Before Lillian, Leander, Luther and Lorcan, there was Orrin and Anja. Orrin Dalgaard is the King of Zidiah, still to find his mate when many believe the Moon Goddess doesn't favour him; therefore, he doesn't have a mate. In Dalgaard forest, Orrin bumps into the princess of Kulumi. Kulumi is Bear territory, yet Anja has wandered onto Wolf territory. Orrin instantly knows that he's met his mate, but she won't make it easy for him to catch her. Anja was recently thrown out of the only home she's ever known. On the night of her first transformation, it turns out that she's not the daughter of the King of bears after all. No, Anja is a wolf and has no idea how it's possible. When Anja finally accepts Orrin as her mate, more drama and pain than Anja can hold comes to light. Nothing is as it seems, and only Orrin can save the mate he would die for - The question is, will he be able to save his mate from his enemies, but most of all, herself?
view moreMy name is Orrin Dalgaard, and I am the leader of my pack - the Royal pack. Hell, I am the Alpha and the King of all wolf shifters worldwide. I am also a Romerian, the most powerful of all Alphas.
It’s a lot of work and responsibility ruling a wolf pack, let alone the largest in the world, but I enjoy it. Keeping my people safe from humans is essential and a job I take very seriously.
I’ve been told of late, by the elders of my clan, that I need to take a wife. I need to find my mate and make her my Queen.
Easier said than done.
I’ve met many beautiful women over the years. I’ve had my share and fill of shifters, sirens, vampires, dragons, and demons alike, but I did not spark with any of them, let alone bond or even imprint.
I have come to believe I will never find my destined mate. Perhaps the Moon Goddess deemed me unworthy. I don’t want to believe such a thing; the King would surely have a mate out there somewhere. But the God’s and Goddesses know that I have searched the world over and found nothing.
It’s unheard of for a King not to have found his mate by the age of twenty-five, which I am. Many shifters find their mates by the age of twenty-one, sometimes younger, some older, but never the King, which means everyone around me believes there is something wrong with me.
Motherfuckers!
My mother will never stop badgering me until I bring home a Queen and make her pregnant with my cub.
‘She’s out there somewhere, just waiting for you to bump into her.’ She keeps telling me as though I’m just going to bump into the woman that is my mate – my future Queen.
I stopped looking and hoping by the age of twenty-two and went about my life the way I always have. I’m a biker wolf, and the wind is my best friend. Whether in wolf form or riding my motorcycle, feeling the wind on my face is the best feeling there is.
Right now, I’m checking the forest surrounding my kingdom. Dalgaard forest is a vast place, unseen by human eyes. Many spells and enchantments protect the entire kingdom to keep my people safe.
Humans aren’t as stupid as most creatures believe them to be, yet they’re incredibly ignorant at the same time. Most will believe whatever you tell them, and others will not.
We have nothing to fear from humans; as long as they remain ignorant of our world, they’ll stay safe. Many have spouted rubbish about werewolves; none have been believed. Not by anybody with any sense, at least.
I have known humans to be locked away in mental asylums due to their insistence about werewolves being real.
First off: werewolves don’t exist, so those idiots deserve everything they get.
Secondly: What human in their right mind would ever believe a man could turn into a wolf?
None, that’s how many.
But werewolves?
Fuck, that term pisses me off!
We’re wolf shifters, not werewolves!
But, of course, some humans have come into contact with my kind, hence why movies were made. However, they made us look like monsters when we are no such thing.
Werewolves do not exist, not the way humans see them anyway. Yes, we turn on a full moon and run with our pack, but we have control of our wolves and can transform whenever we see fit.
We also look nothing like the horrors humans depict us as. We are wolves, the same kind you see in the wild.
Over the years, a law was made that none shall converse with humans unless they turn out to be your mate. Mating with humans doesn’t often happen because humans can’t feel the mate bond.
My father was a powerful Alpha and made sure that everyone in Zidiah and around the world knew that causing war with humans was not allowed.
Hell, it’s never what any supernatural creature wants, but it’s sometimes unavoidable if humans happen upon us. That can and has happened, though we have vampires that will glamour those humans, making them forget they ever met us.
I, however, made my own law upon taking up the throne. None shall mate with humans upon pain of death. I do not tolerate that shit, no exceptions.
My father was a brilliant man, and he had a way with words. Dermot Dalgaard was also a scientist and criminologist. He was well-respected, not only with his pack and other shifters but all supernaturals.
Father taught us all that if you give respect, you will gain respect. However, some have none, some you just cannot trust. The bear shifters across the border just outside of Zidiah are the main culprits.
