Kingdom of Alva.
Andrei’s POV
I watched as she got down from the truck, her eyes taking in my Kingdom. Even though her pack was one of the packs at the borders of my Kingdom, I was sure she had never been in my kingdom, not to mention the Royal City.
She was gorgeous, and my eyes took in every movement of her body. It was like her every tune was a key that I was desperate to play.
But gorgeous wasn’t what I needed. I didn’t need someone with a killer face and body when the supernatural world was unstable and going through power struggles. I needed someone who could work with me to take on Dark shifters and witches who were trying to sneak into the Kingdom.
Yet, my wolf pined for her, pined terribly for the weak, starry-eyed girl who could do nothing. She called to me with pure and burning ferocity.
I was used to having control. Being in control of every damn thing, including my wolf and thoughts, but this girl right here that looked around cautiously as she entered the gate to the palace made me want to lunge at her and bury myself in her alluring and irresistible scent.
“Who is she?” Abel, my second brother’s voice rang out behind me. As my brother, I was very familiar with his scent, and so even though I had gotten lost in my thoughts from watching my mate, I knew the moment he climbed up the tower.
“One of the early tributes from the Boz Pack,” I reply, wondering where exactly this little princess intended to go.
“Tributes? Wasn’t the plan to take them out?”
“And why are we getting a princess as a tribute?” He added immediately.
His questions made me turn to look at him, dissatisfied that he was questioning my authority. However, my wolf lurches restlessly when I see the infatuation in his eyes as he gazes at my mate.
My mate.
I realise at that moment that I don’t know what her name is yet.
“And since when was that your call to make?” I question, my tone coming out harsher than I had intended.
Abel senses the hostility as he backs off with his hands raised.
“I don’t have a problem with that. I’m sure you must have your reasons for doing that.” He said sincerely, and I tried to calm my thoughts down.
Besides being brothers, Abel was my best friend.
“Especially not when the tribute is that hot,” Abel adds with a whistle, and I’m on him the next moment before I can blink.
“She’s mine, Abel. Don’t even dare to look at her.” I growl as I flung him to the side.
In a Kingdom full of horny wolves like mine, it would only bring me trouble if I allowed her to wander alone like that. I don’t even bother to look at Abel as I rush down to meet her.
That was enough sightseeing already.
For the past five years since I became the King Alpha, all my men had been anxious to have a Queen. The running of the Kingdom’s internal affairs had been left to some of the Lunas and female daughters of the largest packs in my Kingdom so that I could go about the important matters.
Abel also monitored things every now and then, but with how things were going, I was going to need him back on the team.
Yet, despite all these, the moon goddess had gone ahead to give me a mate that couldn’t even shift on her eighteenth birthday. If perhaps such drastic action like her pack being attacked hadn’t happened, would she have even gotten her transformation?
I hated that my wolf thought she was a perfect match, that it longed to mark his claim on her so the world could know she was for me.
“Where the hell did she walk off to?” I muttered as I looked around where I had seen her last.
In a place she hadn’t been before, you would expect that she would try to stay somewhere I could see her.
‘You left her alone,’ my wolf scolded angrily, and I was certain that if my control over Daiz hadn’t reached a peak level, it would have shifted at this very moment to find my mate.
I wonder what her name is at that moment as I catch a whiff of her scent. And I followed it carefully.
My brows arch in surprise when her scent grows stronger in front of Kern’s palace.
Kern was my youngest brother. The only one that was lucky enough to grow up normal. When tragedy had fallen on our family, Kern had been too young to understand what was happening.
But recently, things had been rocky between us, and he had moved out of the palace to an apartment right outside the palace gates.
I pushed away the thought of how Kern had been recently and focused on the scent that called to me. As my brother, I was very familiar with his scent, and he in no way smelt like a female despite his feminine features.
“Alpha”, a young wolf appeared in front of me, his face not visible with his head bowed low.
“Speak,” I commanded, anxious to get inside Kern’s house.
“First elder demands your presence.” He said, his voice shaky. Clearly, he knew how I would react to such a request.
“When I have some time, I’ll send for him,” I said dismissively. I didn’t get up to this point by bowing my head to just anyone.
