Kind of you to join us, Steph

 Jasmine's eyes were locked on Iden who had a woman almost the age of Caden, his daughter, between his hands.

Iden cleared his throat clearly ignoring the poisonous words Elijah fed him and looked at the pretty girl between his hands.

"I'm here to introduce you to my fiance Lucy." Iden spoke his eyes not leaving the girl he had his hands on.

Elijah scoffed and the looks on his eyes were full of disrespect.

"Is she a new one?" Elijah started looking back and forth between them with bored eyes.

"The last one was a much prettier bernit, your losing your taste." He finished as he brushed the small stripes of hair out his eyes.

The comment Elijah used was wierd but Jasmine somehow knew he ment to say it this way, especially after seeing the looks on the girl and his father's face. Lucy looked very offended and shot Iden a hard glance as if to deal with him.

"I didn't know you were keeping up." Iden said.

Jasmine looked at Elijah with some worry. He had an attitude of irrelevance toward his father, you can sence that from the way he looks at him. She wasn't aware of them not being in fit with each other, but then again who is between the Knights? This family seems to be built in a different way than others.

Jasmine pushed these thoughts away and focused on what was happening in that moment. She won't deny the fact that she feels a bit uncomfortable with the sight in front of her. Iden had his hands in that girls waist moving up in down and she'll admit it kinda pissed her off, but then again the girl doesn't seem to mind, so shouldn't Jasmine.

"Well who do you think bribes the press, pays the women you sleep with not to speak, keeps your card going AND actually knows a limit to stop you before crossing the line?" Elijah said. He looked like he had enough shit for the day.

Iden looked at Jasmine who's tongue was numb.

"I thought you gave the new Mrs.Knight a heads up before coming, you always seem to figure things out." Looking at his son, his voice was triping off.

"Well someone should in this house don't you think?" He said with much annoyance than before. "heading up first." Elijah said before he stood up to walk out but the sudden presence of Nany Mary stopped him half way.

All eyes were in the new person who just showed up.

"Your dad's here now, don't you guys think its been long since we had a family supper?" Her voice was old but sweet. She seemed well and healthy for someone in her age.

Jasmine stood up once she saw her. This was the first time she meets her since she came.

"H-hello, Nany Mary." Jasmine barely said.

The old women looked at Jasmine for a second before looking back at Elijah.

"You need to wash up, the food will get cold." Mary said completely ignoring Jasmine.

A sight escaped Elijah's mouth. "I've already had dinner, you can eat without me." He was about to walk out but she spoke again.

"I've got some guests coming and I need everyone to be present. We're missing Jordan but I'm sure he's on his way now." She said smiling to face Jasmine and finished. "Plus we haven't givin her a proper welcoming and I feel bad. So make sure to be at the table in thirty minutes. All of you." She said the last three words as she faced Iden.

They all watched her walk out the kitchen and stared at the door for seconds.

Marry seemed to be at her mid seventies, her face was small, had some wrinkles at each edge. Her black dyed hair and ocean blue eyes gave her a powerful presence. Her high nose and cherry red lip stick were a great impact. She looked like the kind to step on you and feel proud about it. She, like the rest of this family, had that half dead look hidden between her eyes, not to forget her such pale skin that finished the touch of frigidity she spread.

Elijah looked at his father in a wierd way. It seemed as if he was waiting for him to explain what is happening.

"I don't think she's acting this way because of me son. Your the one who brought-"

"If your not the reason doesn't mean your safe." He looked at Lucy for seconds and then once again at Iden.

"You need to dress her up if you don't want it to be about you."

Elijah turned to face Jasmine and spoke

"We need to head up, lets go." He spoke and then left. Jasmine just stood up and walked after him in complete silence. The tension was a little new to her, the sight that was in front of her was new. But worst of all, fear was starting to slightly grow inside her. Mary seemed very... mad. And that means mad in a unnormal way. She spoke in such a threatening voice with such a sweet tone it sent shivers down Jasmine's spine.

Jasmine followed Elijah to there room quietly without speaking a word. Once she entered he closed the door after her and stood there for seconds, he looked so tiered and seemed like he wanted to just rip the skin out of himself.

She wanted to speak, to try and help him feel a little better, but what is she going to say? What does she even know?

Jasmine remembered what he said a couple of minutes ago to his father about needing someone to figure something out to help this family, and how after the short time she spent here she noticed it was him who is keeping everything going, of course despite him not being present between them he was the one who kept the Knights shape to the outside world.