The King of the bears does not have the same views as us, nor do they have the same rules. They tend to wander into our territory and cause havoc just for the sake of it.
Kulumi is Bear territory; they have no business being in Zidiah. Kulumi is many miles from Zidiah, so it doesn’t end well for them when bears come onto my territory.
Leopold, the Bear King, and I have an understanding. His subjects do not cross my borders, and my wolves won’t cross his. I keep my end of the bargain, but Leopold does not, which infuriates the hell out of me.
However, it’s not a bear Adrian and I come across; it’s a little girl gnawing on berries like they’re a chunk of meat.
I look to Adrian, my younger brother, who is looking at the little feral dark-haired girl, hanging scruffily around her shoulders, and looks as though it hasn’t seen a brush or shampoo in days. Her clothes are filthy and look like they’ve seen better days, and I have to wonder how she came to be lost in my forest.
The child is a bear; that much is easy to tell, I can sense it. The little girl turns her head, red berry juice dripping down her chin, her big brown eyes wide with fear. She can’t be a day over four, and I wonder if her parents are missing her right now.
“Orrin!” Adrian hisses my name as I take a step towards the girl. She’s obviously alone in the world with nowhere to go.
What the fuck does my brother think this little girl can do to me?
Me, of all people?
What does he think I’m going to do to her?
I’m a monster, but I would never hurt a child, no matter their species. I can help find her somewhere to stay, people to care for her until we find her family.
However, she starts screaming like some crazy wild beast, and it’s so loud my ears are ringing.
Fuck!
Twenty-Five years later “Dad? You okay?” I turn away from my bedroom window and face my daughter with a smile. “Something I can help you with?” Lilly says nothing, just walks into my open arms. My daughter will one day take over the throne. My sons are strong Romarians, but Lillian is an Omerian, much more powerful than anyone predicted. It’s been many years since there was a crowned Queen of Zidiah. My daughter will be the first in two hundred years. My children have struggled with having Lorcan’s spirit share Luther’s body all their lives. The witch who stole him from us did the unthinkable. Killing the child as we thought was bad enough, but what she’d, in fact, done was force Luther and Lorcan to share one body. It took twenty-five years and Luther’s little mate to separate Luther and Lorcan. But Jenna did it, and Lorcan is now here in the physical. I love Lorcan, none could ever say that I don’t, but the boy is insane. All those years living inside his brother have left Lo
I gasp and stumble as blood falls from my mouth. The power of the Firsts rips from my body, flowing back into them.What the fuck just happened?I fall to my knees, gasping for air and clutching my chest. I feel as though I’m in another dimension, but, strangely, I feel like my old self once again.Thank the Goddess!However, I remember every vile thing I’ve done over the past weeks, and my heart is breaking.Tears fall from my eyes, and I sob. I’m a monster! There is no other word for it: I’m a monster and will never be anything more.“Anja?” I look at the man crouching in front of me. “My child,” Mythius cups my cheek. “You are free.”“I don’t know what happened,” I admit.“The blood of the Firsts corrupted your heart and mind. It almost stole your life force, but your mate saved you. How did he do this? No one knows.”“Orrin,” My eyes widen. “Where is he?”Mythius smiles sadly. “I’m sorry, young one.”“No,” I shake my head while clambering to my feet. “He’s not gone; I would feel i
“Are you sure this is the way?”“Yes, Freddy,” I mumble.Today is the day. I have but moments to save Anja, and I cannot fail. It’s taken days to find her hiding place, yet it shouldn’t have – not when we’ve followed the bodies along the way.So many shifters have been killed, too many to count. It seemed that no one was safe from my mate. Anja cared not for who she killed nor the land she destroyed.What has become of my mate?If I do manage to save her, will she ever be the same?Will she be my Anja or someone I don’t recognise?I feel sick with nerves as I approach the cave in which Anja is hiding. Liam, Adrian, and Freddy all insisted on coming with me. It didn’t matter how many times I protested; they wouldn’t listen. I also know the Firsts are following, hiding out of sight, but they’re there.They’ve come to the end of their tether, and no amount of me protesting would stop them from ending Anja. Onyx, the first dragon, almost angrily set fire to my pack!I’ll never know how th
“You need to sort this, Orrin!” I roll my eyes at Mythius. Fucking vampire prick is driving me nuts! I know that I need to sort things, but I’m at a loss for what to do here. “Your mate is out of control, and the Firsts have been talking. They want Anja neutralised before the week is out.” I know what that means; they want Anja put down. It won’t happen, but I don’t know how much longer I can hold them off. After what happened in the woods the other day, things have been slowly getting worse. Anja has killed more people than even I can count. Goddess knows I understand where Mythius and others are coming from. But I cannot stand back and allow anyone to hurt my mate. Our cubs need her; I need her! Four days ago, I was called to the forest, where I found my mate torturing rogues. Adrain, Liam, and I ran as fast as we could when Mythius called. Bodies were littering the ground, decapitated, deformed, and bent in unnatural ways. Dozens upon dozens of rogues were dead as the Firsts,
