The emptiness of the castle hallways could be noticed by the way our footsteps echoed off the walls. It took quite a while to get to my 'chambers' but alas, we finally came to a halt in front of a white upscale wooden double door with gold designs running along it. In other words, the door alone could cost a fortune.
"We are here my lady", Cecilia said as she opened the doors. My heart pounded in my chest as we walked into the room or might I say, mini apartment. She moved around swiftly and I followed behind her as she gave me a tour of the suite, "On the left is the bedroom", she said pointing at a door, similar to the one at the entrance. We were currently in a lounge room that had doors leading to the other parts of the suite such as bedroom, bathroom and dressing room, "The door beside it is a bathroom. You will also see a door leading there inside the bedroom", I nodded my head in understanding, "On the right is a library and office. So, the alpha king can chose to do his work there when he does not want to be seen",
"Why am I having a tour of the alpha king's chambers?", my eyebrows knitted in confusion, all this time I thought this was my personal chamber.
"You are the alpha King's chosen, therefore you shall share a room with him. That is normal protocol", Cecilia said bowing her head ever so slightly. This is absurd! I will not share a private space with him just because he chose me!
"I refuse", I instantly tell her but she shook her head frantically,
"I'm afraid you can not my lady. It was ordered by the Alpha king that you stay within the confinements of these walls until he is ready to attend to you", she informed me. How dare he! He can not treat me like this! I refuse to be treated like this! "Should I give you a tour of the bedroom?", she asked me but I shook my head, my mood had been spoilt completely after finding out I was to share a room with the alpha king.
"No Cecilia, you may leave, I will take it from here", I told her for if she did not leave now, there was no telling on how rotten my mood will get and I would completely lash out on her.
"Very well my lady. Your maid will be here first thing in the morning to attend to your needs", I nodded but she spoke again, "His Majesty has guards outside the doors manning it, if you need anything at all, they will see to it". After she leaves, I take my seat on one of the plush sofas in the sitting area and continue to look into thin air just like I did earlier. I had left my purse along with my phone in the ballroom, there was no telling what could have happened to it by now.
I noticed a television on the wall and wondered he I did not notice it on my entrance as it was nearly human sized. I switched it on and decided on getting comfortable on the sofa by removing my shoes and keeping my feet up. I flicked through channels until I came to a halt when I realised one of my favorite shows was on.
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I felt the sunlight radiating unto my face as I slowly opened my eyes. I had no idea on when I fell asleep and why is the couch softer than I remember? I immediately sat up and realised that I was no longer on the couch but on a king sized bed. How typical. Although, I can not recall myself leaving the couch the day before. This was strange, or was I carried by someone? How could I not know when I was being carried? Well, on the contrary, I am a very heavy sleeper so it is no surprise to me.
"Good morning my lady", the voice of a girl snapped me out of my thoughts and I look to see a young girl around my age, maybe younger by a few years. She had brown hair and brown eyes, she had on a maid uniform and held a clipboard in her hand, "My lady, my name is Sarah Princeton and it is with great pleasure that I serve as your maid", she said professionally, I had to hold in an impending eye roll.
"Please, call me Daphne", I told her, if she was to be working with me, I would like to keep a friendly relationship with her instead of the normal boss to help relationship but one look at her facial expression and I could tell she was not having any of it. I let out a sigh and sink back into the rather comfortable bed, this mattress was heaven.
"My lady, we have a busy day ahead of us. First, you will clean up and get dressed, I will bring some clothes in now, afterwards, we shall drive to the store and get you some new clothes, jewelry and makeup fit for a Luna", I had to hold back my cringe once she mentioned make up, "You have the afternoon off, by evening you have dinner with the alpha king in the dinning room. And lest I forget, you have breakfast in thirty minutes. I will be back with your clothes", before she left, she bowed her head. I don't think I'll ever get used to people doing that, I am very sure they do not know how annoying it is to be on the receiving end.
Reluctantly, I left the bed and head into the bathroom since I had already been told that it was on the left of the room by Cecilia. I try not to dwell on the beauty and elegance of the bathroom as I stepped out of my clothes. The jacuzzi like bathtub was calling out to me but I knew I was behind on time so I just stuck to a quick shower. I wrapped a towel around my body and picked up my clothes from the floor planning on throwing it into the laundry basket. I left the bathroom and closed the door, hearing footsteps, I assumed it was Sarah, ,"You can just set the clothes on the bed, thank you… Oh my Lord!", I finally turned around to see it wasn't in fact Sarah but the alpha king.
He was looking at me, eyes shamelessly roaming my body, his eyes shades darker from its usual vibrant purple color. I felt uneasy and self-conscious at the way he stared at me, on instinct, I wrapped the towel tighter to my body, silently praying it does not loosen. Much to my happiness, Sarah walks into the room completely saving me from this awkward situation I was currently in.
I could see the poor girl stiffen once she got a glimpse of the man in front of her, "Your Majesty, I am sorry for just barging in. I did not know you were here. I shall leave and come back", she dropped a pile of clothes on a chair and before I could protest, she was out of the door leaving me to bask in this situation alone.
