The night went by too fast and now we are ready to meet with the royals. I’ve been tensed since I woke up this morning and I think Rose feels that way too. In the short time with her, I have noticed she doesn’t really talk much.
I took out time to wash my hair and Sadie helped me straighten it out, leaving a small parting at the side with more than half of the hair falling to the right. When she was done, I marveled at how long and beautiful my hair is. It fell to my waist and Sadie couldn’t stop running her hands through them with an occasional “wow”
I would love to dress in my usual jeans and t-shirts but we were provided with gowns that were ‘befitting’ to meet the royals. They made it clear that we were to dress with class around here and we were to be of utmost decorum.
We would not be meeting the king today, he is a very busy man and he just lost his father a week ago so he is still not in his best mood. I kind of felt relieved after I learned that. Much as I would like to meet the almighty werewolf king, I was pretty skeptical about it. It is a big deal and with all the stories I’ve heard about him, he’s the strongest being in the werewolf kingdom and I don’t think I can face him. They say he has three children; two boys and a girl and the first son is just equally as daring and quick-tempered as his father.
I guess the other maidens had started their work in the palace already apart from me, Rose, Sadie and Nora. Once we were dressed, the same women who welcomed us last night, along with two other broad men escort us to another section of the castle.
Once again, I’m left marveling at the high stone walls and beautiful carvings and art work. The other girls are equally as excited as I am. We reach a gigantic door that is guarded by two other hefty men and this is where I start to feel pretty uncomfortable. My heartbeat has doubled in speed and my palms have become sweaty.
The two men open the door for us and we walk in to a very long room. There’s a long table with about eight people seated around it. Royalty. I can feel the power emanating from all of them. The two men that brought us here dropped to their knees while the women had their heads bowed. The power in the room cause us to bow our heads too.
All the while, my heart is hammering in my chest and I’m shaky all over. I can feel my wolf at alert again and she’s excited.
“Petra, introduce us to our guests, ” a female voice says and Petra looks up and clears her throat.
“Your highness, ” She begins “These girls were amongst the others that were sent to the palace in tribute to the late king. These two here, ” she motioned to Nora and Sadie “Are from Red rock pack, while the other two” she motioned to me and Rose “Are from Eclipse pack. They came in late last night and were unable to join the others, ” She says, then turn to us.
“Meet your Royals, ” she starts to introduce all eight of them to us one after the other. The Princess was the one who spoke initially. She is very pretty and not so friendly, she has long blonde hair and she reeked of elegance. Then she introduced the other nobles at the table and then finally, the second prince. Prince Louis. He seemed friendly to me, as a matter of fact he got to his feet almost immediately and walked towards us, me in particular.
He’s quite tall and has a domineering presence. My guess would be around six feet and five inches, broad shoulders, very muscular, narrow waist, blue eyes, and very intimidating. He is very cute I must say and when he stopped a few inches away from us, he looked directly at me.
“What’s your name pretty one?” He asks. His voice is very authoritative.
“Tiana,” I say in a whisper but loud enough for him to hear. He reaches out to stroke my cheeks but then thought better of it and pulled back, then inspects me from head to toe again.
“Oh come off it Louis,” His sister, Princess Elsie scowls from where she was seated and Prince Louis turns back to glare at her.
“I like her,” he declares in a loud voice and another man from the table laughs.
“She’s a pretty one but you like everything in skirts Louis,” he says. Petra said his name but I can’t remember this time, all I remember is that he is the King’s brother.
I’m a little bit shaken at the Prince’s open declaration of likeness for me. It’s a bit overwhelming to be honest. I do get male attention back at school but very rarely and mostly from assholes. The men of Eclipse on the other hand want absolutely nothing to do with me and now I’m being admired by a prince. Oh boy, I think I’m going to fall right now.
“Stop playing Louis,” Princess Elsie scolds again, then gets to her feet too and walks towards us. She is really tall as I can see, especially with her long pencil heels. Her nails are neatly done, her hair straightened and her skin very flawless, she’s is the most beautiful woman I have seen no doubt.
“You are welcome to the royal palace of the werewolf king, ” she smiled for the first time “My brother should have been here to address you but he’s just..” she let her voice trail off as if she was looking for the right words to describe him but she couldn’t find it. She is apparently referring to the first Prince.
