The Alpha King's Hunter Mate

CHAPTER 1 Aubrey My heart was filled with turmoil as I stared at my parents with an unbelievable look on my face. Their previous words were shocking as it wasn't something that I had expected to hear from them. “Are you joking? If this is a joke please stop it, it's an expensive joke” I managed to say after a while hoping that they would admit that all of this is a joke. “No one is joking young lady, you will soon be betrothed to the alpha king, and that's final” my dad said, and it was like I was thrown into a pillar of ice. All my emotions came pouring down as I stared at them with an unbelievable look plastered on my face. I couldn't believe my ears, how can a werewolf hunter be married to a werewolf? That's typically and ethically impossible. I have been raised to see and believe that werewolves are bad, and that they needed to be eliminated in order for the humans to have a peaceful life. I was conflicted at first because I don't want to believe that werewolves were indeed bad but I have occasionally seen such situations when werewolves are indeed bad. Seeing bad werewolves didn't make me change my heart, it was knowing that humans are weak against them. I knew that humans need someone to protect them, and that is where the hunters and my parents come in. The hunter's clan has always been against werewolves because of how dangerous they are to the world and we try to eliminate as many werewolves as we can but our strength is limited against the thousands of population of the werewolves. I had thought that I would be a werewolf hunter for the rest of my life, and settle down with a hunter in the clan someday but the situation I am in now is something that I don't understand. “Is there no way out? Are you being forced by the alpha? Can't you call for a meeting with the clan members? They should be able to help me out” I asked as I stared at them with a pleading look on my face. I could only hope that the clan members would be able to help me out but I knew and believed that there was no way my parents would want me to marry the alpha king if there was a way out. The thought of this only made my heart sink deep with helplessness. I still believed that marrying the alpha king might be something else that I need to do on the surface. “We are not being forced by anyone, we both decided on that because we have no choice. We both want you to be happy and safe, we have been the ones deciding what you should do since you were little,” my dad said and I sat there stunned by his words. I had expected to hear that they had been forced by the alpha king but this exceeded my expectations. I could only sit back weakly as I stared at the both of them wanting to know what they are driving at; “We don't want you to end up with the hatred that we have, we both have our own reasons for becoming hunters” “My parents were killed by werewolves while your mother's only twin brother was also killed by a werewolf, we have been carrying the hatred with us for long and we don't want you to live like that, we want you to live a normal life and be safe” my dad said with a sincere look on his face. Everything they have been saying since I sat down was something I didn't expect, and I still couldn't understand what they were trying to say. “You still won't be safe if you aren't living in a pack, there is a high chance of the clan being attacked by a huge pack, and even if other clans around want to support us it might be too late, and we don't you to suffer because of the both of us” he added as he turned to look away from me with a sad look on his face. “You can only be safe by being married to an alpha king, and we know just who the best candidate is, we don't want you to be hurt. Although we still haven't made the preparations yet, we will get that done soon enough” my mum said, pausing briefly before she continued with the same sad look she had when she told me that I will be getting married. “The alpha might not accept being married to you, but we can still make sure you stay in his kingdom where it is safe,” she added. My eyes lit up with happiness hearing her words but I wasn't happy about the fact that I might be married to a werewolf, but I was happy because I have found a way out of the marriage. “I know you both don't want me to be with a werewolf and I don't want that too, but I can still accept living with werewolves. Why don't you get me to live in the pack? There is no need for me to marry a werewolf with that” I explained as I looked at them. Although the idea of living in the same pack or even having werewolves in my surroundings is something that I don't want, I could still live with that. I could see the pained look in my parents eyes as they both turned to look at each other before they sighed heavily. My heart only became heavier as I heard their sighs because I knew that it is impossible for that to happen. “We want you to be safe, and living in the midst of werewolves without any support isn't part of it. We won't be able to put our mind at rest knowing that you are living with werewolves with a possibility of you being attacked or killed by any of them in a fit of anger” I cut my mother short, “Then you don't have to worry about me, I will keep on doing this job, I will keep on eliminating harms for the people. Why do I need to stop being a werewolf hunter?” I said, staring at the both of them with pleading eyes. “We know our job is dangerous and we want you to be safe, we want you be safe that's all that matters to us, all parents wants their child to be safe and we are no different” I was confused by their words, they have been emphasizing on the word ‘safe’, if they indeed want me to be safe then they would do their best to make sure I stay in the hunter's clan not live with werewolves. I couldn't help but look at both of them suspiciously as I couldn't help but wonder if they had ulterior motives. “With the werewolves being at large, you being around them without any high ranking protection will only put you into danger” she said, and I saw an hesitant look on her face. “Then there is no need for me to go to the werewolves, only by staying here by your side will I be safe. I'm not a kid anymore, you can't decide what I need to do, I'm old enough to make my decisions” “I like this job, I don't want anyone deciding what I need to do” I shouted angrily as I stared at the both of them before heading towards the door. I feel angry and frustrated and I clenched my fist as I head for the door wanting nothing other than to go to a bar and drink to stupor only with that will I be able to escape from my misery. My parents have never behaved like this before and their behavior confused me. I felt like both of them were hiding something from me, and it was killing me. They are treating me like I'm some kid who needs to be looked after, I'm old enough to make my decisions, I'm twenty for crying out loud. Although they didn't say a word but from their expressions and look I felt like they were hiding things from me. “Will you still stay if the clan wants you to go to the pack as a spy?” my mother asked all of a sudden and I turned to look at her with a shocked expression on my face. I could see tears streaming down my mother's face as she stared at me, and I couldn't help but feel my heart break into a million pieces. I had thought that it was selfish of them to want to send me off without letting me know about what was going on but it turned out that I was wrong. They both wanted to send me to the alpha king without me knowing about the clan's plan, they wanted to protect me from going on with the clan's plan because they knew of the danger's that comes with being a spy. “I will gladly follow the clan's plan, they want what's best for humans and me going as a spy will only make things easy for mankind” I said piously, knowing that they wouldn 't have suggested that I go as a spy without thinking more about it.