King Ate POV Mister Jackson has already sent me the details for tonight. The Summer’s will leave the house, just after five pm. We will wait ten minutes before we go in. We have no evidence that Samantha is in there this is why we do not want anyone around while we search. I don't want someone's good name to be tarnished. Kaleb and I are sitting in the bushes in front of the house. We are the lookouts. As soon as they leave I can call the soldiers in. I see the car being backed out of the driveway. I cannot see into the car, so I do not know who is in it. We wait until it was safe before we set out to enter the house. I walked closer to the door with Kaleb right behind me. I opened the door as slowly as possible. We split up and started looking through the house. It was completely empty. Kaleb motioned for me to come closer. "I smell Samantha's scent closes to this door here." He muttered. I look around and see that we are in the basement of the house. Could there be another r
King Ate POV I have been waiting for the past two hours. I do not think that they are coming. “Don’t lose hope. Remember her father is on your side.” Kaleb is drinking up my alcohol. This has been his third glass of whiskey in the past half hour. I wonder when he is going home. We found Samantha; he has no reason to be here anymore. "Slow down. I need you sober when the Jacksons get here." There is a knock on the door. The person on the other side doesn’t even wait for me to answer. Missus Jackson opens up the door and looks at me. She walks in and went to sit down. The hate for me is in her body language. “The only reason I am here is that my husband convinced me it was a good idea to come and listen to you. Now speak.” Missus Jackson crosses her arms over her chest."Now talk. I need to get back to my daughter." I look shocked at Mister Jackson and he just motioned for me to start talking. “The day Samantha disappeared she found out I was her mate. She came here to confront me j
Samantha POV I wake up in an open field. There are trees and flowers surrounding me. A figure in white is walking closer to me. Once the figure comes closer I can see that it is a woman. "Hello, my child. I am so happy you are here." She smiles at me lovingly. "I am sorry, I do not want to sound rude but who are you? Where am I?" I start looking around franticly "I am the moon goddess, my dear. You are currently in my world. We call it the in-between. You are between the living and the dead world. I snatched your soul before it went to the dead world." "Why would you do that?" I ask feeling confused Have I not suffered enough? "It was not your time yet. You still have lots of change to do in this world." She walks closer to me and touches my head. I feel my eyes getting heavy. Darkness is taking over. I open up my eyes. The bright light assaults my eyes. I close it once again. This time I open them up more slowly. Once my eyes adjusted to the light, I could look around more fr
Samantha POV I spent the whole night thinking about what I am going to do. There are so many things that do not make sense. I sent one of the nurses to summon the mighty King Ate. I just hope that he will come soon. It is already past noon when the door to my room finally opens up. “You sent for me?”I look at his face. He has bags under his eyes. “Yes, please sit down. I need to talk to you.” He walked towards the chair on my right side. He sat down and looked at the floor. “I need you to tell me everything.” “After you left my house, I went back to my usual day. I found out that day that someone in the dragon community was responsible for your kidnapping all those years ago. Your family came and we discussed who it may be. Your father came in the next day stating that you were missing. We started looking for you. I decided it was best to call in the werewolves since they can’t track your scent. After a while, I received a message that if I renounce you as my mate that perhaps yo
Samantha POV I have been out of the hospital for about a month now. I haven't seen Ate since the day I asked him to leave. My dragon has been going crazy inside my head. She has been trying to convince me every day to make the effort and go to Ate. I understand what she has been going through, but she needs to realize that I first have other things to work through. How can I be the queen he needs me to be if I do not even know what the right protocols are. This is why I have been locking myself up in my room trying to learn everything about being a dragon queen. My mom has been helping me with the change from a human to a dragon. I can now change flawlessly between my dragon and my human. The first few times have been gruesome. The pain was just so unbearable that I stopped midway through the change and just chang back. Mark has been coming here a lot. He also gave me some very useful information on being part of the pack. I asked him nicely not to tell Ate that he is helping me o
King Ate POV Samantha has been discharged from the hospital. My dragon has been on my ass for not going to her. Today is the day. I honestly can not take my dragon's constant whining in my head. I make my way over to Samantha's house. I have never been this nervous in my life. I knock on the door. There is no answer. Just as I was about to leave the door opens. "Hello, king Ate is there something I can help you with?" she lays against the door frame. She looks cute in her shorts. I guess I need to answer her before she thinks I am a creep. "Is it possible for me to talk to you?" She smiles at me and motioned for me to come in. She closes the door and I follow her into what looks like the living room. "Do you want anything to drink?" She asks. I contemplate while I chose the couch furthest from the door. "Not anything for me right now. Thank you." I look down at my hands. Why do I sound so pathetic speaking to her right now? "What do you want to talk about?" She sat down in fron
