Bonded by Fates; The Origin

13. The Royals

Alice POV:

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I really wanted to know about all the other Realms.

I was tired of being locked up inside a house, I wanted to explore, I wanted to have stories to tell to my pups.

“Our pups” Hope said.

We’ve been around in an endless windmill of problems recently and we still hadn’t the chance to chill like we wanted to.

“Want to go for a run, girl?” I asked her and I knew the answer already. Hope was wiggling her tail in excitement.

“Liam, I think I’ll take Hope for a run. She misses it and after we met I still haven’t shifted, it’s been too long”, I said to my gorgeous beloved.

“Of course, I was thinking about it just now, I want to see her”, Liam said, and it made some wolf swirl around happily in my mind.

“Oh thank you for the words, now she’s going to give me a headache until she finally gets close to you” I said, but she wouldn’t give me a headache, she was already pacing around driving me nuts that she'd get the chance to cuddle with him.

Liam just chuckled.

“You know, Alec drives me insane sometimes too, he wants to spend some time with you and Hope” he said, and it made my heart melt.

I love Alec already and I’ve never seen a shifted dragon in real life.

I was looking forward to it but I know that it’s too dangerous shifting around here, somebody could see and Liam would be in danger. We'll find some place in the Human Realm hopefully.

We left the castle and there was a beautiful meadow on the side.

We could see Silvercity looking down the gate’s road and it was beautiful, really magical, it had a lot of tall technological buildings and floating things everywhere, but we’ll go there some other time.

We turned around and left, going into a cozy forest inside the castle’s gates.

It was very spacious and Hope could easily run as much as she wanted to.

“I think it’s fine around here” I said.

“I’m looking forward to finally meeting her. Do you think she’ll like me?” Liam asked. What?

If he only knew...I thought to myself.

“I’m going to jump on him, lick him and take him for a ride”, Hope said in my mind.

I’m small but Hope was a huge wolf.

I’m an Alpha’s daughter, so Hope was a little bigger than any other ranked wolf, but still not as big as an Alpha. She could easily take him for a ride.

“And I will, watch me” Hope said, wiggling her tail and I chuckled.

“What’s wrong?” Liam noticed I was having an internal conversation.

“Hope already loves you and she said she wants to take you for a ride”, I let him know and his eyes began to glow.

“But look at me” he said, joking and pointing at his tall size, making me giggle.

“Trust me”, I told him, and started to take my clothes off and he watched me in awe.

I stood next to him with my clothes and asked him to hold them for a while and he did as I asked him to.

I shifted in front of him.

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Liam POV:

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Alice asked me to take her clothes with me for a while and she shifted and it was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen.

I could hear her bones cracking, Hope’s fur growing and her claws stretching.

It looked like a dragon shifting, except for the wings, horns and spikes.

It turned out that Hope was a very big and beautiful wolf indeed.

Her grey and white fur made her look like a Siberian Husky in the Human Realm, her yellow eyes looked like they could pierce a soul from anyone who dared to threaten her. She was elegant, but a visibly strong and skillful wolf.

"She's amazing, the most beautiful creature that I ever laid my eyes on", Alec said, and I agreed.

I approached her and ran my hands through her fur, I took her snout in my hand and caressed her head and a soft spot on her neck.

She happily whimpered and started to wiggle her tail in excitement.

Suddenly she jumped on me, making me fall. She was really strong indeed and started to lick all over my face and I laughed out loud.

“I love you too, Hope”, I told her and she cuddled in my lap. We stayed for about 10 minutes like that, her head on my lap as I was running my hands through her soft and smooth fur.

Suddenly, she jumped off my lap wanting to play.

She crouched down, keeping her haunch up as her tail was wiggling, looking at me.

I stood up and started to run from her and she ran after me and in no time she caught me. She was also extremely fast.

She pointed her head to her back, whining in excitement.

“What, pretty girl? Do you want me to ride you?” I asked her and she just nodded and I got Alice’s clothes between me and Hope and did what she wanted.

“Hold still” Alice mind-linked me.

I leaned on her back and held Hope’s neck tight and in no time she ran as fast as she could.

I felt the wind on my face. She was so fast that it felt like the wind was scratching my face, making my medium-length hair flow behind in the air.

She dodged trees, rocks and jumped any obstacles that showed up in front of her. I was very impressed, she was very skillful indeed.

All of a sudden, we saw someone jumping on the tree branches like this person was having a hard time following us.

Hope stopped and growled, her growling was aggressive, she was powerful indeed.

Alec also growled in a warning way.

“We’re being followed”. Alice mind-linked me and I mind-linked Atlantes right away.

