sheet and cursed. "You're close but not yet."

"Hang on sweetheart." Sophia pleaded.

"I feel like I'm going to pass out." Diana groaned. She had been in labor for hours. Why was it taking her so long? What something wrong with her, with her body?

Sophia turned to Galena. Her sister cursed again. "We can't have you pass out. On your next contraction, you push with all your might."

Galena sat between Diana's legs and lifted the bed sheet to her knees. She told Sophia to be ready with a clean towel to wipe the infant clean. Neola and Zoelie stood ready for any orders that might be given to them at any moment.

Diana turned to Dedrick and gripped his hand. "Dedrick…I…I'm scared."

He kissed her and wiped her forehead. "I am right here with you. Just stay strong, for our baby."

She gripped his hand when another contraction assaulted her. With a yell, Diana pushed and raised her upper body from the bed. Her body slammed back against the pillows and she heard a loud cry echo the room. She raised herself up and watched her aunt Sophia clean the bundle in her arms. Rising her arms ready to ask for her infant, a curse burst from her mouth. Her hands moved around her stomach. Another yell was wretched from her.

"What is wrong Diana?" Dedrick gripped her hand once again.

"Contractions…I still have contractions!" She yelled.

Galena moved back to Diana and pressed against her abdomen. She gasped. "Twins! You need to push again Diana. You have another baby inside."

"What?!" Dedrick yelled at Galena and quickly turned back to look at Diana. She gripped his hand and he felt it crack. Her upper body rose up once more from the pillows and pushed when another contraction ripped through her body.

The shriek that broke from her was over taken by a second wail in the room. Her body slumped against the bed. Sweat covered her body and was depleted of energy. She ran her fingers over Dedrick's broken hand. "I want my babies. I want to hold my babies."

Sophia and Galena walked over to them and placed the twins in Diana's arms. They looked up at her and she smiled down at them. "My little ones, I never thought I had two of you in me."

Dedrick watched her kissed their foreheads. They cooed at her. She looked up at him and motioned for him to join her in their bed. Wrapping his arm around her shoulder, he scooted next to her and looked down at their babies. "I finally get to see not one but two of you."

He ran his fingers over their cheeks. They looked at him and blinked their little eyes. Dedrick smiled and looked over to Diana. He kissed her forehead. There were several clicks and they all turned to Neola who had a camera in front of her face. She had taken photos of the new parents, of the family.

"A moment like that needed to be captured and remembered." Neola smiled. "I will have them developed as soon as I can."

Diana smiled. "Thanks Neola."

"Let's clean up and leave the family to rest." Galena ordered.

They had the room cleaned in mere minutes. They congratulated the new family before leaving them alone.

"Wait!" Diana squealed. "Who was born first?"

Galena turned back and grinned. "Your son and then your daughter."

"Thank you aunt Galena."

"No problem." She responded closing the door.

"Well?" Aiden asked when the four women came out.

Neola giggled. "You are never going to guess."

"The Princess had a boy of course."

Zoelie chuckled. "Yes and no."

Aiden looked puzzled. Giulio asked. "What do you mean?"

Neola and Zoelie looked at each other and back at the men. They laughed. "They had twins!"

"What?!" Aiden nearly dropped his glass of brandy. "Twins?"

Zoelie nodded. "A boy and a girl."

King Dominick spoke up. "Did I hear right? My daughter gave birth to twins?"

Galena nodded. "Yes. She gave birth to twins."

"Never in the history has there ever been twins born in the royal blood line." Queen Claudia gasped in shock.

"History in the making." King Dominick stated.

"Diana has never done things accordingly to anything." Sophia stated with a smirk.

"Or easy." Neola giggled.

They all laughed. That was true.

-Dedrick cradled his tiny daughter in his arm while Diana held their son in her arms.

"She is beautiful just like you, love."

"He is handsome like you"

Dedrick pulled Diana close and kissed her forehead again. He could not believe his Diana had given birth to twins, two little ones. She had gifted him with a family, with the children he had desired to have with her and only her. He took a deep breath and admired his family. Nothing was missing from his life. It only kept getting better and better since Diana had accepted him. He was complete with her by his side. Something occurred to him.

"What are we going to name them?"

She chuckled. "Well…I secretly I had already picked a girl's name."

