“Close by,” she warned.“I am Marco,” he introduced himself.“I know who you are,” Princess Anse said, recognizing him from church.“I thought you didn’t notice me,” Marco said his deep brown eyes lighting up.“You are hard not to notice,” Princess Anse said.“Thank you for the compliment,” Marco said, smiling.“I didn’t mean it as a compliment,” Princess Anse said walking off.“Anse, wait,” Marco walked after her, “What do you mean then?”“You are loud and always a jokester, taking nothing seriously,” Princess Anse said.“I take you seriously,” Marco said making her come to a standstill.“You don’t even know me,” Princess Anse said.“I know enough to know that you are unhappy,” Marco accused.“I am not unhappy,” Princess Anse said, turning to walk off again.“Well, you are doing a really bad job showing your happiness then,” Marco laughed.“What do you know about happiness?” Anse said, looking at him before walking faster.“I know it does not look like you,” Marco said, coming to a st
Marco heard the bodyguards talk as they walk away, “We probably going to have to get rid of him.”‘Who the hell is Anse and why would they want to kill me just to keep me away from her?" Marco thought and stood up.“Getting yourself into trouble again?” the priest asked, coming to a halt on the steps on his way back into the church.“Not at all,” Marco said, smiling.“The garden on the west needs some attention, you are starting to slack,” the priest said walking into the church.Marco looked after the bodyguards as they all got into cars, driving after princess Anse and her father’s car. ***“When we get home you will pack your valuable items; it is time for us to move on,” Prince Vasili said.“Why?” Princess Anse asked, pouting.“Your grandparents send us out to find our fated mates or at least some Blue bloods and clearly we are not going to find them in Italy,” Prince Vasili said.“You can go, I am staying right here,” Princess Anse protested.“Do you want me to arrange for a vamp
“Why? It is not as if you believe me,” Michelle said, opening her book.“I do, really, tell me how you ended up here,” Marco insisted.“I worked here and there as I made my way through Europe and now, I am on this train on my way to Spain,” Michelle gave the short version.“What is in Spain,” Marco wondered as his ticket ended in France.“I don’t know, that is why I am going there,” Micelle said with a smile.Michelle escaped a wolf pack that has kept her as a sex slave shortly after her nineteenth birthday.She grew up in a cabin in the forest with her twin brother that looked nothing like her, she was told by her parents. He died in 1919 from the Spanish flu. Even though they were far away from civilization and from Europe she always heard her parents fight, her mother accusing her father of bringing the flu into their home after a hunting trip where he acted as a guide for some Spanish travelers.Michelle always felt like her parents wished it was her that died instead of her twin b
“Angakok, open your eyes, look at your mate,” Alpha Lance laughed, grabbing Michelle by her wet hair and pulling her to her feet before wrapping his hand around her neck. “Do you like pain?” Michelle was not able to respond as she could not speak, and he was griping her so tight that she could not move her head. Alpha Lance kept on choking her, waiting for her to start fighting for her life. Angakok could feel her emotions and realized that she would rather be dead than be raped. ‘Fight dammit!’ his mind linked her. Michelle heard the voice in her head and her eyes found Angakok. ‘Help me.’ Angakok could feel his eyes watering. “No way, are you seriously going to cry?” Alpha Lance laughed, walking Michelle to the nearest table, still choking her, forcing her into a sitting position on the table. Alpha Lance forced his hips in between her legs and in his mind, he could feel Angakok about to approach him. Alpha Lance looked at Angakok. “What are you going to do?” “You are busy k
“If she goes, you go. Does the higher council know that you are royal?” Alpha Lance asked, already knowing the answer. Angakok went into his room and slammed the door shut. Cove dragged Michelle to the center of the circle of cabins and was the first to take her, “Don’t fight it,” he compelled her. During the night Angakok sneaked out without waking up Alpha Lance and wondered if he will find Michelle dead. He does not feel heartbroken but he cannot link with her either.Angakok walked to the center as that was what he saw last before he lost connection with her. Michelle was lying in the fetus position, naked. Angakok picked her up and started to walk off with her, ‘I am not breaking my promise, but I do have a responsibility towards my fated mate,’ he thought as he left. Angakok was not sure if the higher council was the best place for her, but it might be the safest place. ‘I will have to find transport,’ he thought to himself knowing he was very far away from the higher counci
After dinner over some red wine, princess Freda and Emily started to talk about the baby Emily stole from the council, believing it was Zara’s and prince Deacon's but was told by Phoebe that it was actually prince Mano’s child.“Asks her,” Princess Freda encouraged Emily to talk to Michelle, agreeing that Michelle looked a lot like the royal lycan family. “Did you grow up with this pack that enslaved you?” Princess Freda asked, no longer able to keep her curiosity at bay. “No, I lived half a day walk from them and I never even knew it. Some of their members just showed up at my house one day and claimed that I have to pay for living on their territory and called me a rogue,” Michelle explained. “And your parents?” Emily finally spoke up. “My father disappeared, my mother killed herself not able to cope with the loss of my twin brother,” Michelle said, sadness on her face. Emily gulped air, ‘I did not mean for her to have a horrible life,’ she thought, realizing that Michelle must
After cleaning up princess Anse followed Marco to his cabin. “Hi. When did you arrive?” Marco asked confused at the new woman sitting in his cabin.“Michelle went to the bathroom, I am her friend,” the lady stood up to introduce herself. “Phoebe?!” Anse exclaimed, throwing herself into her arms.“Anse!” Phoebe embraces her, surprised to see her without her guards.Phoebe looked out of the cabin, “Where are your guards?” “Not here, I ran away,” Princess Anse said, proud of herself. “Your father must be so mad!” Phoebe laughed. Michelle arrived back at the cabin at that moment, “I see you have met my girlfriend.” “Girlfriend?” Princess Anse asked, looking at Phoebe. “Yes, girlfriend,” Michelle said, giving Phoebe a smooch. “Ok,” Marco drags out, pulling princess Anse into the cabin and closing the door, “Before we all get locked up.” “Guess who she is,” Phoebe said once they all were seated. “One of the stolen princesses?” Princess Anse said since she was looking at the split im
Phoebe sits in silence, frowning at Prince Mano who had a frown on his own face. After the longest, while she finally spoke, “Are you ok?” “How do you know me?” Prince Mano asked, thinking this woman in front of him reminded him of one of Prince Ra’s wives. He tried to shut the memory of Panya out of his mind, how she helped him get over the death of Zara and his baby. “The baby is not dead you know,” Phoebe said, seeing his mind.“Excuse me?” Prince Mano asked. “We are fated mates so I can see your mind and if you have a look at mine, you will know who I am,” Phoebe said with a smile, tears forming in her eyes, being able to see what her mother looked like through Prince Mano's eyes.“I, I, I never meant for her to die,” Prince Mano said “I know, I can see and feel that,” Phoebe said.“The daughter?” Prince Mano asked but Phoebe didn't have to answer as Prince Mano could already see her mind. “I guess we should un mate,” Prince Mano suggested, seeing Phoebe’s love for the redhead