THE WOLF I WAS BORN TO HATE

CHAPTER TWO

THE WOLF PRINCE

When news arrived at David Draven before the sun rose above the Northern Territory. His prospective wife was on the scene and the expressions that he used turned him sour and the large windows of David's study were open and he was gazing down at the courtyard.

The morning mist was rolling around between the black pines that surrounded Draven Castle and there was a thin layer of frost on the stone.

Behind him the door opened."She is here,David's jaw tightened and he refused to stop and acknowledge him."Who?"His Beta and Rowan said "no!"

"Renee Vale."Silence!

A mournful feeling was gnawing in David's heart ,the word Vale had been used in his house for two and a quarter decades as if it were a gunshot and he had been stabbed in the back. Vale? The family that is responsible for Lucien's death and one of them had now come into his house.

Not as a prisoner.Not as an enemy.As his future Luna.His wife.

David finally turned. "Where is she?" The entrance hall his expression hardened.

"Take me to her."

Renee had thought of all sorts of things about the Northern territory and it was her imagination that had conjured up snow. She had dreamt of the big castle of Draven, of servants ogling her and wolves wagging their tails but silence was what she did not expect but she realized all of the people around her appeared to cease talking when she walked in.

Some stared openly while others looked away. She was whispered on by a few as if her name were something noxious.

Renee maintained a proud and upright posture, not giving them the satisfaction of seeing her nervously, she said. In the middle of the entrance hall, she stood with her hands loosely folded in front of her, with a few guards standing around her.Next, the doors at the end opened up and the atmosphere changed even before he showed up, Renee knew that he had arrived.

A powerful wolf.Cold.Dark.Controlled .

A wolf was afoot under her skin. She who walked beneath the moon, Her mind continually rang with the familiar name.He is here, Renee Vale swallowed then Footsteps approached.

David Draven came into the hall and he was a taller figure than she had not anticipated with broad shoulders, dark hair, a face angular and hard like a stone face. His clothes were black and immaculate and the silver insignia of the bloodline of the Northern Alphas was against his chest.

Thoughtless eyes met the eyes of hers and immediately hardened. Renee felt a strange feeling go through her ,it was a very silent moment, for a split second. The wolf pushed forward, its spirit.

Mate!

Renee's heart stumbled as she was frightened out of her wits.Absolutely not! David was a few feet away from her and it was easy to tell he was displeased with her.

"So, he said coldly". This is Vale's daughter, Renee said nothing. David's eyes narrowed. "Is it not your destiny to be here?"

"Unfortunately."

"His jaw tightened", well then you know that I did not need you. There was a rumor in the hall as Renee's fingers clasped and twisted slightly, she knew that the hostility would be there but such disrespect she did not anticipate,David stepped closer. I do not want this marriage.

The warning was in his voice but he spoke at a low volume, only she could hear it. Avoid going where I do not go and do not put your family in my life, do not put anything in my life that has anything to do with the Vales.

Renee was looking at him and she paused for a moment, but could not think of anything to say. It was not because she was frightened but instead her head held high in the arrogant man before her was almost impressive as he seemed to have overlooked the simple task of enquiring her name and he had a preexisting animosity towards her, David's eyes darkened.

"Medras daughter."

It was like a blade that hit the room as few people put down their heads, Renee noticed. It was a history there and then.

Medras! Her father, the name of which all the northerners were familiar as it had been used in a different way in the Vale area, and typically was used in a malicious manner, sometimes in a disgraceful way.

But here? It was as if he were accusing her. Renee cautiously raised her chin as her lips twitched with a cold smile on her face.

"Yes."

David was taken aback that she did not flinch and Renee Vale came one step towards him. "And you are going to have to be David Draven."His eyes had an expression of surprise which it was impossible to read.

"Unfortunately"She smiled again.

Now it was not so warm and you are just as charming as your father had said, some startled gasps came out of the ones around them.David's eyes narrowed.

He was really interested for the first time in his life when he entered the hall. Not pleased but interested. Renee held his eye gaze but they did not divert their gaze from each other as if there was something in her chest that was pulsing and the purple color of her skin was burning through her clothing.For a split-second, David's face morphed as his hand instinctively went towards his chest.Renee noticed!He saw her and neither said anything yet, there was no silence among their wolves, however but was within.

Mate!

Both their thoughts and their voice uttered the word and they both ignored it as neither of them was ready to believe in the possibility. David moved closer and closer so that there was just a breath between them. I recommend that you keep in mind where you are, "Renee Vale",said the man.

Her smile disappeared, "I am very sure where I am." Then, understanding this, his voice dropped.You may be promised to me before you have been conceived in your mother's womb, but that does not mean that you are welcome here and Renee's gaze was fixed on his eyes.

But you could be the all-powerful heir to the throne of the North, David Draven, but that does not make you my king.Silence! Absolute silence! David gawked at her.

He had been spoken to by someone without fear, for the first time and his wolf was growling in his belly.Not with anger with recognition and David hated it. He did not like the feeling going on under his ribs and he did not like the way that her fragrance lingered in the air.

Above all, he just could not stop thinking about one thing.Who is she? Renee looked him in the eye and scuttled away but she did not notice that David's eyes moved towards her and that there was some tension in his jaw and also she did not realize that as she passed him, Vargan raised his head into David's mind and spoke a word that David had heard every day of his life that he thought he would never hear.

Mate!