The Royal Beauty
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Augustus knew he was bound to this woman in ways he couldn’t begin to explain. Each time he drove into her, he felt the connection, breathed it. It was powerful, and he felt weak as it tugged at him, reeling him further into the web that was Helen Kafele. She’d changed her name once to honor her deceased parents, but it wouldn’t be long until she was changing it again, this time to represent her husband.
Him.
Stop thinking Augustus. Feel.
Digging her heels into the bed and her fingers into his back, Helen rose to meet his every stroke. He leaned down to capture her lips and drove harder and faster into her tight sheath, Helen meeting him tempo for tempo. He got wilder and she got wilder. Together, they held on for as long as they could, sanity nothing but a thin thread, barely keeping them tethered to the world around them. In the end, they both came together, shouting their passion into the room, soaring away on the wings of their desire, their connection.
And their love.
Chapter Twenty-Five
Later
Helen lay with her head resting on Augustus’ chest, listening to his heartbeat, with one ear trained on the baby monitor that rested on the nightstand.
“What do you think happened to Taylor?” she asked after long moments of silence, Augustus tracing shapes onto the skin of her back.
Augustus growled. Leyah had Taylor pressed into the corner of the building where they’d been, and all it had taken was one second of her glancing over at them to check and make sure they were okay, for Taylor to push a secret lever and disappear through a hole in the floor. Leyah had shouted at the other princes, and the guards they’d brought with them, and while Algerone helped release Helen and Augustus, the rest had gone through the hole. They’d been surprised to find a tunnel. A very long, very well-crafted tunnel. It led to fifteen different places. Some had been sites of “attacks” from the Waldakans—ones they now knew Lorvaius had orchestrated—others had led to abandoned or condemned homes.
All with bodies inside.
Some rotting, others fresh.
Some were the missing guards. The ones Danorian had sworn he would find. Augustus and his brothers had promised their families a proper burial.
And then the countries of Malvidence, Waldakan, and New Waldakan had gone into lockdown. No one in and no one out until the terrorist were found.
Through it all, Helen and Augustus had been healing.
And Helen had been officially “adopting” her niece, Chloe, whom Augustus still claimed as his daughter. Helen would never begrudge him that. Especially knowing who the little girl’s actual parents were. She and Augustus would do whatever they could to make sure she was given the best upbringing ever.
“If there’s a god,” Augustus’s voice rumbled, his chest vibrating beneath her head with his words. “Then she was either captured by some well-meaning citizen, and even now she’s imprisoned in either Malvidence or Waldakan somewhere, or she came across some feral animal who had her as an afternoon snack.”
Helen’s eyes widened. “Wow. That’s kind of… vicious.”
“Well, what do you think happened to her?” he asked with laughter distinctly heard in his voice.
Helen hesitated then she chuckled. “Honestly? Same.”
The two of them shared mutual sounds of amusement, before they quieted, contentment and satisfaction settling them down into lazy peace.
“Len?” Augustus’s voice pierced the silence long moments later.
“Hmm?” Helen responded sleepily.
“Marry me?”
Helen’s breath caught in her lungs and she leaned up to stare down at him.
“Seriously?” she asked him.
Augustus nodded. “I don’t want to spend another day without knowing you’re mine and without you knowing that I’m yours. I want forever with you. Forever and eternity.”
Helen blinked away the tears that gathered in her eyes. She cleared her throat. “Well, do you have a ring?”
Augustus sat up quickly then reached over into the top drawer of his nightstand, taking out the purple velvet ring box. When he opened it, Helen gasped and covered her mouth at the sight of the gorgeous ring.
“So?” he pressed.
Helen looked up at him and smiled through her tears. “Of course, I will, Your Highness.”
Augustus chuckled then pulled the ring from the box before pushing it onto her finger. Helen looked down at the large 5 or 6 carat diamond then up at Augustus.
“I love you,” she said.
“Not as much as I love you,” Augustus responded.
Then he took her lips with a deep kiss.
Epilogue
Andreas
“Is she okay?” Nefertiri’s voice came over the phone line, sounding frazzled and worried and Andreas wanted nothing more than to be there with her so he could comfort her. This separation thing was bullshit. He wanted his wife. He wanted to be with his daughter. He wanted to watch his wife swell with his son.
