After dressing in a black, calf-length dress, and a pair of black, ankle boots, I put my hair in a high ponytail, just so I wouldn't have to mess with it. I put on a little eye liner and a clear lip gloss. Conri growled as I was finishing up. I said, "Something wrong with what I'm wearing?" He said, "Absolutely not. I just really like the way that dress hugs your breasts." I laugh and walk close to him. I said, "It's all for you, and only you." He pulled me closer and said, "Mine." I laughed and said, "Come on, my Prince. We have a meeting to go to."
When we walked into the main hall, I was immediately bombarded into a hug. "Hi mom," I laughed. She said, "Oh, my baby. I'm so proud of you. You should see the turnout in the hall." I said, "I hope it's everyone." She said, "Pretty much. I also brought Nico along. He needs to be here." I said, "I was hoping you would. I will show you our wing when we're done with this dinner and meeting." She said, "That would be awesome!"
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After the meeting, Conri and I took my parents and Nico on a tour of our wing of the castle. I took them to the gym, and King Fenris walked in. He said, "Your daughter has taught me a few things. Not just fighting techniques either. She also showed me what I was doing to keep injuring my hamstring, and she showed me how to avoid it." Dad put his arm over my shoulder and said, "That's my girl." Then mom put her arm around my waist and said, "Please; if you would've had your way, she would've never learned to fight. That's MY girl." I rolled my eyes, "They've had this argument since I was ten and started training with the warriors." Conri and King Fenris laughed as Conri said, "She may be your girl, but that's MY baby," and pulled me away from both of them." They all laughed while I rolled my eyes again. When we got to the sitting room, Queen Eden was talking with Queen Nina. We all sat down as Queen Eden said, "Ashina, you really need to watch yourself tomorrow. Okay? There a
We all stood, held hands, and blinked. Miranda opened her eyes and almost started screaming. "TOY STORE," she yelled. I laughed and said, "You get to choose three things that you have always wanted." She hugged me tightly and said, "Thank you Princess!" I said, "You are very welcome. Let's get you those items you've always wanted." We walked around the store and she found two of the items she always wanted, a huge dollhouse and a bike. I laughed when Ezram sighed, "Of course she would pick the two most awkward things to carry. I laughed and said, "Let me see about getting a car." I mind linked Conri to get a car in front of the toy store. He said, "Be there in five." I said, "Conri will have a car in front of the store in five minutes. It ended up being three minutes, and Conri was driving. I smiled, "I thought you were going to work on your paperwork." He smiled back at me, "I can't concentrate with you not there." I just shook my head. I walked back into the store an
I laughed and said, "You like it?" He jumped out of his seat and was in front of me, holding my hands in a heartbeat. He said, "If I had seen you in this on your birthday, there is no way we would've made it to the party. I don't want to go anywhere now. I want to take you straight to our room. Or even throw you on that couch." I gave him a glare and he held up his hands saying, "But I promised I would take you out on a date, so that's what we will do. I just can't guarantee how long my wolf will be able to stay put." I laughed, "You will be fine. Nyla is helping him stay calm." "If you say so," he said while shaking his head and running his hands up and down my sides, "Damn, woman, you are hot!" I laughed and said, "Yours is the only opinion that matters to me. I'm glad you like the outfit." He said, "Do me a favor, try to stay close to me. I will do anything you want me to, just stay close to me." I smiled, "I wouldn't want to be away from you. And you look very hot tonigh
Conri POV "What the fuck just happened," I yell at all of her guards, then I look at my mate and see her hold her stomach, pull her hand back and she's bleeding! I run to her and catch her before she hits the ground. Her guards scatter as they start looking for the shooter. Dear Goddess, you can't take her away from me yet! Ash opened her eyes, just a little, and said, "I will be okay. This is not our ending," and she went unconscious in my arms. I jumped in the SUV that some of the guards were riding in and told four guards to come with us to the pack hospital. They jumped in while I held my mate in the back seat. I was so close to losing my shit when Trina, her closest ally besides me, said, "She's going to be pissed that there is a hole and blood on that dress." I c
Conri POV I walked into the room, and my heart almost stopped. I never thought I would see my badass mate in this condition. She's laying on her back, she is hooked up to so many machines, there is no way she can be comfortable. I am thankful she's breathing on her own, so I don't have to see her with the tube down her throat, but there is a tube going up her nose. I asked the doctor why and he said, "Some of the silver is in her stomach. We have to filter it out with liquid charcoal. Hopefully we won't have to do it much more. It doesn't taste good, and she makes it very obvious that she doesn't like it." I said, "Does she fight it?" He nodded and I smiled. "She fights anything she feels threatened by. I will talk to her." He said, "That's the best thing you ca
Ashina POV Everyone in the room, including me, started laughing. Chloe said, "Lady, you sure know how to scare the shit out of us!" I looked next to Conri, and it was Chloe! I held out my arms and hugged her as I said, "Chloe! Do I really need to damn near die to get you to come see me?" We both laughed; well, I tried to laugh, but it came out as a groan. Fuck! That hurt. Chloe cringed, "I'm sorry." Conri said, "You can thank Prince Aidinth for bringing you around. He offered a vial of his blood to get all the silver out of your body." I said, "Thank you so much, Prince Aidinth." I looked around and said, "Was I really that close to death?" Conri said, "You were pretty out of it. Mostly because you lost a lot of blood. There was quite a bit of silve
The doctor said, "I will do that, my prince. I swear, I had no idea this would happen." I said, "You have nothing to worry about. My grandmother already told me that I have one of the best doctors in the country looking after me." The doctor blushed and said, "While I do appreciate her vote of confidence, I believe she and I are pretty even. She may even be a smidge better." I chuckled and said, "Regardless, we do need to know who is supposed to be in my room and the nurses that are allowed in here, must be trusted with not only keeping my medical condition confidential, but with not being able to be bribed to kill me." The doctor said, "Good Heavens! We can't have that. We will initiate VIP protocol for you. I'm ashamed to say it hasn't been done yet. But, in my defense, I was busy trying to keep you alive." I nodded and said, "What is VIP protocol?" He said, "We will have only one nurse, on each shift, taking care of you. That nurse will receive triple her normal pay durin
Trina laughed, "No shit! You should've seen how pissed your mom was when they tried to grab her. She put them on their asses faster than any man I've seen, and she almost snapped both their necks at the same time. Your dad was the only one who could stop her. He told her that we needed to question them first." I chuckled, "That's my mom. She's tiny, but mighty." Conri said, "We still have about four hours before the meeting, do you want to take another nap?" I said, "I think so. You're so good to me... far better than I deserve." Then I closed my eyes and fell asleep again. I woke up three hours later with Conri shaking me and asking if I wanted a shower before the meeting. I almost jumped and hugged him. I said, "You know me so well." He laughed, "Trina brought one of my t-shirts for you to lay in. They aren't going to see anything but your face and hair anyway. She also brought your shower gel, shampoo and conditioner. The doctor said you can shower as long as you have hel