Crowns of Heritage

Chapter 14 - Clan meeting

(ROSEMARY P.O.V)

I looked at the clock and saw that it was 8:30pm. Sage fell asleep on the bed while holding my hand. I knew she was pretending to be confident.

Ever since we were little kids, I could feel when she was at her lowest. She would still try to hide it from me but I always felt everything she was feeling. Is that what they meant about twins having a special bond was about, I thought to myself. I heard about it many times, there were a couple of twins at our academy.

Sage started moving around in her sleep groaning, I gripped her hand tighter and she stopped moving. I laid in bed just looking at the ceiling.

“Hey Sage, Rosie?” I heard someone tapping on the door while they called our name.

The door opened and Peyton walked in the room.

“How are you two holding up?” She asked, walking across the room to the bed.

I shrugged my shoulders, “ I'm okay, I guess, I'm just worried about Sage. ”, I said looking down at her.

Peyton sat on the side of the bed Sage was on and caressed her hair and kissed her on the forehead.

“Why didn't you raise us as twins?”I asked.

She looked at me and smiled, "When you were a baby you held on to Nathan's shirt and wouldn't let go, he fell in love with you instantly. He constantly try to argue with me and even begged me to let him raise you as his daughter”, she said while laughing.

“He even retired from bounty hunting to raise you”, she said, still smiling towards me.

“I miss him”, I said, I wanted to cry remembering how he would tell me stories growing up and I even missed his overprotective ways.

Peyton reached for my hand and rubbed on it trying to comfort me.

“I promise I will find out what happened to him”, she said.

I nodded my head and felt a little relieved.

“I'm really worried about Sage '', I stated again.

“Me too, but she's strong and you are here to help her get through it.

“I'm not really worried about her being strong”, I said, and Peyton looked at me, “I'm worried about whoever messes with her. '', I said, making a serious face.

“What do you mean?”, Peyton asked in an unsure tone.

“I really feel like she's going to become a loose cannon when provoked”, I said looking Peyton in the eyes.

Peyton looked at Sage and rubbed her hair again.

“Well, if she does become one, I'll clear the path for her.”, she said very seriously.

I nodded my head and Peyton caressed my hair a little before walking towards the door.

“Go ahead and get some rest, we'll take it one day at a time”, she said as she walked off, cutting off the lights.

I snuggled up close to Sage. I held her hand and proceeded to doze off.

(PEYTON’S P.O.V)

I walked out of the room the girls were in. I saw Na'mah standing in the hall looking at a portrait, she didn't notice me coming.

“Sister”, she said softly, putting her head up against the portrait. “ I promise I'll try my best to keep your girls from harm while they're here in the territory”, she said while placing her right hand on the portrait.

She took a step back and turned to walk away and ran straight into me, almost falling.

“Oh I'm sorry”, she said, while looking surprised.

“No, I'm sorry, I didn't' mean to walk up on you”, I said to her.

She wiped tears from her face, she thought I didn't notice.

“Are you okay, why are you crying?”, I asked curiously.

She looked at me and smiled, “ I'm a little overwhelmed, meeting my nieces, having a part of my sister here is really getting to me”, she said trying to hold back tears.

“I understand”, was all I could say.

She looked at the room that the girls were staying in.

“Are they asleep?”, she asked.

I nodded my head and she looked a little sad.

“We're having a clan meeting tomorrow, my father wants to introduce them to the clan members.”, she said while looking a little concerned.

“Are you worried about Sage?”, I asked her.

She looked up at me and nodded her head.

I instantly felt upset. I placed my hand on her right shoulder and got closer to her ear.

“ I know this is a mercenary family, but if anyone hurts her while I'm around or when I'm not around. I'm going to come back and slit each and every one of their throats one by one.”, I said in a serious tone.

I stepped back and looked her in the face. Of course she wasn't frightened. She smirked for a second, and came closer to me and looked me in the face.

“If it comes to it”, she said and got closer to my ear, “ by all means slice away”, she said tapping my shoulder and walked off.

“Let's meet in the dining room before the clan meeting at 10 am, I need to tell the girls who to look out for”, she said walking away without turning back.

I looked at her as she walked down the stairs, I turned and walked to my room they had ready for me across the hall from the girls.

(SAGE P.O.V)

I woke up feeling a little groggy, and i could hear Rosie was still snoring. I looked at the time and saw that it was 9am in the morning.

I got up from the bed and walked towards the bathroom. After grabbing some clothes one of the maids left for us. I entered the bathroom and turned the knob for the shower, the steam filled the bathroom instantly. I got in and it was nice and hot, I washed my body and hummed my favorite song.

A couple minutes later, I got out of the shower grabbing a towel to dry my body and hair.

I heard a knock on the door.

“Sage, hurry up I have to pee.”, Rosie said knocking hard on the door.

