CHARACTER INTRODUCTION

Julian / Conner King = Vampire - Eldest triplet Son of Princess Josephine and her Human mate Zachary

Victoria / Lorette King = Vampire - Eldest Daughter of Princess Josephine and her Human mate Zachary

Riley / Romeo King = Vampire - Second Eldest triplet Son of Princess Josephine and her Human mate Zachary

Julian, Victoria and Riley are the eldest triplets to Princess Josephine and her mate Zachary. They have lived their lives in the Royal Vampire kingdom, but have never really been seen. Julian is the best friend and cousin of Prince Nathaniel and is training to be his second in command once he takes over the throne. Victoria is a natural fighter and is training to be Prince Nathaniel's Head Warrior and personal protection. Riley doesn't know what or where his place is yet, but is training to be Prince Nathaniel's third. However, there is still the chance that he could give it to Sebastian's son or daughter if what's inside him continues to grow.

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Skylar Harrison = Human - Runaway

Skylar is now eighteen years old and has been on the run since she was thirteen. She doesn't trust anyone, but her past is chasing her and one day soon will catch up. She is a whiz at technology, computers, security systems, and all the bits in between. Unfortunately, some knowledge and information that she stumbles across, gets her into a lot of trouble.

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Griffin/Memphis Parker = Human - Angel - Abandoned - Mother Human, Father a Fallen Angel

Griffin is Three hundred years old half Angel, but he looks twenty and was found as a baby left on the doorstep of the local church, he was taken in by a loving couple who raised him to know the difference between right and wrong, but as he got older, his birthright started to show itself and made it dangerous to anyone who knew him, he tries to hide it but as others learn of his existence and whereabouts; they look to capture or kill him.

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Savannah Braxton = Witch - Raised by her Mothers Cover

Savannah is a witch and has travelled around with her grandmother's coven since her mother was killed for trying to help a sick friend. With the approach of her eighteenth birthday not far away, she can feel something big is going to happen, but can't figure out what.

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JULIAN...

“Julian?? Julian?? Are you awake and up yet?”

I stretch and answer “Yes Mother, I am”

“Stop lying and get out of bed, I need your help to get everything ready and out to the field for the picnic...”

“Okay mother, be right there!...”

I get out of bed as I hear her walk away from my door, calling to my brothers and sisters to get out of bed, too. I head into my bathroom for a quick shower. Once I’m finished, I get dressed and then head out to help Mother with whatever she requires. I ended up carrying some of the baskets containing the picnic food in them, but luckily, it wasn’t just me.

“Hey Nat, Ri, you both helping as well?”

“Yeah Jules, hey happy birthday! Did you manage to have some fun at Charlotte’s birthday celebration?”

“Yeah, Nat, I did, but nothing that lasted more than the night, though.” I smile as he does.

As Victoria, Violet, Eli, Chrysta, Chase, Gabriela, Katrina, Whitney, Seth, Kathleen, Victor, Sebastian, Teresa, Theodore, Tina, Uncle Dominic, Mother and Father enter and pass through the kitchen Nathaniel, Riley and I grab all the baskets and as the family, we are we all head to the waterfall field where the picnic is being held, to meet up with Scarlett, Phoenix and Aunt Seraphina.

Once we have everything set up we all forget that we are part of the Royal family and just have some fun, us older ones play chasey with the younger ones for a while and then we have some fun in the lake, I have fun swimming and trying to dunk Nathaniel, Victoria and Riley under the water but I think they had more fun ganging up on me.

We had just exited the water when we were suddenly surrounded by rogue vampires; we have all had training; it was a mandatory requirement by Uncle Dominic. He wanted us to be able to protect our mates, but he was also preparing us, especially me, for my role as Nathaniel’s second when he takes over as king.

With Nathaniel and Riley, by my side we stand in front of Victoria protecting her, not that she needs it as she is a born fighter and quite good probably even better than us, it doesn’t take us long to see that the others need help too.

“Nat, we need to make our way over to the others... Do you think we can make it?”

“Maybe, keep Vicky in between us and we should be able to make it slowly over to where the others are.”

Victoria hisses low at me for my comment but stays in the middle of Nathaniel, Riley, and me. We slowly make our way through the field so we are closer to the other children, it is then that we are jumped by a couple of the rogues we didn’t notice, Nathaniel, Riley, Victoria and I all fight but I notice they are not fighting to kill only to distract and maybe knock out. It isn’t long before we hear our cousin Charlotte scream.

“STEFAN!”

We all stop, even the rogues and look over to where her scream came from, then we hear another scream that comes from the same direction

“PHOENIX!”

A strong loud commanding voice then sounds throughout the field.

“KING DOMINIC! SHOW YOURSELF! OR I TAKE YOUR QUEEN’S LIFE FOR YOURS! NO ONE ELSE MOVES OR THE PRINCESSES DIE TOO!”

Everyone else stops dead. I look around and see that while everyone is focused on the rogues, no one is watching the littler children. I turn slightly and whisper,

“Nat, Ri, Vicky, the younger ones are all scared and it sounds like he is going to tell Aunt Sera what happened to Mother’s parents and I don’t think it is something they need to hear.”

“Okay, we move very slowly so they don’t realize we are moving.”

So we move very, very slowly, making our way behind the rogues we were just fighting and move over to where the younger ones are either standing or sitting on the ground, we slowly join them and then quietly distract them with soft fairy tales keeping their attention on us as much as possible as what the adults are discussing isn’t something that they need to know the details about. We all sit and manage to keep the younger ones distracted until we hear cousin Scarlett scream out in pain. Nathaniel leans over to me and whispers.

“Scarlett has just gone into labour and Dad has just agreed to allow the rogues to leave, as long as they don’t cause any more trouble.”

We then hear the rogue leader yell, “KINGSTON MALES STAND DOWN!”