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
Samantha POV The clock strikes five and then I heard the doorbell. I open the door and my eyes fell on the most handsome man I have ever seen. On the other side, there was Ate in a black suit. I couldn't help but drool. "Do you like what you see?" I look up and see the cocky smile on his face. "I have seen better." I giggled as his face fell. he had so many emotions running over his face until he heard me laughing. His dazzling smile returned to his face. "Are you ready to go?" He holds out his hand for me and I take it. He leads me down the walkway to the limo that is waiting for us. I smile up at him while he opens up the door for me. I didn't expect him to be such a gentleman. I honestly thought e was a caveman after the way he has treated me in the past. I guess this will be a learning experience for both of us. We stop in front of the castle and I have no idea what is waiting for me. We walk in together hand in hand. The castle looks exactly the same as the previous ti