The arrogant princess and her mate Tom

Tough two weeks

Tom P.O.V.      The next two weeks before the party were hopeless. At first I was angry about the fight over Daria, and I started to avoid her at home. After 2 days I realized that I was only doing so well because she was avoiding me too. When She was in home, she ignored me and locked herself in her room. She changed her meal times so that we wouldn't see each other. I began to feel sorry for her. During the 2 weeks I was at her house I felt overwhelmed with responsibilities and lonely. I wanted to keep my word to her and not meet up with any girls to relieve the stress. I couldn't imagine how she could function for years under such pressure. Maria was constantly absent. She would get up at 5 and be back at 10 in the evening. The King insisted on an extra two hours of training with Arthur to exercise her Alpha psychic power and voice after school and other classes she attended, which meant she was out of school by 9p.m.. I protested with my parents that this was too much, but he could not be persuaded. Maria, as a good princess, did not even stammer. She said that it was only until her birthday anyway, so she could bear it for four weeks. She was naive. When she gets the wolf she will have another class on how to control and fight beasts.

I was supposed to watch over her 24 hours a day, but due to additional trainings she was finishing at different time, which made her argue that she wants to get to school by herself. We agreed on a compromise - I drove her to school and my best friend Max picked her up, under the guise that he was finishing his extra lessons in marketing at that time and he lived in our housing estate. Of course, I had to argue that I care about the environment. I needed to relax, so I waited impatiently for Friday evening. 

The day before the event, I decided this behavior had to stop and attempted to converse while driving to school: - How did you get Mark to protect Dari? - I asked. I found it hard to believe that the future shy Alpha would just agree to go out with a girl because a friend asked him to. I glanced over at Marie. As always, she was sitting with her head in the glass, turned away from me, and still messed up in some sort of frenzy. This was weird. Okey, it was autumn, but warm. Additionally, werewolves had a higher body temperature than humans and definitely higher than vampires. -.... - she said something but I couldn't hear. - Maria are you cold? If you're talking to me, at least turn towards me - she slowly turned her head. - He want to make Sara jealous - she hid her nose in her scarf - Tom I'm sorry about last weeks. I know you're making this party special for me. I can't even imagine how you convinced my father to do it- she was silent for a moment. I noticed that her hands were clasped in her lap. - I'm tired and irritable, so I'd rather get out of your way than argue. I'm not used to living with someone. I regretted: a) - I was driving, b) - she had that damn scarf over her head and neck, because I couldn't see her face to make sure she was serious. - Uh... Sure. And how are those extra workouts with Arthur going? What are they about? - I don’t know how to react for her apologize so I change topic.  - Trying to bend his will with my Alpha voice. - She shrugged her shoulders - I get full strength after 18, but it's going well. We're sitting across from each other, looking into each other's eyes, and I'm trying to make him do things. -Hahahah... And what did you make him do, for example? -Simple things: jump on one leg, say a vulgar word, drink water -she looked at me- he wants me to make him stab himself with a knife. -I let the air out of my mouth loudly -Father is pushing. I'm afraid that at the end of the training as a test he will make me kill someone. -I won't let that happen - I put my right hand on her clenched palm. It was supposed to be a gesture of support, but she jumped away. -I am sorry. You surprised me - she said quickly - How is Daria? Are you excited about meeting Mark tomorrow?

- Very. - I pretended that I did not care about her flinching at my touch - I think it can work. We arrived - I parked in the lot and turned off the engine - It was good to talk to you again. Thanks for being honest.

- Thanks for listening. See you later - she said quickly and jumped out of the car as if someone was chasing her. I looked behind her. Her shapely ass was swaying sexily from side to side. She walked fast, as if she was afraid that I would join her. Attracted and pushed away. I was pulled out of my reverie by a phone call:

-Hello? - I said slowly still looking at Mari's car.

- Hey Junior - I recognized my father's voice - Do you know who Mari invited?

- I know - The princess disappeared from my sight so I could focus on the romance - She invited a total of 15 people. It turns out that there are a total of 4 different pacts, in addition to people from ours and Mark's.

- We can take Green Lake out of suspicion," he said.

- That's what I thought," I rubbed my tense neck with my hand, "There are four others to check, but at first glance there is no one suspicious. I will keep an eye on them tomorrow. There will be about 35 people from our pact. I will ask Max and Kaśka to keep an eye on the others.

- Sure - I heard a voice in the background of dad's phone - I have to go. Take care of yourself. Be nice to her.

- I am - I said anxiously. Why was I constantly being admonished about our relationship and not her?

- All right, Tom. Report back on Sunday if anything happened. Bye.

-All right., All right.

    Maria had indeed invited a small number of people. She was sensible and trusted a small group of people, which supposedly made the task of protecting her and keeping an eye on her friends easier. 7 of the people invited were people from our path, in addition to Mark with his coven friend, Sara from Black Moon, 2 people from Dead Forest, 2 from Forest Creek, and 1 from Silver Lake. All of these people (except the werewolves from our coven) were future alphas or children of the paths leaders. Maria hung out with the best cream of the school as befits a princess. I invited 25 people who were only from Hungry Wolf and 2 betas from Green Lake. I decided that Maria should get to know better the people from the path she would soon be taking over. After graduation, 6 months after Maria's birthday, she was to take over the leadership of the Hungry Wolves, which would allow her father to focus only on the leadership of the other pacts.    Being a path Alpha mainly consisted of running a path's company, ensuring the safety and well-being of its members. Over their extended lifetimes, with their extra abilities and love of nature, werewolves have owned major companies in the world involved in food processing and farming on a large scale. Werewolf packs were located in smaller towns with accessible wooded areas for long runs and living in harmony with nature, unlike vampires who ruled the world of finance and technology by living in cities.

    We needed physical strength to guard our territory, pact members, and provide security. Between smaller pacts there were often clashes over better hunting grounds or attempts to take over companies by force. A strong royal family ensured peace. Greedy Pacts that wanted to take over or destroy other Pacts had to take into account that the King could set them up and attack them as a matter of justice. At the moment, as there was only the King and Princess Mary, the Pacts who did not agree with the King's authority wanted to get rid of him. However, they waited for 18 Maria to make sure that her mate would not come from their family. Separation from Maria gave great power. Aside from the fact that the king would be forgiven if attacked for his daughter's sake, Mari's partner would be part of the royal family, thus gaining her blood in the matchmaking process and thus royal power. I wanted her Mark for two reasons. I trusted him, and his pact was strong, which would be an effective deterrent for opponents of the royal family to attack. Although I argued with the princess constantly, I respected her and appreciated the hard work she did every day to become worthy of an Alpha. I knew that even though she was a woman, her dream was to become a Alpha, not Luna of the path. I suspected that in the event of a pairing with Green Lake, the coven would remain somewhat united but still separately governed. Maria would not have settled for Mark's leadership of the Hungry Wolves, and he would have respected that. The thought that she might get some wicked man who would love her but not treat her as an equal because of her gender made something boil inside me. I truly believed that Maria deserved this position. I hid from her the conspiracies, the unpleasant rumors and the dangers that I could destroy myself, but in six months she was about to enter this world of intrigue completely. I wanted to protect her forever.

I looked at my watch. It was 8:15. "f**k. I'm already late for class." After a moment of thought, I got up and headed towards the gym. There was no point in hitting the classroom anymore and listening to the teacher complain, so I went to work out. I had to be strong for her.