Sapphires Choice

Chapter 5

Sapphire's POV

2 weeks have passed and it has been hell. Marco keeps coming to me and trying to fix our friendship. Damien has been talking to me more. That jackass alpha Nixon and his b***h Sophie. Yes, I finally found out their names. Are f*****g with me constantly. They have been starting to bully me more. The rumors have spread more and they are getting creative with it.

Oh well. My 18th birthday is today and my parents surprised me this morning by showing up. When I woke up, they were hoovering over me and scared the heck out of me! I think my heart almost jumped out of my chest. I really hope they are not planning anything. I skipped school today to go see the designer to create a new wardrobe. Plus a new dress. I have been invited to attend the royal ball in a month's time.

After hours of working with the designer on my new wardrobe, my mother starts saying she is hungry and wants to go to eat at a restaurant. So I obliged and took her to one.

As we sat down, I started to smell the scent of pine and rain. I turned to see the person giving off the scent. That is when I saw Nixon looking like a disheveled person with a crazy look in his eyes. His green eyes found my blue ones and it was as if time stood still. We just stare at each other for a moment until he comes up to me and flat out rejects me "I future Alpha Nixon Stone of The Red Stone Pack hereby reject you Sapphire Moon, as my mate and Luna", and I hesitate to accept because I know I will have to use my title, but oh well. Here goes nothing "I Sapphire Moon Princess of the sea hereby accept your rejection as your mate and Luna and hereby reject you as future prince of the sea" and his eyes go wide and his jaw drops at my title and then he drops to his knees in pain, crying. I walked up to him and bent down to use a serene siren song along with my healing ability to calm him and to ease his pain. I feel bad it hurt him this badly. I did not feel much pain but I have a very high tolerance for it. After a few moments, he is calm again and he is looking at me in awe and sadness.

I felt my mother grab my arm to help me up. She looks furious at the future Alpha. She started to speak in a stern tone "Young Alpha, do you know what you have just done? Do you realize how you just insulted my family by not accepting my daughter as your mate! Is she not good enough for you?" He has red watery eyes as he looks at me. "I didn't know why didn't you tell me? Why did you allow us to treat you that way if you are royalty? Was there any truth to the rumors?" My mother's face was red with fury. Answering him with questions of her own "What rumors? How did you treat my daughter? Why would she need to tell you anything regarding who she is or what title she holds?"

He looked like a lost puppy and was whimpering like one while speaking "I am so sorry, please forgive me. I was an i***t. I I ...." I cut him off with a soft comforting voice "No need to apologize, there really is no need. I tend not to tell people to see how they act and what type of person they are. I must say you are a weak-minded Alpha and let your girlfriend tell you what she wants you to do which you do, no questions asked and she is a horrible person, so you should not be taking any orders from her. Besides, are you the alpha or is she?" I looked into his eyes and said in a resigned voice "I am going to be honest, I knew I would get rejected. Because I felt a pull to you last week. I just could not scent you. I tried to get you to realize it but you are very ignorant. You continued to bully me." He starts to try to defend himself, but I speak again: "You cannot blame anyone but yourself. Please let it go." He just whimpers and opens his mouth to say something, but nothing comes out but a small whine. My mother then said "I believe you have made your decision. Now you must move on or work hard to redeem yourself, young alpha." She turns to me, "Let's get going sweetheart, so we can finish celebrating your birthday."

I felt a weight being lifted off me like I was free. I think it is because my mate knows who I am and what I am. I just hope he can keep his mouth closed about it. I will have to talk to him about it later.

We make it back to the vampire castle and they are outside waiting for us. Which is weird to begin with. I saw a flash of red before I saw my sister run up to me and slap me, before I prepared myself. My mother surprised me by grabbing her and giving her a tight slap. My eyes went wide along with everyone else and my sister staring at our mother with tears in her eyes. My mother looked angrily at my sister and scolded her in a sharp tone. "That is enough, you will not lay a hand on your sister again. You are beyond arrogant and if you keep this up, I will give the title to your sister. Do I make myself clear?" My sister answered in a pitiful tone "Yes mother, I understand." My mother told us that we should go inside now. I was about to take a step, only for Damien and Marco each grab one of my arms to help me inside while Damien examined my face. Which pisses my sister off again. But she just starts to mumble an insult, but a glare from our mother stops her immediately.

Once we are all inside, the 2 queens lead us to the dining room with the kings following closely behind them. I looked at my sister and felt my eyes water. I am trying so hard not to cry. Not because her slap hurt me, but because all I ever want is her to be my sister and love me, not compete with me. I am not competing with Ruby at all. I just want my sister. As we all take our seats, I notice that Damien is to my left with my sister on his other side and Marco is to my right with Lillith on his other side. My parents are across from me with the vampire king and queen. It seems like we are waiting for someone. I go to ask but the door opens and in walks a tall man with a thin muscular build. He stands in the entrance and looks directly at me, then he goes over to my sister and gives her a peck on the lips. I am stunned and I look around to see if anyone else has the same expression and Marco and Damien both have the same expression. So I am taking it, both our parents know. My sister says with a smug look on her face and cocky attitude, "This is Matthew, the future king of the ocean, my chosen betrothed." She looks at me with her arms crossed. "Try to take him away. I dare you." I looked at her in disbelief before I told her what she needed to hear. "You do realize I could, if I really wanted to, I could pull a you on you . . . Well, if you had my powers." If looks could kill, I would be dead. "Try it. I want to see it!"

