HelenaTaking care of business was easy. I had a goal and I would do whatever it took to reach that goal. Like when I was a rogue. I had to find shelter and food and I did. Now that I was the queen of the Lycans … The actual rightful princess of the one kingdom and queen of the other felt a little strange. I wasn’t sure of myself. It shouldn’t have changed anything about me. I was still me. I was still the same girl who was an omega orphan and a slave.I felt a little lost. Being a princess and a queen was never my goal. I wasn’t entirely sure what my goal was! The only goal I could think of was raising Eli right. Now that the werewolves were all gone and the slave masters were taken care of, I had no other goals. It was strange. I didn’t have to look for food or clothes. It was honestly the first time in my life I had absolutely nothing to do. Not having a goal that would help me survive was frustrating. My frustration very quickly showed its ugly head when I had my first fight with

HelenaThere was joy in both kingdoms on the day of my coronation as princess. As we made our way into my parents’ city, the people were throwing flowers on the road. All around us people were singing and laughing and I could feel the excitement in the air as we made our way through the gates that led to the castle. Our family flags hung from every window in the castle and all around us, people were preparing for the huge event later that afternoon.My mother had a dress ready and I felt awkward in the enormous dress, but I would do whatever it took to make her happy. I was still struggling with it all, but I knew they were my parents. That was enough to help me push through everything that made me feel uncomfortable. The ceremony was quick and the people could be heard cheering outside the throne room as soon as I turned around with my new crown on my head.It would have been easier to take care of all the pomp and ceremony if I was never kidnapped. But since things happened the way,

HelenaThe news that the divided Lycan kingdom had finally become one spread far and wide. We had barely moved into the castle when the first visitors arrived. They said they were there to congratulate us and to see me, but I knew they were there to assess our strength.It was just the way things happened in our world. You can’t allow another species or group to be stronger than yours. It could mean the difference between life and death. The survival of your people depends on it. I studied our guests just as much as they were studying us. I had a bad feeling about some of them, but not all. We were officially the strongest group in our world.If we wanted to wipe some of them out, we could. We weren’t planning any wars that I knew of, but I had a bad feeling. Allowing everyone into our castle made me feel unsafe. It gave them all the opportunity to see everything. When I mentioned it to Oliver, he said I was being silly, and I was furious with him for a couple of days.Oliver hadn’t l

HelenaHis body was cold against mine and I suddenly felt sick to my stomach! I knew what had to be done to save my people. I didn’t want to do it, but I had done many things in my life that I didn’t want to do just so I could survive.“My son is still young, your highness. Please, let us go. We will teach him. He will learn his place.” I could only hope that Victor wasn’t going to ask for the one thing I knew would break Oliver, but my sixth sense kind of told me that was what he was going to do.“Let’s make sure, shall we?” Victor smiled, and a shiver ran down the back of my spine. “Queen Helena will come to my palace as my guest. She will stay there so that I can make sure her son won’t do something stupid!”“NO!” Oliver jumped up and growled so loudly that I could have sworn I felt the earth shudder under my feet. Victor smiled at me and my heart broke as he moved with such speed that nobody saw what he planned to do until it was too late.He stood there with Oliver’s heart in his

HelenaAn agreement was reached with the vampires after negotiating for over a week. Eli agreed not to lay claim to his title and allow them to choose a new leader as long as the vampires did not attack us again. They had no other choice. Eli killed their leader. It was his right to claim the title. Thankfully, our son saw the bigger picture. He saved future generations from being attacked.It also meant that the time had finally come to hand over our titles. It was the proudest and the saddest day of my life as I watched Eli on coronation day. He had become a man. Time had flown so fast. It felt like I was holding my newborn in my arms one moment, then blinked once, and he was a grown up. We had already moved our things to the same wing that our parents were living in.Oliver was adamant that for Eli to flourish as king, we had to stick to the same procedures that had been followed for centuries. Once the younger generation took over, the older generation took a step back in all area