Dr. Luna
The Vampires Promised Bride Chapter 28

Visions of her cousin's body flashed in Lucy's mind. She reached her hand up and covered her mouth. Liquid crystals trickled down her cheeks. It was so real. What did she need to do to prevent this from happening? She felt Derek's hand rub over her shoulder gently in a soothing motion. The vehicle came to a stop and Lucy glanced up surprised to see she was back home. She was so lost in her thoughts she didn't even realize it. The door opened and she was instantly pulled out of the vehicle.

"Damnit Lucy! I was so scared." Aiden wrapped his arms around her, crushing her into him. He looked down and saw the evidence of her tears on her face. His eyes immediately darkened, and he looked up at Derek.

"Easy on her Aiden." Wyatt came over to his son quickly. "Lucy had a premonition. She is still adjusting."

Derek slid out of the vehicle and Jasper was at his side. He looked up at the auburn hair colored man and smiled. "You must be Aiden?"

"Who are you?" Aiden said coldly.

Derek's eyes rested on Lucy. She was awfully quiet and still. So much that he was feeling anxious and worried for her.

Lucy took a small step from Aiden. She wanted to introduce him to her mate. Mate. Alexis mate. She needed to find Alexis' mate so that... the vision of her body flickered in her mind. The dried blood and bruises over her. The pooling blood below her. She must have fought incredibly hard. Lucy's hand started shaking.

"Lucy."

She snapped her head up to a familiar kind voice. Her eyes met with the green eyes of her grandmother, Lilly. She walked up to Lucy with confident commanding steps. And she wrapped her arms around her.

"Don't worry. We are going to fix this. Okay? Shhh, we are going to fix this." Lilly boldly and calmly said.

"Mom? How did you know?" Wyatt asked.

"The light of another fairy princess began to flicker into existence. I didn't know she had received the same premonition... until I saw her face though. Rhea also saw this. Don't worry Lucy. It isn't going to happen, okay? Alexis is going to be just fine. That is the reason we get these premonitions." Lilly rubbed the back of Lucy's head and spoke to her in a soothing tone.

"What about the other thing?" Lucy finally spoke quietly. "The girl with the sword."

Lilly's fingers tensed. "You saw that too?"

Lucy lifted her head up and looked at her grandmother. She nodded her head slowly. "Who is she?"

Lilly sighed and smiled. "That is a future not to worry about right now. That is centuries and centuries from now. Who knows what can change before then, right?"

"What is this about Alexis?" Aiden asked, taking a protective stance near Lucy. He rarely had seen her look so vulnerable, and he wanted to protect her. He placed a hand on her shoulder and looked at his grandmother.

Freya stood next to Wyatt along with Jason and Jin who walked up with Tyler, Lilly's husband and mate. (Tyler and Lilly were the Alpha and Luna of the Diamond pack before and are now the King and Queen of the fairies. Since Lilly was the fairy princess.) "Lucy, let me see you kiddo." A man's voice boomed from the side.

"Uncle Tristan." Lucy smiled and her eyes widened in shock as he picked her up. Tristan was also her grandmother's guardian. He was a very large man and was also a werebear, like all guardians before had been.

Tristan's face turned serious as he looked up to Lilly and Tyler. He glanced up at Jason and could see he knew it too. He could also smell Lucy.

"She has the smell... and I can feel her." Tristan eased her down.

"Hi... could someone please explain what is going on? I seem to have missed the seminar." Jasper said with a small grin. Derek stood there quietly taking in the information that had to deal with his mate. "Me too." Aiden said with a shrug.

"We had a premonition that Alexis is killed. We have room to adjust and remedy this. Just like how Elysium wasn't destroyed. But the fairy magic in Lucy has awakened. Her royal scent is now allowing other fairies to know her. She is also being recognized as a potential heir. This doesn't mean anything though. Nothing changes except our Lucy here is a bit stronger now. However... in light of this it is protocol for her to have a guardian now." Lilly looked up at Wyatt. It was his job to pick one out for his daughter now. "No... please don't." Lucy stared back at her grandmother with determination. "I am not the fairy princess. Alexis is. And giving me a guardian... it feels like you are giving up on saving her. I don't want one. I won't accept one. I have Aiden, Justice and Jasper around all the time. I don't want a guardian to add to that too."

"We aren't giving up. It is just you are important Lucy. And protecting you is important." Lilly added with a frown. "I'm sorry you must have a guardian."

"Then let me do it." Justice jogged up from the side. "I know I can't shift into a bear but I can still protect Lucy. I want to do it. I grew up with Lucy. We are family. It makes sense. Right dad?" Justice looked at Jason with hopeful eyes. He always teased about being their honorary guardian. This was something he wanted to do.

Jason nodded his head. "The guardian power must accept you Justice... and if it does then you were meant to be her guardian. But I have to warn you. You will be accepting a very strong power at a much older age. We all had a long time to adjust to this new strength. It will require some very intense crash course training." He watched Justice nod his head enthusiastically.

"Now wait a minute." Derek finally spoke up and all heads snapped to look at this new person. "Could him getting these new powers be dangerous to Lucy? I won't allow it." His firm conviction resonated with a sense of power. "If there is any chance new powers could cause him to lose control..."

"That is what the training will be for. Don't worry. I promise I wouldn't allow him to be by Lucy's side unless he was ready." Jason chuckled. "You can relax. Besides, a guardian by her side would be a good thing. More protection."

"Okay, who the hell are you?" Aiden fixated his gaze on Derek. Who the heck was this guy to say anything?

Jasper smiled. "They aren't within hearing." He said tilting his head over to Derek for approval to continue.

Lucy smiled and walked into Derek's side. "This is my mate..."

Derek wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into his chest. She was looking normal again and even sounded normal. But he was feeling very protective over her and needed her body next to him.

