I woke up with my hand on a piece of paper which I'm guessing is a note. I sat up and read it.
Good morning my luce del sol,
If you want to see me, I'm in the dungeons which is below the castle. I really don't recommend you come down there. But if you're a curious person like I know you are then you probably could come. If you decide that you don't.... It's fine. I can't wait to play with you when I get home.
Love Always,
Your Compagno sexy
I rolled my eyes because he just called me his sunshine and instead of his name, he puts sexy mate. I wonder how he can speak Italian. It can't be his father because his father looks Caucasian. Maybe his mother is because she seems dark, darker than his father.
I decided to let my curiosity get the best of me and see Greyson myself. I want to see if he isn't killing any innocent being.
So I got up and threw on some cream jeans and a light grey tank top and a black cardigan that goes down past my butt, and some black flip flops. I put my hair in a side bun, then grab my small cream satchel and then walked out of my bedroom and down the stairs. When I made it into the kitchen, Greyson already made fried eggs and three sausage links. He left another note next to my plate.
I picked it up and read it.
My bello Compagno,
I knew you couldn't resist my food. So, I'm guessing that you are going to see me in the dungeons. Which I would love to see that body get down and dirty. But know this warning my little one, la mia bestia é fuori.
Love Greyson
I was confused with the last part; my beast is out. I threw the note away and started to eat my breakfast and I couldn't help but moan. This was too good. So, I just sat there in silence enjoying my delicious food that Greyson has prepared for me.
When I finished, I washed the dishes and then started to walk to the front door. It was another note on the door, but this one just said that the house key is on the small table that was in between the two staircases. And that I have to lock the door.
I frowned at the left staircase; I wonder what hallway that leads to. I mean, he only made us tour down our hallway and the backyard pool. And that's it.
So, I grabbed the key and got out of the front door. And locked it then put the key in my satchel and started to walk out of the big yard and down the street to the castle.
I saw the queen working on her garden in front of the mansion across the street from Greyson, so I stopped and decided to say good morning to her.
"Good morning your majesty!" I shouted and waved.
She looked up and smiled at me and waved back at me.
"Good morning dear Ana, and please call me Kristen. You're my future daughter in law." She yells back laughing softly.
"Oh okay, Kristen. I'm just about to see Greyson." I yell.
"Oh okay maybe you can domare la sua bestia." She yelled.
So, she is Italian. I must ask her at lunch. Also, I must tame his beast? She means the beast Greyson warned me about in the note.
"Okay!! What time will we all have lunch?" I asked/yelled.
"One!!" She yelled back and then got back to gardening.
I chuckled and started to walk towards the castle. I saw the gates and two guards bowed down before me. Which I just stood there awkwardly and nodded at them both.
"Do you want to see the prince, princess Ana?" One of them asks.
"Yes, he's in the dungeons, right? Where are the dungeons?" I ask softly.
"He is, and it's that giant building over there on the left of you." He said pointing towards a building that had a black stoned wall just like the castle.
They both opened the gate and I walked in thanking them, and then walking towards the building while I heard the sound of the gate close.
"Ah, here to calm his beast down?" Tristen, I think his name is approaches me.
"His beast? Why do I have to calm him?" I ask lost.
"You're his mate, when you're with him, he gets calm in your presence. Like his beast can finally be put for a long rest." He explains.
"Oh okay." I sigh while following Tristen inside.
"So you’re the Beta Prince?" I ask him.
"Yeah, soon to be beta king once Greyson gets crowned alpha king." He informs while walking down some stairs.
"You can be king without a queen?" I ask impressed.
Before he can answer, the disgusting smell of blood and dry blood got into my lungs. And I almost gagged.
"Follow close behind me. These prisoners know who you are." He says softly.
I nodded and then we started to walk past the cells. They were silver bars with poison dripping from every single one of them, so when some of them started to eye r**e me, they would all yelp from the bars.
Thankfully we made it to a door and away from those hormonal prisoners. I think rogues is what they are. But the sound of a whip made me jump, and I look up at Tristen puzzled and biting my lip.