"We need to get ready." He spoke pulling her out her thoughts.

She wanted to ask him for what exactly, but the words refused to leave her mouth.

Elijah looked at her and saw that she was completely lost. He walked up to her and saw she was demanding explanation for what is happening.

"I will explain everything, I promise. But after we have dinner and be ready." He calmly said.

Nodding her head she tried to understand him a little. But the complex in his eyes were too much to untie.

"Can you please get ready, there are some black dresses inside choose which ever you please."

Black?why does it seem like he is dema her to wear black?..but Jasmine did as she was told, she decided not to ask any questions until he manages to explain everything later.

20 minutes later she was ready waiting for Elijah to appear. She was wearing a tall black dress that had a turtle neck falling smoothly on her body as if it was made just for her, its height was slightly above her knees and she was wearing simple diamond jewelry on her ears and a small moon necklace that was her favorite. Her hair was down as usual.

Elijah showed up after a couple of minutes with a simple black shirt and jeans with his hair up, her looked almost completely different. His hair was styled in a simple way and he looked so fresh. Jasmine was once again amazed by how stunning he looked in such simple things.

Elijah looked at her and stopped in his tracks for seconds before finishing his path. Jasmine looked at the clock, they are supposed to be heading down now if they want to be in the safe side. She looked up to warn Elijah but he was already sitting beside her in the couch. She didn't even feel his presence and she had to admit her heart jumped alittle.

"You need to tie your hair up." He said in a calm voice she barely caught.

"Hmm?." The scent of his cologne was all she could smell.

Elijah sat closer and looked at her for seconds asking for permission before running his fingers through her hair. Jasmine slightly jumped by his touch but he didn't notice because he was too busy trying to catch all her hair in one bun. Elijah leaned in closer to her and was almost hugging her now. Jasmine was only able of seeing his shoulder up close now and his scent was more clear now. The small movements of his fingers up and down her scalp trying to catch every hair he could was sending shevers down her spine. His fingers were cold enough for her to feel them and his hot breath fanned her right ear. She couldn't see his face but she knew it had that cold vibe with him focusing on what he was handling. Trying to steady her breath, Jasmine felt a little pressure with him being this close to her and she knew exactly why, to her surprise though, it did not annoy her.

He pulled away after she felt the small bun sway a little. He looked at her for seconds.

"I actually got it right." He said smiling a little.

Jasmine smiled back at the sight in front of her. His green eyes were roaming through her face and she was just looking straight into them.

"We should go now, I don't know what's going on but I don't think Mary will like it if we're late." Jasmine said.

"She is going to try and trigger you in every way she could, don't let her get to you alright?" Elijah said looking back at her with a full warning.

Jasmine nodded slightly.

"We're going to sit down for only twenty minutes and then I'm going to excuse us to leave the mansion and we can go somewhere quiet and talk."

"What about the guest she was talking about?." Jasmine said with wonder.

"He's her guest not ours." He said before standing up and offering a hand to help her.

"Just nod and smile every while until we leave."

"Okay I can do that." She said standing up.

Elijah glanced at her before walking and Jasmine wondered if he knows how to smile normally. The only smile she ever saw out on him was his lips moving a little ot each side, barley seeming like a smile to normal people but was all he could give so they had to take. And even with his facial expressions not changing much with that faint smile, he still looked good enough.

They left the room and Jasmine simply followed Elijah to the stairs, she catches a hint of worry flask through his eyes once they were about to enter the dining room.

"Try your best not to let her get on your nerves, Nany always has her way of hurting people once she does."

"She doesn't know a single thing about me, she can't possibly hurt me that much.."Jasmine smiled a little." She could dis my looks or appearance, she can call me a 'pig or cow' - trying to intimate their British accent and causing Elijah to smile a little-" but she can't like hurt me hurt me."

"I really hope so.." was what she bearly heard him say before entering the dining room.

The indifferent of the lights and warm air hit both their skin as they entered, Elijah sat across from Jasmine beside his father, he himself was also in black and she eyed Lucy who was in the same color as them. Some interesting fact she just learned, maybe Nany Mary has a uniform for dining in?

Jasmine bit back the laugh at her own thoughts, how ridiculous that sounds, this is just probably to please her because maybe she likes black?