I got off her back and I looked up at the shadow that was staring back at us.

Hope barked and I saw thunder jolts coming out of Hope’s fur and suddenly it reached straight forward through the shadow and we could hear screaming of pain and someone falling from the branches.

Atlantes flashed at where we were right away and he looked startled at Hope.

“Alice?” he asked with a frowning face.

“Yes, that’s Alice’s Wolf; Hope” I replied to him and he was astonished. He got closer to her and patted her head hesitantly.

Hope licked his hand and he gulped hard but smiled.

“What a beautiful wolf” he said, relaxed now and I had to hold back a growl from Alec, he was drowned in jealousy.

She surely noticed my annoyance and she got closer to me, by my side.

“I didn’t know Hope also had powers, not even she did know it. She said it was instinctive, I’m going to shift back now”. Alice mind-linked me and I made my way behind a bush with her clothes.

She shifted and quickly got dressed and we got back to where Atlantes was.

“Who is that?” Alice asked.

When we turned the body up, it was a woman.

Atlantes opened his eyes wide.

“Patsy?” he asked, looking at the unconscious body.

“Who’s Patsy?” Alice asked him.

He turned himself to Alice and inhaled a deep breath.

“Your mother” he replied.

Alice’s face got red and she started to sob.

“She’s alive” she said as realization hit her like thunder, even though she’s the one who sent a thunder over at her mother “I attacked my own mother”, she continued.

“How could it be? Didn’t Randall say that she died poisoned?” I asked someone.

“She is the niece of my late cousin's mate. I haven’t heard from her for decades, 30 years ago to be precise”, Atlantes said, and Alice was holding her mom’s body sobbing.

I reached over to comfort my mate by running my fingers through her hair. She relaxed.

“Did you say her name is Patsy? It can’t be, my mom’s name was Helena.” Alice said between sobs.

“Let’s get to the bottom of this now. I believe she tricked us, she belongs to the Sixforce”, Atlantes said as he mind-linked some soldiers and they flashed to where we were after a few seconds.

“Go get Randall Blackford from the Black Moon Pack over to my office right now, tell him it’s an emergency”. Atlantes ordered them and they flashed away.

Atlantes touched my shoulder with one hand and Alice with another hand as she was sobbing with her hands on her mom’s face, he flashed us to his office.

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Alice POV:

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I couldn’t believe it, it was my mom, she wasn't dead.

But Atlantes said she was part of the Sixforce?

It couldn’t be. My mom was a wonderful Luna, she was kind to everyone and the whole pack loved her.

At least, that’s how they all remembered her.

Soon, my dad flashed with some guards to Atlantes office. I ran to embrace him tightly. I totally forgot to mind-link my dad to let him know I was OK.

“Dad, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you where I was before, I missed you”, I told him, hugging him with my face on his chest.

“It’s OK, my little pup”. My dad’s mood has been improving ever since he quit drinking the Wolfcraig from the royal pack.

“So, what do we get here?” my dad asked, and when he got closer to her, he froze. “Helena?” he asked.

“Now, I mind-linked King Philip and he knows we have a member of the Sixforce as a hostage. I've asked him to come. He has healing and clairvoyant power. Go after him to see if he needs some help with anything.” Atlantes said to his soldiers and they left and King Werloth also flashed at Atlante's office after a few minutes past.

King Werloth Lithron, the King of Elves. He was about 6’7 tall, strong and gorgeous with milky-white soft skin, not pale though. There was some health on his face, crystal blue eyes, his mid-length blonde hair attached to his beauty.

He was wearing some kind of Elf armor on his forearm and shoulders, a golden embroidery green tail coat fitting on his abs and a black shirt with black pants fitting to his tail coat.

He was strong and had some muscles that did nothing to hide under his clothes, a male necklace and some rings on his fingers.

I never thought that an Elf could be so gorgeous and elegant.

“Greetings, my friends” he said, slightly bowing his head to all of us, Atlantes greeted him back.

“Liam, long time no see, I hope you’re fine and all the dragons safe” King Werloth said in a very elegant and polite way to my mate. His voice is manly and dominant like all the other kings, but has a nice, soft, and calmness to it.

“Werloth, we are fine and safe, thanks for your consideration” Liam replied politely.

Then, another 3 flashes; The soldiers flashed and on the third flash, another gorgeous man came out.

“King Philip” Atlantes greeted.

King Philip Chandler, King of Fae Realm. His presence was totally different from all the other kings.

He came smiling and joking with everyone.

King Philip was also very tall, like all the other Kings and my dad.

I felt like I was disappearing among all the dominant auras and powerful, strong and very tall kings.

