Her Dark Knight (Book 1 Of The Nightmare Pack)

3 - Kahil (8 Years Ago)

I stood beside Quade and Kolter as we looked across the field. I had lost track of dad and Khattar during the battle. I let out a growl as I turned around to see Khattar’s third in command standing there with clothes for Quade and myself. Dad, Quade and I were on the way to the kingdom when our car was intercepted by a couple of Khattar’s guards. They explained that the kingdom was under attack. They were trying to keep whoever it was from reaching the main house. Dad, Quade and I jumped out of the car shifted and ran to help. I was surprised to see rogue wolves fighting along what I was guessing are rogue vampires. Incubo and I didn’t ask questions as we grabbed the first rogue we saw and ripped out his throat. There was no way we were letting these pieces of s**t get near the main house where Frejya and the girls were. I turned 18 four months ago. Khattar had come to visit a few days later. Incubo had nearly busted out when we caught the scent of dark spiced rum with a hint of dark chocolate. I remembered that Frejya had smelled like that when she was pregnant with the oldest princess, Xayvry. I also knew I felt a strong pull towards Frejya, but I knew it was not her that the strong pull was coming from. I had not understood it then but once I hit my teenage years, that was when I figured it out. Once I turned 18 and had caught that scent on Khattar, I knew that meant that Xayvry was my mate. I had not said anything to anyone yet. I felt Quade bump my shoulder.

“Uncle Gordon linked me. He said that he was fine and that him and King Khattar are near the lake. He told me to tell you to drop your f*****g block.” Quade told me.

“s**t, I was thinking of something and hadn’t realized I had a block up. Let’s go see how they are. Mom is going to lose her s**t if dad is seriously injured.” I commented.

The four of us hurried to the lake where dad, Khattar and a few others were. They had four guys kneeling in front of them. Someone had given dad some clothes to put on. While us werewolves run hotter than other species, we are still able to feel the cold. Since it was the second week of December and there was snow on the ground the cold was even getting to me a little. I could see a few lacerations and scratches which were already starting to heal.

“You had better not be seriously hurt or mom will lose her s**t. She will confine you to your room until she believes your healed.” I pointed out.

“I have nothing more than what you see. Are you two, okay?” he asked.

“Yeah, nothing more than some minor bite wounds and lacerations which are healing.” Quade replied.

“Who are these fuckers?” I asked.

“We caught them trying to flee. They are part of the attacking group. Those two are wolves and those two are vampires. Those two are hybrid vampire/wolves.” Khattar explained.

“They are now going to tell us why they attacked my kingdom.” Khattar added.

I could hear whispering, which had been happening ever since I was 10, as I looked at the six assholes kneeling on the ground. I glanced around but no one else was able to hear the whispering, well except me.

{The one with the red streak will talk}

{He knows all}

I looked at the asshole with the red streak in his hair. I smirked when I saw him gulp before looking at the ground. I stopped in front of him letting out some of my aura. That was another thing that had shocked dad. My aura had become stronger after I had turned 10 but when I turned 18 it had become even stronger than dad’s alpha aura. I pulled the fucker up onto his feet.

“Look at us. I growled.

He raised his head looking at us. The others looked at him. I saw them glare at him. I knew they didn’t want him telling us why they attacked. I let Incubo come forward a little.

“Why did you attack my kingdom?” Khattar asked.

“We were paid to attack. We were to keep you busy and away from the main house.” he spit out.

The others began to mumble and hiss curses as this little s**t kept talking. I let out a growl while Khattar let his aura out. They might be rogue vampires, but they still respond to the king’s aura. I let the little s**t drop to the ground as Khattar gave the order for the warriors that were there to kill these fuckers. This was a f*****g set up to keep us distracted from whatever was going on at the main house. The scene around the main house was a f*****g s**t show. We entered the main house to find a few of Khattar’s council members there along with his second and fourth in command. Several of the women in the room were crying which meant something had happened.

“WHAT THE f**k IS GOING ON? WHERE IS MY WIFE AND DAUGHTERS?” Khattar boomed.

“I am sure you know that the attack was a diversion to draw you out. What we did not realize was that a group within the kingdom had planned it. While you were out a small group tried to kidnap princesses Xayvry and Diyaa. Queen Frejya and a small group of her loyal guards stood between them and the princesses. Queen Frejya was killed as were her guards.” Brinley choked out.

“What? Where are these traitors and where are my daughters?” Khattar hissed.

“We have captured all the traitors. They are currently in the dungeon. The princesses are missing. We know the ones who orchestrated

this did not kidnap them, but they have disappeared.” Eltarna added.

“Let’s deal with the traitors first then we can see about the princesses. Maybe we can pick up a scent in the room they were last in.” I told him.

“Yes, lets deal with the ones who thought they could get away with this. Then I want to see Frejya.” he replied.

Our small group headed down to the dungeons. I could feel the dampeners working as we stepped into the main hallway. Kolter and Tanaiy were with us. I am not sure why Tanaiy was here, but she insisted she follow. In the very back three cells were the group of traitors. I could hear one of them screaming that she shouldn’t be treated this way. I recognized the voice. I was not surprised to see Melody within the cell. She had a voice that grated on one’s nerves.