I opened the door and she rushed in and sat on the toilet. I threw a toilet paper at her because she was rushing me.

“Hey Sage”, she said.

I was walking out of the bathroom but turned back around.

“What?”, I asked her.

She looked at me like she was studying me.

“Your birthmark”, she said, still looking.

I have a birthmark on my right shoulder that looks like a crown. While Rosie has a birthmark is on her left arm that looks like a leaf, we noticed them, when we were younger and ask Peyton about it. She told us she didn't know what it meant and but having birthmarks were normal.

“What about it?” I asked.

She looked at me tilted her head.

“Did it get bigger?”, she asked while still looking at it.

I looked at her like she was stupid.

“Obviously it grew once I got bigger”, I said, and turned around putting my shirt on.

I got dressed and heard the door coming open. It was Na'mah and Peyton.

“Are both of you dressed?”, she asked.

“Rosie's in the shower now.”, I said, putting on my shoes.

They both walked in and Na'mah closed the door.

“Since most of the clan members are already filling up the dining room, we need to talk in here”, she said.

I nodded my head and went to sit on the small couch in the room.

A few minutes later Rosie walked out the bathroom.

“Whew, I needed that shower”, she said as she started tying up her hair up. She looked over and saw Na'mah and Peyton gesturing to her. She walked over to the couch and sat beside me.

“This looks important”, she stated.

Na'mah and Peytin nodded their heads at the same time.

“I need to show you who to be wary of while you here in the territory.”, she stated.

She handed us a folder full of pictures, and took out four of them to show us.

“These are the main four you need to keep a lookout for, their total assholes and very dangerous out our members. They've been training since they were ten years old.' ', she said.

She handed us a photo of a young woman, she had short golden brown hair and blue eyes and was fair-skinned.

“This is Carla Reynolds”, from one of the branch families, she is 18, and she's the daughter of Brian, your mother's ex fiance”, she stated.

I looked at the picture, and Rosie snatched it from me.

“Hmm I can take her", she said, sounding confident.

Na'mah chuckled for a second, and handed us another photo.

“This is Jemas Blairsville, Yeshiva brother, he hates nobility ”, she stated, he's going to be a problem for you Sage, because you have the royal family features.

I took the picture and studied it to remember who he is, he was Dark-skinned with curly brown hair, and tattoos filling up both of his arms

“ This is Valian Henrico”, she stated. He's my older brother. He's a captain of one of our special forces. He'll only be a problem for us, if you decide to become mercenaries. He's a strict instructor when it comes to training.

She handed us another photo with another younger looking woman on It.

“This is Cena Henrico '', Na'mah paused for a moment. And then continued “ My oldest daughter.

We looked at the photo, she had honey blond hair with caramel skin tone, and blue eyes like Na'mah.

“They're all around your age, but highly trained”, she said.

She got up and walked towards the door.

“Let's go”, she said, opening the door and walking out.

I pulled Rosie to the side to get her perspective.

“What do you think?, I asked.

She smirked and wrapped her arm around my neck.

“We just have to train and kick their asses.”, she said raising her hand up for a high five.

I high fived her back, and we followed behind Na'mah and Peyton.

After walking down the stairs, Na'mah led us to a large dining area, bigger then the previousone from yesterday. Inside there were over at least 100 people standing around. They all turned their heads in our direction. I heard whispering as we got closer to where our grandfather was standing.

Once we were next to him, he gave us a hug and escorted us up a large stage.

“Okay, everyone, I would like to introduce Natalie's daughters, Sage and Rosemary”, he said, while looking at the members.

The room was a little silent and my grandfather gritted his teeth. He slammed his hands on the podium making everyone flinch.

“Now, Sage and Rosemary come over here for a second.”, he said.

He turned his body and gestured to two other young ladies.

“Cena and Kenai come here please”, he said.

They both got up out of their seats and walked up to the stage.

Our grandfather gestured for us to move closer.

“Sage and Rosemary, these are your cousins Cena and Kenai”, he said while smiling.

Clearly he didn't see the dirty look Cena gave us.

"Cena, since you are the oldest out of the four of you, I would like for you to help your cousins get familiar with the family.", grandfather said, while looking down at her.

Cena slightly nodded her head towards our grandfather and she looked at me again and continued to glare at us.

Rosie stepped forward and reached her hand out to shake Cena’s hand.

Cena showed a fake smile and reached her hand out.

I glanced at grandfather and saw him smiling down at us.

As soon as he turned around to face Na'mah who had called out to him.

Rosie and Cena tighten their grip, and glared at each other. Rosie stepped closer to Cena and leaned forward to whisper in Cena’s ear.

“Fix that look on your face, bitch,” she said, and stepped back while smirking.

I sighed. I placed my hand on my forehead, because I knew something bad was about to happen.

Cena gritted her teeth.

Then all of a sudden, all hell broke loose when Rosie and Cena started fighting.