Zeid
"You can both leave to prepare for your journey," my father said as he dismissed us.
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We got to my mate's pack, the blood moon pack at exactly 12am of the following day.
When we got there it was the Alpha and the elders that came out to greet us but at the same time, we could hear the sound of music playing from inside.
"Welcome Prince Zeid, Prince Brice" They all greeted us bowing their heads.
My brother and I acknowledged them with a nod and followed them into the packhouse.
On entering, my wolf started becoming restless and I knew my mate was nearby.
I tried to calm him down as I tried...take note "tried" listening to the Alpha as he introduces me to all the elders one after the other.
God knows I can't remember a single person's name among all of them.
All my concern right now is to locate my mate.
I mind link my brother to keep the Alpha and the elders occupied while
Ashley I ran as fast as I could to my room and picked up my already packed bag I know no one will be after me right now because they will want to leave a good impression on the Prince's mind. But that doesn't mean I shouldn't hurry up. I know the moment they have the opportunity I won't be left untouched for what happened. I heightened my hearing to check if any hurried footsteps were coming my way and truly no one was coming. I take a deep breath and whispered to myself "now or never". I opened the basement door quietly and checked the corridor once more to confirm if anyone was approaching. once I confirmed it, I heightened all my senses to help me leave without being noticed. In no time I found myself at the boundary of the pack. I take one last look at the pack before turning around to walk away not regretting my decision to leave. Not even after finding out my mate was Prince Zeid.
Zeid On walking into the restaurant, my gaze moved across the room as it landed on her. I move to walk towards her when I felt a hand on my arm stopping me. I growled in warning at Brice "Calm your ass down bro," he said rolling his eyes "you don't want to scare her away again right, remember how long it took for us to locate her. You wouldn't want to look for her for that long again or longer even," he said pulling me to sit in one corner of the restaurant. " prince Brice is right your highness. It wasn't easy locating your mate. It's better if we don't rush things and take it one step at a time" my gamma Rye said agreeing to Brice. " Why not let me walk up to her and make our order to see her reaction first" I nod in agreement to Rye and sat down. It took all my willpower not to stand up and walk up to her. I can't help it. Looking at her now, she looks so different from how she looked when I saw her in her pack. The d
Ashley "What...what do you mean 'by I'm not coming back.." he walks to the driver's side and hopped in "it means what it means.....you know what I think I prefer it when you don't talk or ask questions " he said driving out of the parking lot. I shut my mouth and turned back to see Prince Brice and the rest enter the other vehicles I failed to notice were there before following behind us. I look at the restaurant where I work fade slowly as we move farther away from it. My heart becomes heavy as I wonder where he is taking. Is it to my old pack or the palace? What is he going to do to me? Is he going to punish me for running away? Many questions keep coming up on my mind as I twin my fingers together trying to calm myself down. I take a look at him and couldn't help being drawn to him. He is just what you call perfection but I won't let his look distract me from my current situation. I need answers
Ashley "Alpha," she said suddenly bowing her head to him. I was surprised by her action and widen my eyes. wait a minute my eyes were opened but I remember closing them before, when did I open them without me realizing it. ok hold on, that's not important, how did she know what I'm thinking can she hear my thought? but how?. I widen my eyes more as I realized she just greeted Prince Zeid. can she see him? can he see her? but how is that possible. Am I going crazy here? no, I'm not crazy that I'm sure I slowly turn my head to look at the Prince to confirm my thoughts. seeing his shocked expression and his train of sight that was definitely wasn't looking at me but past me, confirmed my thoughts that they can see each other. "you can see her?" Still, I asked him to confirm it fully. That was when he finally looked at me with questions written all over his face. "what's going on here," he asked me confused. I turn to
ZEID "what's going on here," I asked my mate in which she turns to look at the woman for explanations to which she explained. the woman whose name She later said was Hera, explained the situations to a certain point to the both of us but despite the explanation, there were still some things that left me confused like was it not only the royal family that had the privilege to own special powers but it could still be understood that because she's my mate that she also could be entitled to a special ability just like my parents but according to what Hera said, she has more than one abilities in which I can also have access to whenever I'm in close vicinity with her. On hearing she has the power to restrain my access to her abilities, I was filled with a heavy heart. Why would she want to block my access to her powers as I am her mate? Except she doesn't want me as her mate, would she think like that? Was that why she ran away when she first s
ASHLEY "don't worry we aren't going back to your packhouse and besides they can't hurt you anymore now that you are my mate. We are going to the palace." when he said this, I visibly relaxed my trembling body which I didn't know trembling. I wonder what he means by they can't hurt me now that I'm his mate. Does it mean that he doesn't care about what happened to me for the pack to treat me the way they did? Is that why he came looking for me and didn't give up. "Do you know what happened to me in the pack?" I asked him. "Not in details but I know you weren't treated right by them." "You asked me why I ran away when you came to the restaurant" "Hmm.." " I did so because I thought u would reject me and end up being like my pack" I finally told him the reason. "hmm... I can't blame you for thinking that way. you were treated that way from a tender age till I came along. I give you my word that no one will tre
At that moment an enthralling-looking woman with her countenance full of elegance and grace, dressed in a long gown that flowed behind her and was covered by a luxurious tunic walked up to us giving Princess Alexa a stern face before facing me and stretching out her hands to hug me. "Welcome my dear we've been searching and waiting for you for a very long time. I'm glad we've finally found you". I felt so awkward the moment she hugged me because I wasn't expecting such affection from her… all of them actually. I can't remember the last time I received a hug and affection like this. Tears welled up in my eyes because I couldn't control how I was feeling at that moment. I felt I hand pull me from her embrace to a firm chest. "Mother you are making my mate emotional. You don't want her crying now do you?" Prince Zeid said saving me from his mother's embrace. "Of course I don't want that happening. Darling, I'm sorry I made you emotional jus
Now speaking of which his eyes haven't left me ever since we arrived. his gaze has been following me about like a hungry hawk and I tried so much to ignore it. "yes, dear we will leave you to freshen up and have some rest before dinner by 7 on dot. I will get a maid to come and accompany you to the dining room when it's time. Alright out out out you lots. Let's give Ashley some space to settle down" she said ushering everyone out. They all started leaving one after the other and when it was Lady Anya's turn to leave, she gave me a strange look before walking out the door leaving Prince Zeid and me alone in the room. "sooo aren't you going also," I asked him as he was still standing in the same spot he was before. "Trying to get rid of me so soon," he asked raising his brows at me while walking towards me. As he took a step forward, I take one backward until I was trapped between the wall and him. "gulp....w...weren't you the one that j