Samantha Pov Things between me and Ate have been stiff and awkward since I moved into the castle. He has been avoiding me like the plague. When I do catch him, it looks like he is running away from me. Today I have a coffee date with my mother. I promised Mark that I will not leave the castle ground. This is perhaps the only place that they can keep me safe. I constantly see guards lurking around every corner. They even installed more cameras all over the castle. I asked the maids to set up a table in the garden where Ate and I had our date. It has been sunny the past few days. I do not want to spend another day in the gloomy castle. I think it is time for a total makeover of the castle. There is a knock on my door. One of the maids comes in. "I am sorry to bother you, my Queen. Missus Jackson has arrived to see you." Clare states, bowing her head towards me. I sigh hearing her call me Queen. I wish they will realise that I am just a normal girl and will forever be just a normal

Samantha POV It is just past three in the afternoon when my mom left. My heart felt lighter. I shared all the sorrow in my heart with my mother. I decided that I need to speak with Ate. There has to be a reason that he is ignoring me. I walk into the kitchen looking for one of the staff members. I was so hungry. All mom and I did the whole day were drink tea. We completely forgot to eat something. The kitchen is empty. No staff members are in-sight. I walk to the cupboards to see if there was something for me to eat. That is one thing that I can thank the slave school for. They taught me how to cook. I made myself a grilled sandwich. I guess the kitchen staff still needs to buy the groceries since there is not much in the cupboards. Mark came into the kitchen. He looked around while I took a bite of my food. "Where is everyone?" He asks while taking the other half of my sandwich. "You could have asked me then I could have made you your own sandwich. As for your question, I hon

Samantha Pov I woke up bright and early. I made sure to get dressed in something flexible. I walk back out of the bathroom and nearly had a heart attack. I see something move on the couch. I look that way and I see Ate sitting there with papers scattered all around him. First I want to ignore him but decide that I need to speak to him. I walk closer. "Ate can I please speak to you about last night?" I picked up the pages next to him and sat down. "If we are going to fight again, I don't want to speak to you." He says looking at me. "I don't want to fight. I just want to talk." "Look, I know where you are coming from. I spend most of last night in a discussion with my wolf. I just want you to know where I am coming from. I lost my mother and father because of a war. I do not want to lose you too." I can see the desperation on his face. When I decided on the training, I did not think about how his past will affect everything. "I am sorry. I did not think about that. Just think a

Ate POV Training has been great. Everyone in the kingdom has been working hard and improving. Even Samantha has also been improving. I am not sure if I am proud or scared. This means that I will not be able to stop her from fighting and that scared the crap out of me. What if she gets hurt? What if she dies? How will I be able to live with myself? The door opens up and Samantha walks in. She has a white sundress on. It suits her. It makes her look like an angel. "Is everything okay?" Samantha hands me a cup of coffee. Today is Sunday so luckily we have the day off. we have been spending every waking hour that we are not training working on a tragedy for the war. "Yes, I am fine. I am just wondering what is happening in regards to the other species." I place the cup next to me on the table. It is way to hot for me to drink. This is one thing that I learned about Samantha. She drank coffee as hot as lava. "So they still haven't gotten back to you about helping you? It has been a we

Ate POV Things have finally gone back to normal. The clean-up after the battle took a few days. We spent a whole week holding funerals for all the people that we lost. We even held funerals for the enemy's soldiers. Now that everything is behind us it is time for us to move forward, starting with the initiation of all the new members. "I was planning on holding a party for the new members." I look up from the list in front of me. Samantha looks deep in thought. "That is a good plan. I think we also need to schedule a meeting with all the new members and ask them if they want to stay in the new compound that we are building or if they want their own house. Personally, I think we need to build houses for all the couples and let the unmated dragons live in the compound. This can be a start of a new rule. Once you reach the age of 18 you will be able to move out of your parent's house and into the compound. What do you think?" This made me think. Perhaps, Samantha's suggestion may