" The little wolf princess?"
Mother nods. What do they mean fucking missing? Elara, I say her name silently, Princess Elara Silvius. “ Yes, she found her mate and went with him, only leaving her family a message,” she sighs. Rage. I feel RAGE, and my fist clenches. She found her mate and left just like that? What kind of an idiot is she? She is impulsive and has her head in the clouds. “ They don’t know which pack she went to. They sent men to find her to no avail,” Mom continues. I feel an anger bubble inside me. That girl has always been so capricious since she was a kid. She thinks life is adventure and rainbows. She’s fucking pathetic. She doesn’t understand she is a pure white wolf, one of a kind, and enemies of the crown are after her. There are all sorts of myths surrounding her wolf. Others believe if they drink the blood, they shall live forever or will have more power. All nonsense myths, but she is special. That is why protection has always been tight around her since she got her wolf at eighteen.“ I hope they find her. Poor Nalya is losing her mind,” Mom was empathetic. I stand up and kiss her cheek. “ Thank you for breakfast,” I leave my mother complaining. I get in the car and drive to the packhouse. I step out of the car, and everyone looks in my direction. No one knows exactly who I am, but they are wary because of my dominating aura. It is dark, reflecting how I feel inside and it scares them. I go straight to the alpha suite and down to his den where I can hear people talking. I push the door open, and my eyes fall on Alpha King Rhaegar. He looks tired and worried. Damn, that is why I'm never having kids. They are in peril. I glance around the room. The gamma, beta, and some trackers are here too. I only nod to them, and they do the same to me, these are the few people who know my identity. The blinking of light against the wall catches my attention. On a projector against the wall is a map of all the packs in the area. “ I heard what happened. I can help track her down,” I tell the alpha. “ Our men are on it, but thanks young man,” Teo, the track leader, says. It was no secret the man didn’t like me. I think I broke one or two of his daughter’s hearts. “They are failing. It has been what ... two days?” I sneer, and he glares at me.“ You know what he is, his senses are more heightened than us, and his tracking skills are something out of this world. If anyone can find the Princess quickly, it’s him,” Beta Nathaniel advises. I was stronger than all of them because I was a Proteus. A shifter who has two counterparts in them. I was a dragon and wolf. The first one of my kind. I could change in both shapes at will. They all stare at the alpha king, and he nods. “ Khai is being to over five packs already. He’ll send you which ones,” The alpha king says, and I nod. I had a soft spot for him. He allowed my mother and me sanctuary in the pack when we ran from our father. Not only that, he protected me by keeping my identity a secret and trained me in combat. I owed him. “ Take some men with you,” Teo says. “ I work alone,” I answer and look at the king, “ I’ll bring her to you,” I go to the princess’ room to get something of hers. I inhale the sandalwood scent mixed with vanilla, and the raging beasts within calm down. Elara has that effect on me. She always had. I inspect the bedroom. It is still neat, and everything in there is pink and white. I grab one of her scarves and tie it around my arm. I get back in the car and leave the pack. I’m at the border when I receive a text from Prince Khai. It’s a list of places he has already been to. Memories of little Elara Silvius as a seven-year-old flash in my mind. I was sitting at a lake. I went there to stare at the view, especially when I was ... emotionally unstable which was every day in my case. ‘ You’re sad again,’ Elara’s small voice comes. The kid followed me around even though I always ignored her. She always seems to give her guards a slip and wander in places she shouldn’t, especially the caves around the forest area. I ignore her and stare at the lake, but the little Princess is like a mosquito, making a noise. She’s the only person whose voice I couldn’t drown out. ‘ My Nana always sings me a song when I’m not feeling well or when I’m sad,’ I stared at her for the first time since she got here, flabbergasted. She was wearing a pink costume, and a big bow in her golden hair. She smiled at me, she couldn't read the room at all. I almost chuckle but hold myself. ‘ Get lost, little princess,' ‘ You’re rude to me again,’ She pouted, stomping her feet on the ground. Angry lines formed between her eyebrows, and I must admit she looked cute. ‘ Zuriel, I’m just trying to help you feel better, but you don’t like me,’ she looked away angrily. The little Princess Elara was silent, and I heard huffing and puffing as she got up. She stormed away angrily. However, I worried that something bad might happen to her, so I got up and followed her. I became frantic when I couldn’t find her. The road back home was straight, so why couldn’t I see her? I spent the next ten minutes searching the lakeside and forest for her until I closed my eyes, and opened my ears. I went to a still calm place, trying to locate her, and her steps where she went to appear. I sighed and followed her. She went to one of the caves in the forest. ‘ He hates me,’ she was talking to a salamander. I shook my head and held her arm. She jumped. ‘ Zuriel, you scared me!’ she yelled, clutching her chest with her little hand. My hand reached out to grab her arm, and dragging her. ‘ Let’s go,’She turned and waved with her free hand,
‘ Thank you, Mr Lizard!’Like the last time I brought her home, everyone was frantic in their search, and the Queen was shouting at all her guards again.
