Fynn’s POV
I couldn’t breathe. I could feel her pain through our bond. Since I wasn’t capable of completing the rejection, I could still feel every bit of pain she was feeling. My wolf howled. He didn’t want us to let her go. It was impossible! No wolf would ever ask a vampire to reject its mate. I was sure he wouldn’t do it. He would never put the love of his life through this pain! How could he allow this to happen to his daughter? I couldn’t for the life of me imagine how a father could put his child through this kind of pain. Someone knocked on my door, but I didn’t care who they were. I growled and the windows shuddered at the sound, letting them know instantly that they should rather leave than come in.
My own pack would have demanded I reject her! How? How was it even possible for us to be destined mates? If our families couldn’t even allow it, how could we be destined mates?! I rippe
Viktoria’s POVFynn couldn’t come into the castle, which meant I had to go beyond the wall to get this rejection done. That was easier said than done and as my father was carrying me out, I wished I hadn’t agreed to this damn thing! I had never in my life, not even when I had some of my toughest fights at dhampir college, hurt this badly. Although the doctor assured my father that I was fine physically, it felt as if every damn bone in my body had been crushed beyond repair. We reached the enormous wooden doors that led out beyond the wall and my father stopped giving me a momentary breather. He explained that it was of the utmost importance that I didn’t show Fynn how much pain I was really in. It could jeopardize the rejection process if he thought I was in pain.I still didn’t understand all of this, but I was willing to do whatever I had to so I could just get through this. Why did I have to go through this?! Why would beasts go through this? Did their goddess hate them that much?
Viktoria’s POVOver the past three years, a lot has changed in the kingdom, and today was most probably the worst day of them all! I was turning twenty-one. After what felt like forever, the day had finally arrived. The one my father had promised his people would come. What happened between me and Fynn three years ago was long pushed to the back of my mind and I thought about him less and less as time passed. Focussing more on what I had to do to make our kingdom great. Today, however, I didn’t know what the hell I was going to do. If I didn’t turn into the vampire princess like the prophecy foretold, our entire kingdom would rip itself apart. My father might have thought that our kingdom was pretty stable, but I took the time to walk the streets during the day as well.People weren’t happy with the changes. Dhampir living normal lives among vampires. Concubines were set free to choose whether they wanted to be wit
Viktoria’s POVThe pride in my father’s eyes was the most precious thing I would ever remember. He was right! All this time he had been right. He believed in me and here I was. I was going to be the first vampire queen and now that I shifted, our enemies didn’t have a damn foot to stand on! Unfortunately, this meant that I needed to find a husband and we had to breed an heir. My father said there was no rush, but I could hear the murmurs in the passages. Me changing into a vampire has changed so many things. For one, I knew that my father was concerned that if I had a child, I would die. No vampire female survived childbirth, except for the female who mated with a wolf. They didn’t know if she had survived because her child was a pure-blood vampire.I wondered if the baby was a hybrid … I wondered if anyone ever tried to find out. I made a mental note to check the library as I slipped under the covers. My mi
Viktoria’s POVIt would be another two years before I was walking near the wall and wondered about whatever happened to Fynn. I had rejected all the proposals for marriage so far with the support of my father, but I was getting the feeling that he might just try and convince me to accept one at some point. Being a vampire has changed so much for me. For my mother! She was now accepted as the queen since she gave birth to the only female-born vampire if you could call it that. I wasn’t too worried that my father would push me to get a mate just yet. He might mention something because some council member mentioned something, but he was still young and we still had a long time before I would need to take over the throne.“Do you still think about him?” My father frowned as we walked past the door that led out into the forest and I sighed.“Sometimes.” I swallowed the knot in my thr
Fynn’s POVIf I thought leaving Viktoria was bad, I had no idea what the hell the council had in mind for me! Before I had even taken my seat, I was informed that they had picked a mate for me. Apparently, since I hadn’t found one myself, and our pack’s safety was at stake since I didn’t have an heir yet, they felt it was necessary to tell me who I should mate with! As if they hadn’t caused me enough heartache over the years since Viktoria left!! My wolf never fully accepted her rejection of us. He was still convinced that we could somehow find a way, and no matter how much I told him it was impossible, he would probably never accept it. The entire pack knew that the vampire princess was my mate after the night I accepted her rejection. There was no stopping that wildfire. Most of them were relieved that I had accepted, and some were outright glad, but there were a handful of people who made it clear to me that they would have accepted her as their Luna if I chose to stay with her.Th
Viktoria’s POVWe were sitting outside laughing about a joke my father told us when his dhampir returned from her walk. I instantly recognized the wall guard’s uniform when they called her and I wondered what could be happening on the wall that she could only whisper in my father’s ear. My father looked furious as his eyes snapped in my direction and I wondered what the hell I had done this time! I hadn’t been near the wall in forever! At least not without him. We walked down there every once in a while to see how our guards were doing, but I hadn’t gone near it or past it since that last fateful night when Fynn accepted my rejection.“We need to talk.” My father got up and I followed as he rushed back into the castle. I was fast, but he was faster and he sat down behind his desk just as I walked in.“Wow, for a really old guy you can move if you want to.” I tr
Fynn’s POVI couldn’t believe it was her! Her red glowing eyes made me shiver visibly as I quickly got dressed behind the tree before making my way over to where she stood smiling. Her fangs clearly showed as she did so. She was a true royal now, that was for sure. Her entire posture had changed. She stood upright with her back straight and her hands calmly clenched together in front of her. Her skin was a little paler than it used to be. Her long locks flowed out from underneath her crown and I wondered why the hell she wore the damn thing if she was just coming to see me.“Fynn?” Her voice soothed my wolf with just one word. At least that was still the same. If I hadn’t known her before the change, I would never have recognized her! “You wanted to see me.” She raised one perfectly shaped eyebrow, looking amused, and I cleared my throat.“Uhm, yes, I …”
Fynn’s POVAs the pack gathered around me, I told my story. One of a love that wasn’t meant to be. One that sounded as if history was repeating itself, but also one that was meant to happen. The moon goddess wouldn’t have chosen Viktoria as my mate just out of spite! The moment I said it out loud, I found I had many more supporters than I originally thought. When I came to the part of my story where the elders convinced me to reject Viktoria, I could see the pain in most of my pack’s eyes. It was the same pain I had been feeling for the past couple of years. Yes, we might have gone through the rejection process, but neither of us wanted it. I knew deep down that she had feelings for me. I knew she loved me or she wouldn’t have been in so much pain after the rejection.I had no idea how on earth I was going to convince Viktoria of my love for her. I hadn’t actually shown her in the best ways. As I told of how I let her go and why a little girl came running up to me and grabbed me aroun