Emily's POV - What Happened?

Voices, so many voices.

I slowly opened my eyes to find that I was in one of the guest rooms in the pack house.

Mum, dad, Alpha Declan, Luna Olivia, Jenny, her mate, and him, "mmmmmm yummy," muttered Prim.

"What happened?" I groaned whilst trying to sit up.

"Take it easy love. You passed out after finding out that Tyler was your mate," my dad said.

Looking a little shocked as he referred to the Alpha King by his name instead of his title and nothing happened to him. No punishment, no arrest, no 'OFF WITH HIS HEAD'.

"I am just glad that you are alright," my mum said, with Luna Olivia nodding in agreement.

"You need to rest a little. Come down when you feel ready," Alpha Declan said before leaving to join the others.

Jenny just stood there looking as if she wanted to say something but wasn't sure what to say or how to say it. "Congratulations," she said quietly before turning on her heel and practically running out of the door with her mate not far behind.

"Finally," came a voice, "I didn't think they would ever leave."

There in front of me was a God of a man. Lightly tanned skin, almost black wavy hair, chocolate brown eyes and looking at the way his tuxedo clung to his body, an amazing physique.

"Hi," I managed to say, "I'm Emily."

He looked at me with a glint in his eyes and a big grin on his face. "I know who you are little one. Don't you remember me?"

Sitting on the bed staring at Tyler, I could not remember when or where I had seen him in other than a royal capacity, but the sense of familiarity was there.

"You are the Alpha King," I said, making him sigh and slump his shoulders before taking a breath and standing upright again.

"I met you before I became the king. I was 12 years old, and you were 4. We were playing in the field behind the pack house when my father was talking business with Alpha Declan and your father. I knew then that you were going to be my mate. You see, as a royal, we get our wolf at a younger age than any other pack member. I couldn't tell you then because you were too young to understand all of that," he explained.

"Um....Who...Why didn't anyone tell me as I got older?" I stammered.

Tyler smiled a soft smile "It was decided that we would meet again at the Moon Ball after your 18th birthday."

I just sat and stared at him, shocked into silence.

"Say something. Please...anything." he begged.

"What would you like me to say, your majesty?" I whispered.

"There's no need for titles, Emily, we are mates, my queen." with a teasing smirk on his gorgeous lips. I shook my head trying to get rid of all the naughty thoughts of Tyler out of my head. As if knowing what I was doing, Tyler let out a deep chuckle. OMG! The feeling coursing through my body towards my secret garden was indescribable, but nothing seemed to escape Tyler.

His senses were unparalleled, which meant that he could sense my arousal no matter how faint it may be.

I started to fidget and prepared to stand up with the intention of bolting to the door or the window but it's as if Tyler could read my mind and grabbed a hold of me before I could finalize my escape route.

"Grrrrrr... you are not going anywhere. I want to spend time with my mate. You are mine," Tyler growled out.

"But you don't know me. I am not of any importance or of a worthy rank." As far as I was aware, I was an Omega, one of the lowest ranks in the pack.

"Oh, that's where you are wrong little one. You are actually Alpha born but your parents left the Black Water pack shortly after you were born for the protection of the pack."

For the second time in one night, I was rendered speechless.

Time ticked away slowly.

"For the love of the Moon Goddess Emily, will you please tell me what you are thinking? Until I mark you, I am unable to feel your emotions or read your thoughts."

I just looked up at him with wide tear-filled eyes.

"I'm sorry sweetheart," Tyler cooed, "Please talk to me. We can sort things out together, I promise you."

I was feeling so tired and could sense that Tyler was too. we both knew that we weren't getting anywhere right now, and we didn't know where we stood with each other, so I decided to ask the dreaded question. "Don't you want to reject me? I don't think I can be who you want me to be or what you need."

I was dead. I can't believe I actually asked that out loud. "Mate still loves you but Axel is getting angry that you thought they were going to reject us," Prim said to me. I just stared at the floor listening to Tyler breathing heavily as he tried to calm his wolf.