"This here is Prince Derek... but for now please just refer to him as Ryan. We have comrades nearby and while they can't hear us here it is best to avoid an accidental slip up. For reasons right now he is keeping his identity undercover. But it just so happens that him and Lucy are also mates... actually we believe they are soul mates." Jasper said almost proudly as he looked over at Lucy and Derek together.

"Yeah mom. They haven't marked each other but can already feel each other's emotions." Wyatt said bringing this information to someone who is much more knowledgeable.

Lilly looked over at Tyler. "That didn't happen to us until after we marked... That must be an incredibly strong connection. Something like that..."

"Isn't just an accident, right?" Freya added with a smirk.

"No, it looks like this was a gift from the moon goddess." Lilly smiled. The moon goddess knew about the treaty, and this was a beautiful gift to give the two heirs. She gave them an unbreakable bond with one another. A marked soul mate can't be ruined by misunderstandings because they can read the other's mind. They can hear their thoughts. They would know them like they know themselves. It is baring your soul more than any other mate does. But it is also worth it with the unconditional love, respect and trust that comes with it.

Aiden stared at Derek quietly. He looked how he held a possessive arm around his sister. Even the way he looked at her was like she was his treasure he was greedily protecting. But he wasn't convinced about this guy yet. He would need to hear more about his story. "We need to have a little chat I think." Aiden said quietly keeping an intimidating gaze on Derek.

Derek smiled and nodded his head. "I figured as much." He rubbed his hand over Lucy's shoulder gently. If her brother cared about her like he was told this was only natural. And he wanted to talk to Aiden as well. Since he would be relying on him to keep his little mate safe.

"So, Mom... about Justice?" Jason asked, seeing his son shifting from side to side.

"There has never been a guardian who wasn't a werebear. But Jason is right. If the power accepts you then you were meant to be. It is up to Wyatt. Wyatt is the one who must feel her guardian and who it is. It is how it works. He can't force it either. It is just how it is. You feel it inside..." Lilly raised a hand and sat it over her chest. "It's how I knew Cody and Jason belonged to me. It's how Rhea was able to pick Micah... even though he was dangerous in the beginning. But Tristan was able to straighten him out." "Nothing a few gentle slams couldn't correct." Tristan chuckled with a big grin.

"Hey um... Ryan." Justice cleared his throat, noticing he seemed a bit uncomfortable about the guardian idea. "If it ends up being me you don't have to worry, ya know? Like I'd never hurt Lucy. Not even by accident.

"I trust you Justice." Lucy looked at him and smiled. She could get behind the guardian thing if it was Justice. He was always around her anyways. But there was one thing... "But would this mean he would always be my guardian?" She looked over at her grandparents. "Yes. There is no taking the guardian power away." Lilly looked over at Justice understanding Lucy's point.

"This would be connecting your life with Lucy's. Wherever she goes you would go. Whether it be the vampire kingdom or Elysium. But as you have seen, the whole mate tradition has been changed." Lilly smiled looking at Jason and Jin.

"Yea, I'm not going to be celibate or anything like Uncle Tristan, but I don't mind following Lucy. And I think this would make the family feel more at ease knowing I was always by her side."

Tristan chuckled. "I didn't take a mate... I never said I was celibate."

"Whoa! Uncle T... I never knew." Justice said with a big grin.

"I don't exactly broadcast my private life." Tristan chuckled, shaking his head. He never took a mate. He didn't want one. But he was still a male and had needs.

"Well, I don't know if I have a fated mate or not, but I definitely plan to have a family one day." Justice said with a shrug.

Lilly looked over at Wyatt. Do not just pick him because he wants it. It doesn't work that way. Connect with that part deep inside of you where your fairy magic resides. It will help guide you. It has a will of its own and it will help you choose the right guardian. Wyatt interlaced his fingers with Freya's and looked into her green eyes. It has been a while since he really connected with the deep fairy magic that existed inside of him. There has been so much peace that the need for a real deep power hasn't arisen. It has been twenty years since he had to fight with everything he had.

He searched inside where his energy swirled. An energy that was also connected with Titus and Rhea. One he hadn't connected with in a long time. He watched as it circled around him in red ropes. The way fairy magic worked was different from other magics. You willed it and it came to light when you needed it. You developed your magic over time. It exposed itself to you when you needed it. And now it was awakening with the need for a guardian. The magic was searching for a protector for their potential heir. He watched as a bright green rope swirled around Lucy but also connected with Justice. The green ropes circled together in a figure eight motion. The energy was connected already. But what was fascinating was how a white glow emanated from both Derek and Lucy. The glow pulsated together and in perfect rhythm. It was a light he couldn't see until he pulled his fairy magic forward. And both of their lights were reaching out to Justice. As if it already knew he was the one. Wyatt didn't know what that all meant but one thing was obvious... Justice was meant to be Lucy's guardian.

"I guess I'll be needing to make a trip to Elysium for the guardian ceremony to transfer powers." Wyatt said quietly and watched Justice's shoulders slink in disappointment. "Hope you are ready for the life you are signing up for Justice."

"You mean it?!" Justice's eyes grew wide, and he watched Wyatt grin and nod. "Hell yeah! I'm going to be a guardian!" He jumped into the air and raised his fist upwards.

"This will be very interesting. He is the first one not to be a werebear. It will be interesting to see his power merge with fairy magic." Lilly looked at Tyler and shrugged with a smile. He was already thinking the same thing she was. (Since they were soul mates, they knew each other's thoughts). And they were both thinking this was not a coincidence. That somehow him being a sword wielding guardian meant something even deeper. And somewhere would be the connection to the vision of the girl wielding a sword in the future. A future that would one day come to pass... (But that is a different story...A spinoff being planned for late 2022).