Something had to give because he would only be able to be without them for so long before he went to Tepprysi to be with them.
Especially with her psychotic brother on the hunt.
“She’s fine, Tiri,” he said. “I promise.”
Nefertiri sighed. “And did the doctor say whether or not she could have children after the damage that monster did to her uterus?”
Andreas nodded and walked out onto the balcony of his suite. “Yeah, he said she’d be fine. She still has one working… um…” he cleared his throat, feeling a little embarrassed to be discussing his younger sister-in-law’s reproductive organs in that way.
“Ovary?” Nefertiri chuckled. “Oh Andy, you’re going to have to get over the whole shyness when it comes to talking about the female body,” she said. “Mr. Big Bad Assassin can kill anyone walking but can’t talk about periods, ovaries, fallopian tubes, or vaginal discharge.”
Andreas shuddered. “No,” he said with no inflection.
“What are you going to do when our daughter gets older and starts her cycle? Or when she wants to date?”
Andreas growled. “Never gonna happen.”
Nefertiri let out tinkling laugh and Andreas found himself smiling in return. It wasn’t a big smile. There were no teeth shown, but the subtle lifting of one side of his mouth was something that only Nefertiri or their daughter was able to invoke.
It had been that way since the day they met.
“I miss you,” he said, interrupting her moment of levity.
Nefertiri sighed. “I miss you too. Come soon?” she asked.
“ASAP,” he promised.
“Good. I need to go, our little princess is waking up,” she said.
“Tell her—” Andreas started.
“I know,” Nefertiri interrupted him. They could never talk long on the phone. Not with her being tracked and hunted by her brother and his goons. It was getting to be too much. Andreas wanted his family with him. Safe and sound.
“I love you,” he whispered.
“I love you too,” she responded. “Take care of my sister.”
“Always.”
And with that they hung up. Andreas sighed, then looking down at the phone, he dropped it to the ground, before crushing it beneath the heel of his boot. Picking up the pieces he tossed them in the fire that roared in his bedroom, before returning to his balcony to look out across the city of Paris.
Where Lorvaius and Danorian had last been spotted.
Come out, come out, wherever you are.
Taylor knocked on the door of the hotel room she’d been directed to by the concierge. She looked up and down the hallway, pulling her red coat tighter over her body, tugging her hat down over her newly dyed brown hair and shoving her sunglasses up her nose again. When she didn’t hear anything else, she knocked harder.
She knew he was there, the message had said as much.
Just as she went to lift her hand to pound on the door once more, a soft sound, like a quiet whistle split the air.
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And former Lady Taylor Weshian fell back onto the floor.
A single gunshot wound in between her eyes.
The End
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More Family Notes/Trees/Lineages and Stuff
I am a very huge, huge, HUGE nerd. And I absolutely LOVE worldbuilding because of it.
So, with us being halfway through the series, I thought I would do something a little different.
Here are all the details and information about the different families, marriages, births, deaths, countries, etc. All the things you need to know to truly appreciate and enjoy the Kingdom of Malvidence, its allies, and the Bad Boy Princes of Malvidence series (there will be a quiz. LOL. Joking… maybe).
It’s a lot, so I’m also going to release it as a free companion guide for you all.
Yay!!! Let the nerdom rise!!
Sincerely,
Vee
BBPoM Notes, etc.
A Genealogy Report For The Bad Boy Princes Of Malvidence
Created on 15 November 2018
"The Complete Genealogy Reporter"
© 2006-2015 Nigel Bufton Software
under license to MyHeritage.com Family Tree Builder
CONTENTS
1. PATERNAL ANCESTRY
2. MATERNAL ANCESTRY
3. DESCENDANTS
4. DIRECT RELATIONS
5. INDIRECTLY RELATED via AUGUSTUS SMYTHE
6. INDIRECTLY RELATED via VALERIE SMYTHE [HALL]
7. INDIRECTLY RELATED via AA'LEYAH SMYTHE [ZAMEER]
8. INDIRECTLY RELATED via RAMONA POPPINGTON [KINSINGTON]
9. FAMILY TREES
10. NOTES
11. INDEX OF PLACES
12. INDEX OF DATES
13. INDEX OF INDIVIDUALS
1. PATERNAL ANCESTRY
Sylvester Warren33
Ryan Warren31
Tina Warren [Harris]34
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2. MATERNAL ANCESTRY
Jackie Robinson35
Tifany Warren [Robinson]32
Laura Robinson [Edmond]36
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3. DESCENDANTS
Helen Smythe [Warren]17
+Augustus Smythe18
Andrew Smythe1
Amery Smythe2
4. DIRECT RELATIONS
Generation of Children
1. ANDREW SMYTHE (Helen's son) was born in 2019 to Augustus Smythe18 and Helen Smythe [Warren]17, as shown in family
tree 1.
