AlisonWhen I heard that Spenser left, I felt really awful. I didn’t mean for him to leave! He didn’t even say goodbye or hint that he would be leaving. He was just gone! Who did that? Who left like that without saying goodbye? I can’t blame him, but how rude!“Ralph, I need to ask you a very personal question, but with my dad out of town, I don’t have anyone else I trust enough to ask this from.” I frowned as Ralph and I walked through the armoury. It was Sunday and everyone was resting, which gave me the perfect opportunity to check out some things I had been wanting to see.“Sure.” He frowned when I went silent. I wasn’t entirely sure how to ask him after the way I told him that I didn’t love him, but he really was the only one I could ask.“How did you know that you were in love with me? I mean,” I sighed, noting the confusion in his eyes. “I know I’m supposed to be in love with Spenser because of the bond. But how do I know it’s really love? How do I know it will last and that it
SpenserI had some really tough decisions to make, but with what was happening between me and our darling rogue queen at the moment, everything was hanging in limbo. I couldn’t just leave the pack that my family had been in charge of for centuries. Not without a really good reason. I also couldn’t force them to get along without me without knowing when I would return or if I would even return.Until I had more clarity, things had to stay the way they were, and I had to make sure that my pack was taken care of. I wasn’t going to rush back to the capitol. Alison had made it clear she wasn’t ready for anything just yet. That hurt me deeply. I knew I hurt her far worse when I rejected her, and I didn’t hold it against her. I just needed some time to properly compose myself again before returning to the castle.What happened before can’t happen again. I couldn’t allow it. At least, not until we were mated. She was not just another flight. She was my destined mate. Even after I rejected her
Alison“NO!” Spenser exclaimed, growling softly. He sighed deeply, pulling his fingers through his hair as he took a couple of steps away from me before turning to look at me. “I don’t care about your title or mine. I didn’t care about it right from the start.” He took a step closer and then stopped. “I rejected you because I felt that it wasn’t safe for females on the front lines. I was an idiot, I know, but I thought I was doing the right thing by keeping females away. Sadly, I couldn’t keep them …” He sighed. “I couldn’t keep you away from the battle. I never realized how strong you were. I thought I was protecting you.”I stood there staring at him for a moment, not sure if I should be offended or impressed. He had just given up his entire birth right, so he could be with me. He gave up love all those years ago, so he could protect me. My mind suddenly rushed through the memories of how I had been treated while I was still an omega, right up to when Ralph found me and took me to m
SpenserIt still felt so unreal. I came back after giving up my title and my pack thinking I would join the army and just live a solitary life if she didn’t want me. I made peace with that fact. I believed it to be fact. I believed that the damage done was too great and that Alison would never be able to forgive me. I believed she would never be able to trust me, never mind love me.I sat listening to her father as he paced back and forth, and she told him about her conversation with Ralph and I would never admit it out loud, but I was a little jealous. Ralph was the one who finally made her realize that she was in love with me. It wasn’t because of the mate bond, or something I did. Ralph, who I knew was also in love with Alison, convinced her to give me a chance.RalphI leaned against the wall as my heart shattered. I had been eavesdropping and hearing how happy her father was that she finally saw how much Spenser loved her. It just shattered me. I loved her. She already broke my h
AlisonNot having my best friend around was really tough, but my dad and especially Spenser made it a little easier. Who was I kidding?! Spenser made it a lot easier! Now that I had finally given him a real chance, and opened my heart completely, life was so much better. We spent the mornings combing through the books to find out exactly what procedure we had to follow to get officially mated.We spent the afternoons on one of my projects to do better things for everyone in the kingdom, and then in the evenings after dinner, Spenser and I made love until the early morning hours. It was the perfect work-life balance in my opinion.About a month later, I was standing in my room being fitted for the enormous dress I had to wear on that day when I heard whispers coming down the passage. I didn’t turn around since there had been whispers going up and down the passages since the day everyone found out Spenser and I were to be mated!“Tell me you aren’t wearing that!” Ralph’s amused voice ec
AlisonMy father walked me down the passage to the chapel and I felt butterflies flapping their wings inside my stomach! We followed all the laws that had to be followed to make this official and legal, but tweaked some of it where it wouldn’t affect any of the legalities. Our mating ceremony was a new beginning for our kingdom and Spenser and I wanted it to be unique, but legal.The double doors opened and as I walked in, guided by my father, my emotions overwhelmed me. I didn’t know if I should be laughing or crying for joy. It was a moment I didn’t allow myself to think I would ever have. I hoped, but I always told myself not to. When Spenser threw me away, I thought it was over.I believed I would never have love. I believed I would never have the chance to be happy. I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would be the queen about to get mated and face the possibility of the perfect future. My eyes met Spenser’s and I saw the love he felt. A love he had proven to me over and over,
AlisonThere had never been a female ruling over the people in our kingdom, which meant if Spenser and I were married, he was actually supposed to have become the king and taken over from me. Thankfully, Spenser didn’t insist. While Spenser and I took a short holiday in the pixie kingdom, my father did some research and by the time we returned, we were ready to present Spenser with a brand-new title.I didn’t want to give him the title of prince because that just made him sound like he was my son, which was just wrong! He didn’t expect a thing as we walked out into the square and all of our people were gathered for the weekly get-together. He was so busy greeting people when we arrived, that he also didn’t even notice the table set up with the sword polished to perfection.“Good evening, everyone!” I shouted over the loud roar of chatter going on and silence fell in the square. I just loved seeing the slight look of confusion in his eyes when he finally noticed the table beside me. “A
AlisonAll through the passages, people were preparing for the fight. I made sure our weakest people were moved into the castle that had been turned into a fortress, while Spenser made sure that the army was prepared. A short while later, we moved out with me in the front to meet our enemy. This was the part of our lives that I had come to despise.Why couldn’t our kind just live in peace? Why were we constantly fighting over territory or power?! It had to be a male thing, surely! I couldn’t imagine females fighting like that just to gain more. We made our way to the northern border and in the distance, I could hear the howls coming through the forest. Something told me this wasn’t going to be a huge war that lasted for many years.If it was me, I would bring my entire army and fight once, whether I won or lost. I wouldn’t drag my people through a twenty-year war, but then again, I guess nobody planned for a war to last that long. They broke through the brush, and we got our first sig