Dylan POV.
I wandered the corridors straight to the lunch hall.
All the people I would normally hang out with we're all mated so I grabbed my lunch quickly, and sat down at the end of the human table. Let me lay the lunch hall out for you.
On one side of the room you have two long rows of tables, with simple benches that make it look like prison, on the other side of the room you have multiple round tables with fancy chairs. Yup you get it. The humans sit at the prison tables and the wolves and traitors sit on the fancy tables, they get fancy food, fancy drink and most importantly they get pudding. what I would give to have some pudding.
"Dylan can we just talk?" Nick quickly took the spot next to me as he set his lunch tray down. I looked at his food which had been placed on a ceramic, circular white plate. God that looked good. I sighed knowing he was going to talk anyway.
"Fine, you have two minutes." I used my fork to take a bit of pasta off his plate and shoved it into my mouth. God that was good.
"After I left school, I was taken to the pack house with Arya, and I really got to know her. It took a few days for me to finally accept being with her, but ever since life has been ok, and the sex... well that's a whole other story." Eww, I didn't need that mental image in my head.
"I'm glad your happy." I stated before deciding I had no appetite. His face held shock before he sighed in relief.
"That means a lot Dylan, I mean you know that your opinion matters to me." I cut him off before he could say anything else.
"I said I was glad your happy. I didn't say I approved of what you've done. You've basically turned into one of THEM, I can't ever forgive you for that." He looked hurt, but I couldn't care less about his feelings.
He placed his hand gently on my arm and went to open his mouth when a growl sounded out. All heads whipped to where it came from, Arya was stood holding a glass of soda and a plate, she was looking right at me and Nick and I would totally be dead if looks could kill. Nick quickly retracted his hand, his whole face fell and you could see sorrow flood his irises.
"You sit with me now, get away from that, that... scum!" Wow, Nick was such a lucky guy. NOT.
"You heard her. Get away from me, go sit with your new friends. I'm happy for you, and I understand where your coming from, but don't come up to me again and pretend you didn't betray your own kind. Don't pretend you didn't betray me." I shoved a little bit of food into my mouth before standing up and walking out of the cafeteria, leaving my tray on the table.
I was walking through the hallway to the classroom, you see I decided to spend lunch with Mr Foley in his room, when I happened to hear voices in the corridor.
"Is it wise for her to actually be present when the king arrives? Surely she could be placed in the dungeons, it might actually teach her some respect?" My principal was speaking to the alpha of our district, huh, if I stayed and listened do you think they'd notice, maybe they could smell me?!
"Everyone is to be present, if the Riley girl does one thing out of line she will be dealt with severely, child or not. That girl has been a blight to the district since day one, she's dangerous, if she puts one hair out of place I will personally break her into submission." Oh shit, they were talking about me specifically, and they mentioned the dungeon, that's not been used in months. Normally I would have listened in more but something about the entire situation didn't sit right with me, all of a sudden, I was on edge, and simply wasn't interested in the slightest in hearing how my misery was to be enhanced.
I backed up slightly before turning around and bumping head first into one of the hottest man I had ever seen. I lost my balance immediately and fell straight on to the floor letting out a small grumble in the process.
His eyebrows knitted together quickly and his breath hitched in his throat as he looked upon my fallen state and gasped. "Mate!" He whispered, his eyes fixated on mine. Now, I had seen and heard that many times to know what that means, I gasped before taking a step back.
'No, no, no, no, no. This can not be happening.' He growled slightly before stepping towards me, I however didn't give him time to do anything else as I quickly took off, back down the hall and towards the cafeteria. His growls reverted off the walls and probably had half the school wondering what was going on, it terrified me to no end as I made my way to the double doors leading to where lunch was held.
With my breathing slightly erratic I entered the dining hall. I was slightly praying he wasn't following me when I lifted my head to find the entire cafeteria staring at me in shock due to my sudden intrusion, you could tell that everyone almost instantly knew I was the cause of the large growl.
I didn't pay it any mind, by now everyone should be used to me doing stuff like this, after all I am always in trouble. I simply walked over to the human tables once more and sat down. Keeping my eyes firmly on the door Incase that stupid wolf decided to come and find me, much to my surprise and confusion he didn't enter after me.
