Viktoria’s POV“Don’t you think it’s a bad idea to say things like that in here?” I whispered. I mean this was THE ancient! He was powerful! What if he decided to tell someone to kill my dad and me?“Don’t worry, sweetheart. While he is in that chamber, he is powerless.” My dad tried to comfort me, but that was not what I had been taught! “We can’t kill the ancient because we don’t know if anyone would survive his death. There have been so many recorded cases of a string of vampires dying when the vampire that sired them dies.” My father frowned. “Every dhampir and vampire can somehow trace their origin back to the ancient.” What was my father saying? I frowned and he smiled, making me even more confused. “Come on, let’s go back to the library.” I breathed an audible sigh of relief when we left the chamber and I watched as the door slowly closed, and we sat down again.“Since we are the only living vampires with royal blood, you and I are the only two people who can open that chamber
Viktoria’s POVMy father was crowned first, of course, and then he had to announce his decision to declare me as his heir first before the priest could put the enormously heavy diamond-encrusted crown on my head and pronounce me the crown princess. Most of the people present burst out in yells of joy, but the same few who had been fighting against my coronation didn’t look happy. They were now openly showing their disagreement with my father’s decision and I could only hope that he wouldn’t do anything to them. Although I could completely understand why he wanted to get rid of them. They were strong defenders of my grandfather’s policies and have been kicking against everything my father was suggesting.My father told me that we were going to deal with them after the coronation since he wanted to make sure they were there to witness both of us being named the future king and heir. He didn’t want them to say that they didn’t witness it so to them it wasn’t real. I sometimes caught myse
Viktoria’s POVThat silly thought strangely made me think of Fynn and the legend he told me about the vampire who fell in love with a werewolf. All my life my only goal was to become the best dhampir I could be. Now everything had changed and I knew that at some point someone was going to ask about my heir. I would have to take a mate and we would have to do the deed for me to get pregnant, but what if I was carrying a son and died when he was born? Who would rule in my stead? Suddenly, being the crown princess seemed like the worst idea in the world and I felt nauseous as I watched my parents making their way back to our table. I couldn’t sit here and pretend to be happy for one second longer!The thought was just so damn devastating to me that I quickly excused myself and made my way to my room. For the first time since all of this happened, I wished I had been born a human. No superpowers. No secret castle life. No perfect warrior marks in school. Just a normal human girl who could
Viktoria’s POVWe were actually sitting outside under the stars having high tea at night! My eyes scanned the area around us and I wondered how many of these so-called ladies and gentlemen that were walking in the gardens were on our side and how many of them were plotting to have me and my family killed. If they killed my father, they could have a straight line to the throne no matter who they were. They didn’t need to kill me if they had enough votes. I was sure of it, but my father seemed to differ from my opinion. I couldn’t help it. Where my father saw alliances and friends, I saw people who could stab us in the back at any time. Literally!“Your majesty, your royal highness.” His voice sent a shiver down my spine as I remembered my little incident with Bailey on the night of our coronation.“Bailey, just the man I wanted to see.” My father smiled, showing him a seat right next to me and my eyes grew wide before something my father said earlier came to mind.“Always keep your fri
Fynn’s POVI was on the verge of losing my wolf when the call came through the pack link that the princess and the new king were at our border. I couldn’t believe it! Shifting on my way out of the door, I ran as fast as I could and reached them in record time.“Your majesty, your royal highness.” I held out my hand to greet the new king.“I think you should put on some pants before we talk.” He frowned and when my eyes met hers and I saw her bright red blushing cheeks, I looked down and realized that in my rush to get to them I had forgotten to bring pants! Thankfully, one of my warriors had some I could use and I quickly jumped at them, feeling like the world’s biggest idiot. I apologized profusely to the king against my wolf’s wishes, but he was just so happy to see her that his anger at me didn’t last very long. We felt like a teenager in love at the sight of her. She was looking paler than she had been, but she was also looking healthier. She had put on a little bit of weight sinc
Viktoria’s POVI couldn’t believe that my father actually thought Fynn saw me as his mate! I was totally convinced that my darling father had completely lost the damn plot! Fynn didn’t show any signs that he liked me, did he? Suddenly, I felt incredibly stupid! What the hell was I going to do the next time I saw him? Oh, saints! My father wasn’t going to allow me to ever see him again! Seriously!“Dad! What look are you talking about?” I frowned, wondering what the hell he was talking about. I didn’t see a look. My father sighed and sat down as if he was trying to figure out how to tell me something.“Viktoria, I know they didn’t teach you much about the birds and the bees at the college …” Oh my lord!! Was that what he was going to discuss with me?!“Dad! I know how all that works.” I shivered. The idea of my father telling me how people mate was just … Yeah … Just!!“Okay,” He sighed. “How much do you know about beasts finding their mates?” He frowned and I realized that this conver
Viktoria’s POV“Look, mom, I know dad spoke to you about something he thinks he saw, but you don’t have to say anything. I’m not going to …” Her hand rested on my arm as I climbed out of the tub.“Sweetheart, he’s just worried about you.” I didn’t like seeing the frown on her face. For the first time in my momma’s life, she was happy. I can see that she really is. I didn’t want to be the reason anything bothered her or upset her, even if I knew that life would happen at some time and ruin what I wanted, I still didn’t want it.“Mom, I really didn’t see what he saw. Dad is just being …” I couldn’t believe I was going to say it, but it had to be said. “He’s just being an overprotective father. There is nothing going on between me and Fynn.” She helped me get into my nightdress, and I could see that she still wasn’t happy.“Sweetheart, you have to understand that your father knows about these things. You don’t really know the beasts. You don’t know what they are like.” I could understand
Viktoria’s POVOf course, there would be a hidden part of the prophecy that only revealed itself with blood!“How did you find out about this?” I frowned, wondering who spilled blood on books for no reason!“It was just an accident.” My father mumbled and I just knew he wasn’t telling me the truth. I looked at him with a frown and my hands on my hips. “Okay, fine. I knew that royal blood revealed secrets so I took a chance and it paid off.” He pulled his fingers through his hair. “I suggest you write it down somewhere safe. I don’t think pouring our blood out over the book often is going to keep it preserved for long.” He frowned and I nodded, grabbing a piece of paper and a pen and scribbling down the hidden part of the prophecy. At least I would be able to read it over and over until I had this part memorized as well.I guess I was looking for the loophole. The one thing that would prove to my father I wasn’t the girl they were referring to in the prophecy. Sometimes … Who am I kidd