It’s dark, always so dark.My life was once filled with love and light, but that’s all gone now. All that is left behind is rage and darkness.I don’t want to be this way; it’s lonely where I am right now – locked inside my head. But I can’t deal with the pain of losing my son.Lorcan was cruelly snatched from me by a madwoman for no other reason than she could. I am one of if not the strongest person in our world. One witch should not have been able to curse me; I should have been able to take her voice and stop her.Why then couldn’t I?Why was I frozen and unable to speak?But I couldn’t speak, and I couldn’t stop that woman from taking my son from me. I still don’t understand her words, and I don’t even care to try. That bitch took something from me that I will never be able to get back.No one will ever understand what that witch did to me that day. I knew that I was out of control, hurting my own people because I couldn’t stop myself.But did I really deserve to lose my son beca
Some Months Later. . .Time is getting closer. I have around a week to save Anja, and I still haven’t worked out how to do that. She’s so out of control that the whole city is coming down around me.The Elders are on my case to contain Anja, while my people are terrified of what their Queen will do next. My pack will end in rack and ruin at this rate, and it won’t be long before my enemies swarm in.I have dozens wanting to take Anja from me. Many of whom would use her powers for their own ends, just as my cubs informed me.I am doing everything in my power to keep Anja safe, but it’s not easy. Anja fights me on everything, and just one person disagrees with her, and she ends their lives as if they were nothing.I feel as though I’m being pulled in ten different directions. The Elders, though they stay in hiding away from Anja, have been on my case to put her down. Like she’s a fucking dog!I know Anja is bringing around the destruction of our pack. But I can’t bring myself to hurt he
On the other hand, Amanda and Leopold felt the mate bond the moment they laid eyes on each other. They sparked in a way no other Kulumi bear ever has, and their love story is one that will last the ages. A woman out of her timeline with the face of another ended up being the King’s, destined mate. Nothing could have been more perfect.“Amanda,” Leopold wraps Amanda in his big arms, lifting her slightly because she’s a foot and half shorter than he is. “My love.”Though I knew Leopold loved Amanda, I never realised how much until this moment. The pale blue and lilac auras swimming around their heads as they kiss tenderly only provides more evidence that they belong together. They’re deeply in love, and nothing could take that away from them, not even death.I understand now why Leopold would never take another wife. He wasn’t and never would be over his true mate.Is it wrong to keep from the King his wife’s true identity?I don’t believe so.Why cause more pain when it won’t change an
I hadn’t heard Brody come into the room, but he’s certainly made his presence known since. “What have you done to my father?”“Brody, stand down,” Leopold waves his hand at his son.“Stand down? She was banished from Kulumi and ended up the damn Queen of Zidiah.”Leopold narrows his eyes, confused by what Brody just said about me being banished from Kulumi. But of course, he would be.“Does the King know she’s here? Or should we be expecting Orrin Dalgaard to bring war down on us?”I get to my feet.Brody is no threat to me, but I won’t have him stand over me, trying to intimidate me.“Orrin knows that I’m here, Brody. No, he wasn’t happy about it, but when I explained why I needed to come, he took a step back.”“Why are you here?” The man who used to be my best friend grinds between his teeth.I take a deep breath before using my vampiric ability to wipe Brody’s memories of who I was to him, just as I did with Leopold.I then explain everything to Brody. Every little thing I told Leo
“It is true, Leopold. But there’s more.” “What more could there be, Anja?” I know this is a lot for Leopold to take in, but he needs to know everything. So, I explain his sister-in-law’s plans to kill his child due to Amanda’s death. Leopold’s eyes widen in shock, and I see the bear within trying to break out. Not once did Leopold blame Dania for what happened. “I’ll kill her!” Leopold roars. ‘Why did you tell him that?!’ Asha screams inside my head. ‘You didn’t need to say anything. You planned to glamour the clan into forgetting who you were here and believing Amanda hadn’t even died. ‘Everything would have been as it always was, but you had to go and spill this shit to the King. Once you’d glamoured everyone, nobody would have wanted to kill Dania. What the hell is wrong with you?’ Crap! Asha is correct, but I wasn’t thinking. I am so overly tired, and I’ve used so much power today that I’m starting to slow down. ‘Wipe the memory, Anja! Amanda’s sister was acting due to gri
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