Chapter 32

"When do you think she'll wake up?"

"No one knows," Giovanni replied. My head was still hurting and my muscles were aching from the moment I had woken up which wasn't very long ago, probably five minutes, and for the whole time I had been listening to the guys' conversation.

Till now, Giovanni, Bryson, and Claudia were in the room, well they were the only ones whose voices I heard, but I still wondered where Eros and Remus were. Silence echoed through the room and all of a sudden, a smacking sound echoed through the room and was followed by a choking voice.

"Why are you acting like she's never going to wake up?! You've heard the doctor Gio, she needs time to rest." Well that was Claudia alright. As much as it was weird to say it, I missed her high, squeaky voice. It had been so long since I had heard anything from her and it was taking all of my might not to spring up from bed and hug the life out of her.

"Claudia, for the last frickin' time, tone it down a bit; my ear drums are about to explode!" I inwardly smirked at that. Perfect timing Bry, perfect timing. I couldn't help but pity the guy. I mean, now, instead of Claudia arguing with Giovanni, she was going to turn the whole place into a smack down arena for what Bryson just said.

"Excuse me?! What are you implying?" I mentally sighed. Ah, how much I wanted to be awake so I could see Bryson's expression. I could already visualize Claudia's hands on her hips with a threatening glare on her face.

"Long story short, what I'm trying to tell you is to keep your fucking trap shut woman!" He exclaimed. I suppressed my laughter by biting my lip. Bryson was in for a big one now. Come on Bry, what person in their right mind would talk to Claudia like that when she's angry?

I heard someone, which was probably Giovanni, sigh and murmur something along the line 'why am I friends with you people'. Too bad Claudia heard him and smacked him... again. Giovanni grumbled under his breath, probably asking God why Claudia had to be his sister. I was about to open my eyes, but refrained myself from doing so when the door opened and I heard heavy footsteps.

"Claudia, I could hear your voice all over from downstairs." My heart fluttered in joy as I heard his voice. So, Prince Eros finally decided to make an appearance. His footsteps drew nearer till he was next to me. The bed dipped and I felt Eros's hand caress my cheek.

"Any progress yet?" Eros asked them, but was met by a chorus of no's. He sighed and pulled himself closer to me. His fingers went from my cheek to playing with strands of my loose hair. My heartbeat increased as he drew nearer till his hot breath tickled my ear. "When are you going to wake up Violet, I need you." His voice was pleading with me, as if begging me to wake up. Those words warmed my heart and I knew that it was the right moment to open my eyes.

"I am." My eyes fluttered open as I smiled at Eros's now shocked face. His face displayed a mixture of emotions, but it was soon gone from shocked to content. I was surprised when Eros took me into a hug but nonetheless, I hugged him back, my fingers clutching the vest he wore tightly as I buried my face in the crook of his neck. I inhaled, taking in his scent and smiled.

Gosh, it feels so good to be in his arms again! Eros pulled away and took me by surprise when his lips pressed against mine. I ran my hands through his hair and deepened the kiss. Just as I was about to grant him access, someone coughed making both me and Eros break away.

"I know that you are so happy to see each other but please, there's no need to ruin my innocent eyes." My eyes wandered off to Claudia who had her arms crossed and a scowl covering her face. I looked down at Eros, who had a huge smirk on his face and I blushed untangling my hands from his hair. My eyes snapped to Bryson who snorted.

"Innocent eyes? Babe, I wouldn't be mistaken if-"

"Bryson, if you finish that, make sure that your death sentence will be on my hands." I bit my lip as I watched Claudia and Bryson exchange glares. Thankfully, Bryson decided to ignore Claudia's remark and not reply, but he did do another thing. He pushed himself away from the wall he was leaning on and on his way to me, he forcefully bumped into Claudia with a sly smirk on his face. I shook my head smiling, oh Bryson!

I was engulfed in a bear hug from Bryson, and it was soon followed by one from Giovanni and Claudia. Bryson murmured how I had scared him shitless in my time of sleep and that made me wonder, how long had I been out? Giovanni explained how everyone had been worried about me, as for Claudia, she had another way of expressing her emotions.

"Don't you ever scare me like that ever again, got that missy?!" All of us laughed at Claudia's outburst.

"Since you're all making a big deal out of this, how long was I out for anyway?" There was a sudden change of atmosphere in the room as everyone went silent. I looked at Eros and raised my eyebrows speculating if I had asked something wrong.

"Four days." My eyes almost popped out of their sockets as soon as those two words left Giovanni's mouth. Four days? I've been out for four days, just because of the war?