I’m not sure if I’m allowed to speak to them so I just keep mute and stare at the floor. “Anyway, ” she continues “over the next couple of months, you would be appraised based on your performance here. You would be assigned to various sections of the palace and given specific duties. I know you probably expected to be treated like slaves here but things have changed a lot around here. If you give us trouble, then we give you double, ” she says with a frown.
Prince Louis was still scrutinizing me as his sister spoke and I’m feeling super uncomfortable under his gaze. He’s not even hiding it and it makes me wonder just how many girls would fall for him considering his status and how cute he is.
I try not to look in his direction but focus more on the princess when suddenly everywhere falls silent. The atmosphere around the room quickly changes and a loud growl is heard from the far end of the room where an adjoining door just opened, causing everyone to turn in that direction.
I’m dazed for a second as I look up in his direction. I can feel the powerful aura coming from him and I do not need anyone to tell me this is the first Prince, the one who will be the werewolf king anytime soon. I couldn’t feel my heartbeat anymore and if I felt pretty uncomfortable before, now I feel worse.
Standing at the far end of the room stood the most amazing man I ever set my eyes on. His blonde hair falling to his forehead, almost touching his eyebrow made him look dangerously sexy. He’s very muscular with his chiseled features, a sharp jawline, and arrogant pose.
Unlike his other siblings, his eyes are emerald green, and he has this glint in his eyes that made me shiver visibly. Oh lord, I can feel all manner of emotions towards him, his scent even from where he stands is enough to make me feel giddy. If I were ever asked to describe a god, then he would fit into the perfect description.
I can feel my wolf panting in my head now and wagging her tail. Oh yes, she is back. The prince starts to walk in our direction and it’s almost like I’m going to pass out anytime soon from too much excitement. The closer he gets, the more his scent fills my nostrils, making me dream up a lot of ideas in my head. Am I the only one feeling this way?
He stopped in front of me and glares at his brother Prince Louis who raised his hands in submission and takes many steps backward.
Then the prince sniffed me and closed his eyes briefly. I can’t hold it in any longer, I’m going to pass out. I can feel my wolf’s excitement… then it hit me. Could it be…?
He weaves his hands around my waist very possessively, then pulls me closer to him, his cute green eyes devouring my body.
“Mine, ” he growls. That was all I heard before everything went bleak and darkness welcomed me.
I opened my eyes to a pair of green ones staring down at me and I forced them close almost immediately, my heartbeat picking up again. I’m not sure where I am or what time it is and the air surrounding me is almost suffocating. Pull yourself together, I tell myself before forcing my eyes open again and I’m met with the same green eyes one more time. This time, he has a smirk on his face. Seeing him up close made it even harder to breathe properly. My cheeks were instantly flaming hot at his close proximity. He’s the cutest thing ever, and I could keep staring into those eyes forever and get lost in them. “She is awake,” a particular female voice says and I whip my head to see the princess and Petra on the other side of the room, looking down at me as if they were too scared to come close. I blink severally as the thoughts of what happened came flooding back and I look away in embarrassment. Just one touch from Prince Ryder and I literally passed out. He didn’
I didn’t get too far, or should I say I didn’t get anywhere at all. I had barely taken three steps out of the room when a bulky man blocks my path. I didn’t see him coming, so I bumped into him and let out a yelp, like a thief who had been caught in the act.Looking up at him, I quickly concluded I do not like him. He’s so large, with his muscles popping out everywhere and his hard face looked like a trained assassin. I could see a muscle twitching in his neck as he held my eyes with a wicked stare.“And where do you think you are going?” He says in a deep voice and cocked a brow at me but to my surprise, he smiled.“Out of this place,” I answer him with a deep frown, my eyes still locked with his. I realize then that I wasn’t scared of him one bit. He may be all broad and mean-looking but I didn’t feel threatened by him. For someone who had lived most of her life serving others and was told never to sp