Anya’s POVEven if rumours were hardly true, every damn rumour I had heard about the Kingdom of Alva was definitely true. The car had stopped in front of what seemed like a palace. The building was enormous and beautiful.Despite the obvious signs that it had been here for years, time had done nothing to strip it of its beauty.Looking around me at the city where the palace stood, I was surprised at how big his Kingdom was. It was a whole new world entirely. “Hey! Watch where you are going.” A gruff voice makes me snap out of my thoughts. I gulp as I take in the man before me. He’s light-skinned. It was almost like he went out very rarely, and he had quite the feminine features. However, his shirtless upper body, which looked like it deserved a magazine’s front cover, was all I needed to confirm he was indeed a man.“Who are you?” His eyes narrowed as he looked at me with a scrutiny that made me certain that I was a sour thumb that stood out here.I want to say I’m Andrei’s mate, te
Andrei’s POV“Andrei.” Kern and Abel’s voices echo at the same time in my mind. I was certain this had something to do with my mate and how I had reacted to the two of them.If I didn’t get Daiz under control soon enough, it was going to let my brothers know that something was up with me. “Come to my place,” I say, saving them the stress of having to request a meeting. I would let them know my plans for her while making sure they were fine with it. After all, the three of us needed to be on the same page. I smell them the moment they are in front of my house, and I go back downstairs, my wolf becoming restless just as I pass the third floor. “No, we aren’t going there,” I mutter. I don’t trust myself to not touch her, to not strip her naked in a moment and bury myself in her. It had taken every bit of self-control not to lay my hands some hours ago. I could understand why I was losing control over her, with Daiz being unhappy with me not taking action to claim our mate. His mate.
Anya’s POV“And you feel you won’t be a danger to humans with your recent transformation? You take dumb to another level.” He spat rudely. His gaze made me feel worthless and stupid. I understood that after shifting, one had to take some time to be sure they were in total control of their wolf. But I wasn’t asking to walk through those doors and leave for college at this exact moment, and I was almost sure he knew that wasn’t what I meant. “What’s your name?” He asked, surprising me as I searched through my thoughts to see if I had told him my name at any point. “Anya.”‘Andrei is a demon’ is the one thought that runs through my mind as I watch his chest move up and down from his bouts of laughter. “I’m guessing whoever named you had an idea you were going to grow up stupid.” He finally says and stops laughing. And despite all the hate I have taken all my life, nothing could come close to this. I don’t spend another moment at the table as I race up to my room. All the tears I kep
Anya’s POV“The King requests that you come downstairs now,” The woman from yesterday said, and I’m glad I had been thoughtful enough to get dressed the moment I woke up.Clearly, all my prayers to have Andrei die in his sleep had gone unanswered.My dresses were few, and I doubted I would have anything presentable after today. Still, I went down with her in my blue dress. Unlike yesterday, the dining table had two more people. A man with sandy blonde hair was seated on Andrei’s right-hand side with his back view to me, while Kern, who had been nice enough to treat me like a person, was seated on his left. Kern looked up the moment he heard my steps, and his eyes lit up slightly. It was a sharp contrast to how angry Andrei looked every time he saw me. Since it was a long dining table, I sat at the last edge away from them. Andrei shoots a look at me at the same moment the man on his right does, and I wonder if looks were a criterion for getting into their pack. He had sparkling bl
Anya’s POVI flushed red with embarrassment as I took in the girl before me. She was gorgeous with piercing green eyes and looked about four to five years older than me.But there’s no hiding the mean girl energy I was very familiar with if I thought I was free from Kara after leaving my pack.I had judged too early.“Why are you here? Don’t you know that King Andrei doesn’t tolerate maids roaming around his palace?” She continued with her hands placed on her waist.“He brought me here.” “If you want some explanation, you can ask him yourself. I won’t show you the way,” I added, and then, without waiting for her reply, I turned to leave.It was already enough that I had to deal with Andrei treating me like I was dirt under the soles of his feet, but I wasn’t going to let some girl walk here in and walk all over me. “Who brought this bitch here?” The girl cursed out, and I heard the clanking of her heels against the floor.I turned slightly, trying to see if she was leaving from th
Anya’s POVThe moment my back touched the door, I broke down into tears. As lovely as Kern was. I didn’t want to be here.The realisation of the time of person my mate was dawned on me day by day.He had women warming his bed, and I didn’t think I would be any different. Besides, he already stated that it was the only reason he brought me here. To own my body.The necklace on my neck suddenly warmed, and my hands reached for the dazzling beauty between my chest.It felt warm in my palms, like it was trying to comfort me and make me feel better.But I was almost certain that it was just my imagination.“Let me out,” a cold and low voice rang out in my head, and for a split second, my heart skipped a beat until I realised it was my wolf.“I don’t want a weak host. Let me out, Anya.” “You took all the time in the world before revealing yourself, and after you came, you chose the absolute worst person to become your mate.” “And now, you want to leave?” If my wolf were right in front
