The Prince is My Mate

Ch. 8 They Meet

Peter's POV

I sighed for the dozenth time. I had already been introduced to a dozen girls and nothing. While the main participants were the Alphas and their families, we had invited people of wealth from all 12 packs and some Alpha's from neighboring kingdoms. We were searching all over the place for my Luna. Hopefully she would be here tonight so that I could stop having to host parties or go to other packs/kingdoms in order to find her. It was time-consuming.

I looked at my mother and motioned that I needed a drink. She nodded and I walked off. Guy was chatting with a girl when I walked up to the bar.

"I can't believe that I have met with all these girls and not one is my mate!" I exclaimed. I took the drink that was in Guy's hand and downed it. Then I motioned to the bartender for another.

"I thought you said you felt something," Guy said as he took the next drink.

"I thought I did for a minute there earlier." I took the drink out of Guy's hand and began to sip it. Guy looked at the bartender and ordered another one. "But then the feeling vanished. I haven't felt it since then." I took another sip of the drink.

Suddenly I felt it again. I set the drink down and began looking around. My wolf was going crazy in my head. I could smell cinnamon apples.

Violet's POV

I walked behind my family as we entered the area for the ball outside. We walked up to a couple. My father introduced Oak and Cherri and turned back around. The man and woman, I think Father said they were the king and queen, looked at me. Father, begrudgingly, introduced me. He didn't say I was his daughter. He just told them my name.

My wolf was going crazy in my head. I began to look around the party. My mate was here. I could smell the saltiness of the beach.

I walked away from my family and followed the scent as it got stronger. I walked up to a guy and stared at him. He had black hair and gorgeous blue eyes. He was easily 6'5". He had a sense of power coming from him. He stared at me as I stared at him.

"Mate," we said at the same time. I held my hand out and he held it. Then, he pulled me towards himself and our lips met. My toes curled as he kissed me. Our lips were opening to take the kiss further when we heard the cheers. I pulled back and looked around. Everyone was clapping as they stared at us, smiling (some frowning, but I don't know why).

The guy took my hand and led me away. We walked over to a gazebo and sat down.

"I guess we should introduce ourselves," I suggested. "My name's-"

"Are you Violet?" he asked. I stopped and smiled.

'How did he know my name?' I thought.

"Yes, I'm Violet. I'm from-"

"You're from Blue Moon pack. One of the 12 packs in this kingdom."

"Yes... How did you know?" He looked at me hard.

"My name's Peter." The way he said it was as if that should clear things up. It was as clear as mud, though.

He leaned in and kissed me again. This time there was no one to stop us so when I opened my lips his tongue slid in. It slid around my tongue. His hands slid up my arms and cupped my face. He pulled me even closer and moved his hands into my hair. I moved my hands to his arms. I could feel the strength in them. He pulled me back and rested his head on my head.

"I finally found you," he mumbled.

***

After some more kissing, we walked back to the ball. He took me to the dance floor and we slowly danced while looking into each other's eyes. I knew I should probably ask him about his life, but I just wanted to stare at him. How was I so lucky to have this man as my mate? He took my hand and twirled me. I smiled and laughed.

"What a beautiful sound," he said. The song ended and he took my hand. "I need to introduce you to some people." He led me to a couple that was talking to some people.

I wasn't really paying attention to where he was taking me. I walked right into someone carrying a drink. I stopped and froze. My dress! I stared at the stain in my dress. Luckily my dress was dark colored but you could still see the drink stain on the front of my dress.

A woman walked up to me and said, "You poor dear! All over that lovely dress! Come with me and let's get this cleared up."

I looked up and saw the woman that I had been introduced to earlier. It was the queen... I was frozen. Peter led me to the queen's arms and she led me away. Peter followed for a bit, until the queen turned around and said, "I have this covered."

He stepped back and watched us leave. We took the elevator to the top floor. While we were on the elevator, the queen linked someone.

"I have a daughter. She is fine if you borrow one of her dresses for the rest of the night," the queen stated.

I nodded, not knowing what to say to the queen. She glanced at me as the elevator went up.

"What's your name?" the queen asked.

"I'm Violet," I said, shyly.

"It's a shame that you spilled that drink. The dress looks lovely on you."

"Thank you," I muttered.

"I can't believe the prince has finally found his mate. It took him long enough. I thought he would never find her!"

"I'm glad he found his mate, too." The bell dinged and we got out. She led me down the hall and to a door. She opened it up and I was blown away by how beautiful the room was. There was a canopy bed, beautiful white furniture and a white sofa. The curtains were white chiffon.

"My daughter likes white furnishings, as you can tell."

"It's like nothing I've ever seen before!"

My own room was just a hodge podge of furniture that was left over. Cherri's room was pink.

The queen went to a door and walked into a closet. She began to pull out dresses. At that moment the door opened and a girl walked in.

"Where's my mom?" she asked.

"I'm in here, Sweety," the queen said and brought out a few more dresses.

"Is this the girl?"

"Yes, Dear. Be nice."

"You're awfully thin. My dresses might not fit."

I was surprised to hear her say this. She was thin, as well. She went through the pile and started to pull dresses out, saying "No" as she went. Finally she had three dresses in her hands. She handed them to me and indicated that I should try them on in her closet. I walked to the closet and tried on the first one. It was a black tube dress. It didn't want to stay on since my breasts weren't the same size as hers.

I walked out and let them see me in the dress. They both said, "No." I went back into the closet and tried on the second dress. It was blue and off the shoulder. It went down to my ankles with a split up the side. The back was low, to my behind. I walked out and let them see me in it.

"This could work. The blue looks good with your brown hair," the queen stated. The princess nodded.

"Go try on the last one," the princess said. "It is a little tight on me, so it should look good on you."

The last dress was silver satin. It crisscrossed in the front and had a wide band at my waist. My stomach area was left open. The top straps went around the back of my neck. The bottom flowed down to the ground with a high side split. I walked out.

"That's the one," the princess stated.

"It fits you perfectly," the queen said.

I smiled and put on my shoes. The queen stopped me from leaving though.

"Now comes the fun part."

They sat me down and began to work on my makeup and hair.

"Normally, I would get a professional to do this for such a big event, but we can do it this time," the princess explained.

The princess worked on my makeup while the queen brushed out my hair. Then, she put glittered pins onto one side of my head and let my hair cascade down the over side, over my shoulder. The princess kept the makeup natural, but just enhanced my beauty. I looked like a completely different person in this dress with this hair and makeup.

"Let's go back down. We have been here long enough. I'm sure Peter is worrying about what we did to you," the princess said

'Peter must know a lot of different people,' I thought.

We walked back to the elevator and took it down. As we got off the elevator, the queen took my hand and led me outside to a stage.

"Excuse me, but I want to find Peter," I said.

"He'll find you in just a bit," she said. She took the microphone from the singer and announced that she had an announcement. I looked around the crowd of people until I saw Peter. I tried to go to him, but the queen wouldn't let me go. He pushed through the crowds to get to me.

"I have an announcement." She waited until everyone was quiet. The king and princess walked onto the stage. "As you know, the main purpose of this ball was to find the prince's Luna. Well, it seems like we succeeded. I would like to introduce Prince Peter's mate."