"Wow, really?"

"Yeah, the doc said that your body consumed all of its energy when you summoned up the dragon and was really tired, that's why it took you four days to heal, because your body needed some rest." I nodded understandingly, that would explain my sore muscles.

I was about to ask Eros about what happened after the war but-

"Okay people, men out of the room!" Claudia yelled clapping her hands together.

"But-" Just as Bryson was about to argue, Claudia shot him a threatening glare.

"Men out of the room, now." In less than a second, all of the guys including Eros left the room, but not before he gave me a kiss.

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"And Eros even slept next to you the first day you were out." I glanced away from Claudia towards the hall and bit my lip as I smiled in admiration. For the past half an hour, Claudia had told me everything that had happened after me falling into slumber from everyone being so worried about me to Eros spending hours in my chamber every day. Just thinking about Eros doing that made my heart flutter in joy.

At the moment, we were walking down the halls of the castle to the king's room where, as the servant told us earlier, the princes and kings were sitting. Every employee in the castle that passed us, greeted us with big smiles and said 'Glad you're okay my princess.' I was taken out of my niche and pulled into a pair of warm arms. I instantly knew who those arms belonged to and hugged the person back.

"Thank God that you're okay. I was getting scared that you might not wake up." I pulled away and grinned at my uncle. I studied his face. My uncle looked worn out, tired, and he needed some rest. I felt guilty since I knew that he was in this condition because of me. I kept my mouth shut and didn't say anything about the subject. I remembered that my uncle had injured his leg..

"How's your leg?" I asked.

"It healed, but let's not talk about me. How are you feeling?" My uncle stepped aside allowing me to see the entire room. There was an empty chair around the table that Eros and the guys', including Remus, were sitting around so I lowered myself in it. My uncle took a seat at the head of the table and Claudia took the seat next to Giovanni.

For the whole time I was sitting with my uncle and the guys, I had been bombarded with questions concerning my health and how I felt. My uncle summoned the doctor to come and check on my health. That would explain why the doctor took a sample of my blood; so he could make sure everything in my body was alright. The doctor excused himself and walked out of the room.

Eros stood up and spoke to my uncle. "I would like to take Violet for the rest of the day." He addressed my uncle. To my surprise, my uncle smiled at him and nodded. "Sure son." My jaw practically dropped. My uncle calling Eros... son? I looked at Eros and took his extended hand with a smile. Without hesitation, Eros wrapped his arms around my waist as he led me out of the room.

"Aw, they look so cute together!" I heard Claudia squeak.

"All we need to do now is find you a woman king Connor." I grinned at what Bryson just said. He was right, now that Eros and I were together, the only thing that we had to do is hook my uncle up. I grinned evilly as I started planning in my head. I looked at Eros when I heard him chuckle.

"You're planning it already?" His eyes were dancing with amusement as a smirk played on his face. I nodded and giggled when Eros shook his head disbelievingly.

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"Eros, why are we here?" I asked.

"Because I wanted to talk to you about something, and I wanted you to meet someone too." He looked down at me and smiled softly. I wondered what he wanted to talk about, actually, who this someone was that Eros wanted me to meet at his castle. You heard right. He had a castle in the demon kingdom, more specifically, his garden.

"So, what did you want to talk to me about?" I couldn't help but feel curious.

"Always the impatient one." He chuckled and I scowled.

"Hey!" I smacked his shoulder making him laugh out loud. I huffed and crossed my arms.

"I'm only stating the truth Violet, no need to act so childish." He teased and I rolled my eyes but smiled nonetheless.

"Take that back!" I took a step closer.

"Or what? What will you do?" He drew nearer till we were chest to chest. My eyes went from his eyes to his lips.

"This." I grabbed him by the collar and pressed his lips onto mine. Eros seemed surprised at first, but slowly his arm snaked around my waist as my hands played with his hair. His lips were so soft against mine and they were moving in perfect synch. He pinned me to the tree and I deepened the kiss giving it my all. We parted for a few seconds to catch our breath.

"Violet..." He whispered huskily.

"Don't stop."

His lips were brought back to mine and to my surprise I could feel him bite my lower lip wanting an entrance. I smiled and opened my mouth lightly allowing his tongue to enter. We played around a bit and I moaned in pleasure. I jumped slightly when his cold hand came in contact with my skin, his hand reached up to where my stomach was and he kept it there. I grinned at how intimate this was getting. I too reached under his shirt and my hand wavered over his six-pack.