Anya’s POV“Strip Anya.”His words replayed in my mind repeatedly as I stared at him, my body trembling.This was a joke, right?He wanted me to strip naked? “Unless you want me ripping those clothes off you, you have less than ten seconds to get naked.” “Andrei…” even though some part of me knew that this was all he saw me as I was still unable to follow his instructions.“I don’t remember giving you the right to call my name, mate.” “Since you aren’t ready to learn your lesson, I’ll have some men come in and teach you how to get naked when you are asked to.” “Wait!” I yelled the moment he turned to go. My hands trembled as I stared at his back and went to the rope that held my dress together. After loosening the rope that held the corset together, my dress fell to the floor softly, but I was certain the sound was loud enough for Andrei to pick up as he turned back to look at me. Or rather, my body as his gaze didn’t meet mine, but I could feel their fixated stare on me.“You
Andrei’s POV Fuck the moon goddess. She had to be playing some insane trick on me. On a normal day, I would have been unable to keep myself away from my mate. She was gorgeous and every bit stunning. But she just had to be the last person that could be my Luna. A part of me had hoped that her management skills would at least compensate for her weak wolf. But she had been unable to handle Ariana. That was more than enough to let me know how right I was. Anya was too weak to be my Luna, and tying the both of us together with the mate bond would be a mistake on my part. “Stand up, Anya,” I ordered, annoyed by her huddled position on the floor. From here, I could see the v- outline of her black panties, and my cock throbbed in my pants. “She’s the best mate for me, for us,” Daiz growled within me, and I scoffed. Best mate? Perhaps she had the best body and a very beautiful face. But that was the only strong quality she had. There were too many girls that could satisfy
"Young lady....I just want you to know that you are one of the most powerful healers that I have met in my life. You are definitely the most powerful. And those powers have recently been activated in you. This happens usually when you mate with your mate. Tell me, did you recently mate wiry your mate?" She asked me. I nodded my head shyly when she asked me this. "Actually....we are all her mates. This is something that we are confused about. Is it possible for someone to have more than one mates?" Abel asked. The moon goddess took my palm and started to read it. She had a worried look on her face but then the look relaxed after a few seconds. "Yes. Although it is rare, some healers do have more than one mates. In fact, I have only met one other healer and she only had two mates you have three mates. Since you have mated with all of them, the powers that were sealed inside of you have been activated now. You really need to be careful with what you use your powers for. You have the
ANYAI sat in the living room as Kern handed me a cup of hot tea. Andrei and Abel were both sitting by my side. I had just gone through a traumatic experience and I was still trying to recover from it."Do you want to talk about what happened?" Abel asked me. I nodded my head. I was still scared but I knew that they were worried about me. I had to talk to them so that they at least won't be so worried. "You don't have to tell us if you aren't fit do do it Anya. You have been through something that was clearly very traumatic. You dont have to say anything that you don't want to" Kern comforted me. I shook my head. I wanted to tell them. "I can talk about it. I want to talk about it. Actually, yesterday, after we had sex, I woke up feeling this heat all over my body. I couldn't understand what was going on. Lydia called me just then and I told her what was going on. She told me to come meet her and that she'd be able to help me. She is a healer so I trusted her and went with her. T
ANDREI"Have you found out where she is yet?" I asked Abel as I paced my study. Abel shook his head. "The men I had asked to tail Callum yesterday are still trying to find out where he is. I am sure they are going to have information for me soon!" Abel said. "Am I supposed to just wait here for them to tell us where she is?! What if something happens to her before then? Are you going to take responsibility for it Abel?" I asked him. "You really need to calm down Andrei. You are not the only one who is worried about her. I am also very worried about her wellbeing but we are not going to find her just because you are behaving like this! Are you done looking at the CCTV cameras Kern?" Abel asked. I looked over Kern who was seated in front of a computer looking at security footages. "Yes. I got something. Last night, she had left the house. Someone was actually waiting to pick her up at the front gate yesterday. She seemed to know this person!" Kern said. "Why would Anya leave the h