He looked down at me with a frown. And then opened the door for me to enter, which I did so with shaky feet. I'm surprised that I haven't tripped because I was scared.
Once I walked in with Tristen closing the door and my eyes widened at the horror movie that is played out in front of me.
Greyson was whipping a man that was shirtless and gritting his teeth. I notice a little boy in the corner crying over some figure. But I couldn't see it because it was lying in a blood bath, like it seriously looks like the figure was swimming in blood.
I walked over to the kid, slowly so that he won't fear me.
"ANA GET AWAY FROM THAT BASTARD PUP!" Greyson roared.
Which made me turn to look at him with a glare.
"Don't you dare call my pup a bastard!" The man that is getting whipped seethed.
This made Greyson whip him twice and then look back at me.
I shushed the pup and picked him up and he was crying on my shoulder. My eyes were watery when I saw a woman's body being the figure that was swimming the pool of her own blood.
"Did you kill her Greyson?" I asked glaring at him.
Which he was doing back at me.
"Yes, I did, now this guy is next." Greyson said looking at the tied-up man.
He grabbed an ax and chopped off his head in swift movement.
The little pup was crying harder now.
He then put the ax down and wiped his bloody hands on his shirt.
"Don't you dare touch this pup." I say once he started to walk over to me.
Greyson growled then looked at Tristen.
"Please take my mate out of here." He orders Tristen.
The beta nodded and grabbed my elbow. Greyson removed the pup from my arms and screamed once he was in Greyson's arms.
"Please Greyson!!! He's just a pup!!!" I cried.
Greyson just shook his head and slapped the pup on the cheek making him shut up but still let out small whimpers.
"The only pup you'll be crying over is ours. Ana, this pup's bloodline is just like his parents. I have to kill him or he's going to end up murderous like his father." He says bitterly taking out a gun and aiming it at the innocent little pup's head.
Tristen was dragging me out and I heard a gunshot and gasped. I was leaning against the wall and crying. I can't handle this guy. First, he was all sweet and now he's not. Why did he have to kill that family? What have they ever done to him?
Greyson walks out and sighs while wrapping his arms around my waist. But I refuse to look at him. He then kissed my cheek. And I looked down at my tank top having blood stains on it from his bloody hands.
"I'll clean up the bodies." Tristen explains while walking back in the room.
Greyson slid down part of my cardigan so that my shoulder was bare, and he placed multiple kisses on it. While I was crying silently.
"Come on, let's go meet my parents. But first I have to shower." He explains while pulling away from me and grabbing my hand and walking past the cells and towards the stairs.
It was 1:30, and I was sitting next to Greyson silently and not making any eye contact with him. Which is aggravating him but doesn't show that it is.
"Have you taken care of Ben's family?" Nathaniel asks Greyson taking a bite of his grilled salmon.
"Yes, I have, I even killed their pup." He explains while resting a hand on my thigh.
"Good, that pup would be trouble if we let him live." The king sighs.
The queen cleared her throat. Causing the two men to look at her. She then smiled at me and then looked at them both.
"Now I called for this lunch in because I wanted to get to know Ana. Not your storia omicidio noioso, so I believe that your story is gone as of this entire lunch. Do I make myself clear Greyson Theodore Black?" She asks scary but calmly.
"Yes mom." Greyson nods.
I'm thankful that she said that she doesn't want to know his boring murder story.
"Good, now Ana tell me about yourself?" She asks smiling at me.
"I just moved here, I think last week or two weeks ago. My father is the chief of neurosurgery here, Stefan Bennett. And my mother is a chef at a restaurant." I say.
The queen just nods.
"So, did you tell her about the mating ceremony son?" The king asks Greyson.
Mating ceremony, what's that?
"No not yet, but now is a good time." He says with a smile.
The king and queen smiled at him.
"The mating ceremony happens once a year. But there was a royal mating ceremony years ago between Kristen and I. And after that, my wife was pregnant with Greyson." The king says smiling lovingly at the queen.
