Narrator
It was her birth week. The whole palace was preparing for the big day. Everyone in the whole kingdom was excited about it. After all, it is something big when the heir to the throne turns eighteen. Then, some of the royal duties and secrets will be shared with her. She will be slowly taking over the throne and by the time she turns 20, she would be ready to be crowned as queen. The other thing is, she will be hopefully finding a loved one, which is a big deal for them.
The whole kingdom was preparing for that. Everyone was trying to do something and be part of the huge day. Well, everyone except Carol. She wished she could make the time stop. She hoped that she could plead with her dad so that she could skip the ceremony and choose not to find her destined mate. She was not ready to find him. She didn’t want to be prepared. She wanted to be able to choose. But she k
David pov. “Mate!!! Mate!!!” Finn kept chanting in my mind. “She is our mate!” his words repeated in my mind. What in the world..... She smiled at me and averted her gaze, as if nothing had happened. She smiled at the gathered crowd, which consisted of several unmated young vampires. Of course she wouldn’t feel the bond like this. She would only realise the bond by touch. Finn growled possessively. “Grab her. Claim her. She is ours. Those unmated vampires are ogling her. I want to pluck their eyes off their sockets!!!” he kept growling, baring his teeth. He was right. Many males present in the gathering were gawking at their princess. How dare they? They have no right to look at her like that. She is their princess, th
David pov “Mate....” she whispered back and visibly leaned into my touch, her lips slowly curving into a sweet smile. The wonderful sparks of the mate bond erupted upon our skin contacting and I couldn’t stop myself from grinning at her. Her enchanting smile was a constant on her rouge lips, and my heart which was rapidly beating the whole time, suddenly melted away. Finn was bouncing in joy and punching his fist in the air, elevated that his mate had accepted him. “David? It was you the whole time?” she asked, in a hushed tone. Maintaining eye contact, she placed her soft hands on mine which was still on her cheeks. My thumbs traced her full lips, which I suddenly found very interesting. “What is the meaning of this?” the king’s voice boomed across the hall, echoing and taking me o
narrator. David was taken to the dungeons and locked up in a cell that was specially prepared for prisoners captured from war. The soldiers strapped each hand to the silver chains that were attached to the wall of the cell, which surprised them because it didn’t burn his skin as they expected it to. David was smirking at them the whole time. “Doesn’t this hurt him?” one of them murmured. “I wonder if this is real silver.” Another one replied, scratching his head in confusion. “Just strap him up. Silver or not, he won’t be able to get away from this.” One of them urged, making David's smirk grow wider. Laughing to himself, he sat on the cold concrete floor when they were done locking him up. But right before they left him alone, one of them glanced at his face and noticed that their prison
David pov. “That hurt.” I muttered to myself as I leaned against the cold dungeon walls. These cells were colder and darker than the palace but with my wolf vision, I was able to see my surroundings. The cell was enough to fit in three or four inmates but there was just one chain on the wall. This cell was completely empty other than that. I suppose this was designed for the sole purpose of torturing their prisoners. The walls consisted of large bricks that seemed to have aged. I noticed small bugs and insects crawling across the floor and the walls. Some of them kept disappearing into small holes and cracks in the walls. The foul smell of the place, which possibly meant that this place had not been cleaned that often, made it difficult to breathe. I wrinkled my nose as I caught a whiff of a pungent smell. “Is that wolfsbane I smell?” I asked Finn.
Carol pov I loved how the sparks exploded each time our skin contacted. It gave me a weird sensation each time. Those sparks would tingle, giving a completely new feeling of pleasure to me, something which I had never felt before. Something I was already in love with. It was like a drug. With each touch, it only got better. I kept yearning for more. And after that brief kiss, I felt as if I wanted more. If that was what a simple kiss could do, I wonder what our marks could do to us. I suppose we would be inseparable. Perhaps that was the whole reason why daddy wanted me to find my beloved. And maybe that was the reason that even after years my mother died, he just couldn’t find anyone else as a life partner. I snuggled into his chest and sighed in content. A small chuckle escaped my lips as I thought of how shocked he looked when I kissed him. He looked so cute and inn
Narrator Meanwhile down in the dungeon, David was left alone with Carol’s father, the vampire king. While the king contemplated on whether he really should talk to David, the last words his daughter left him with replayed in his mind. “Daddy. I love you so much. But.... David is my future. And if you speak with him, I’m sure that you will realise that he really is innocent. And if he suffers any more of those beatings, I promise you daddy, you will not see me again.” He could see how hurt and broken she looked. Her face, which was usually lively and joyful, was flushed and red with fury and the pain she felt from what had happened. She had tried her best to hold back her tears and sobs, which she had failed to hide from her father. “S...sire....” his thoughts were disturbed by
Narrator David stared at king Richard. He was not surprised. In fact, he would expect those elders to do something stupid like that. King Richard studied David’s demeanour and realised that his courage was not wavering. He stood tall and proud and stared right into his eyes. There was not even a hint of deception in David’s baby blue eyes. His mouth was paused in a grim line while his eyebrows were wrinkled together in a deep frown. He didn’t look like someone who would try to deceive anyone. He expected David to scream and deny the king’s allegations. He wanted to see him protest against the injustice he had faced. At least he thought that David would voice his rights when he was locked upBut none of that happened, the vampire king felt his anger slowly dissipate. He knew David was being patient. King Richard sighed and continued with his little speech.
David pov I followed Carol’s father out of the dungeons and towards the palace. Euphoric feelings were making my heart flutter. It felt so good to know that I was no longer a prisoner, after being confined unjustly. Yes, I was retrained just for a few hours. And they were only able to do that because I let them. I could have easily broken free from their dungeon easily but I didn’t want to. I may be a powerful lycan, but still, it was painful when I was being beaten up. I never thought that my beautiful little gem would feel those beatings. I will never let anyone beat me ever again. I don’t want her to feel any pain. I want her to be pampered. I want her to feel loved. Because she deserved all the good things in life. After I was forced to leave my pack, I would have led my life thinking that I would never be loved ever again. That I am not worthy of being wanted or affecti