"Please tell me where we are going." I said to Marcellus. He keeps refusing to tell me where we are going. I keep trying to get it out of him but its no use.

"No, I want it to be a surprise." He keeps on telling me every time I ask. Isn't that the most cliché saying when it comes to things like this? I sat there quietly for the rest of the ride knowing I won't get anywhere if I keep asking. Finally, we come to a stop outside a restaurant.

"Where are we?" I asked. The place didn't look fancy like I expected.

"This is my aunts restaurant. She has a human mate so she is living a human life with him. They opened this restaurant together a couple years ago." He replied. That is really sweet that he brought me to a place that means something to him rather than a fancy place with no meaning.

"Really? That's so sweet." I said as he opened the car door for me. We walked up to the entrance of the restaurant and walked in. There was someone at the front to greet us but when she looked up she was shocked I don't know what about but I could only guess.

"Mr. Kingston right this way." She said shocked. I think she might be scared of him because she won't look at him. "Here is your table." She put down the menus and left.

"Do you know her?" I asked. I wanted to know why she was so shocked that he was here. Or was it just because she was scared?

"I do know here. I come here every Thursday night to see my aunt and her husband. I guess she is just surprised that I came here on a Tuesday instead of on Thursday." He said but I felt like her was leaving something out of it. "So in was thinking that we could get to know each other some more. How does that sound?"

"I would like that." I replied.

"Okay, so lets start with an easy one. What is your favorite...."

It went on like that until the food came and we sat in silence while we ate.

"Marcell, what are you doing here?" I heard someone from behind me. Turning around I see an older middle-aged woman coming over to us. This must be his aunt. "Who is this?" She asked noticing he wasn't alone.

"Aunt Lauren this is my mate her name is Eliana." He said introducing us.

"Hi my name is Lauren Leon. I am Marcellus aunt if you haven't already figured that out." She said hugging me.

"It nice to meet you Mrs. Leon." I quietly said.

"No none of that Mrs crap you can call me Aunt Lauren." She said. She looked at me from head to toe. "You are so beautiful. You got a good one Marcell." I started blushing.

"I know I did. So where is Uncle Jasper?" He asked his aunt.

"He is at home with the kids tonight. Wyatt got in trouble at school again and I'm making him deal with it this time." She replies.

"Well if you ever need any help then you can send them to our house we will deal with them. So that tells me about how Wyatt is what about Lilith? How is she?" He ask concerned. Why is he concerned about her?

"She's doing better. She's not feeling as left out anymore."

"Whos Lilith?" I asked.

"She is my daughter she just turned 15 and we found out that she is human unlike my son Wyatt. She has been feeling a little left out since then."

"Well if she needs anyone to talk to she can talk to me I know what its like to be different from my family." I told her.

"I think that would be nice. She knows that her father is human too but she still feels left out and I just don't know how to get through to her." She said sadly.

"Do you have a piece of paper I can use?" I asked her.

"Yes." She said leaving and coming back with a note pad. I took it from her before I started writing.

"Here give this to her." I said folding the paper and handing it to her.

"What is it?" She asked.

"My number along with something else for her." I said.

"Thank you so much." She said giving me another hug. "I should leave you guys alone now it looks like you were on a date. Have fun and the food is on me tonight." She said before walking away and to the back of the restaurant.

"Do you want any desert?" Marcell asked. We had already finished eating so we were just siting there.

"No thank you." I replied.

"Okay then lets go. I have another place to show you." He said standing up and grabbing my hand to help me up.

"Are you going to tell me where we are going this time?" I asked. I seen him shake his head. Ugh he annoys me sometimes.

I must have fallen asleep because next I knew I was being shaken awake.

"Wake up." I heard Marcellus say. Sitting up I seen that we were in the middle on the woods.

"Where are we?" I asked.

"We are were I wanted to show you but we need to walk a few minutes." He said getting out of the car and coming to open my door.

"But I don't want to walk." I whined. He then picked me up bridal style and started walking.

He was walking about 10 minutes before he finally stopped in front of a big tree. Looking to the side of it I could see a latter going up the tree. Did he really bring me to a tree?

"You brought me to a tree?" I questioned.

"No silly. You have to climb up the latter to get there." He laughed. I went to the latter and started to climb and when I was a good distance up he started climbing too. The higher I got the more I could see of what looked like a little house in the trees. A treehouse? When I finally reached it I climbed off the latter and onto the outside of the treehouse.

"Do you like it?" A voice said from behind me. Turning around I seen that it was just Marcell getting off the latter.

"Yeah its nice and quiet up here." I told him.

"I brought you up here for a reason." He said looking serious.

"And that reason would be?" I asked. He turned around and grabbed the latter and pulled it up.

"Lets go inside and I will explain." He said pulling me to the door. He unlocked the door and pulled me inside. It was almost as big as a actual house. It even had a little kitchen. "My dad, Kyle, and I built this place. We always needed a place to get away from thing so we built it. No one knows about this place except them. The kitchen is always fully stocked and there are clothes in the closet. I put some of your clothes in there too."

"Why?" I asked. I didn't understand why my clothes where here.

"We are going to be staying here for a while." He said. "If you really are the last of the royal family then us being here with remove the spell the witch put on you because we are to far away from her. That is why I pulled the latter up. That is the only why to get up here. She wont be able to reach you up here."

"Are you sure that this is going to work?" I asked.

"Unless she can get into the trees then it should work. We have everything we need up here. There is a fully functioning kitchen and bathroom." How did they manage to do that? I must have said that out loud because Marcell answered. "All the electrical and pipes are in the trees going to the place they need to go." He said. Wow that is cool.

Finally taking a moment to look around I noticed how nice it looks. The living room area had a half circle couch with a bunch of pillows on it and there were 2 hanging chairs across from it. The kitchen was small but really nice. The bedroom area was also nice. The bed frame looked like wooden logs and kinda looked like it was built into the wall. The bed sheets were a light grey color. Across from the bed there was a built in bookshelf full of books. Beside the kitchen there was another door which Im guessing leads to the bathroom. Over all it looked like a small apartment and not a treehouse.

"So are you wanting to get some sleep?"

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