The memory flashed vividly in front of my eyes,I’m excited, my 10th birthday was a couple of days ago and as with our Pride, I could now start my warrior training. I practically skip to Man Beatrice’s office and knock on the door and wait patiently even though all I want to do is run in. I wait until I hear Mane Beatrice’s voice,“Come in…”I open the door, enter and while still trying to control my excitement, I walk up and stand in front of Mane Beatrice. She looks at me frowns and hisses,“What do you want?”Excitedly I open my mouth and say,“Mane, I’m 10 now, I can be a warrior.”My excitement along with my smile falls as Mane Beatrice lets out a low chuckle as Nala lets out a loud laugh. I hadn’t even seen Nala sitting on the chaise on the side. Mane Beatrice’s chuckle slowly stops as she sits up straighter and stares at me.“You're 10 and you think you can be a warrior?”“Yes, Mane… You said that when I turned 10, I could start training…”“You think that you can handle becomin
I look at Seraphina as she looks out over the lake and seems to sigh. I follow her gaze to the beautiful sight before us, before looking back at her. A soft smile caresses her lips, she doesn’t look at me as she then says,“The view at this lake is just beautiful…”A light blush forms on her cheeks when she continues,“Me and my mate love coming to this lake. I even believe that a couple of our Vampups were conceived either here on the grass or in the lake itself…”Her aura then seems to change, it's still calming but there is a little more to it. She sighs and says without looking at me,“May I ask what had you so scared?” I take a deep steadying breath and force my now aching body to move so that I am now properly sitting next to her. Hearing that same purr and then feeling that same movement under my skin, fear swamps me again as the realisation that my first shift is coming and then I will go into heat.I look down at the bottle of water in my hand and whisper,“My cat warned me
We were almost back to the castle when a wave of intense rage flowed through me making me freeze and take a sharp breath in. I then hear two soft voices in my head whimper.“Mate…” Without thinking and not knowing how I did it or that I could I close my eyes and take a deep breath. I feel Clara stretch through my body while the mysterious Matilda seems to shift in my mind, calming the rage flooding me, following the path of that rage back to the source.As soon as my mind touches the source, the scent of Oakmoss, Patchouli and Vanilla surrounds me, I take the safety and the calmness that it provides into my heart, embrace it and then with Matilda’s help I send it with my touch.A small smile pulls at my lips as I feel the rage back off and his mind becomes clearer. I’m not sure which one it was or even if I heard him as his scent slightly increases around me and he whispers.“My Love!…” The connection is soon gone but the feeling of him inside me stays and makes me feel less scared,
Still a little confused about what is going on my body seems to know that we have been dismissed and I make my way into Kyria’s room. I notice that Dad is still lying on the other hospital bed and though he seems to be deep in thought and watching Kyria however he isn’t, he is actually asleep a trick he picked up being the Alpha of our Pride.Taking an exhausted breath I walk over to his side and grab the blanket sitting folded at the end of the bed. As I unfold and cover him with the spare blanket I lean down placing a soft kiss on his forehead before I turn and place a kiss on Kyria’s forehead. With my lips still pressed lightly against Kyria’s skin I feel Matilda shift in my mind again, I then feel a little heat build inside me before it seems to pass from my lips and into Kyria making her body seem to relax and her breathing to even out a little more.Once the build-up of whatever it was has completely passed into Kyria, Matilda purrs in my mind happy with the result, disappea
As the Full Blood Moon gets nearer Clara has been stretching more and more under my skin however she keeps reassuring me that she will not shift until our mate is with us, and as she stretches under my skin once more I let my mind wander to Nathaniel.He had marked me to save my life and after we only had a couple of days, if that, together but that was enough to solidify the connection between me and him and make me miss him the longer we are apart. Then the most unwelcome and cruel words of some bitchy warriors from my Pride filters into my head.They had just pulled a young female warrior out of the breeding room, she had bruises all over her body along with blood coming from a split lip and even more trickling down the inside of her thighs. My heart clenched at their laughter as they said.‘With the small amount of time he spent with you, you mean nothing, you were worthless, you were useless and now that he had gone to Mane Beatrice after such a small amount of time meant you had
Being reminded that Nathaniel was a Hybrid and a powerful king makes a shiver of unease run through me. Serenity pats her hand on my arm, her smile falls as she looks at me before pulling me to a stop.“Sorry. I wasn’t trying to scare you. Just give you a heads up. You can do all the training in the world and still not be prepared for what you will have to face as a Royal. But Nathaniel is a good male and is proving to be an exceptional king so you will have nothing to worry about. Just be yourself and if something doesn’t feel right then do it your own way and make it your own. Seraphina did and that is how we now have the Full Blood Moon Ball.”She giggles and pats my arm again before continuing.“I think I’ve scared you enough, not that I intended to do so… Go, browse see what you can find.”She pats my arm once more and walks away. I shake my head, pushing all the fear that is now flooding my mind to the back and start walking. I wander the aisles my mind not truly on the task at
The original Lycans were an evolution of the Werewolf, blessed by the Moon Goddess to be the guardians of the Werewolf species. Lycans were able to shift but walk on two feet instead of four, they were stronger, faster and healed three times faster than a normal werewolf making them better fighters and a more superior version.Just like all the Moon Goddess’s creations, when she created the first Lycans she made mates for them just like anyone else to keep them grounded.For years Lycans protected the werewolves and thrived until the Old Lycan King lost his mate. He then became greedy and when he found out that his only son, the young Lycan Prince's fated mate was an ordinary female werewolf he completely lost himself.The Old Lycan King prohibited them from completing the mating and ordered his son to reject the werewolf female, as the Old Lycan King had arranged for his son to be mated to a pure-blood female Lycan Princess, joining their kingdoms, expanding his own and making his Ki
Kyria squeals as she practically bounces in her spot and grabs my hands making me look at her as she says excitedly,“When? Why are you only telling me now? What’s her name? Did you shift? Is she a Cheetah?”I can’t help but giggle at her, my mood picking up just a little as I say,“Kyria… Kyria… KYRIA! Calm down.”I wait for her to stop bouncing on the spot and look at me. Then I take a deep breath and wait for the lecture. When it doesn’t come I say.“She hasn’t told me what type of cat she is and we haven’t shifted yet. However, her name is Clara. She fully spoke to me the day the King rescued us, though she says that she has been with me for nearly my whole life…”Kyria frowns, I know she is going to give me a lecture for waiting to tell her however I can see something else in her eyes something close to hurt which is confirmed when she asks.“What do you mean? Has she’s been with you all this time? You never told me…”I glance out at the storm before returning my eyes to hers,“I