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 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 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 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

Samantha POV It has been a week since I stayed at the castle. Ate has been acting so weird. I havent seen or talked to him since that night. Mark hasnt even picked up any of my calls. This morning when I opened up my windows I saw a van outside my house. It is starting to get on my nerves, so I did the only thing I could think of. I snuck out the back of the house and made my way to the castle. I need to know what is going on. I get to the gates and it looks like every guard in the kingdom is stationed around the wall. "Hi, may I please enter? The king is expecting me." I talk to the first guard I see. "I am sorry mam. No one is allowed to enter the castle without a formal invitation." I look at him in disbelief. "Do you know who I am? I am the king's mate. Let me enter." The guard starts laughing. I feel the anger rising. How does he not know who I am? Did Ate not tell them who I am to him. "What is the commotion all about?" I hear the familiar voice of Mark booming out. "I am