ANYA"Hey Lucy" I said as I picked up the phone. "How are you doing?" She asked me in a cheerful voice.."I.....I am not okay at all. I feel....I feel a itching on my body. It just gets worse!" I said. I had no idea why I told her..I just had a feeling that she'd be able to help me since the was a healer. "Hmmm....that's strange. Do you think that you can come out? I'll take a look at you and see if I can help you" Lucy said. "Oh. Let me just wake Andrei and the rest....""Andrei? Is that your mate?! You can't tell him that you're coming to see me! Remember that I am running away from most Alphas! I can't let any of them see me!" She said to me. "Oh....okay! I am going to come alone. I feel so terrible!" I said. "I'll wait for you" Lucy said and ended the call. I quickly picked up a coat and left the house. As I left, I could not help but wonder how she knew that Andrei was an Alpha. I never told her this..Did Callum tell her?!.....I woke up feeling a lot better than I had f
ANYA"I am not talking about Callum. I am going to deal with him myself. I am talking about you and Kern. What exactly is going on between you both?" Andrei asked me as he gave me and Kern a suspicious look. My heart sank to my chest when I heard this. Did he figure out something? Or did Kern tell him himself? I knew that we were going to have to come clean to both of them at some point but I was not ready for it yet at all. I had wanted to avoid it for as much as possible. "I don't know what you are talking about. What do you think is going on?" I asked him back, trying to deflate the question but Andrei looked like he was not going to believe me. "Do you think that I am going to fall for that? I can see that there's something going on between both of you. All three of you are keeping something from me. Are you going to tell me the truth or do you want me to find out myself?" He asked me. I looked over at Kern, wanting to know if he had told Andrei anything but he just shook hi
ANDREI"Nothing is going on between us!! Why are you lying?!" Anya asked Callum. He just flashed her a smile. "Don't tell me you have forgotten how we met? Or if you have forgotten, don't tell me that you've forgotten how I got you flowers yesterday. You were holding them so tight yesterday!" He said to her. Anya blushed. But I could tell that she was just embarrassed by him. Callum knew how to be shameless! "You forced me to take them! I did not want anything to do with you or your flowers! You are the one who forced me to take them even though I did not want to! Also, I already threw them away! Stop trying to cause a misunderstanding here!" Anya said. "What? Are you worried that your mate will reject you because of me? You know, this is why I said you are not a good match for him. It would be best if you came to me. He's so cold, and he doesn't know how to treat women right. Why should you be with him? It would be best if you came to me. I'll make sure that you'll never lack any
ANYAI stood still as I glared at Callum. All through the night, I had been haunted by him coming to see me out of nowhere, and I had hoped that he would lose interest in me and not bother me again. But it seemed that my prayers were not answered yesterday because he was the first person I met outside of school immediately as I got out of glasses today. It appeared he had been waiting for me for a long time. He smiled at me as I glared at him even more hatefully. "What do you think you are doing here? What do you hope to gain from all of this?" I asked him. "I think I already told you yesterday, Anya. I like you and want us to explore what is going on between us. I feel like we could make a good mash as long as you can stop being biased against me and give me a fair chance," he said"I think that you have gone completely crazy because that is the only explanation for what is going on here. There is nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing going on between us. Anything you think is
ANDREII sat in the car as Abel drove me to Anya's school. I looked forward to singing, especially since I had not seen her in a long time. I hoped that she would be ready to accept me and our relationship when I saw her. I had done a lot of thinking when she was away, and I realised that I could not let go of her even if it meant I had to share with my brother. She was my mate first, and I did not want to give up on her at all. "So besides that bastard, Callum, who else did Kern say was bothering Anya?" I asked Abel. "He said that a classmate of hers had been picking on her. It had been going on for a long time, even before she got to know us, and it just got worse in the past few weeks because of a guy she likes to be interested in, Anya. A few days ago, a classmate of ours and our friend kidnapped Anya and tried to kill her. However, Kern had stepped in on time, and both girls are already in police custody and awaiting jail now. Their fathers are mighty men in the town, and Kern
ANYA"Why are you laughing? Do you not want to let her go? She doesn't deserve this, you know!" I yelled at Callum. "Is that what she told you?" He asked me. "Yes. That is what she told me! You need to give her some space. She's a good person who was forced to do bad things for you. I know you feel like no one can stop what you want to do and that you are invincible, but you need to let her go, or else there will be consequences!" I said to him. "You know....you are so cute that it's funny!" He said and burst out laughing again."Why are you laughing?! I am being serious here!" I said. Suddenly, Callum stopped laughing as he looked at me seriously. "You really should stop believing people so blindly. You have no idea what you're getting yourself into. And you'll get hurt if you aren't smart about the people you trust!" He said to me. "What are you talking about?" I asked. Something told me that he was earnest this time. But I didn't think that I trusted people unquestioningly.