Chapter 6 - Revalations

Trinity POV

A slight ache pulses down the middle of my head, but it isn’t anywhere close to the agonizing pain I was feeling earlier.  I keep my eyes shut, hoping it will go away.  To my frustrations, the slight ache continues. 

Tentatively, I open my eyes. 

I’m still in the same place as before.  Where exactly is it?  Why am I here?  Am I stuck in some kind of limbo?  Do I need to do something before I can go somewhere else? 

Questions continue to roll through my mind. 

My breath hitches. 

Where is my wolf?  She hasn’t said anything or moved around.  Where is she? 

I couldn’t have been injured so badly that my wolf retreated into the shadows.  An alpha should always hear their wolf, no matter how injured you are. 

Fear washes over me. 

No.  I can’t lose my wolf.  That would be the end of me.

A bright light flashes in front of me. 

I quickly squint and hold my hand out in front of my face, shielding myself. 

The light dims and another image, like before, appears in front of me, or I think it is an image.  I don’t remember seeing the woman before. 

Suddenly, the woman walks towards me. 

My breath hitches again.  Is she real or is this a video of something I don’t remember from my past? 

The woman in a long, flowing white gown has an elegance I haven’t seen before.  She almost seems to float towards me.  Her long blonde hair sways in the breeze, but there isn’t a breeze. 

My heart pounds against my chest.  What is going on?

Her gray eyes shimmer as if there is light shining on them, but there is none.

My mouth instantly goes dry. 

An air of power circles around her as she calmly says, “You are alright.  I won’t let anything happen to you.”  Her angelic voice is smooth and somehow calms my nerves.

I shake my head.  “I don’t feel alright.  My head aches, and I have no clue where I’m at.  For all I know, I’m some prisoner in some far off land.” 

A smile tugs at her mouth, and she shakes her head.  “This isn’t a prison, and I’m not holding you captive.  I’m protecting you and your wolf.”

My lip quivers.  “Where is my wolf?  I can’t sense her, and she isn’t talking.”

Her smile widens.  “I’m protecting her.  Don’t worry.  She will return when she is healed, but not before.  It isn’t safe for her to return until then.”

My legs wobble, and I sway slightly.  This can’t be happening. 

The woman steps closer to me and pats my arm.  A calmness settles over me and my fears fade away.  “You are too important.  I won’t let anything happen to you.  You are destined for great things, along with your mate.”

My mate? 

I tilt my head and stare at her.  “I thought maybe I didn’t have a mate.  Everyone else had found their mate except for me.”

With a sympathetic look, she shakes her head.  “I wouldn’t do that to you.  You are the first female alpha in your pack, and I’m very proud of you.  You desire to have a mate, but not just any mate.  He will appear soon.”

For the first time since waking up in this place, I have something to look forward to.  I have a mate and will meet him soon. 

A wide grin erupts on me. 

I wonder what he looks like.  Is he an alpha of his pack, too?  No.  I’m supposed to rule my pack.  My mate will come to my pack and help me lead everyone. 

A picture of Drake flashes behind the woman, and my heart sinks. 

No.  I’m married. 

My smile morphs into a scowl as a line forms along my forehead.  Now, what am I going to do?  I’ve married another man. 

I was celebrating our marriage before I fell for the stupid trap which got me in this situation. 

Dread washes over me.  Am I going to have to reject my mate?  I don’t want to, but do I have a choice? 

If my wolf was here, she would give me some helpful advice. 

A white wolf walks out from behind the woman and sits down next to her.  The woman scratches the top of the wolf’s head.  “Things aren’t all messed up.  You can stop thinking the worst.”

I shake my head as anger rushes through me.  “How can you say that?  I followed my father’s advice and agreed to an arranged marriage to someone who isn’t my mate.  On my wedding night, I end up falling for a trap because I’m trying to protect my pack, which leaves me in this state.  Whatever this state is.” 

I wave my hands around in the air.  “How can you say things aren’t messed up?  From where I’m standing, things are messed up beyond belief.  The icing on the cake would be if the Lycans have something to do with my attack, but I know my attackers are my own pack members.  I recognized all of them.  The only high point is I managed to kill a couple.  I’m still in shock that any of my pack members would betray not only me but my father, too.  I thought the entire pack was behind my father.”

Sadness fills her eyes.  “Greed can turn the most loyal people into someone you don’t recognize.  There isn’t anything you can do to change it if they put money, power, and titles above everything else.”

I agree.  Luckily, none of my family or friends are like that.  The only one who might be close is my brother, but I can understand his frustrations. 

I nod.  “Greed is horrible.  Sane and rational people turn into crazies all because of it.”

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Lance POV

I march through halls back towards the hospital, letting my frustrations flow into each heavy step, which booms through the halls warning everyone of my presence.  If my thundering footsteps aren’t enough, the deep scowl on my face and the murderous look in my eyes also warn everyone to stay back.  They know me well enough to scurry away. 

My father’s demands keep running through my mind. 

I must settle down and take my rightful place. 

How can I do that without my mate?  I need my queen by my side to rule over the Lycans. 

Our history has countless examples of what happens when the king’s mate isn’t his queen, including several horrendous periods where the king randomly picked someone to be by his side and the queen. 

I can’t do that to the pack or to myself. 

I need to find my mate and make her my queen. 

I burst into the hospital and storm down the hall towards the private room and the injured wolf.  As I get closer to the room, my frustrations slowly fade, and worry sets in.  Is she alright?  Have they figured out who she is?  There can’t be that many blonde werewolves.  She is the only one I know of. 

As I pass the nurse’s station down the hall from my final destination, the doctor, who has been talking to me, calls out.  “Prince.  We have some updates.  Do you want to know what they are?”

My feet instantly stop, and I abruptly turn towards him.  “What is it?  What did you find?”