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    Ramon knocks, and I am on him feeding hungrily before he has even walked through the door. I feel better, stronger, and dash the tears from my eyes, standing straighter. I wave my hand at him dismissively and he goes.
    I turn back to my husband and his eyes are fixed on my hand, which is absently stroking my stomach. I pull it away quickly, but he already knows and looks at me sadly.
    “You know already?” he asks quietly.
    “Yes,” I say just as quietly. “Drake knew. He said he could sense her.”
    “Her?” he croaks.
    I nod slowly. “I’m sorry, my love. I know this hurts you.”
    “Don’t worry about me,” he says, taking my arm and leading me to the chair. “You need to take care of yourself now.”
    “Oh, Constantine, everything is going so wrong,” I say and start to weep again.
    “What do you mean?” he asks, stroking my shoulder.
    I tell him of the Fae Kings’ plans and his face hardens. “No, we will not allow them to take your child.”
    “I don’t know how we can stop them. Drake, especially. He wants this child and he wants me back there in two days. I can’t go back.”
    “Two days? He wants you back in two days?”
    I nod sadly.
    “What happens if you don’t go back?” he asks, concern etching his handsome face.
    “I don’t know. I suppose he will come looking for me,” I falter as I look up at him and he shakes his head.
    “No, Aefre, we cannot allow him to come here. Our daughter…she won’t be safe from him. He has used her once before to get to you. You will have to go back,” he says forcefully.
    “What?” I ask in disbelief. “No, you said that I didn’t have to go back.”
    “You must. To protect our own, my love,” he insists.
    “No,” I say, shaking my head. “I am not going back there. I will go away. He will be looking for me, if I am not here, he will leave.”
    “Aefre, no. That reasoning isn’t logical. He has taken her once, he will do it again,” Constantine says.
    “Constantine, please. This is the only way. Tell Sebastian I’m sorry. He will see me again one day, as will you.” I cross over to kiss him, knowing this is the best way, the only way to protect my unborn child. “I love you. Please promise me you will keep Cassis safe.”
    “Aefre, no, you cannot leave,” he says, desperately clutching my hands as he sees my resolve .
    “Promise me, Constantine, that you will protect our daughter,” I say again, needing to hear him say it.
    “Of course, I will. I will not allow him to take her again, but Aefre…this isn’t the way. You cannot leave me. I love you. Please,” he begs.
    “I will return, my love. I love you too much to be apart from you for too long.” I brush the tears from my eyes, missing him already, and I daren’t even think of my sweet Sebastian. I hope he forgives me in time. I step back from him and he shouts, “Aefre, no,” as I Astral off, cloaking myself so that no one will ever find me.
     
    I know exactly where I am going. I open my eyes carefully, hoping that I have landed here alone. The suite is empty and looks just like it did the last time I saw it. I smile in anticipation as I change my clothes and alter my appearance just slightly so that I look exactly like the woman he fell in love with. With a feeling of sadness, I pull my wedding rings from my fingers and put them on my right hand. It feels awful and unnatural, but Cole will never agree to anything if he knows I am married .
    I exit the suite, knowing I am risking a lot by going out a different way to which I came in, but also knowing that it is worth it. Worth it be a sire, worth it to stay off the grid until my child is born and hopefully by then I will have some idea how to protect her so that I never have to see Drake again .
    One day, my love, we will be reunited, but for now I have to do this. I have to do this for me and for my child.
     
    I conjure up a bunch of documents with her name on them and some credit cards. I make my way to the