The Kings Princess

Chapter 31: Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

Desiree was getting settled into her new place, it wasn't a castle since Jackal's parents weren't royalty they were just part of the council, they lived in what would be called in our world a mansion, and here it is just a big stone home. Desiree was in her chambers that she shared with her husband, she heard a noise out in the hallway. She put the last of her clothes in her dresser, and went into the hall to investigate, she saw her grandfather Damien looking anxious in the hallway, and he was looking around frantically looking for someone.

"Grandfather are you alright?" she asked in a worried voice

"I am so glad I found you" he told her breathing deeply

Desiree studied him and noticed he looked frightening "grandfather, what is it what's wrong?"

"It's your father, someone captured him" he told her

Desiree gasped in fear and said "oh no"

"You must come with me, to save him" he told her

"Grandfather, I am sure dad has an army going to save him" she tells him

"He sighed "they all got captured as well, you have power like Jareth, only you can save him" he said

Desiree breathed in deeply and let it out slowly "Take me to him"

Damien grabbed her gently and they disappeared.

Jackal walked into the room moments later looking around for Desiree "Desi, honey are you here?"

He started to panic he looked around for her in the room, the bathroom, there was no sign of her, he walked into the hall he saw a servant walking in the hall.

"Have you seen my wife?"

The servant shook her head

"I want you to tell everyone to look for my wife she is missing" he told her

The servant nodded her head and quickly walked away

Damien and Desiree appeared in what looks like a dungeon, Desiree looked around and noticed this is the same dungeon they kept Stella and Tristan in, Desiree looked at her grandfather he gave her a wicked smile, that is when she knew something was up, and it wasn't going to be good.

She gulped nervously "grandfather what is going on, where is my father"

Damien walked towards her "I tricked you, your father is at his castle with his family unharmed"

"Why did you bring me here?" she asked scared

"I want your father to pay" he growled at her

"Please let me go, I am pregnant" she pleaded

"Your father didn't care about my daughter, when she pleaded with him, so I won't care about you" he told her meanly

"Please don't kill my father, for letting your daughter die" she said as tears started to fall from her eyes

He tilted his head at her giving her a guilty smile "I am not going to kill your father, I am going to kill you, let your father feel what it's like to have your child taken from you"

She backed away from him until her back hit the bars of the cage "my mother was evil, she deserved what she got"

Damien quickly went up to her and grabbed her throat; claws grew from his finger nails, his teeth became fangs, his eyes glowed yellow, she looked at him with wide eyes and horror.

"You're a vampire" she gasped out

He smiled cruelly at her, he bent down close to her throat, she closed her eyes waiting for his teeth to enter the skin, but it never did, she felt his hot breath on the skin of her neck, making her hair stand up on the back of her neck. He whispered against her skin.

"Yes I am. We are evil by nature, what is your dad's excuse" he then let go of her neck

She put her hand to her neck rubbing it, he backed away from her and started pacing "am I part vampire too?" she asked her voice cutting through his pacing

He turned sharply to look at her "you would be if your grandparents didn't drain out all the vampire blood from you as a child, you have no DNA in you from our side of the family at all, it is all Jareth's blood coursing through your veins, I couldn't sense you were Stella's daughter, she had to tell me you were" he got out quickly

Desiree was processing the information, she started to smile, she had no DNA in her from her mother's side it was all drained out, she only has her dad's blood coursing through her body, she knew he probably knew, but not sure why he never told her. And now she is going to die, so she will never have a chance to ask him.

She started to get tears coming to her eyes again, she would never see her father again and tell him how much she loves him, or tell Sarah the same or even see her, or how much she is going to miss her husband, he will never see her again or know their unborn child.

The way Damien was looking at her was almost like he could read her thoughts, and that scared her, she turned away from him.

"oh my poor dear sweet granddaughter, thinking of how many people you are going to miss and love what's you leave this world" he mocked her

She turned to look at him "you bastard"

He was walking towards her laughing coldly, it brought chills to her "wondering if these people will miss and love you, as much as you will them"

She was ready to reply when she noticed he took a big knife from behind him. She sank to the floor, her knees raised up. Her hands covering her head, He raised the knife up. Before he could bring it down to her, he felt something go through him, he looked down, he saw the end of a sword sticking out of his chest, where his heart was, blood covering the tip of it. The sword retracted out of him, Damien fell to the floor dying immediately.

Desiree looked up, she saw her father standing there with a bloody sword in his hand, and Jackal was standing next to him a smile of relief on his face.

Desiree smiled back at him, she was having a hard time standing up, and Jackal ran to her helping her stand.

"Are you okay?" he asked concerned

"I'm fine" she said

She looked at them both "how did you know where to find me?"

" male servant told me he saw you talking to Damien, then you disappeared with him, so I asked your father for help to find you, he brought me here, since this is where he sensed you were" Jackal told her

"I'm glad you came when you did" Desiree said

Jackal hugged and kissed her, she let go of Jackal, and watched her father wipe the tip of the sword with a cloth.

"Is he dead?" she asked hopeful

"Yes precious he is" he told her

"I didn't know a sword could kill a vampire" she said

"Not usually but my healer gave me a poison to put on the tip of the sword and once you stick the sword in the heart it automatically kills a vampire" Jareth said

"Let's get you home to rest" Jackal said, holding on to her while they were walking.

Desiree stopped for a moment; both men looked at her worried "what's wrong?" Jackal asked

"My water just broke" she said scared

Both men looked worried at her, Desiree started to get more scared "the baby is a week early"

That made Jackal and Jareth panic even more 'we will have to hurry and get her to my healer" Jareth told them

Jackal and Desiree grabbed on to Jareth and appeared at the healers, Jackal and Desiree went in. Jareth went to go look for Sarah.

Hours Later

Jareth was pacing back and forth past the healers, he would here Desiree screaming and moaning, and he knew there was nothing he could do to help her; Sarah sat down on a chair outside the healers watching him a smile on his face. When Desiree's voice was heard no more, Jareth started to grow concerned, and so dis Sarah when she noticed how afraid he looked.

The healer came out wiping his brow with the back of his hand, Jareth rushed up to him. "Desiree how is she?"

The healer looked up at him "she's good, so is her daughter"

Jareth smiled in relief "can we go see her?"

"Sure" the healer replied

Jareth and Sarah quickly walked past him and entered the room where Desiree was. They found her lying in bed, her daughter in her arms, Jackal sitting next to them, both parents smiling fondly at their daughter.

Desiree looked up at them "papa, mom, come meet your granddaughter"

Jareth and Sarah got closer to the bed "I am too young to be a grandmother" Sarah whined

"Well you married an old man" Desiree said

"Hey" Jareth said

"Papa, would you like to hold her?" Desiree asked

"I would love too" he told her

Desiree gently handed her father, the baby. "What did you name her?" Sarah asked

"Arlene, after my grandmother" Desiree replied

Jareth looked at Desiree "I think my mother would love that"

Desiree beamed at her father.

"The baby is okay?" Sarah asked curiously

"Yes she was born early, but the healer said, she is very healthy" Desiree said

"Good I am happy" Sarah said and she sat next to Desiree on the bed, Jackal on the other side, they all watched Jareth hold his granddaughter, he had tears in his eyes. They hoped that all the hard times were behind them and they could just move forward and have happy times.