Her mother noticed us approach, and she glared at her daughter, but I could tell she was relieved to see her. Elara hid behind my legs, and her tiny arms were wrapped around me. ‘ She’s going to scold me, take me with you,’ she cried. Not having time for this, I push her towards her mother and turn back to walk away. ‘ Thank you for bringing her back again, Zuriel!’ the Luna Queen hollered.I close my eyes and think about Elara. Her perfect face plays in my head. It’s like seeing a blurry vision, yet certain it’s where she is. I follow the dusty road until we reach the highway and back to a gravel road. Within two hours, I reach the pack where the little princess is. Without waiting for security to let me in the pack, I go straight to the alpha's mansion. They are chasing my car and trying to stop me. When I stopped in front of a mansion, I hit one wolf with my car, he shouldn't have stood in front of me. I get out, growling menacingly at the guard wolves. My aura makes them whimper. Wolves are powerful creatures, but dragons are more powerful and intimidating, even our aura oppresses them. I walk inside and down to the backyard, her scent is stronger and more enticing to my wolf. Has she always smelt like this? I wonder. I stop in my tracks when I see a man, an alpha glaring at the pool. He's too engrossed to notice me. I glimpse what he's watching, it's her, the L
I stare at him shocked, I don't know if he's joking because he said it without flinching. He is serious about killing Alpha Connor, " No, Zuriel, I'll be fine. But I do want to find him so that he can accept my rejection," " That fucker," he murmurs. I was tied to Connor, and I'd feel it when he is fucking other women. That will be his great punishment for me. I hated Connor so much. " I'm sure he's on the run now and won't be coming anytime soon," I sigh. Zuriel's phone rings, and he pulls it from his pocket with a frown and shows me the caller ID. It's my Dad. " Don't tell him about the condition you found me in. It's embarrassing," I say, my cheeks heating up from embarrassment. He looks at me wordless but nods. I don't want this to get out. It's a shame in my family's name. Everything I did was wrong. I wasn't supposed to go with him without my parent's blessing, and I especially wasn't supposed to mate with him without the ceremony. If it gets out, the rumormongers will be vic
Elara " Zuriel, Zuriel. You're hurting me,” he didn’t realize he was holding my body too tightly. I was suffocating for a second there, and his body was shaking. The aura that filled the elevator was oppressive and scary. I place a hand on his hard chest, and he stares down at me.Time stops as he stares at me with those emerald dangerous eyes of his. Those eyes I used to go crazy for, the eyes that made my heart beat faster than anything in the world. I almost forgot this feeling. It had been too long since we saw each other as he always disregarded me. An annoying tick, he called me.“ Put me down, I can stand,” I say, trying to avoid my thoughts about him. He ignores my wishes and walks out of the elevator into his penthouse. He puts me down, standing close to me. Zuriel was over 6ft, and warmth radiated from his muscular body. I glance around the living room. It is large, luxurious, and neat too. His scent covered the entire apartment, and my wolf was excited after being qui
ConnorI was growling. Who the fuck was that man? His aura was like no other. He wasn’t an alpha, but something greater. The look in his eyes was severe. He wanted me dead. I felt like I was a man marked by death. Death roamed over my life since my encounter with him, and I could feel it. I needed to be careful. I hid out in the forest. I was blinded, and my eye was damaged. I needed to go to the hospital, but I couldn't as I don't know if that man is still in my pack. I mind link my beta. ‘ Beta, that man,’ ‘ He’s gone, sir,’ he says. I can tell he was distressed and in pain, after all, he was one of the people that the beast almost killed. I think back to my mate and the concern in that stranger’s eyes. ‘ And Elara?’ I ask. I am feeling apprehensive and nervous. I want to know, but also I'm scared that he has taken her, my mate. ‘ She went with him, Alpha,’ he says softly. I feel many emotions swell in me. Fear, hurt, anger, and so much more. I’ll never see her again now. Elara