He had dark hair with blonde highlights, he had a bun, violet eyes, natural tan skin, strong jaws with beard.

He was wearing black casual, very different from the Elf King, but not less elegant and handsome.

“Atlas” Philip came to Atlantes and patted his back, making the wizard frown.

I couldn’t help but chuckle. Atlantes was not much into touching people or letting people touch him.

He could get very embarrassed, it seemed.

“Elf Lith” Philip did the same to Werloth, but differently from Atlantes, the Elf King smiled gracefully at the Fae King.

“Pretty woman, it’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m King Philip from the Fae Realm” he told me as he held my hand and kissed it.

I could feel the warmness leaving Liam’s body, he would spit some dragon fire at Philip at any second.

“That’s Alice, my mate”, Liam said, and Philip petrified, looking at him. He had a whole different expression from before but then gave Liam a big grin.

“Liam, look at you, you’re alive” Philip said, smiling from ear-to-ear, patting Liam’s back. “You’re the luckiest of us, you were the first to find your mate” he continued.

I couldn’t help but notice some disappointed faces in the room.

“What? Are you going to tell me that you want a mate now? You’re a womanizer” Atlantes said, mocking him.

Philip’s eyes gloomed a little but he quickly dissembled it.

“Well, there’s only one King to every fairy lady in my Realm, I should attend them all” Philip said, smiling back at Atlantes and back at Liam. Then he stopped in front of my dad.

“Wow, wolf? Nice to meet you. I had a dog from the human realm centuries ago. I loved him. Unfortunately, he only lived for 15 years. I promised myself I would never have a dog again”. Philip said, with a real sad face looking away, my dad rolled his eyes and didn’t say anything.

“That’s my dad, Alpha Randall Blackford from the Black Moon Pack”, I told him, but I chuckled over Philip's statement.

He was so funny, even though Atlantes said he was a womanizer, he was very fun to be with. I also loved the nickname he gave to Atlantes. Atlas sounds so much nicer and easier.

“So, you’re the hybrid girl, that’s why you smell so nice” Philip said, making Liam uneased.

I held Liam’s hand in reassurance and he calmed down again.

Philip relieved some tensions at the Atlas office, but I was still worried about my mom.

“So, let me see the Sixforce woman, I can’t wait to find out about what she’s been up to”, Philip said, winking at us.

The kings approached her and Philip placed his fingers on my mom’s temples and he was seeing things because his eyes were wandering around like he was seeing something.

He had a serious and frowning face.

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Philip POV:

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When Atlas asked me if I wanted a mate, my heart clenched. What king secretly doesn’t want it?

I was fine with the fae women, I didn’t have to look for them, they always came to me and it was fine by me.

I was aware that if my mate ever came around, I’d have a hard time in my realm because there were a lot of insane women who thought they owned me and I hated that.

I actually hated the thought of being with a single woman for the rest of my life.

I wanted a mate, but was I really willing to be with a single woman for eternity?

King Atlas never leaves the castle. How was he supposed to find her?

If he ever finds her, he could break her heart because he’s not good at dealing with his emotions at all.

King Werloth was also having a hard time. He would even take a chosen mate.

Liam found his mate and she was a hybrid. How cool is that?

He’s not only a dragon, but also had a hybrid as his mate.

I wish I was that lucky, but still I couldn’t stand the thought of being with a single woman for eternity.

I’d probably end up getting sick of her quickly…didn’t I?

I better not think about it now and see what’s going on with that woman.

I placed my fingers on her temples and everything she went through started to flash in my mind and I was seeing it like I was inside her mind looking for the episodes that mattered the most, I was reviving what she had been through.

Her memories were carrying over to me.

The way she tricked the Alpha to make him think she was his mate.

Fuck, that was insane what she did to that poor woman. She butchered her, but I couldn’t see how she managed to create the kind of dark magic spell that could tricker over someone to the insane level to make him think that she was his mate .

I also couldn't see how she planned on getting pregnant.

It was like something was blocking me. She cast a lot of spells, pheromones, fertility pills and even dark magic.

Damn, Alice was also created from the effects of dark magic. She hated raising Alice when she was a baby.

She thought it was very annoying, she faked being nice to the wolves.

I also saw her plans to kidnap Alice, Alice’s unlimited powers and how she planned to use them for her own purposes.

We have the King of the Underworld called Phoenix who gives all the souls a hard time, but I guess she’s even more wicked than him.

I wondered how could I share everything I saw?

I snapped out of her mind and I was in shock.

I've never had a problem with dealing with people, but that was insane.

I had an idea. I would show them some parts of it.

Showing it all would be a nightmare for them and they could never be the same after it. One thing I knew, she would be better dead.