I figured the only way to escape from this was to retrieve the clothes and move into the dressing room. I did not miss the way his eyes followed my every move until the door to the dressing room was finally shut and locked.
Narrator’s POV.It had been long since Daphne woke up to the sound of happy birds chirping, although she had practically lived in the middle of the forest, there were hardly any birds there, other than ravens, vultures and predator birds.With her eyes still closed, she stressed out her limbs and turned over, noticing the emptiness of the bed. Her eyes snapped open taking in the absence of her mate and son, she stood up quickly and began to panic. Was this all a dream? Impossible! This was she and Dwayne’s room, if it was a dream, she would not be here.Where was her son? Her panic increased and her brain went into overdrive, she went into the wardrobe and put on one of Dwayne’s larger shirts that reached just above her knees. Rushing to the door, she pushed it open and was shocked to see Sarah standing there about to knock, “My lady”, she said sounding startled,“Where is he?”, she was not specific but Sarah knew who she was talking about right away,“The prince is in the garden with
Daphne’s POV.The castle looked so foreign to me, it had been five months since I had been there but it felt like ages, nothing had really changed since I left, other than the minor garden changes. I honestly had no idea of how I could see this since it was practically two in the morning.“Daphne, are you coming?”, the door was open and I had not even noticed as I was too deep inside my own little world,“Yes”, I looked down at my pup who was clutching to my shirt tightly and fast asleep, he looked incredibly adorable with his eyes closed and features relaxed. I secured his head with my arm and got out of the car,“Are you okay?”, his son was relaxed but he was the complete opposite, his features were rigid and he calculated every move he made around me, I knew him that well.“I am fine”, I nodded at him, “We should head inside”, we walked into the castle together after he had dismissed his men and I could not help but notice Sarah and Fredrick’s absence, they had entered the car behi
Daphne’s POV.I had run into the room that Eric had assigned for me a few days back after I got attacked, I had to admit that that day was awfully scary. I was feeding my baby when vampires barged in unexpectedly, of course, my first instinct was to protect my baby under ever cost but they were just way too many. I thought I was done for until the vampire lord came to the rescue and had all of them thrown in prison.Tears fell down my eyes as I thought of my mate, he was only downstairs but he seemed so far away, out of reach. He had not changed one bit; he was still the same Dwayne I knew and loved and it pained me dearly, the fact that I had to undergo a change without him and he did not even feel my absence.A firm knock on the door broke me out of my thoughts, “Who is it?”,“It is me, Daphne, can I come in?”, Eric’s muffled voice called out from the other side of the door. With a deep breath, I went to the door and opened it, “Daphne, please, what Dwayne said was right, you need t
Narrator’s POV.“Sir, I do not think the vampires will let us enter their borders so easily”, one of the guards in the alpha king’s vehicle said, he had chosen to share a vehicle with his second in command, the luna queen’s maid who was squished in between the two powerful men and two other guards; the new head guard included.The journey was awfully silent, every other person was afraid to say something that would provoke the alpha king in anyway, he seemed to be in a very damp mood and was visibly conflicted; in other words, he was a ticking timebomb just waiting to go off.“This is a friendly visit”, he assured, “I will speak to the vampire lord, I do not care what it takes, I will get my mate today”. The head guard nodded and informed the other vehicles ahead to slow down and not enter the Vampire territory until they are given the go ahead to do so.With a grumpy sigh, the alpha king took out a small phone and dialed a number that he had, imprinted into his mind, he had not diale
Narrator’s POV.Harsh footsteps echoed through the hallways as Sarah and Fredrick’s feet pounded the floors. They feared they were too late and the alpha king had already faced the wrath of Emilia.They cursed themselves for being held back a couple days at the vampire territory; apparently, going out was not as easy as coming in for them. They were side tracked by a few on their way to the main borders, they had tried to bribe them like they did with the other guards they had met earlier and, that was when things fell apart.The guards saw it as an insult to collect or receive money from a werewolf although, their currency was surprisingly higher than theirs. They were sent into the dungeons for two days until the vampire king saw to them; every second they had to spend in that dungeon was hell, a werewolf should never be cooped up in such a small space.They had explained the whole issue to the vampire lord band he had released them with immediate effect, which left them with less d
Narrator’s POV.Daphne looked like she had seen a ghost and so did Fredrick and Sarah. They were the least expected people on Daphne’s list; maybe not Sarah, but Fredrick coming there was a huge surprise to her.They on the other hand were not expecting her to be there, was she even the one? She looked completely different; her face had lost its glow and her lips were pale, her hair was way longer than before and Sarah made a mental note to give her a major haircut as soon as possible. Her eyes had nasty looking bags under them and was that a baby she was holding?“A baby?”, this was the first thing that Fredrick said to her and she nodded,“What are you doing here?”, Daphne asked rocking her crying baby in her arms, “How did you even make it past the guards?”, it sounded awfully rude that these were the first things she decided to ask them but she was a very curious person no matter the situation.“Can we come in?”, Sarah asked her but her eyes were focused on the weeping pup Daphne