I stepped back to allow Princess Elsie in. Behind her is another girl carrying a tray which she sets on the table, then she courtesies and left, closing the door behind her “Oh dear. Have you been crying?” Princess Elsie asks. I think it’s pretty obvious what I’ve been up to, she didn’t need to ask, so I just looked away and avoided her eyes. Princess Elsie looks magnificent and she’s the typical description of a fairy tale princess that I read in books and watched in cartoons as a kid. She is at least five foot an nine inches tall with long blonde hair that is neatly packed without a strand out of place. Her skin is flawless and without a single blemish. When she spoke, I notice her one sided dimple on her right cheek. She has a strong aura around her. Her confidence and poise did not come from years of practice, she was born with it, and an angelic talking voice . I wonder how it would sound when she sings. Her nails too were very flawless and you can easil
Ryder’s POV It’s been a year and six months already and we still do not have a clue who is behind the attacks. They seem to have a similar pattern, combing through different packs and attacking their alpha’s and luna’s. In the past eighteen months, at least thirteen pack luna’s have mysteriously died, or their alpha’s just go missing and their abductors or killers always leave the same message, in the same handwriting. … Justice or nothing… At first, my dad tried to solve the riddle but he has a lot on his hands and with everything that was happening around me at the time, I decided to soak myself in more work and take the case off his hands. I needed the distraction and I have been so engrossed in uncovering this mystery for the last eighteen months and each time I feel I was close to uncovering the case, I find myself at a dead end again. Another pack just sent a message that their alpha mysteriously
TIANA’S POVBoredom. Many hours have passed since Princess Elsie left and I didn’t get my cell phone. I know Mr Scary is still behind the door and coming out again is not going to be an option. I’ll find myself back in here. I grit my teeth in frustration. I don’t think I like this prince much. It’s plain wickedness for him to leave me here for hours without any form of company whatsoever. How does his brain work anyway? I find myself continually sighing and cursing. I wonder just how long he plans on keeping me in here. The arrogant son of a bitch! Prince or not, I’m going to give him a dose of his own medicine somehow. Maybe I would lock him in this room and run away with the keys, then he would know what it feels like.Even I know the whole plan sounds ridiculous but the thought was kind of soothing. I have been here for hours damn it and it feels like I would run mad if I’m no
It took me less than fifteen minutes to take my bath and get into the night wear he provided. I don’t feel too comfortable in it because it is a little transparent and made my nipples more pronounced. After a second look in the mirror, I decide to wear a bra underneath, Something I have never done in my life. Bra’s are not really my thing and they make me super uncomfortable, especially at night, but I had to use it tonight. Prince Ryder says he would be back in fifteen minutes and I wouldn’t want him seeing me like that. Hopefully when he goes, I get to take it off.Exactly fifteen minutes later, there’s a knock on the door and I’m scared at first but then I figured Prince Ryder would not knock before entering his room. I open the door and find a young girl carrying a tray, and a smile on her face. I already had a lot to eat earlier on and I am nowhere close to hungry but I accept the tray anyway and thank her. She doesn’t say a word, she
I didn’t expect him to be so gentle with me, I did not think my tears would touch him so much, but they did, and when he held me close and patted me like that, I felt better immediately and I shivered as the electric currents and sparks from his touch passed through every corner of my body.“Don’t cry, ” he says softly and I start to push him away from me, but it feels like I’m pushing against a rock. He doesn’t release me so easily at first but after a while, he finally let’s go.“Can I go? Please? I just want to be with my friends-” I start to say but his eyes darken again and I begin to feel his anger.“Go to bed, now, ” He says pointing at the bed. With the look on his face, I know there is no getting out of this for me. I could cry all night or protest but he isn’t going to let me out of this room. I sighed and resolved myself to my fate. Then slowly, I climb on the bed and get beneath
RYDER’S POVShe is so innocent, sweet yet stubborn, and she has her way of getting on my nerves quickly. Yes, she is equally annoying. She seems like she would derive pleasure in disobeying my orders but I would not take that from her. The mere thought of it made a scowl cross my face. Louis and Elsie look up at me, both raising their brows.We just finished having breakfast and we are seated at the balcony. I still have a few minutes before getting on with the business for today, so I decided to spend the time with my siblings while my mate was still sound asleep in my room.My mate. It’s hard to take in, it’s almost unbelievable but it’s exciting at the same time. I don’t know much about her but I intend to find out. She doesn’t seem like one to talk about her past life much. It had taken her a moment to even voice out her age. Eclipse pack is not one of the largest packs and a