The Beta Witch Princess

Chapter Three

Flashback

    My brother Marcus had many enemies, especially those against everything for which my family represented. This resentment and hatred were only strengthened when his fated mate and Queen took her rightful place beside him. 

    The twins, who were an entire decade older than I, were away finishing their last year of college; once done, they would take their places as Marcus's Beta and Gamma. Being part wolf part warlock made them a force that the mystical realms hadn't seen in centuries.

 My parents had been away spending quality time they deserved together in the Faye realm. They loved it there and would often have getaways since Marcus and Ellina were now the rulers over the werewolf realm.

No one fathomed that at a time of peace and prosperity, my brothers' enemies would set out to move against him and attempt to destroy the wonderful kingdom my parents had created.

"Hypatia!"

"What? Who are you?"

"I am your wolf, Pixie! You must awaken! Your brother needs you," said Pixie!

"We need to shift now!"

"I'm only thirteen and a female hybrid. We don't get …."

"I don't have time to explain, but you are different. The Moon Goddess has blessed us, and we are a part of a greater plan," she said.

I jumped out of my four-poster bed, not knowing what I was supposed to do. My room had been a mess with clothes everywhere and punk rock posters plastering my bedroom walls. I was disoriented and was trying to find my robe. 

"You don't need clothes you're going to rip out of them anyway. You must go to your brothers' chambers, and we will shift there instead. Go now!" My brothers had once explained to me what it was like to shift, but I never expected I would be doing it too!

I tore out of my room, running as fast as I could. My brother and Ellina's room were a floor above me in the castle. I was in the middle of the hallway when I realized I should just teleport into his room.

“AAAAHHHH!” I heard Ellina scream. "Hypatia, what do you think you are doing?!" my brother roared at me. I guess I had interrupted an intimate moment. My bad! 

"Brother, we do not have time! My wolf Pixie has awoken and said that I must shift now! You and Ellina are in danger!" His eyes widened. I saw him beginning to mind-link someone, most likely his temporary Beta and patrol guards.

"Hurry, Princess; we don't have time!"

"UHH! Pixie, what am I supposed to do?"

"Focus on my form in your mind." I could see her. She was the most beautiful wolf I have ever seen. She was a mixture of colors with a purple and magenta body, with turquoise and gold spots. Her eyes were deep red as if the color of blood. As she sat there in my mind, I could also see the pentagram in white on her chest.

I focused on her and began to feel unimaginable pain as my bone began to break and rearrange, and I shifted into my wolf form. I opened my eyes, seeing two purple paws instead of my hands. I looked over to my brother and Ellina, their eyes wide.

"Ellina," my brother bellowed! "Our enemies are here. They have breached the royal pack's borders and are coming for us!" My brother shifted into his large white wolf, and Ellina changed into her battle attire with a blink of an eye.

"Pixie, what is going to happen?" I asked her. "We are going to fight!"

"Hypatia! Stay here!" Marcus said.

"No, my wolf said I must join you in battle, brother, so I shall. It is the Moon Goddess will," I told my brother.

"Do not worry, my King, your sister has been training her entire life for this and at only thirteen surpasses even I or the coven mother's power," Ellina said sternly, looking at my brother.

Before he could even respond, an explosion ripped through the castle.  I could hear screams. 

How dare they come into the kingdom and rise against us. I was very aware of some Alphas and their desire to return to the dark times. I never thought that they would forego peace to get it done.

"We are to protect the King and Queen! You are to use your power to shield them. Do not worry; you will not tire," Pixie ordered. 

It seems even in wolf form; I could use my power. I did not cast spells but willed them in being. I watched as my protection enchantments encased my King's wolf and Queen within purple shields.

"What is this," my brother mind-linked me?

"Pixie has told me I am to protect you and our Queen. Do not worry, brother. I am strong enough to fight and hold the shields. We will not perish. We must go now and defend our kingdom!"