The Hidden Hybrid Queen

Gregorian’s POV: The crisp autumn air is filled with the scent of vampires and blood, so much blood. The sound of a soft cry close by perked my furry ears to the west near the Dianon creak. As I run leaving my Beta and Warriors long behind me, I make it to the clearing, and spot a small movement under what looks to be a discarded cloak of blue silk that shimmers under the stars glowing above me. Using my long dark snout I nuzzle the cloak, suddenly more sobs erupt from below, those of terror awaiting what will happen next. I call my men to bring my clothes. They arrive quickly, and we all shift back and change. I come back to the cloak and lift it gently to find a small girl curled up on the cold blood soaked ground. She slowly opens her eyes, and they are as blue as the ocean, and look as if the stars are locked into the entrance to her soul. As I move closer her long black curls get stuck in a tree branch, as she pushes away from me. “I’m not going to hurt you little one.” I tell her as I reach out again. She finally calms down and grabs my hand with her tiny fingers. So I scoop her up, and gently wrap her in the blue cloak. When I pull it over her legs I realize she is bleeding from her ankle, it’s in the shape of a crescent moon, and looks to be pretty fresh. I turn to my Beta and Warriors now. “Men, no one will tell of how we found her, from now on she will be mine. If anyone asks why I’ve never allowed them to see her or who her mother is, you will say that I had her safely tucked away, and that she was born from a maid who took her own life. She has been traumatized, and I will expect all of you to watch over and protect her as she grows. Do you all understand?” I explain to my men while using my alpha command on them. I will protect this child at all costs, something about her is familiar yet I don’t understand. Any other child I would’ve pawned off on a maid. But I have this strong desire to protect her. Something about her being left here is not right, especially the lingering smell of all these damned vampires. I will raise her, and until I find her family, she will be my own. I awake to the memory of that night with both me and my bedsheets dampened by the sweat beads pouring down me. My hair is standing on end and I realize what day it is, why the memory had suddenly come back. It is my Alwyn’s 18th birthday, 13 long wonderful years have passed since that night, and we never found her true parents, so I’ve continued to raise her as my own and I’ve enjoyed these years. Unfortunately I won’t see her as often if she finds her mate today, I wonder who will come to take her as his other half, and realize how sullen I now am. I must not forget that today is a joyous day, my son will be returning from training it’s been two years since I last saw him, he came home for his 18th, and promptly left the day after to finish his training. I better shower quickly and prepare for the day ahead. Alwyn’s POV: Sleep evaded me last night, the feeling that something bad is coming is overwhelming. No matter how much I try I can’t succumb to the sleep that taunts me. So I give up on sleep and pull out a book from the nightstand by my bed, and read until the morning light peaks above the tree line. I put down my book and pry my weary body out of my extremely comfortable king sized bed. Once I’m fully standing I stretch out all my muscles, and trip on my long grey nightgown as I take the first step towards my bathroom. “Sh**!” I shout as I barely catch myself from ramming my face into a wooden bedpost. Suddenly the door to my room slams open as Ashley runs in and over excitedly hugs me, nearly making me trip again. “Happy Birthday Bestie! Why aren’t you dressed, we have things to do and people to see before the party!” She yells out quickly. “Well I couldn’t fall asleep last night, so I stayed up until now reading..” I trail off in the hope that she won’t ask. “Well that’s the first time in awhile that you haven’t slept. But I guess you’ll just have to get sleep after your party. So get your sleepy butt into the shower, and get dressed so we can GO!” She says as she shoves me towards the bathroom and quickly makes her way to sit on my bed. I sigh and go to shower quickly, but the feeling of darkness I still hold from the night, doesn’t wash away in the warm water and I quickly rinse and get out, somewhat more awake than before. Standing in front of the mirror I realize my hair has gotten so long that I can barely manage to brush it properly. I quickly pull it into a high pony. And hop into my favorite blue hoody and some black skinny jeans, and grab flats to match. Might as well dress comfortably because tonight it’s fancy dresses, makeup, heels, and a tiara, for my super extra royal birthday, since dad doesn’t know when enough is enough. When I exit the bathroom Ashley is on her phone texting, I’m assuming it’s her mate Reed, Gamma Richard’s son and one of my brother Alex’s best friends. “Who’re you texting?” I question with a mischievous smirk. She looks up and says, “ Um Richard.. He’s going to go meet your brother with Cayden, so we won’t see them until later. Guess we’ll have to go to our spot and meet the others without them.” She looks disappointed but at least I’ll be able to get her attention for once, she’s been all starry eyed and absent since she found out that Richard was her mate last month on her birthday. “Well we should probably get going then, I don’t want to be late, and we still have to go say hi to Marta before we go, or she’ll scold me later!” I laugh as I pull her up from my bed. We stealthily sneak down the large halls and take the maid’s stairs so I won’t be bombarded with happy birthdays and well wishes from everyone in the castle. After the fourth flight we make it down the stairs, and into the kitchen that is bustling with maids hurriedly running back and forth with trays for breakfast, that smell heavenly. I run up behind Marta and cover her eyes with my hands. “Oh dear me child, you startled me.” She says as she removes my fingers from her eyes, to turn and give me a big mother bear squeeze hug. “Ugh!” I complain as she finally lets go so I can pull in a huge gasp of air. “Morning Marta, how’s everything in the kitchen today?” I ask sweetly. “Busier than it’s been since Alex’s eighteenth birthday, although I still had time to prepare you a nice hot cinnamon roll!” She says as she shoves it into my hands. “Happy Birthday!!!” She shouts in excitement, right before all the other maids repeat her in unison. I smile brightly before I dig into the most delicious cinnamon sugar oozing roll she has made for me yet. It’s still very hot but I speedily chew and swallow the entire big roll, and curtsy my thank you before Ashley and I run out of the castle to race to the waterfall.