“Why am I not surprised you are the f*****g ringleader of this shit.” I growled.

“I will not answer to some mutt.” she hissed.

I let Incubo come forward as the shadows began to infiltrate the room. I was about to let them grab her when Khattar’s hand landed on my shoulder. I glanced at him as I took a deep breath. It was not my place to deal with this worthless w***e.

[She might have hurt out mate. We should kill her now. Incubo]

[It’s not our place. Besides, we would feel if she was hurt. She might not be of age yet, but we are. Me]

[She needs to die. Incubo]

[She will. Khattar is not going to let any of these fuckers live. Me]

[We need to find mate. Incubo]

[We will, bud, I promise. We will never stop looking for her. Me]

“All of you will be executed for treason.” Khattar told them.

“Please my king we were just following orders.” one of the guys said.

“The only person's orders that you should be following are mine.” Khattar hissed.

“Melody, I know you were behind this. I know you hated my queen, but what you have done is beyond horrific. Where are my daughters you worthless w***e?” Khattar growled.

“That hybrid w***e should have never been queen. I should have been queen. I was perfect. I am a f*****g vampire and should have been you queen. Our people deserve to have a pure heir not two disgusting abominations. You would not even recognize your true children because of those two abominations.” Melody hissed.

“Mother shut up! We know Khattar is not our father. We also know that while you and Khattar might have slept together once, which by the way was well over two centuries ago, he was never going to make you queen.” Tanaiy commented.

“You have turned our children against me.” she wailed.

“No, Melody, you pushed us away on your own. You are a s**t mom. Our nanny raised us not you. We hardly saw you as we grew. In

fact, we feel no connection to you at all.” Kolter told her.

I stood there as Kolter and Tanaiy broke their family connection to Melody. I was anxious to get this over with and start searching for Xayvry. Incubo was pacing in our shared head space. He wanted Melody’s blood.

“Before I kill you myself tell me where my daughters are.” Khattar hissed.

“I have no idea where those two disgusting abominations are. They were already gone when we finally got through that w***e of a

queen and her guards.” Melody hissed.

I let Khattar know she was telling the truth. I stood there watching as they killed the ones that helped Melody. Khattar was the one to rip Melody’s head from her body. I smiled as I watched her head roll before stopping at our feet. I growled as I spit on her head before walking away with the others.

“I need to find my daughters.” Khattar sighed.

It was clear this was hard for him. We had just come from where they were holding Frejya’s body. We stood outside as Khattar spent some time with her. Brinley was dealing with her funeral arrangements. We had stopped by the room where the princesses had been. I knew Xayvry’s scent like the back of my hand. I was able to pick up two other scents which I knew. One was Diyaa, who would be 10 soon (Xayvry had turned 12 two months ago) and the other was their nanny Felynia. Khattar’s fourth in command came into his office where we were.

“No one has seen Felynia since right before the s**t show within this house happened. Radon, our head tracker is also missing. He has

not been seen since before everything happened.” he told us.

“The girls must be with them. I know Felynia loved those two like they were hers so I doubt she would hurt them.” dad pointed out.

“You are right, Gordon. Her and Radon must have taken them out of the house before all this s**t started. Now we need to find them.” Khattar commented.

“I tried to link them, but they must be out of range. Neither are answering their phones. It goes straight to voice mail. I think their phones have been turned off. Before you ask, they do not have a tracker in them like you place in all the packs phones.” Brinley told us.

I took a breath. I am not sure if it would help if they knew that Xayvry was my mate, but I knew it was time to let them know.

“I don’t know if it would help, but Xayvry is my mate.” I admitted.

“Are you sure? She is not of age.” dad asked.

“Yes, remember when I told you that Frejya was having a girl and that she also smelled like dark spiced rum with a hint of dark

chocolate, well I also felt an extraordinarily strong pull towards her. I didn’t know what it meant until I was a teenager. When Khattar visited when I had turned 18, I caught that scent again and it was strong. I am guessing he had hugged Xayvry before leaving.” I explained.

“I do believe that my daughter is your mate. Will you and Incubo be okay with this since she will not have a wolf since she is not a shifter?” Khattar asked.

“Yes, we have already accepted her.” I answered.

“I do believe that since you are her mate it will help us find them. If Xayvry is close, then you will feel the pull become stronger. Do we have any idea where Felynia and Radon would go? Who do they know?” dad asked.

“I know Felynia has connections in Boston, but I doubt she would go there straight away. Radon’s family was from the kingdom and has been for several generations now. If he does have connections elsewhere, I do not know who they are or where they call home.” Khattar replied.

I told Khattar we would find them. I would never stop looking for them. Incubo and I began to focus on our bond with her. I had not seen Xayvry this time. The last time I saw her was when she was eight and I was 14. I had been here when I was ten, which mean she would have been four, but I don’t remember seeing her. I honestly don’t remember much about that visit. Dad called his beta to arrange for our best trackers to come to the kingdom. Khattar called for his best trackers as well. I knew we would find them I just didn’t realize it would take eight years for us to find them.