The sound of high heels caught the attention of everyone and as they turned around to look different expressions where made, from disappointment on Elijah's face to superised on Iden and just lack of anything on both Jasmine and Lucy. Caden walked in with much confidence like before and placed her self at the other side of Lucy.

"And who might you be?" She said facing Lucy with some Irreverence in her tone. Being so rude Must be a thing in this family.

Lucy smiled showing how nervous she was as she was about to speak "I'm Lucy Id-"

"Oh your one of dads bitches." Caden interfered her with a playful tone facing her father.

Jasmine swallowed hard at the comment and Elijah was just as bored as ever.

Caden turned to face her father ignoring the deadly looks on Lucys face.

"Daddy your taste is getting worst by second.." she started with a childish tone. "And just so you know aiming for younger people is just as gross as ever, but ofcourse you don't mind." She finished with a proud smile on her face.

Iden looked at Jasmine who was pretending to not hear a thing, both his children seem to be a fan of disrespecting him in front of her.though he didn't mind, in the end there family now.

"What are you doing here Caden?"

"I'm here to see the bride." She said looking at Jasmine causing every person to turn there attention to her.

"Plus I figured you guys probably missed me and my trouble so.."

"Well we didn't .." Iden said harshly to her, but she didn't seem to be affected one bit.

"You didn't what, miss me or my trouble?" She played along.

"Both.."

Caden just smiled in return bending a cross the table to be a little closer to her father.

"Well I don't recall you being the one that misses any one at all, your just an old hag that likes to stick his dick in thing that fits."

Her comment caught everyone by surprise but mostly Jasmine, Elijah one the other hand just rolled his eyes.

"Plus I'm here to show this beauty that being a Knight comes with a price" -she turned to face Jasmine- " that I hope she's willing to pay."

"Your voice is getting annoying." Elijah suddenly commented looking at Caden with a warning.

"Relax big bro, I'm not going to do anything crazy..yet."

"Your not going to do anything at all, your going to head back to the States on the next flight and you'll be gone before I'm back from Madrid." His words were as calm like always but still had a hint of threat in between.

"You can't make me, I'm staying here for 3 months whether you like it or not." She was starting to sound like a real Knight now. I guess it was always different because of the American accent she uses for most of her words.

"If you think you can force me to stay away like last time your wrong, I'm not 13 anymore, and certainly not a minor you can play with."

Elijah chose to ignore her but it was obviouse that the conversation wasn't over yet.

"How long are you going to stay in Madrid?" Iden asked.

"Two days."

"Wh-"

He stopped talking once some taps of heels where heard again and was followed by different footsteps. They all looked up to see though they knew who it was, Nany Mary with both Farina and Allen arrived. Each was seated like the rest and Nany Mary stared at all of them with a different look at each person. Jasmine swore the pressure in her eyes was enough to look through each of there souls. When her eyes landed on Lucy she smiled a little. "I spy with my little eye, a blonde who isn't supposed to be between us." They all turned to face Lucy and she just Eyed Iden for help but it was no use. "Well the more the merrier, I'll make such an acceptance since I have my own guest who aren't from our blood."

"Nany who is it that are your guests?" Allen asked so calmy.

"A superise my dear." She smiled back at him. She looked like a devil when everytime the corner of her lips lit up, Her light blue eyes will have you trembling a little with it.

Jasmine heard a sudden noise run through the mansion that seemed like some ancient bells. "Their here." Mary smiled with eyes full of Obscurity.

She eyed Elijah as she stood up and he looked at her rather confused wondering she's up to.

Next thing they heard was heels clicking once again and as Jasmine turned to look as her eyes fell on a woman figure.

She was dressed in a black dress so much similar to her own, except the one that she was eyeing looked much more beautiful on that woman's body, not to forget the golden jewelry she had one with her hair up and the dress being a much shorter than Jasmine's. The woman's bearly cover her thighs but looked much more sexier on her showing of her perfectly tanned legs. Her features fit so perfectly together, her dark eyes looked smoky with that lipstick she had one.

She looked like an angel ready to kill. Her beauty even stunned Jasmine.

"I hope I'm not late." She spoke with a tone that was familiar to Jasmine.

"Kind of you to join us, Steph"

"Kind of you to invite me Nany."

Steph?

Jasmine looked at Elijah and noticed that eveyone else was already looking at him, and he only had his eyes on one person,

Stephanie King.

I KNOW it took me long to update and I'm sorry, i really hope that won't happen again.

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