I could feel the corners of his mouth tilting up and kept playing with his abs. I was lacking oxygen, so I breathlessly pulled away and looked up to a now smirking Eros.

My cheeks grew warm as I noticed what we just did, but they grew warmer as I noticed a group of women and a few men in the castle watching us.

"Eros," I murmured feeling embarrassed that they had just witnessed our heated kiss.

"Hmm?"

"Behind you." Eros pulled away and looked around. I looked up at him and bit my lip when I saw him glaring at the people in the castle who were now scurrying away.

"Eros, you're so mean!" I laughed.

"They deserved it, the last thing I need are the servants spying on their king." My eyes widened, their king? Eros must have noticed what he had said since he sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"King?"

"Yeah, that's what I wanted to talk to you about." He ran a hand through his hair. "When my father died, I immediately took the title so now I'm no longer a prince – but a king. At first, I didn't accept since my mother was still a queen, but she insisted." He looked at me as if afraid to see my reaction. It took a little while for his words to sink in but when they did, I grinned. At first, he looked confused at my reaction but soon he returned the grin.

"Wow, congrats!" I flung myself at him and hugged him tightly.

"So, you're not mad?" I looked at him and frowned.

"Mad? And why should I be?" I untangled myself and stood in front of him.

"Being king means having a lot of duties, so it will be hard spending a lot of time with you." I chewed on my bottom lip and hid my smile. Aw, he's worried about not spending time with me!

"Eros, I don't mind." My voice went soft.

I squeaked in shock as Eros pulled me forward and pecked me on the lips.

"Come on, there's somebody I want you to meet." He grinned taking my hand and leading me up to the castle.

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He offered me an encouraging smile as he opened the door. I felt nervous considering that I still didn't know who this person might be. I already asked Eros about whom I would be meeting, but he told me that it was a surprise. I followed him inside the room and was amazed by its size. It was at least triple the size of my room and was fit for a queen. Surrounded in gold and white, the room gave you a sense of warmth.

I looked forward and saw a very beautiful woman lying in a sitting position on the bed and I immediately knew who she was. They have the same eyes, same hair color, and they looked so much alike. The queen had shoulder length wavy black hair and as Eros, her black eyes were as dark as night. My nerves increased as I realized that I was now in Eros's mother's room. The queen greeted Eros with a warm smile and hugged him when he crouched next to her.

"Hi mom," Eros murmured returning his mother's hug.

"So how's my baby boy doing in his third day being a king?" His mother gushed when Eros drew away.

"Mom, I told you to stop calling me that!" Eros groaned, a light shade of red covering his cheeks. I giggled finding Eros embarrassed very amusing. The queen seemed to hear my giggle since she took her gaze from her son to me. I swallowed uneasily and curtsied remembering that I was in front of a queen.

"So this is the Violet that my son is so fond of, come here honey." She patted the space next to her. My eyes went to Eros, who had a heartening smile on and then to the queen's who had a soft one. I hesitated, but sat next to her on the bed suddenly feeling timid.

"I'm very happy that my son has found the girl that suits him and I'm very pleased that it is you my dear." I blushed and said a quiet thank you. I expected the queen to ask me a normal question like how did we meet each other or something like that, but I was sure not expecting her to ask me the following.

"But I have to ask, at first, how were you able to stand him?" I couldn't help but laugh at that.

"Mom!" I looked sideways and saw Eros crossing his arms while glaring at his mom.

"Eros, don't interrupt!" His mom scolded. It was kind of funny actually, seeing Eros huff like a five year old child and his mother scolding him.

"Well my queen – "

"Oh please, call me Zena." I smiled and nodded then answered her question. It turned out, Eros didn't like my reply.

"If I recall, you were head over heels in love with me." Eros pointed out making my jaw drop.

"Were not! If I recall, you were the one head over heels in love with me!" I used his words against him. Eros was about to respond but his mother butted in.

"Don't try to deny it Eros." His mother warned. I bit my lip keeping in my laughter. I already like the woman!

"That was fun." I said as we walked out of the queen – Zena's room. Eros slowly turned his head to look at me and narrowed his eyes.

"Fun?!" I rolled my eyes and didn't bother responding because if I did, I knew that Eros would go all mumbo jumbo on me and say 'you can't talk to me like that in front of my servants' and all of that shit so I kept my lips locked.

I went out to breathe some fresh air and sat on the ground. Out of a sudden, two arms became wrapped around me. It was Eros. He kissed my head and mumbled a few words which seemed as 'You are my everything'. I sighed peacefully . At last, no more problems, and finally, everything was back to normal.