We arrived on campus within 20 minutes. My ears were still ringing from the wind blowing in them the whole way. Nate kept me safe in his arms while we flew. I was happy to get to see the sights, it was a nice distraction from everything that had happened the past couple of days. Honestly I felt like we got very lucky considering the situation. Nate landed near the commons in the field. Everyone of course stared at us for a while even after we landed. Nate looked a mess with his torn shirt and I probably didn’t look that much better. I was sure my hair was probably a big mess after being blown in the wind so long. I brushed it down with my hands as best I could. Nate tried to help too. He was almost like this older brother I never had. He looked out for me, and risked his life defending me to the council. I owe him a lot. “Rain!” I heard someone call out. “I am so happy you’re okay.” Kaitlyn said as she hugged me. I had heard she helped in my rescue, but didn’t want to get caught up i
I was enjoying Charles' company, just laying in bed naked together. Charles looked deep in my eyes as he stopped playing with my hand and interlocked our fingers together. "I have to tell you something." He said and my stomach instantly knotted up. "The reason I let you go, back at the fairy pool, was because I couldn't mate with you then. I knew you wanted to be mated, but I couldn't bring myself to do it just yet. I wanted to wait to make you mine. I wanted you to be successful in all your studies, undistracted by me. I was also worried that I would keep you from your elf side and duties when we discovered you are technically a princess. Star said that it was hard to take power if you're already mated." His voice sounded small.I could tell he was still beating himself up for letting me go. I placed my finger over his lips, gently shushing. "It doesn't matter. You did it now. Although I could just slap you for it. I don't care about being a princess, Charles. That's not me. I didn'
Charles returned home with an assortment of foods and I devoured them all. My stomach felt a lot better and so did my body. Charles and I talked a while before heading to bed. "You know you're more advanced than the freshman classes you're taking. You could test out of them and get the credit. You'll graduate a lot sooner like that." Charles explained to me. "You really think I could test out of them?" I was sure I could but I wanted to hear him say it. It was nice knowing he thought I was so intelligent. "I'm sure you can." He said and I smiled real big at him. "It'll be too late to sign up for more advanced courses this semester but you could test out of the classes you're in now, aside from the lab, and you'll be more available to learn elvish magic and history. I feel like you could use a semester getting to know that part of you. You could also see if you have any witchy potential." I smirked at that. " I think that's a really good plan. I'll talk with my professors about it t
I could feel my heart in my throat. I was about to meet my mate's father. I was about to meet an alpha of the original 10. I swallowed hard as Charles creaked the door open slowly. I took a deep breath walking in behind him. I tried to keep my head up high. I didn't want his father to think I was weak. "What are you doing back? Have you finally come to your senses?" Charles' father asked and I almost gasped in surprise. I can't believe his father would greet him that way. My father would have greeted us warmly with a smile and probably a hug. I didn't understand these powerful dad's I've been meeting here lately. "I've come to show you the labors of my hard work. I've also come to introduce you to my mate." Charles responded flatly. If his father's words had hurt him, he didn't let it show. "I don't care what you've done at that college, Charles. Your duty is here to the pack. You need to return home and take your rightful place." His father sounded annoyed and he completely skipp
We took a breather in Charles room, giving me time to calm down. I looked around his room reading some of his trophies. Most were for academics and then a few for soccer and track. "You cheater." I said, pointing to the track metals. He laughed. "It's not my fault the humans didn't notice." I rolled my eyes at him. *Are you ready?" He stretched his hand out for me to take and I did, nodding my head. I took a deep breath to try to keep myself calm. I was about to meet the woman that birthed my mate. The Luna that seemed to shadow a powerful alpha. Charles led me out of his room down a maze of corridors. We turned left then right again and made another turn into a small hallway through a door that didn't lead to a room but to another hall. I was so lost by the time we reached a large glass door and somehow got outside. The glassdoors belonged to a beautiful garden house. Vines had grown around it, only adding to its beauty. When we went inside there were many different kinds of flow
We walked through the sticky sweet tunnel for longer than I wanted to. Yet it felt shorter than I would have liked. I wasn't ready to meet the woman that raised my father. What if she was like Charles' parents? What if she had imposed terrible standards on my father and that's why he ran away? I still didn't know anything about her or anything about why my father left. I didn't want to bring myself to ask my mother, because what if she didn't know any of this. I feel like it would break her heart that her mate kept this from her. I could see the end of the tunnel coming up. The palms of my hands were clammy from the nerves. I kept them in tight fists beside me, trying not to fidget. My heart felt like it was going to explode. It didn't help that I couldn't take any deep breaths to calm myself without my nose burning, and nausea hitting me. Star stepped out first then Charles who held a hand out for me to take. I gladly took it, needing the comfort his touch would bring. I stepped ou
Vanora led me up the stairs and down a long corridor. She turned right and walked us to the end of the hall. There was a door with a large carving of the tree of life in the center. Above that carving was another carving, a name, Artemis. "This is– was, your father's room" The word stung her to say. She opened the door revealing a quaint room. It wasn't very large, but the space was fully used. In the center was his queen sized bed, with white satin sheets. In the back right corner was an easel with dried paint. Beside it a small table full of art supplies just thrown about. In the upper right corner of the room, were closet doors. I opened them inspecting the contents of his young adult wardrobe. There were jeans, band t shirts, a nice leather jacket on one side of the closet. It was funny how similar our styles are at this age. On the other side were slacks, and dress shirts along with a couple of tunics. It was like he lived two separate lives. To the left of the room was a desk
I woke up drenched in sweat last night, the dream replaying in my head. It had felt so real, I swallowed the fear still stuck in my throat. I remembered running through the dense trees. The smell of pine mixed with salt from the ocean. There was snow on the ground and my paws were propelling forward faster than ever. I could feel something sinister chasing me, but I couldn't tell what it was. It felt like the shadows themselves were going to gobble me up. I could feel the fear stir me like my life was in serious danger. I grabbed my throat remembering how the dream had ended. Whatever was chasing me had caught up to me and sunk its teeth into my neck. There was nothing there of course as it was all a dream after all. It had just felt so real, I couldn't shake the feeling off. Charles grabbed my hand then, watching me with concern. "What's wrong?" He raised a brow. "Nothing, just a bad dream. It felt so real though." I explained, still feeling around my throat. Charles rubbed my ba