Chapter One

Regans POV

"Your majesty" a palace omega said bowing their head as they pulled out my chair. I took my seat at the head of the table as the omega pushed it in. Another omega set a plate of food before me on the table as I took the napkin and placed it on my lap. "Good evening dear" My wife and Queen, Claire, said taking her seat at the opposite end of the table. Her black hair was in loose waves that flowed past her shoulders. Her red dress was cut low so it showed off her cleavage.

"Good evening" I replied back. Did I love my wife? No, it was a marriage picked out by my parents. When I turned eighteen my parents gave me five years to meet my mate. However luck was not on my side so when the five years were up they selected my wife. Now Claire and I had been married for seven years. She was an excellent queen though and our people loved her. She supported me and took charge when needed. I respected her greatly.

"The steak is wonderful" Claire said bringing me out of my thoughts. "Give our compliments to the chef" She added giving a kind smile to the omega standing by. "We should go out to celebrate" Claire said after a few moments of silence. "Celebrate?" I asked her after wiping my mouth. "Yes over our most recent victory" She said. I took my glass of wine and leaned back in my chair. Our most recent victory in deed.

When my ancestors defeated the human in the war he outlawed human mates. Sure most went along with the new laws. However as there always are, some just couldn't fall in line. We had learned of some rebel factions recently who were trying to stir of resentment towards the crown. Our warriors were able to take out a small faction that had been hiding but we were still on the look out for the rebellion leader, Cyrus. Fucker was more slippery than a wet bar of soap. "Sure why not" I said. After all we had earned it.

"Excellent, I'll have a car brought up" Claire said. She raised her hand slightly and the servants came up to the table taking our plates and glasses to the kitchens. As I stood Claire walked over and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "I'll just go get ready" She said. We went to our room and changed into clothes more fitting for a night on the town. Naturally I was finished getting ready long before my wife. She was curling her hair some more and I gave her a kiss on the temple. "I'll go call the club to get VIP" I told her and stepped out of the room.

"Thank you for calling Club Essence how can I help you?" A cheery voice answered the phone. "Good evening, my name is Regan Conway. I'd like to reserve a VIP table for tonight" I said. "Excellent sir let me just take a look at our books" The woman said trailing off as she did her job. "Perfect we have a table available. How many in your party?" She asked. "Just two" I told her. "Okay then. When you arrive just give your name to the man at the door and show your I.D." The woman instructed. She took my credit card information for a deposit at the table and I hung up.

"All set?" Claire asked coming out of the room. I turned to look and was stunned. Sure I didn't love her but I was a man with eyes. She was beautiful. "All set" I repeated. "Great" She said. I offered her my arm and we walked down the stairs. When we reached the door the car was waiting for us and a guard was there waiting. "Your majesties" He said with a slight bow. "Henry! How's the new baby?" I asked him. He gave a big smile "Absolutely amazing" He said. "Club Essence please" Claire said to the driver after Henry got in the front passenger seat.

The drive was easy as Claire and I scrolled through our phones. "Oh don't drink too much tonight. Remember the meeting with the Elders tomorrow" Claire reminded me. Ah yes the Elders. They were the only ones who out ranked me. They had been putting a ton of pressure on us to end this rebellion once and for all. Surely that's all that would take place tomorrow. Just politely reminding us that this needed to be handled, blah blah blah. I didn't need to be in full frame of mind for that did I?

We reached pulled up to the club and Henry opened our door. I stepped out first and Claire took my hand as I helped her out. There was a line around the building as we approached the bouncer. "Name?" He asked. "Regan Conway" I told him and showed him my ID like the woman had said. The man was very large, at least six feet tall and solid muscle. He looked over the rim of his glasses for a split second and I saw his eyes change. Ah so you was a supernatural as well, at least we would be taken care of tonight.

"If you'll give me one moment sir" The bouncer said turned to whisper something to the hostess just inside the door. Her eyes widened as she looked at his clip board then plastered on an apologetic smile. "Mr. Conway I'm the woman you spoke to on the phone" She started. "I truly apologize for the mistake but it looks like I may have double booked your table" She explained. Claire didn't say anything but she let out a huff in disapproval.

"I truly am sorry ma'am. If you'd like I can refund you the deposit and secure a table for you another night" The hostess said a little panicked. "Hi sorry to interrupt" a woman's voice said behind me. She moved around us as she approached the bouncer. "They can share our table if they'd like" She offered. I looked to my wife Is that okay with you? I asked her in a link. Fine She said. "Thank you Miss" I said turning to face the woman who had saved our night. I was taken aback by her, my wolf howled in my mind and my heart raced.

The woman stood to my shoulders but I'm sure her heels helped with that. Her black hair fell past her chest. Her beautiful skin made her dark brown eyes stand out even more, especially in the neon lights outside. Her lips spread across her face in a smile as she offered me her hand "Dominique" She said. Her voice broke me out of my stare and I returned her smile. "Wonderful to meet you" I said taking her hand. The feeling I had longed for, for so long danced across my skin as we touched. This woman was my mate, the one I had waited for...the only problem was she was human.