CHAPTER 4

Mate!

Alicia and Alice stared at each other and back at the vampire King. The person who raked their life. The one who ordered the death of their parents. The one who took over their land. Their worst nightmare. There he stood in all his handsome glory. Their mate!

The twins had expected him to be some elderly man, the age of their parents. But he wasn't. He was young, handsome, well built, powerful and most importantly, scary!

The vampire King on the other hand had also felt the strong pull. Infact, it was what led him to them. He was not surprised when the direction of their scent changed as they ran towards him. Good enough.

He almost cursed mother nature for mating him with the same people he wanted to kill and take over their land. Wonderful!

Mated to twins! He sure loved a threesome but not with these creatures. He hated them.

The one he suspected was the younger twin, the one who ran to him first, lay on the ground. She looked so weak. He almost laughed and shaked his head. A weak mate was definitely not what he wanted. Not like he was going to accept them as mates anyway. They were his slaves.

The other, whom he assumed to be the elder, stood prouder. Still, he knew she was no match for even the least of his warriors. He wasn't surprised, he heard tales of how their parents pampered them. They were nothing but two spoilt brats.

"My King are you okay?" One of the vampire warriors asked him.

"Shift!" He commanded the twins.

Alice didn't waste a single second. Her body seemed to respond to everything the vampire King said and as much as she hated it, she couldn't stop it. She was way too vulnerable in wolf form and that was why she hated shifting.

"Everyone eyes closed". The vampire King commanded.

In as much as he hated and didn't want to accept them, the fact remained that they were his mates and he didn't want anyone seeing their nakedness.

"Andrew get some clothes". He commanded and the warrior rushed off.

Alice shifted and lay there naked. She felt so embarassed but her wolf was somewhat excited that their mate got to see her naked. Blood dripped from her forehead. She had hit it when she fell.

She turned to look at the vampire King, he was staring at her with those dark eyes of his that she wanted to swim in forever.

"I said shift!" His voice was commanding.

Alice turned to find her sister standing behind her in wolf form. Alicia was always stubborn. Very stubborn. When she was in her wolf form, she was more defiant. Alice looked at her sister's angry face and she seemed to remember the situation of things. It was as if the vampire King had cast some spell on her before.

Alicia was angry. At the vampire King and mostly at her sister. If she had not ran off back into the hands of the vampires, they wouldn't have been screwed. Yet, she still shifted at his first command. Seeing her sister lay there naked in front of this monster made her so angry. She felt a sharp sting in her arm and she turned around to find a syringe stuck in her arm with some weird liquid in it. She tried pulling it out but couldn't. She fell weak to the ground and turned around to find who had injected her. It was a young blonde female vampire. Her body started shifting against her will. She tried fighting it but instead found herself in more pains. She stopped fighting it and she completely shifted to her human form. She pulled out the syringe and threw it away.

"Alicia are you okay?" Alice said and rushed up to her sister.

"I'm fine just weak". Alicia responded.

"What did you inject my sister with, you bastard blood sucking monster?" Alicia charged towards the vampire King.

The blonde female vampire met her halfway and wrapped her fingers around Alice's neck. Her nails were long and painted red. They poked into Alice's neck.

Alice wiggled in the vampire's grasp. The vampire's lips were painted red, she was chewing a bubble gum which she blew in Alice's face.

"You had better behave yourself weakling. It's a shame you're an Alpha's daughter. Oops my my. I forgot you're no more that. Daddy is far away in the land of the dead. You're now a pathetic and weak slave". The blonde mocked, feigning pity.

"Act like one!" She said and threw Alice to the ground beside her sister.

"I'm sorry...." Alice whimpered.

"You had better be". Alicia mouthed softly.

Whatever liquid that blonde had injected her with had really weakened her. Paralyzed her infact.

The vampire King threw two big shirts at them.

"Put it on!" He commanded them.

Alice quickly put hers on fearfully and helped her sister into hers.

"Take them back!" The King commanded.

It was then the twins realized they were still in the middle of vampire warriors. They all opened their eyes. The twins couldn't fight the feeling of embarrassment at the thought that the warriors might have peeped at their nakedness.

They found themselves being dragged away and dumped in their pack prison. A prison that was meant for rouges, which they never visited, was where they were found themselves in.

They wept after the doors were shut close. They regretted their past. Regretted their refusal to train. Regretted their refusal to be familiar with the whole pack in and out.

But was it their fault that they were born with a silver spoon in their mouth? Was it their fault that vampires, wolves and humans were in such peaceful coexistence that they found no need to brace themselves for battle? Is it their fault that they were now mated to their nightmare?

No! It was not their fault. It was that of the moon goddess. She was at fault for locking up their mother's womb for 20 years. They would have not been pampered so much. It was all the moon goddess' fault. Now she had paired them to their captor.

On a second thought, it may be a way for them to be free. They knew the vampire King had felt the mate bond. He knew they were his mate. He can't hurt his mates or were they wrong?

"Do you think he would spare us as his mates? He definitely won't hurt his mates right?" Alice spoke up the thought that had been bothering them both.

"Look at me and tell me the answer". Alicia whispered.

She was slowly but surely getting back her strength.

Alice rushed and hugged her sister close to her chest. They sat there crying till nightfall.

Meanwhile, Bill, the head of security and some members of the pack had successfully escaped. A few had been captured.

"We never should have let them both go together. They should have at least been paired with someone who knows the lands better". One of the pack member that was with Bill said. They had heard news that the Alpha's twins had been captured.

"Is it our faults that the late Alpha and Luna had spoilt them so much that they knew nothing about the pack?" Another spoke up.

"Are you blaspheming against the late Alpha and Luna?" The first said in disbelief.

"I'm just stating out the obvious". The second said with a shrug.

"It's not time to push blames". Bill said.

"We need to go back for them. They're weak and no way for them to escape". The first said.

"And we're weaker!" Bill immediately stated.

"We can't go back. The vampires will capture us again and possibly kill us for even trying to escape in the first place. Will we be able to rescue them when we are dead or enslaved? Let them stay there and fend for themselves for once in their lives. Fight for themselves. It will help them grow stronger. What we do is gather ourselves, train ourselves, grow stronger. With the help of the board, we go back and take back our land!" Bill concluded and all three of them nodded.

Back in knighthood pack, the vampire King was in the late Alpha and Luna's room searching everywhere for what had brought him there in the first place.

"Are you okay baby?" The blonde from before slurred and hugged him by his waist.

"You know it's pretty disgusting when you do that right? You're my sister for crying out loud!" He said with a serious face.

"But I love being disgusting". She said with a pout, checking her nails.

He looked at her and shaked his head before continuing his search.

"Is it about those two weaklings?" She asked.

"They're my mate!" He pointed out

"My my! Someone grew a soft spot". She teased.

"Sasha! I've not grown a soft spot!" He said with a tone of defiance.

"But you just defended them". She pointed out.

He was in front of her in a jiffy. His right fingers wrapped around her neck, tight, but not enough to choke her.

"Calm down brother". She said, patting his hand that was on her throat.

"Are you gonna help me to search or not?" He asked her.

"I will. But a quick advice. Don't you think we should take them back to our Kingdom tomorrow? We can send our warriors to do the search. That way, they won't be able to ever escape". Sasha suggested.

"They can never escape from me". He said through gritted teeth.

"Someone doesn't want to miss his mates huh!" She teased him and his grip on her neck tightened.

"Oops. Don't be an angry King, big brother!" She slurred.

"I can never accept them as mine". He said in a tone of finality and he meant it.

They were his slave!