2. AMERY SMYTHE (Helen's daughter) was born in 2019 to Augustus Smythe18 and Helen Smythe [Warren]17, as shown
in family tree 1.
3. SALAZAR WARREN (Helen's nephew) was born on 25 December 2017 to Richard Warren19 and Eduardo Warren
[Guitierrez]20.
4. HELOISE WARREN (Helen's niece) was born in 2003 to Jeremiah Warren21 and Rebekah Warren [Aimes]22.
5. JEREMIAH WARREN JR. (Helen's nephew) was born in 2006 to Jeremiah Warren21 and Rebekah Warren [Aimes]22.
6. DIANA WARREN (Helen's niece) was born in 2010 to Jeremiah Warren21 and Rebekah Warren [Aimes]22.
7. JAMES WARREN (Helen's nephew) was born in 2003 to Obadiah Warren23 and Paloma Warren [Mancezi]24.
8. JACKSON WARREN (Helen's nephew) was born in 2007 to Obadiah Warren23 and Paloma Warren [Mancezi]24.
9. THERESA WARREN (Helen's nephew) was born in 2010 to Obadiah Warren23 and Paloma Warren [Mancezi]24.
10. LAMAR WARREN (Helen's nephew) was born in 2015 to Obadiah Warren23 and Paloma Warren [Mancezi]24.
11. FAOLYN WARREN (Helen's niece) was born in 2012, in Philippines, to Isaiah Warren25 and Keanu Warren [Chang]26.
12. MING WARREN (Helen's niece) was born in 2015 to Isaiah Warren25 and Keanu Warren [Chang]26.
13. TAOSIA WARREN (Helen's niece) was born in 2017 to Isaiah Warren25 and Keanu Warren [Chang]26.
14. ISAIAH KEANU WARREN JR. (Helen's nephew) was born in 2018 to Isaiah Warren25 and Keanu Warren [Chang]26.
15. EYOTA WARREN (Helen's niece) was born in 2018 to Paul Warren29 and Hanska Warren [Tsosie]30.
16. ENAPAY WARREN (Helen's nephew) was born in 2018 to Paul Warren29 and Hanska Warren [Tsosie]30.
Generation of Peers
17. HELEN SMYTHE [WARREN] (The subject of this report) was born on 16 November 1985, in Portsmouth, Virginia, to Ryan
Warren31 and Tifany Warren [Robinson]32, as shown in family tree 2.
18. AUGUSTUS SMYTHE (Helen's husband) was born on 4 November 1981 to Callum Smythe56 and Araminta Smythe
[Hilthrow]57.
[See also: Indirectly Related via Augustus Smythe]
Augustus Smythe married Helen Smythe [Warren]17. They had two children:
Andrew Smythe1 in 2019
Amery Smythe2 in 2019
This family is shown as family tree 1.
19. RICHARD WARREN (Helen's brother) was born in 1975 to Ryan Warren31 and Tifany Warren [Robinson]32, as shown
in family tree 2.
20. EDUARDO WARREN [GUITIERREZ] (Helen's brother's partner) was born in 1976, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Richard Warren19, aged about 39, married Eduardo Warren [Guitierrez], aged about 38, on 14 February 2015 in Boston,
Mass. They had one son:
Salazar Warren3 in 2017
21. JEREMIAH WARREN (Helen's brother) was born in 1977 to Ryan Warren31 and Tifany Warren [Robinson]32, as shown
in family tree 2.
Helen Smythe [Warren] Direct Relations
22. REBEKAH WARREN [AIMES] (Helen's sister-in-law) was born in 1980.
Jeremiah Warren21, aged about 23, married Rebekah Warren [Aimes], aged about 20, in 2000. They had three children:
Heloise Warren4 in 2003
Jeremiah Warren Jr.5 in 2006
Diana Warren6 in 2010
23. OBADIAH WARREN (Helen's brother) was born in 1979 to Ryan Warren31 and Tifany Warren [Robinson]32, as shown
in family tree 2.