The second the lunch bell chimed everyone began to exit the lunch hall. I quickly shot to my feet and walked towards the door, joining the masses of human students to try and cover my scent slightly.
I headed straight for Mrs Matthews room where our next lesson was taking place and walked in. Everyone was fixing themselves to appear neat and proper for the royal meeting.
"Ok, everyone. As you know or may have heard the king arrived at the school during lunch and in 5 minutes you'll be expected to be in your lines with your head bowed, your clothing should be straightened out and your manners exemplary." She then took out a small compact mirror and began fixing her makeup while everyone else sorted their hair and outfits out. I was the only one who was sat down not bothering about my appearance.
My legs were on top of the table while my head was leant back over the chair I was on, my hair was left down, and was undoubtedly knotted by now, you could clearly tell I was a lot less than thrilled at the revelation of the king's arrival. After the classes quick fixes we were led to the very long corridor, every single wolf and human at the school were lined up in two lines, all the wolves on one side with their formal dresses and the humans on the other side.
The king clearly was the man with the crown on his head, standing next to our principal, right towards the end of the hall. something about him seemed familiar, I can't have seen him before surely, he never makes public appearances.
The king began to travel up the two lines greeting everyone in the hall. He stopped at the alpha twins and spoke to them slightly before continuing down the line.
All was going well until Barbara a girl who was stood next to me, decided she needed to fucking sneeze. The kings head shot to towards us so suddenly that I'm surprised he didn't get whiplash, his eyes widened dramatically as he made and kept eye contact with me, his breath hitched in his throat, as the rest of the wolves and humans looked between me and the king. Mine and Barbara's head instantly bowed out of respect for the royal wolf.
"Mate!" My eyes bulged out of my head as I snapped up to regard the guy who is obviously the king. His eyes were locked on mine as he began to advance very quickly. Oh great. That's why he looked familiar, he was the same guy who I bumped into only an hour or two before hand. The one who claimed I was his mate...
Oh... SHIT!
Dylan POV.I took a small step backwards causing a small growl to come from the kings chest. I took another step back and he stopped in his tracks staring at my form. His eyes raked up and down my body landing on my bare arms, he frowned at my uniform then turned to our principal to say something. I didn't hear what he said but I used his distraction as an opportunity to run. I quickly turned on my heels and began sprinting down the hall, Another loud growl shot through the school, so much so that you could almost feel the lockers shaking. The only thing coursing through me was fear. I ran straight to the window, and quickly began fumbling with the lock, I opened the window and went to jump out, unsure about where I would go, or even if I would survive the fall, however my foot was caught by two of the kings men, my front slammed onto the floor and my hands slapped the wooden tiles as I went down, letting an audible 'Ooof' leave me, and they dragged me by my ankles back to the hall
Dylan POV. There I was in front of the entire schools population, the royal gamma, the royal beta and finally the alpha king who claims I am his mate! Could have fooled me. “What did you just say?!” Anger was pouring out of the king a gasp left me when I saw his claws and teeth elongate. “Words!” I said it so quietly I didn’t think anyone would have been able to hear it I was trying to be discrete and filtered for once but I guess it didn’t come out quiet. The wolves within hearing distance gasped and before I could comprehend what had happened the back of the kings hand snapped up quickly and made firm contact with my face once again. My body crashed to the floor from the impact, this time his hit was much harder, more anger filled. Blood seeped into my mouth and I hung my head letting the red substance fall from my lips to the floor. The entire population of school was shocked at the sight but were powerless to help. “Don’t test me girl! We may be mates but I am still your king!