"It was painful the whole way through." She frowns and the king kissed her hand.
"What happens?" I ask lowly.
But them having good hearing, both men looked at me, while the queen was just looking lost in thought.
"First, I announce you guys as mates like a wedding ceremony. And then he marks you. After that, you catch a glimpse of his wolf, he'll be a little hairier and his canines will remain after marking you. He takes you to a room in the castle. It's a special room. Kind of like a dungeon." The king informs with a smirk.
Oh my gosh. We mate in a freaking playroom.... Sweet baby peas. I must leave.
"It's not what you’re thinking dear. There's a giant bed with white drapes hanging down the canopy of it. It's like a bedroom but the only thing is that you get chained to the headboard. So that's one of the reasons why it's painful." The queen explains.
"But what else makes it painful other than marking, and getting chained?" I ask trying not to cry.
The queen stood up and gestured me to stand up, so I did and we both walked into their living room and sat down on the couch and she pulled me in a hug.
"It feels like you're getting r***d. Because the wolf is anything but gentle. But listen to me my dear Ana." She says with watery eyes making me have my own.
"No matter what happens, Greyson will always be there for you. He will never leave you or r**e you anymore after the ceremony. I know what you saw today was cruel, but Nate was really cruel when Greyson was a little pup." She explains.
I looked over at Greyson and the king and they had frowns on their faces, but Greyson's frown was directed at me.
"What happens when we do mate?" I asked looking back at the queen.
"A week later, you're going to be pregnant with the next heir. It will of course be a boy because if we mate on the full moon there will be always be a male pup. Also, you guys will be crowned king and queen." She explains.
"Can I have any more kids?" I ask her.
I always dreamed of having a girl. And since my first child will be a boy, might as well try to make a girl.
"Of course, just make sure it isn't on a full moon unless you want another boy." She chuckles.
"I want four more pups." Greyson explains.
I roll my eyes.
"Do you have any other kids?" I ask.
The queen shook her head.
"Greyson was enough trouble." She laughs while Greyson glares at her.
Then one more question comes up; this answer better be a longer date.
"How long until the mating ceremony?" I asked.
The three royals look at each other.
Greyson sighed and then said.
"Forty-two days." He says.
I scream.
Forty-one Days Before
I haven't talked to Greyson since the lunch in yesterday. What he did was unacceptable! So, I decided to talk to him about it in his office which is down stairs, I've seen it only once but that was for the tour. I didn't think about the mating ceremony. Nor do I want to until a week before.
I stood outside the office door and knocked angrily. Screw being kind.
"Come in." I heard him grunt.
I rolled my eyes and walked in closing the door behind me, then face my s*x god of a mate.
"I want to talk to you, about what you did yesterday." I simply said.
He sighed and looked at me from his iMac computer.
"What is it bello Compagno?" He asks rubbing his eyes.
"How dare you kill that poor pup! Greyson he is innocent!" I screamed at him.
He just raised an eyebrow. Damn, that's sexy.... Okay focus Ana, you're mad at him because of what he did.
"You mean the bastard pup? Look Ana, his dad was a murderer. He would end up just like his father and seek revenge on the kingdom and that is something we can't afford again." He sighs.
"It's still wrong..." I sniffled.
Then a thought hit me like a brick.
"Would you do that to our pup? Torture him like that?" I ask looking at him dead in the eye.
Greyson's eyes were black and before I can even breathe, I was pushing against the door my back feeling the wooden door.
"I would never hurt our pup. I will teach our pup the ways of being an alpha, but I would ever lay a hand on him got it!?" He rasped while letting out a growl.
I was shocked but nodded. He smirks evilly at me and nuzzles his face into my neck placing kisses all over it. Going down to my collarbone and then down to my cleavage and he kisses that too.
"Thank you by the way, for saving me in the woods and taking me to the hospital." I explain.
Greyson pulls away from me and looks at me confused.
"What are you talking about? I never saw you until the ball. If I did scent you then we would have already been acquainted." He says looking lost.
Then who was the person that saved me?