24. PALOMA WARREN [MANCEZI] (Helen's sister-in-law) was born in 1982.
Obadiah Warren23, aged about 24, married Paloma Warren [Mancezi], aged about 21, in 2003. They had four sons:
James Warren7 in 2003
Jackson Warren8 in 2007
Theresa Warren9 in 2010
Lamar Warren10 in 2015
25. ISAIAH WARREN (Helen's brother) was born in 1981 to Ryan Warren31 and Tifany Warren [Robinson]32, as shown in family
tree 2.
26. KEANU WARREN [CHANG] (Helen's brother's partner) was born in 1981.
Isaiah Warren25, aged about 23, married Keanu Warren [Chang], aged about 23, in 2004 in Boston, Mass. They had four
children:
Faolyn Warren11 in 2012
Ming Warren12 in 2015
Taosia Warren13 in 2017
Isaiah Keanu Warren Jr.14 in 2018
27. PETER WARREN (Helen's brother) was born in 1983 to Ryan Warren31 and Tifany Warren [Robinson]32, as shown in family
tree 2.
28. MAKA WARREN [TSOSIE] (Helen's sister-in-law) was born in 1985.
Having become engaged, Peter Warren27 married Maka Warren [Tsosie].
Note: Note 1 (Engagement).
29. PAUL WARREN (Helen's brother) was born in 1983 to Ryan Warren31 and Tifany Warren [Robinson]32, as shown in family
tree 2.
30. HANSKA WARREN [TSOSIE] (Helen's sister-in-law) was born in 1985.
Having become engaged, Paul Warren29 married Hanska Warren [Tsosie]. They had two children:
Eyota Warren15 in 2018
Enapay Warren16 in 2018
Note: Note 1 (Engagement).
Generation of Parents
31. RYAN WARREN (Helen's father) was born on 7 January 1949, in Norfolk, Virginia, to Sylvester Warren33 and Tina Warren
[Harris]34, as shown within family tree 1.
32. TIFANY WARREN [ROBINSON] (Helen's mother) was born on 15 May 1953, in Portsmouth, Virginia, to Jackie
Robinson35 and
Laura Robinson [Edmond]36, as shown within family tree 1.
Ryan Warren31, aged 25, married Tifany Warren [Robinson], aged 21, on 24 December 1974 in Virginia Portsmouth
Naval Chapel. They had seven children:
Richard Warren19 in 1975
Jeremiah Warren21 in 1977
Obadiah Warren23 in 1979
Isaiah Warren25 in 1981
Peter Warren27 in 1983
Paul Warren29 in 1983
Helen Smythe [Warren]17 in 1985
This family is shown as family tree 2.
Helen Smythe [Warren] Direct Relations
Generation of Grandparents
33. SYLVESTER WARREN (Helen's grandfather) was born on 7 January 1927, in Norfolk, Virginia.
34. TINA WARREN [HARRIS] (Helen's grandmother) was born on 4 July 1929, in Norfolk, Virginia.
Sylvester Warren33, aged 21, married Tina Warren [Harris], aged 18, on 14 February 1948 in Norfolk, Virginia. They had
one son:
Ryan Warren31 in 1949
This family is shown within family tree 1.
35. JACKIE ROBINSON (Helen's grandfather) was born in 1927, in Harlem, NY.
36. LAURA ROBINSON [EDMOND] (Helen's grandmother) was born in 1929. She died on 16 May 1963, aged about 33, in
Portsmouth, Virginia.
Jackie Robinson35, aged about 24, married Laura Robinson [Edmond], aged about 22, on 4 January 1952 in Portsmouth,
Virginia. They had one daughter:
Tifany Warren [Robinson]32 in 1953
This family is shown within family tree 1.
5. INDIRECTLY RELATED via AUGUSTUS SMYTHE 18
(Helen's husband)
Generation of Helen's Children
37. ALGERONE JR SMYTHE (Augustus' nephew) was born on 25 September 2005 to Algerone Smythe47 and Valerie Smythe
[Hall]48.