Chapter 1

Charlotte Petroikias:-

" Happy Birthday, little sister and little brother. Can't believe you guys turned eighteen today." I wished them a happy birthday and heard them groan after they heard me calling them little when all three are of the same age because we are triplets and only children of our parents.

" Look who is speaking, the one who just turned eighteen with us, big sister," Ashrina said, clinking her glass of champagne with mine as we stood in the center of the room where our birthday party was going on full swing. All of the kingdoms from every dimension present were invited to attend our eighteenth birthday today " And, two minutes doesn't make you my elder sister, Char."

" True, but it does make you my little sister," I teased, then looked at my brother " And you, my little brother, Asher."

" I don't mind being the youngest in the family because I enjoy all the perks of being an only son." Asher announced with a wink, " Now, excuse me. I need to go and mingle at the party like our parents asked us to do."

" Already performing your duty as the crown prince of the vampire, little brother?" Ashrina asked Asher with a smirk and spotted our dad, who was calling for her.

" I will join you back, Char. I think King Asheron requires something." Ashrina tells me, placing the empty glass of her champagne on the table, and walks away while I gaze around the party with interest as I am keen on searching for my mate today.

Ashrina, Asher, and I are hopeful about finding our mate because, according to our parents, every supernatural creature finds his/her mate when they turn eighteen, and just like others, we are hopeful too. There is a reason why our parents invited all the kingdoms, so we three can find our mates together.

"Searching for your mate, dear daughter?" my mom, the Queen of the vampires, asked with a grin.

" Yeah," I replied with a chuckle " How does it feel for the first time, mom?"

" First time what?" she asked, confused.

" How does it feel when you look at your mate for the first time?' I asked.

" Well, to be honest, I don't know because I was a human, remember? When your father trapped me in the alley I didn't know anything about the vampire or this mating thing so I am not the right person to answer your question but if it helps then let me telll you even without a single knowledge about vampire or anything I still felt attracted to your father and wanted to give it on to him right then and there."

mom replies going back to the memory lane with a smile on her face with her gaze fixed on dad. They are so madly in love with one another. A perfect match. I want a mate bond like my parents share with one another.

" Mo...What the hell?!" I suddenly shout out so does mom when we see who Asher's mate is " Eleanor is Asher's mate? Our cousin? That is impossible!" I gasped in shock.

" Why is it impossible?" mom asked with a raised brow after calming down with the happiest expression ever on her place," I think it is perfect. My son just found his mate. All this time, his mate was with him, and he was unaware of that. I need to go and congratulate." my mom begins to leave when I stopped her.

"Mom, but she is our cousin. A Petriokias." I reminded her, " There must be a mistake. He must be mistaken."

"No, he is not mistaken. Eleanor and Asher are meant for one another, and there are some secrets kept and will be revealed when the time is right. And I will be joining your father soon, so act like we are talking for the first time about this matter, okay?"

She said and walked away to her son. I took a deep breath, let out a sigh, and headed to my father and my sister, who was looking in the same direction I was looking; I waited for mom to join my father and sister, then I walked forward and joined them as I spoke.

"What am I hearing, mom and dad, Asher's mate is Eleanor?" I asked excitedly and confused at the same time. "I am so happy for him; I wish I find my mate today just like Asher," I wished, placing my hand on my heart when suddenly I heard a very deep, sexy, and masculine voice from behind me, making me still in my place as my heart began to pound inside of my chest in excitement, joy, and happiness, and felt so many unknown emotion running inside of me.

" Mate," the masculine voice growls, referring me as his mate. I turn around and gasped out loud as I look at the tall, hot, handsome, and sexiest man ever alive in the whole world staring at me with his perfect crystal blue eyes.

I got frozen in my place, completely lost in the man, busy checking him out from head to toe. His skin was tan, his hair dark brown like chocolate, and damn, that body was perfectly built as he looked devilishly hot in a three-piece black Armani suit taking my breath away.

"W...Who are you?" I asked my mate, already knowing the answer, because I felt the bond too. My mind and my heart were screaming the mate word too.

" Now, why ask the question when you already know the answer to that, Princess Charlotte Petriokias?" the man asked " And, to answer your question my name is Zacharias Stone and I am the King of the demons and your fathers' age." he answers my question while taking steady steps towards me with a panty-melting smile on his face already doing a good job of making my panties wet with desire for this man " And, you are my beautiful mate who I have been searchinng for more than five hundred years in my life."

" Hey, Zach. My friend. How are you doing, buddy? Long time no see?" my dad asked, pulling Zacharias in a brotherly hug, then looked at me " Charlotte, my dearest daughter, you are so lucky to find a mate like Zacharias. I already approve of him because he happens to be my best friend too." dad announced making my eyes go wide. If he is dad's friend, why didn't I ever see him in the eighteen years of my life?

"I am sorry, but I can't accept him as my mate," I announced to my family, taking all of them by surprise.

"What?" they asked with their mouth hanging open while I walked away, breathing heavily with a lot going on in my mind. No, this can't be happening to me. There must be a mistake. I can't be mated to a five hundred years old demon who has lived for five centuries and fucked; god knows how many women out there. I didn't expect this to happen to me.