King Ate POV I think I made a huge mistake asking Samantha out. I have no idea what she likes. Maybe I should have waited until I actually got to know her. what am I saying, I haven't been on one date in my lifetime? I have never felt it was necessary. It wasn't, not until now. Girls usually throw themselves at me hoping that I would make them my queen. Now I want to make my mate fall in love with me. I don't need to do that. She is a dragon and I think she can feel the pull between us. For the first time ever I want someone to love me for me. I remember the conversation Samantha and I had yesterday. I hope Mark will be able to help me. I pick up my phone and called Mark. "Hey, dude. What's up?" I sigh. He really needs to grow up. "I should be asking you that. I hear you have been hanging out at my mate's house. Is there something I should know about?" The line goes silent for a moment. I try so hard to keep my laugh in. "You know I will never do something like that to you. I hav
Samantha pov I hear my mother calling all the way from the kitchen. I look up at the clock and see that it is already past 7. It is weird for my mother to be up at this time. I walk over to the kitchen and see that she is standing next to a bunch of red flowers. "My, my, dad is feeling romantic today." My mother gives a scoff. "They are not from your father. they are from king Ate." I look at her in disbelief." I am serious, my dear. They are for you. They were delivered with a note and a box." I walk closer and picked up the envelope. The card inside had flowers on it with rose gold printing. It was an invitation to my date with Ate. I couldn't help but giggle. it is so cute. It doesn't say what we will be doing only that I have to be ready at five this evening. I hand the card to my mother who looks at me in disbelief. Next, I open up the box. Inside was the most elegant dress I have ever seen. It has a heart neckline with lace all the way to the bottom. The bodice also has s
Wedding in Ate POVI don't know why, but I feel nervous, so nervous that it feels like I need to throw up. The wedding march has begone and I see Samantha and her father walking hand in hand.The sight of Samantha made my heart soar. The dress looks like it was made for her.I was so mesmerized that I only felt it when Mister Jackson placed Samantha's hand in mine."Do you willingly give your daughter to this man?" The elder asked her father and he replied with a yes. Samantha and I turned towards the elder.The elder kept drowning on about the love that Samantha and I have. I wished he would just finish up. I have plans for me and Samantha.Mark came forward and placed the rings in my hand. He gave me a wink and went to sit back down."Samantha. I knew you were special since the moment I laid my eyes on you. My dragon and I couldn't understand what was going on. It sounds weird, but I am glad that Mark bought you because if he didn't we wouldn't have found each other. I vow to love y
Samantha POVIt has been a week since I found out that I am pregnant. I have had to struggle with the decision of how to tell Ate that I am pregnant.I left hints all over and have talked to him about kids. His exact words were that he has never thought about kids. He did tell me that he would love to have kids with me and that is where I was starting to feel guilty. Here I was not knowing what we are going to do and he is so sure of himself. This is the most basic need of a woman. Why am I not even excited? Perhaps it is because I knew that it would only happen way out in the future.I made my way to my mother where she is setting up for our daily lunch break. I made a point to include Joan. She has never felt a mother's love and now she can get all the love that she deserves.Ate went to her old master and made him an offer that he just couldn't refuse, now she is an honorary member of our family.Ate insisted that I take time to relax between my busy schedule. He didn't want me to
A few months later.Samantha POVI woke up this morning with a major headache. It was not unusual since I have been under a lot of stress. I have been helping out a lot at the new orphanage.You only see the glamorized side of things, but never truly see the soul-crushing side of being a queen.My mom and dad did eventually move in with us. My mother took over the castle duties. She is now the head of the house. My dad still goes to work.I walk to the dining room where everyone is already waiting for me.I opened up the door and was met by the heavenly smell of eggs and bacon. It was my go-to breakfast food in the morning. I rarely eat anything in the afternoon so I try to eat as much as I can in the morning.I kissed everyone good morning and went to sit on the right of Ate. I took my first bite savouring the taste when it bubbled back up.I ran as fast as I could to the bathroom and just in time I kneeled over the toilet.Food has never made me sick. My mother came rushing in after