I look at my mother and father as well as the king and queen for approval and they all nod in unison. "I apologize in advance" as I look at all 3 guys and Lillith, they also give me a slight nod. So I take a deep breath and sing the siren song of love and, in a second of the song, all 3 guys look at me with love in their eyes and they surround me and start caressing my arms and back. I look at my parents' cue to stop but they haven't given it yet. After a few minutes, I stop before the song is complete and the look of love fades from their faces. They all looked at me in awe and appreciation. I heard my dad speak for the first time to ask "How did it feel?" The guys looked at each other and in unison they said "Blissful" That answer is not what I was expecting and neither was my sister.

She slammed her hands on the table and stood up fuming. She started to yell "You f*****g b***h how dare you!" My father spoke again in his stern tone, cutting off her rant. "Ruby, did you not dare your sister to try because you wanted to see it? Well, she did what you asked of her and you are still not happy. What is it that you want? HMM" I shiver in fear and bow my head to my father. He is very terrifying when he is mad. "Sapphire raise your head up sweetheart. You are my daughter. There is no need for you to bow to me" my father says in a gentle tone. I raised my head up and answered him, "My dear Father, I will always bow my head in submission to you and mother, because you are far superior to me." I can see the gentleness in my parents' watery eyes. I gave them a worried look. "Are you okay? Did I say something wrong, mother, father?" My sister starts laughing and says "You really are the perfect daughter. You do not even realize what you said to make their eyes water. You really are too kind for this world and one day it will get you killed." After she said that, she stormed out of the room. I quickly apologize to everyone and ask to be dismissed, but Damien stops me and says "We will never allow you to get killed." Matthew speaks in a gentle tone next. "Your sister was extremely harsh. Please forgive her. I had no idea she had this side to her." He then rises and goes after my sister. I did not expect him to speak on behalf of my sister. I am glad she found someone like him.

My parents apologize and tell me they need to leave. I walk them to the ocean and watch them as they swim away. I sang a short song about protection and good health for them.

I felt a presence at my side and then I heard Lillith's voice "You really ended up with the short stick in life. Your sister is a straight up b***h. So I guess I should apologize for my previous actions and words. You do not need all that extra stress. I hope you can forgive me. I have been so jealous of you because I mean you are beautiful, kind, and really are the perfect package. I never understood why and now I do. Remind me to stay off your bad side. You have a really powerful voice." I gave out a laugh "I have more powers beyond my voice. You should ask Marco he knows." I smile at her and headed back to the castle.

When will I have a good day and not one filled with drama?

I finally got to my room and went to lay down but I started to feel hot. Ugh, I have not been intimate in a long time already. Just great, I just got my heat. I have two options now: find someone to hook up with or turn my room into a human freezer and force my body to shut down. The problem with option 1 is they may want to claim me and that is a no for me, and the problem with option 2 is someone has to wake me to defrost the room once it passes. I guess option two is the best. Now who to text? Ah yes the queen. 'Hello your majesty, I wanted to ask a favor of you. I hope you will help me. I just got my heat instead of mating with someone. I am choosing to make my room into a human freezer. If you could come wake me up in 2 days' time to defrost the room, it is important that you wake me up in exactly in 2 days unless you want an ice castle.' I get an immediate response "Okay dear, I will wake you in 2 days' time, sweet dreams'

I feel someone gently trying to wake me. It is time already? I forced my eyes open and saw Damien instead of the queen. He speaks in the softest tone I have ever heard "It is time to wake up. The ice has made it into the hall and my mother could not make it through, it was too cold for her." I jumped up and started defrosting the ice and moving the water to my bathroom drains. All the while, he was standing there wearing basketball shorts and a t-shirt unaffected by the cold. He sees me looking at him and he smiles at me and says in the same soft voice "You are very powerful. It feels so good in here." I laugh like an i***t. "I guess you are unique then, because it is in the negatives here in order to force myself to a deep sleep." He moves closer before speaking "Why did you have to force yourself to sleep? If you do not mind me asking," I debate if I should tell him and figure why not "I did it so I did not have to have a random hook up because I do not have time to find out if they have the strength to not claim me the person that use to help me is not able to anymore." He tilts his head "You are referring to my brother yes?" I hum and shake my head yes. He purses his lips and shocks me with his next words "Why not ask me? I am single and have great control. I may not be experienced but I am willing to help you." I blink rapidly for a few seconds, then say, "I would never want to take advantage of you or take something special from you." He smiles at me seductively and with a low husky voice "You cannot take advantage of someone wanting you to do just that."

I feel myself getting hot again as I look at him. This is so wrong. This is Marcos' Brother.