Before the Tribrid

Part 1- Jane

Today has been the day that I have been dreading. My father has been talking about some 'special deal' for him to set up. One deal that I never thought would go through. One deal that involved me, the Princess of werewolves. Sooner or later, I eventually caught onto what the deal was about. My father wants me to have an arranged marriage agreement with an Alpha that I barely know. My father is the King of werewolves so what he wants, he usually gets and what he says goes. No fighting. No arguing except now. My father has mandated this sham of a 'marriage' into action without my consent or opinion.  He just aggravates me all the time. Goddess, I only wish where my mother was and why I didn't grow up with her being my parent. My father had an arranged marriage with my stepmother but they eventually fell in love with one another and went on to bore three sons. My father never told me the story of him and my mother which made me think he was hiding something from me. I had to hear the story of my father and my biological mother from my nanny, Helga. She was the only kind of mother that I knew. She was kind and nurturing to me unlike Esmeralda, my stepmother. Esmeralda treated me like trash or a piece of s**t. She did not care about me or love me. Hell, she never accepted me as part of the family.

Apparently, my father was once happy with my mother. She was his mate and he was hers. She and him were supposedly super duper in love with one another. Then I learned that my grandfather (my father's father), the then King, didn't approve of my mother and her ranking within her pack. She was an Omega, while my father was the next in line to become King. So, my grandfather, being the bastard that he was, set up an arranged marriage for my father. That was after a visit to a sorcerer and the breaking of my parents mating bond. It had gotten worse when my mother had announced that she was expecting a baby and that my father, the now King was the father. My grandfather told my father to give my mother an ultimatum. My father waited until the day that I was born to say the ultimatum to my mother. The ultimatum was for my mother to surrender me and have no rights to me until I am eighteen years old or to stay and be a mother to me for the first year of my life only to be killed on my first birthday by the palace guards. She chose to surrender me and go on living. I don't really blame. My father was and still is an asshole. Plus, she figured she and I would find each other when the timing is right.

My mother had made a promise to my father. She promised to stay away from me once I was born and to let my father raise me with his new wife, Esmeralda. Two months after finding out that my father was pregnant, my mom gave birth to me. Three weeks after that, my father had married Esmeralda.

Eighteen short years later, it is now my turn to take the throne. My father wants me to be Queen before the end of the year. But in order to do so, he wants me to get married. This is why my mother left or at least that is what I like to think. I have never met my mother, but I have been told that I look like her. I was told that by my grandmother before she had passed away. I was ten then. My grandfather soon after followed suit. I wish I could've known my mother. Maybe one day, I could get to know her.

"My darling daughter, you are going to have a great life. You just wait and see. I have made a deal with the Alpha of the shamrock agreed Werewolf Pack. You are to be married in three days time." My father said to me. He has been the only parent that I listened to. I have never listened to Esmeralda because she has always treated me badly no matter what. The only time she would be nice to me is when my father was around. My father likes to take trips to all the packs and make sure that everything is running smoothly. He usually traveled every other week.

"Okay daddy, but what is so important about this deal? Please don't say you put me in an arranged marriage because if you did, I will not go through with it! I have a mate out there in the world waiting for me. I only want to love and marry my mate ever! I will not go into a love less marriage!" I replied and I began walking away.

"You don't understand but it's a tradition for us, royals, to get in an arranged marriage! You will do whatever I say, especially if you want to become a royal one  day! That's my word and it's final!" My father had threatened me. That was when my sweet and innocent daddy's girl act was finished. I was tired of being a kept woman. I refused to be heartless like my father. I don't want to become like my father.

"Ugh... I hate that you are always threatening the crown against me. What would you do if mom saw you and wanted to be with you now? Did you ever love me as your precious daughter or did you just want to keep me around as a pawn to use in the future?" I whispered.

"I HEARD THAT! I would do nothing if your mother showed up and wanted to be with me! I am married to Esmeralda and I love her! Your mother should've stayed and fought for our relationship, but no she skipped out because she's selfish! Just like you are being now!" I forgot we have supersonic hearing and he could hear just about everything. "Now, stop with this nonsense young lady! I am older and I am your elder. What I say goes. You better listen to me!"

"But, daddy! I am don't" I tried to be sweet and innocent daughter that he wants me to be.

"No, definitely no buts! You will do as I say even if its the last thing you do and say! Understand???"

"FINE! But one more thing, I HATE YOU WITH ALL OF MY BEING! You are the worst father ever! You never loved me, I was just a prisoner and your pawn! You never cared about me as much as you cared about your sons!" I exclaimed before going across the castle grounds to run away. Yeah, I am the eldest and only daughter of my father. My father and Esmeralda had three sons after they were married for some time.

"Come back here, now!" My father had yelled back at me. "You disrespectful and rude little heathen!" He screamed. "It's a wonder why I haven't killed you yet. You are of no use to me and always will be!"

"NEVER!" I yelled. "I knew I was right. You never loved me. Hell, you never wanted me in the first place!" I said my last word and then took my chance without any thought. I ran out of the front door of the castle without looking back. I was happy and I was free, finally at last. Free of my idiotic and stern father. Free of the castle. I was happy because not I do not have fulfill that stupid deal where I ended up married to someone I don't even know very well.

"GUARDS!! GUARDS! Go after the Princess and lock her up in the tallest of towers until the marriage goes through! Her groom should be here in the next day or two. I won't let anything get in the way of tradition! Old traditions never die easily! I have to let this happen, I can't just say no to the arranged marriage! Percy, her groom may have a mate but I selected him specifically for her!" He commanded in his Alpha command. "And I just so happened to get lucky enough that Percy accepted!"

"HELP! HELP!" I started to scream as I kept going further from the castle. The guards didn't take too long to get close to me.

Word Count: 1,425 Words

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