Dylan POVMy moms eyes widened as she realized my situation, her head then quickly lowered at the Kings presence while the other two men jogged up behind him. "I... Erm..." my eyes widened at how useless my mom was being. I know she wasn’t the strongest person ever but I thought she'd at least be better than what she was. She slightly moved to the side causing my frame to come out of cover. Seizing this opportunity the king reached around and grabbed hold of my wrist tightly, before roughly pulling me into his firm body making me drop my bag of things. I quickly tried to push him away but his grip only tightened. "MOM! Do something. Please!" Tears were brimming in my eyes again as my mom looked between the king and me, I couldn’t let them fall, I just couldn’t, the confliction buried within her iriseswas heartbreaking. The king took my mother's silence as her answer and wrapped his arm around my waist lifting me up slightly and pulling me away. "Mom, don't let him take me, stop him
Dylan POV.The journey was long, and although I was in a limousine I felt completely trapped with all these wolves inside with me. I was seriously exhausted from being drugged earlier and on top of everything else, I had to go to the bathroom. "Once we get home my queen, you will be treated with the utmost respect, I can assure you. A handmaiden will be assigned to you to help you dress and bathe, of course all your clothes will be chosen for you, and you will have a guard with you at all times, to ensure your safety of course." The king explained as we continued to drive along a country road, I could tell we were getting closer and closer to the royal palace. "Or to ensure I don't escape." I mumbled looking out the window at all times. I refuse to look any of these men in the eye, they think that just because they kidnapped me, I'll bend to their every will. No chance. "That too." The beta chuckled as I stared at the fields that littered the side of the road. I switched off to the
Dylan POV. "I take it you like it then?" The beta asked while chuckling at my reaction. Honestly I didn't, it's obvious that it's beautiful but it's so bright, and it's huge. To be honest I hated how small it made me feel. I felt the Kings hand return to my back as he led me up stairs. I was shown the hall way, the bathrooms, and the entire first and second floor. Fact, I am definitely going to get lost in here. We finally made it to the third floor. By this point I was exhausted, but the tour continued. "This is the corridor for the former royals." Beta Lewis told me as we walked through. "My parents bedchambers are on this floor along with my grandpa." The king informed me as they both led me through a door that took us to a room with sofas and tables. "This is the family room. This is where we are able to relax slightly." We walked right through the family room and into yet another corridor. The entire place screamed wealth and it was making me very very uncomfortable. "Up
Dylan POV. It was a small knock on the door, that seemed to wake me from my sleep. I groaned as I sat up, realizing I had slept crumpled up on the solid floor. My entire body ached as I forced myself to stand, I walked over to a small mirror and looked at my face, I barely even recognized the girl staring back at me. My eyes were bloodshot and puffy, and my cheeks and forehead were dirty, I had a large scabby cut on my forehead where I had hit it on the floor during my abduction yesterday, and my left cheek bone had a rather large bruise forming from where the King had slapped me a billion and one times. I heard another knock and my head snapped to it as the lock was turned, the door was then opened and my eyes widened. Within a second four of the ladies from Yesterday in the line up walked in with a rack full of weird dresses, a black bag under arm and a large sliver box. "Sorry to disturb you, your majesty, but we have a lot to do to get you ready for lunch this afternoon." I hon
Dylan POV. "My Queen." I heard as I felt a hand on my arm gently pull me up onto my feet, the same hand gently touched my chin and lifted my head up to gaze at me. "You look positively radiant." A small shiver of disgust shot through me, but I couldn't deny that the sparks his hands were creating felt damn good. He smirked obviously noticing my slight reaction, and with it I felt like kicking myself for giving him the satisfaction. He placed his hand on my lower back and walked me towards his parents. "Mother, father, this is my beautiful mate." His thumb gently stroked my back, as he showed me to his parents. I heard the doors I just walked through quietly close and realized I was completely alone with these people. His father took a step towards me and grabbed my chin roughly. He turned my head right and then left before looking in my eyes once more. "She is... very beautiful, I will give her that." The king bought his thumb up to examine the wound on my forehead caused by my runn
Dylan POV. I coughed and tried to stand but my legs were like jelly, my chest ached as I tried to get more oxygen in my lungs and my hand carefully wrapped around my sore neck, trying to soothe it. A little more than a minute went by before the door to the room was opened again and Beta Lewis walked in, he didn't comment once on what happened he just walked over to me and held his hand out for me to take. I hesitantly gripped his hand and used his strength to help me up, I almost fell down again instantly but Lewis held me up gently. "Are you ok?" He asked quietly as his finger ever so slightly touched my neck. I nodded my head and averted my heavy eyes away from him as he held half of my weight. "Come on." He whispered, "let's get you back to your room." We walked a little before I finally said something he wasn't expecting. "Thank you." My voice was strained from the pressure my neck endured but I managed to talk. He looked a little stunned but I did have to thank him. "Thank yo