Samantha POVI gasped as we made our way into the ballroom for the first time. My mom made sure to keep everything a secret. The only thing I had the opportunity to be a part of was the colour scheme. The rest was all my mother and some of the employees. I didn't even have the chance to pick the food.There were white centre pieces with splashes of red and black all around. When you look up to the ceiling there are glass bottles filled with tea lights. The plates were red and black. The centrepieces had white, black and red flowers. The candles give a soft glow to the room. On each table, there are two lanterns which only brighten up the place even more.Ate and I made our way to the bride's table. The plates here have a gold rim around them. There are also three flower centrepieces, with the lanterns placed between them.The bride's table was placed in such a way that we were facing the guests.We sat down and waited for the rest of the wedding guests to be seated. There were not a
Samantha POV With the wedding over and done with, it is now time for my initiation ceremony. My mom pulled me into a room. I walk closer to the mirror. True to my mother's words, there are no black tear streaks on my face. I did not need to touch up my make-up. This will save me a few minutes in the long run. My mom helped me take off my shoes and veil. I still don't know why I have to do the initiation ceremony barefoot. We only have a few minutes before I need to get back out there. My mom propped a plate full of food into my hands and told me to eat. "Mom, why are you so adamant that I eat? I am not even hungry." I say taking a bite from one of the crackers. I know there is no use in arguing with her. "I know you are not hungry. I want you to eat because I wished someone did that for me when I got married. When your father and I got married, I was so stressed and busy that I forgot to eat. Halfway through the ceremony, I passed out. It was so embarrassing that I promised mysel
Samantha POV The day of our wedding has arrived. My parents insisted that I needed to sleep at their house since the groom was not allowed to see me the night before the wedding. I did not sleep a wink last night. I kept rolling around wondering what Ate was up to. We tried to sneak in some facetime but my mother took my phone. I am currently waiting on the glam squad as my mother dubbed them. They are a part of the castle employees that will help me get ready in the future for all the events that I need to go to. I finished up my breakfast that my mother insisted on when the doorbell rings. I stand up to open it p but my mother has beaten me to it. The glam squad has arrived and it was time for me to get ready. It took June and Avery four hours to do my make-up and hair. It was the worst experience of my life. Next time I will get ready by myself. I hate people dotting on me. My mom helped me get into my dress after June and Avery left. "Mom will you please stop. You are goin
Samantha Pov Things have barely slowed down after Ate asked to marry me. I nearly had a heart attack when I heard what his timeline is. We decided to hold our wedding and my initiation ceremony on the same day, that way we can have more time to plan the other ceremony. First, I thought that it would be easy since both ceremonies would be held on the same day, but boy was I wrong. There is so much planning that needs to be done. I am thankful that my parents are helping me. same with the castle staff. One thing that I did plan was that I am going to wear the same dress at both ceremonies. It will save us time and money. That is what I am currently doing. I am in search of the perfect wedding dress. My mom and dad came with me, but I can feel the void in my heart. I wish Joan was here. This is something that we planned on doing together. we always knew that we wanted each as our made of honour. we were even planning to wait until the others aged out of the slave market before we
Samantha POV I woke up to the click of the door closing. I wonder who was just in my room. If I find the creep who stared at me, I will kill him. This is the privacy of my room. I stand up in anger to run after the creep when my eye caught something on the table in front of my bed. It was a box wrapped in gold gift paper. There was also a blue ribbon wrapped around it. I made my way towards the gift. On top, there was an envelope and I knew at that moment exactly who the creep was. The only person that will leave me a gift is Ate. I opened up the envelope and it was just a piece of paper. The previous present was accompanied by an invitation. This is so much more personal. I wonder what Ate has in store for this evening. I start reading the letter as soon as I opened it up. Samantha, my love. I know this is no invite, but I want to ask you if you would like to join me in the garden at five? I have a surprise for you. I love you. Ate. I don't know why, but every time he tells
Ate Samantha finally left after telling me about her meeting at the orphanage. I could see that she knew something was off with me, but all things considered, I think I kept my composure. I feel so guilty for keeping secrets from her, but it is for the best. This is one secret I am willing to keep for as long as I possibly can. The look in Samantha's eyes when she told me that she didn't need Mark to babysit her was priceless. I knew she didn't need someone to look after her. Mark only went along to keep her away from the castle for as long as he could. I make my way towards the kitchen where all the preparation is being made. The head chef saw me and made his way toward me. "How can I help you, my king?" He asks bowing in front of me. "I was checking in? How far along are you?" I start walking around looking at all the food that was prepared. "We are just putting the finishing touches on everything. The queen will love everything that was prepared. The table outside in the gar