AlisonOur daughter was born six months later on a beautiful sunny day. I would never admit it out loud, but I was relieved that Spenser was now the king and that he had taken over all the heavy lifting in our kingdom. His coronation was a huge success. The pack members who wanted to move were putting in their transfer requests and all around our kingdom there was a low rumble as people started to find their new futures.Some wanted to move from the city to the quieter packs in the small villages, while some of the villagers were using this chance to try their luck in the city. Since everyone was not just a part of our pack, but also part of the smaller packs all over the country, it was a huge deal to move.Spenser and I had to make sure that each little village had an alpha and beta to take care of their needs. We agreed, and I was relieved when my father believed it to be a great idea to name Ralph alpha of the old rogue kingdom. To say that Ralph was shocked was an understatement,
LiamKing of the new world. King of all I surveyed. To say that it was overwhelming was an understatement! I couldn’t show my parents how incredibly scared I was. They had so much faith in me, all I could do was hope that I didn’t disappoint them and that their faith was enough to carry me through. It was a little disappointing not to have recognized my mate on the night of my birthday.My mother made sure all the single females in our entire kingdom were invited. When I didn’t find her, I wondered what it meant, but then uncle Ralph informed me that some of the girls couldn’t make it to the party. That was a huge relief because it meant she might still be out there. I knew that most males didn’t always find their mates the night they turned eighteen.Most of the time, we had to wait a year or two since the females were generally a little younger, but I couldn’t help but feel disappointed. I spent my entire life fighting to make my parents proud of me. I spent my entire life trying to
LouisaI met the king once a long time ago before either of us could tell that we were mates. When our eyes met, and he walked over, I was so flabbergasted that I didn’t even know what to say! I never imagined I could be the king’s mate. People were always talking about the fact that he hadn’t found his mate yet, and I always felt really sad for him, but I never ever imagined I was that special person.I had turned eighteen only a week before the princess. I wasn’t planning on coming to the princess’s birthday at all, but my mother insisted. We didn’t attend many of the royal events, and only joined in with their weekly thing once a month. My parents were omegas, and they never tried out for more. My father believed that he did his best in the old days when the pack was forced to take part in ranked trials and both he and my mother had made peace with their positions in life.My mother always said that she wanted better for me, and I knew she secretly hoped I would be mated to a high-
Helena“Bennie! What are you doing?” I pulled out of his arms, feeling incredibly uncomfortable. I could tell he was my mate. Not because he shouted it for all to hear, but I could feel the bond. What I couldn’t understand was why. Why wait all night until everyone was leaving before showing your face and why the hell did the moon goddess choose one of my closest friends as my destined mate?!“I’m sorry, Helena. Someone misplaced our invitation.” He shrugged, and I rolled my eyes, not believing a word of what he said. I knew him too well. He was probably off hunting and wanted to finish his hunt first. He was one of my closest friends, but he wasn’t very good at keeping time! I had already given up on finding my mate tonight.My hair was hanging loose around my shoulders after I took out the pin that was keeping it all together far too tightly. My shoes were in my left hand since they were really uncomfortable, and I believed the night was over, and I would already have changed into o
Louisa“Okay, so now that my sister has found her mate, I can focus all of my attention on you.” Liam smiled as we made our way into the castle, followed fairly closely by my parents. We were omegas, but my parents still believed in the old ways and until the day the king had officially declared me his mate and marked me, my parents would be chaperoning us everywhere we went.“Tell me what you like to do in your free time.” He smiled, and I felt the burn of the bright blush creeping over my cheeks.“I’m afraid I’m pretty boring.” I shrugged. “I’m nothing like your mother. I wish I was, but if that is what the pack was hoping for, they are going to be disappointed.” He tensed up beside me, but I continued when he kept quiet. “I love to read. Nothing major. Just normal romance novels.”“You do realize that those novels just give you ladies high hopes about real romance.” He frowned, making me laugh.“I know, but a girl can dream, can’t she? Besides, just look at your parents and how the
HelenaI couldn’t even begin to imagine Bennie as a prince, but I also couldn’t imagine living with him away from the palace. Yes, I would have loved to have my little home away from it all with a normal life, but I wasn’t destined to be a normal wolf. Things changed when I turned eighteen. I rolled my eyes at my own thoughts. Who was I trying to kid?Everything changed when I found out that one of my closest friends was in fact my destined mate. That was when things changed. Deep down, I realized, without realizing, I realized it already, that we could actually bring about some of those changes we were discussing while we were at school. We could change the course of so many lives.“I can see the steam coming out of your ears. I’ve told you a million times, you shouldn’t think so hard.” Goosebumps broke out all over my skin as Bennie’s hot breath blew down the side of my neck. We were this close so many times over the years and I never reacted this way. I never felt any of this while
LouisaI knew that the news would spread fast around the kingdom. I just wasn’t prepared for how fast. I spoke to my parents after Liam left, and they were very happy with my decision to accept him. His family was also happy for us when we saw them at breakfast the next morning and things were moving along much faster than I thought they would.By lunchtime, Liam had shown me to my office and I had met all the staff in the castle, some of whom were already asking me questions I wasn’t entirely sure I could answer. Thankfully, Helena and her mother were there to guide me through it with Bennie keeping an amusingly close eye on Helena.The two of them were so funny since they were resisting what was clearly there. They belonged together and, although their friendship might be what was keeping them apart, I believed it was also the very thing that would keep them together.After lunch, Liam and I went for a walk through the gardens and talked about what we both wanted for our futures. We
HelenaThe time was just too short, and we were distracted! Before we could stop it, my heat hit and the entire kingdom was about to go up in flames in my mind. I felt delirious as the pain burned through my body. Bennie and I discussed what could happen, but we just weren’t able to get to that point yet.I wasn’t like my brother. I couldn’t just jump in because the moon goddess whom I had never met decided that Bennie was the right person for me. So, my heat hit when we needed it least, and nearly half of the kingdom ground to a complete halt. Of course, I was oblivious to everything the kingdom had to go through.My mind was showing me images of me and Bennie in positions I never thought we would be in while my body burned as though I was sitting right in the middle of a hellfire.BennieIt was the worst form of torture. I couldn’t leave my room for fear that I might find a way into Helena’s room somehow. My wolf was howling in pain because our mate that was just across the hall was