Alpha Prince Egon And His Bride

2. Long Live

Chapter 2. Twenty Four Years Later

Shine Moon Pack

The mating ball was filled with lively conversation, delicious food, and an abundance of wine. Unmated Wolves anxiously awaited the intoxicating scent of their soulmates. On the sidelines, Alpha Prince Lucas observed as a few wolves recognized each other as soulmates, embracing before slipping away into the woods to mate and mark.

Lucas' expression soured at the sight, realizing that he, at the age of twenty-six, had yet to find his own soulmate. He had been labeled as mateless in the werewolf world. To satisfy his physical desires, he would take random unmated she-wolves to bed. His attention shifted to the newly mated wolves of lower status, frustration gnawed at him. If lesser wolves could find their mates, why couldn't he? He clenched his hand into a fist, attempting to suppress his anger until he noticed Harry, the peacemaker from the Blood Moon Pack, accompanied by his daughter Tracy.

Lucas' gaze was fixated on Tracy's breasts. His desire surged, begging him to possess her beauty. An evil smile played on his lips as he downed his drink and began to stalk his prey. Approaching them abruptly, he said, "Let's go," as he started dragging Tracy away, paying no heed to the onlookers.

"Father!" Tracy screamed, while Harry intervened out of alarm.

"Prince Lucas, what are you doing? Please release my daughter," he pleaded.

Lucas, nothing more than a spoiled brat and the next in line for Alpha King, arrogantly replied, "I want her. I’ll return her to you once I am finished."

"What?" Harry was stunned. The realization dawned on him that this fiend intended to defile his daughter. Desperate, Harry looked to Lucas' mother, Queen Bella, only to find her wearing a proud expression. She only cared as long as her son's bed was warm. Tracy continued to cry and beg, "My daughter...." Harry raced after Lucas, shouting.

"Stop him!" the Queen ordered her personal guards to intervene.

"Let me go!" Harry struggled in their grasp. "My Queen, please stop Prince Lucas. My daughter is young and wishes to find her mate. So that she can be with her destined one."

"Enough with this melodrama," Bella rolled her eyes. "Consider yourself lucky, that my son has chosen your daughter for the night." Harry stood there with his mouth agape, astonished by her absurd remark.

"My King, I beg for mercy. My daughter is not that kind of woman. She is innocent..." Harry pleaded.

"Don’t forget your position, peacemaker," King Thomas growled in warning. "If Prince Lucas desires a night with your daughter, he shall have it. I’ll forgive your mistake this once, as you are Alpha Levi's advisor. If you persist, I will condemn your beautiful daughter to be the w***e of my pack. The choice is yours, let the Prince have her tonight or make her the pack's w***e!" the King declared, while the Queen smiled in approval at his side.

Harry froze, stunned by their exchanged smiles. They would do anything for their son's happiness. He had to make a choice but either way Tracey’s life was going to be ruined. A fat tear rolled down Harry's cheek as he heard Tracy's fearful screams. It was then that he saw Tracy running downstairs, half-naked.

"Tracy!" he stretched out his arms to embrace her.

"Father, he tried to rape me," she cried, but Harry could hear Lucas' agonized screams. The King and Queen rushed to attend to their son.

"Tracey, how did you escape him?" Harry's voice trembled.

"I kicked him in the groin."

"What?" Harry's face turned pale. "You... you shouldn't have done that..."

"What? Father, he was going to rape me!" Tracy screamed in disbelief.

"I’m so sorry, Tracy, but Alpha Levi doesn’t care about that. He only cares about the treaty that we’re here to negotiate and this incident is going to destroy everything. This isn’t our pack, and we’re here as peacemakers. But now, you have attacked the Prince. What will become of us?" Harry looked at her with guilty eyes.

"How can you say this to me, father? Did you know that I found my mate some time ago, and Prince Lucas killed him in front of me before I even had a chance to learn his name?" she revealed, shocking Harry. "I will take revenge for what was done to my mate!" she declared.

"No! We are under the rule of two Alphas. They will kill us!" Harry tightly grasped her arms, but Tracy jerked away.

"You were always afraid of Alpha Levi. Alpha Levi and his pack have made the women of the pack helpless, weak, and worthless. However, that’s about to change. Inform everyone here that I’m no longer your daughter. At least you will be able to do what you do best and save yourself. I’m leaving Alpha Levi's pack," she announced.

Harry's face blanched. Unbeknownst to her, the King's guards had surrounded Tracy, they had overheard everything. They were prepared to attack. He had to stop his daughter under any circumstances before she got herself killed.

"How can you abandon me and Princess Emily?"

"How dare you use Princess Emily against me, father! You are selfish. You know nothing about the Princess. You only concern yourself with Alpha Levi. I know that I’ll break her heart by leaving the pack, but at least she will understand my reasons. She isn’t like you," Tracy declared.

However, when she turned to leave, Harry pulled out a dagger and stabbed her in the back. Everyone watched in shock as Tracy fell to the floor as Harry held her tightly, crying. His hands were soaked with the blood of his own daughter. Whispers spread throughout the room as people questioned why he had done it.

"You did a great job in killing that traitor! That b***h dared to offend the Prince! He no longer needs her. My son has finally found his soulmate," the King growled. Tracy finally realized that her father had stabbed her for her own good. After what she had done to Lucas, she could have been used to satisfy lustful wolves of this horrid pack then been brutally killed.

Lucas approached with his mate, pushing Harry away from Tracy. "If only you had obeyed me like the b***h you are, then you would be alive and in my bed, instead of like this," Lucas angrily grasped Tracy's cheeks.

"Alpha!!!" The King's Beta burst into the palace with a group of other wolves, some of them bleeding and deeply scratched. The sight of their condition sent chills down the King's spine.

"What happened?" Thomas demanded.

"He... he... he’s attacked us. He’s come," one of the wolves replied, afraid to speak the person's name. The King's legs grew weak as he realized who it was judging by the brutality that had been inflicted on his men. His pack was not weak, but the person that had arrived was a fearsome presence.

Taking her last breath, Tracy felt the same aura she had experienced three years ago. She recognized the person that had made the King lose his s**t and smirked at Lucas' terrified face.

"Long live Prince Lucas, but it's unfortunate that death has come for you," she smiled, closing her eyes forever.

Lucas broke out in a cold sweat at Tracy's final words. His father's defeated expression offered him no solace. Everyone's attention shifted to the main doors as the screams of the wolves grew louder. They were being killed without a chance to fight back.

That’s when a group of enemy wolves entered the palace hall.

"Father, who is coming?" Lucas asked, unable to divert his gaze from the doors.

"The monster," the King whispered. "Alpha Prince Egon..."