Zuriel I place her hands over her head. My gaze is on her. I lost my mind when she suggested she had been with other men. I am angry at her, and my body is shaking. I glare at her, and she holds my gaze. This proximity is dangerous. I can't be this close to her, but I can't move away either. I feel like a moth drawn to a flame. My eyes fall on her soft lips. I hate that men had her, they tasted her! " Your eyes... They are beautiful," She breathes. I didn't expect her to say that. She is drawn into my eyes. Her chest rising and falling, I can't help when my eyes linger... She isn't flat chest anymore. I need control of my emotions, I need to take back charge because if I don't, I might end up doing something I'd regret. With great difficulty, I pull away from the green-eyed princess. " Go to bed?" I tell her. " I like it when we are close," Her voice is seductive. Since when is she not coquettish around me? What the fuck is she doing? Does she still like me? Elara confesse
" Have you looked in the mirror? You look like a whore," he says, and my eyes widen. Did he just call me a whore. I scoff and fold my arms. Anger bubbling inside me. "She looks like a whore, not me," I grit my teeth, my eyes snapping to the woman standing in the corner now. Her eyes flash with outrage. " I'm not a whore. He's my boyfriend," she spat confidently. One glare from me shuts her up. Zuriel gestures for her to leave, and with an annoyed huff, she runs back upstairs... To his room. I watch after her with disdain, and suddenly my body is hot. It happens when he's staring at me, my body reacts in such a manner to him. " Want to blast her with your eyes?" he teased. Was he being playful right now?" I'm leaving, Zuzu," I roll my eyes as a smirk forms on my lips. I used to call Zuzu to tease him. His eyes widen in shock at that nickname I used to call him as a kid. He hated it so I used the nickname to get his attention. He's trying to keep calm, inhaling in and out. " Don't
" Elara!" Solena comes to hug me, and I hug her back. I smile at my brother, Khai, and hug him. He looks relieved to see me and hugs me tighter. " Elara, we were worried," he says. I inhale his scent, feeling better in his arms. Khai and I are close in age, and we grew up being close despite having different personalities. " I'm sorry," I say, " I was relieved when Zuriel found you," he breathed. I look at Solena, " They are looking at me strangely. What's going on?" I look between them. Khai scowls and Solena smiles tightly. It's creepy. She only does this when she's trying to conceal information, which is difficult because she's terrible at keeping secrets. " Sol, you're doing that thing with your lips and teeth again," I point. She stops and pulls a stoic face, but it soon contorts. " You're so annoying. Can't you be normal for five minutes?" Khai says, bewildered. " I can't help it. No wonder I was hiding out here," Solena cries. They argue back and forth. I roll my e
Elara The scandal was the topic everywhere. I talked to my mother and I was glad she held nothing against me. She encouraged me to move forward from this. Khai was relentless in pursuing Connor, but the mother fucker vanished from the face of the earth. His beta was the one running his pack. However, I did feel it when he fucked someone. It was unbearable. My family was by my side the whole time. I constantly received attacks online from my peers and the people I went to university with. Everyone looked at me with disdain except my closest friends, Solena, and Brandon. When I walk in the hallway, they shout vulgar words at me. I badly wanted to punch them and say something, but my tongue-tied each time. Solena and Brandon would be the ones to fight on my behalf. " Should we get some milkshakes at Chia's? I miss my favorite strawberry milkshakes," Brendon says as we leave our sociology class. " No," Solena is quick to answer. I narrow my gaze at her. She never refuses to go th