CHAPTER 2 - FURY KING

Her father and sisters’ loud and cheerful laughter drifted into the kitchen, pricking Tahlia's ears, she quickly pretended not to hear and shrugged them off to continue making dinner.

When she was younger, she would cry secretly and wish to share in their laughter, but now she had trained her mind not to be bothered about it.

Of course, she’s the maid of the house, while her elder sister gets all the proper princess treatment.

A big smile formed on her lip as she thought about the special name her brother gave her, “princess”, she smiled quietly to herself, testing the name softly on her lips, she wouldn’t want to draw attention to herself.

After that morning torture session with her father, Quillion had gone out to train, as the incoming alpha of their park; white sun in the deepest part of Las Vegas, where they are located. He was mostly away from the house on pack errands and duties, leaving her in the hands of her enemies; father and sister.

Although Quillion tries to stop his father from hurting his sister, her father hardly listens and sometimes when Quillion succeeds, it’s because their father is very scared of losing his sons’ love and respect. Alpha wren's most prized possession is his only son, he doesn’t want anything to happen to his lineage.

Tahlia quickly backed away from the food she was cooking, immediately Quincy entered the kitchen, she didn’t want to offend the witch at all, not that she was scared of her, but her body had taken enough for today and she would just like to finish her chores and run to the safety of her small space at the back of the house.

Quincy snorted loudly in contentment at her sisters’ reaction, she seemed to enjoy her pain and discomfort, and she opened the pot to look at what she was cooking, scrolling in disgust at her Tahlia.

“hmm” Quincy breathed in the scent of the food and nodded contentedly before turning to face Tahlia.

“ You are so good with house chores… very useful, I won’t allow my father to kill you, mainly for this reason”, She said dramatically, trying to form a sick & fearful sense of humor, which she’s always failing at, because Tahlia SINCERELY doesn’t fear her, she just wants to be away from her.

Tahlia nodded without saying a word and watched as her sister walked away majestically, rolling her fat waist and hips with excess vigor, Tahlia watched in amazement, almost choking on her suppressed laughter, her sister’s clothes alone screamed riches and fame.

Of course! Their father is the alpha of the pack, and they were rich, but she was made to wear all of Quincy's old and unwanted clothes, she has nothing new.

Deep down Tahlia knew that her elder sister was jealous of her special abilities and physical features. Even with all of the attention and love she gets from their father, nature seems to love Tahlia the most, and this always infuriates her sister.

CASPIAN

“With all of those movements, I’m sure I will faint very soon” Beta Regulus grinned with an amused look on his face, trying so hard to hide his fear.

Everyone knew what would happen if Caspian do not calm down, the last time it happened, the whole pack was in trouble

They had gone for an unexpected and unplanned pack hunt and many of their warriors got injured, due to the crazy frenzy, all in the name of Caspian cooling off.

still, Caspian didn’t stop moving from one end of the very big room to the other, he was getting impatient and every limp in his body felt like it would part away from his body anytime soon. He ignored his beta and tried to shut him off from his mind.

Just then he felt a firm hand on his shoulder, which helped a bit to get his attention, but not for too long, he stopped pacing but switched to tapping his right long leg on the shiny tiled floor, making a sharp uniform noise in the very quiet office.

Sighing heavily, he finally spoke for the first time since they both entered his office, “regulus!, you know me too well, I have never been this agitated and I swear…. I’m going to kill that man, the first time I set my eyes on him”, he roared, loudly, his large caramel brown eyes changing to amber gold.

Everyone in the area of his office hall quickly scurried away, except for his mother who waited by the door. Waiting for a cue to go in

He felt his wolf clamoring to take control, but quickly suppressed it at the sight of fear on his betas’ face, he knew better than to lose control, not today of all days.

His beta and best friend has been trying to calm him down for the past three years since he found her but it had been very difficult these past weeks.

One day he had almost kicked her door open, if not for his mother, who secretly followed him and begged him to reconsider that night, “everything must be done in order, she’s not even ripe yet… just a few more months”.

Although she didn’t know about him, he never showed himself to her but he knew all about her life routine and movement, all of her pain and happiness, although the pain was more and the damn rules won’t allow him to do anything about it until she’s of age.

“It all ends tomorrow”, he blurted out to his best friend who quickly gave a sigh of relief, before rushing to agree with him, “since morning, I have been trying to tell you the same thing, you have endured this much, just one more night and she will be here in Norway with you… forever” beta regulus whispered firmly to his alpha and friend.

That seems to relax him a little more, his veins and muscles went back to their appropriate places, and the atmosphere in the mansion and palace came back to normal, the alpha’s fury had passed.

Luna Elaine; Caspian's mother rushed in with a wide smile on her face, as usual. The most cheerful and loving person in the mansion, everyone cherishes her and calls her mother wolf, because of the way she showers love, unlike her husband and son.

“I have asked the girls to prepare your shower and food, you are all tensed up, it’s time to rest, we have a long journey ahead of us tomorrow and you need to rest” she told her son, with a soft yet firm voice.

Winking appreciatively to her sons’ beta, thanking him silently for calming Caspian and his stubborn wolf down for the millionth time that year.

“This year has been difficult for you and all of us in this house, thanks to the moon goddess it will be over tomorrow” she breathed out in relief and watched as her son stood up reluctantly to follow her out of his secluded workroom.

“Mother, thank you” he answered, touching her face affectionately with a warm smile, but just as quickly he withdrew his hand and turned stiff cold again.

That’s how alpha Caspian is, he rarely shows affection, even though he loves his mother to death, he just doesn’t like to show it in public.

She smiled brightly at him and left the room, she perfectly understood her son, it was very difficult for his father too, but now… he cannot do without having her around, she wish deep in her heart that his incoming bride will be strong enough to withstand her son storm, to survive this mansion and finally get him to open up.

Although she had done some background checks on the girl and she seemed strong-willed, she was just not sure how strong she can be in the palace. She hopes she’s as strong as she portrays herself to be.

Because only fire can tame her son.