"Why?" Dedrick looked perplexed. "The Royals had always had boys, never a girl."

"Most Fury that I know of, have had only girls. I was certain I was going to have a girl." Diana scowled at him. "How was I supposed to know I was going to have twins?"

"We have both a boy and a girl, love." He kissed her cheek to calm her down. "We got what we expected. What name did you come up with for our daughter?"

Diana looked over at her daughter in his arms and smiled at her. "Diantha."

He looked down at the bundle in his arm. "My little princess Diantha." She wiggled in his arm. He chuckled.

"Did you come up with a name for our son?" She raised an eyebrow when he opened his mouth and closed it. "You have one so spill."

"I do. Since you named our daughter with a name resembling yours, I am certain you will not mind the name I picked." He paused for a moment. "Diederick."

Diana looked up at Dedrick. "It's perfect." She looked down at her son. "My young prince Diederick."

Diederick chose the next minute to wail. She rocked him. Diantha's own cry followed and Dedrick rocked her.

"They must be hungry." Diana pulled the straps of her night gown down until her breasts were exposed. She brought Diederick to her breasts until he began to suckle. "Give me Diantha so I can feed her."

He gently placed Diantha on her arm and helped her bring her to her breasts and waited until she suckled. Dedrick stared at her and their babies.

Diana looked at her two precious babies. Never in a million years would she have imagined that she would be gifted with twins. She felt complete and full of life, a life that she had shared with Dedrick for seventy years with no regrets. Doubts had plagued her no more or the feeling of emptiness gnawing at the pit of her stomach. Their newborns were their gift for their many years of loyalty, patience and love.

There was nothing more that she could ask for but a long and happy life for her babies. For Dedrick and her to live long enough to watch their children grow and find happiness of their own. She looked over and up at Dedrick only to find him staring down at her.

"How are you feeling, love? Do you need to drink?" Dedrick leaned down and exposed his neck before she could respond to his offer.

She chuckled. "A drink wouldn't be a bad idea."

Diana craned her face up and ran her tongue over a spot in his neck. She sucked the skin and felt her fangs extend. Giving the spot a final kiss, she sank her fangs on his flesh and drank deeply. Her body began healing and her energy was returning. She licked the punctures close and kissed his neck once more before leaning away. "I feel much better."

"You look well again." He sighed. "It's a relief."

The twins increased their suckling. She looked down at them and smiled, cradling them closer to her chest. "We will need cradles and clothes for them Dedrick."

He smirked and stood up. "I hope you like the surprise."

Teleporting from the room, he left for nearly ten minutes. He returned with two cradles in an antique silver color. They were beautifully carved cradles with lyrical lines, soft curves, and ornate panels. They were made to gently rock the babies to sleep. They were perfect. What she was wondering how he got two of them when they had believed they were only going to have one baby? The cradles looked like they were carved by the Royal carpenter.

"How did you get them so fast?"

Dedrick teleported beside her with several boxes and smirked down at her. "The carpenter made several of them for our future children. They were already ready to our disposal."

Always ready for anything as always. He opened the boxes and pulled out several baby clothes. They were either blue, pink, yellow, or lilac. With the help of Dedrick, she placed both down gently and opened their blankets. She dressed them both and wrapped them up in new blankets.

Helping her up, Diana walked over to the cradles and placed Diantha and Diederick in their cradles. They gently rocked their cradles when they began to fuss. Yawning, they gently closed their eyes and fell to a fitful sleep, for now. She stood there, in between the cradles, watching her newborns. Dedrick came behind her and wrapped his arms around her. He rested his chin on her shoulder. She leaned back on him.

Turning her around to face him, he looked down at her. Smiling, Diana cupped his face between her hands and kissed him. "Thank you for giving a place to belong. A home."

Dedrick cupped her cheek and kissed her tenderly. He whispered against her lips. "Thank you for giving me a family."

Diana jumped up and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I will always love you for giving me our babies, for not giving up on me and for always loving me."

Wrapping his arms around her, Dedrick held her close and sighed. "I will always love you my dearest Diana. Will always be thankful for the chance you gave us."

They held each other close for what seemed like eternity before the wails of their children took their full attention. Diana and Dedrick laughed as they walked over to their newborns, towards their newest adventure in their long eternity.

The End

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