The Blood Rose

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My eyes traveled over to him, waiting for him to speak. I can see his inner turmoil but no idea of what this talk is about, well it could be about my past but how would he know? Did king Alfred tell him?

"So" he shifts nervously. "After you ran away last year, me and my parents looked for you for around 2 hours but couldn't find you. Your scent disappeared at the treeline, it was like you vanished." He admits with his head down.

"Oh..I was gone for a year?" My brows furrow, I didn't know how long I spent with those rogues but I didn't think it was that long..

"Yes.. When we got back to the castle I caught a whiff of your scent and followed it." He looks at me. "It led to bright red double doors," he finishes.

"You saw" My body goes completely numb as my shoulders sag.

"I saw." He pauses as his beautiful golden amber eyes darken to brown, before going black. "He taunted me with what he'd done to you, what he made you do. He even sent me video footage of everything" he admitted before taking a deep breath, trying to calm himself.

"I'm a monster and you know" I said coldly, refusing to look at him anymore.

"It wasn't your fault, you had no choice Kai. If you had a choice, would you have done all that?" He asks while clenching his fists.

"No. I would have freed the innocent ones and locked up the rogues until their fate was determined" I state calmly, my voice void of any emotion.

"And that's what a good ruler would do, your father is a horrible king and shouldn't have his title."

My eyes snap to him. "My father?"

His eyes widened, realizing what he just said. "s**t, I didn't mean to tell you like that."

"Is his mate my mom?" I ask

He lets out a low chuckle. "God no, thankfully. Your mom is another blood royal, queen Savina"

"That's impossible though, in my studies it said that blood royals cannot procreate with each other because of a curse and their child would be too powerful"

"How many powers do you have?" He asks.

"Well. A lot" she shrugs.

"Werewolves can only access primal magic, besides blood royals, they each have an extra power, usually something like being able to tell when someone is lying or being able to shift faster than normal, which you do by the way. Wanna know your mothers power?" He asks

"Yes!" I bounce excitedly. I never ever dreamed that I had a mother and now I found out I do.

"She can pull images from peoples minds." He states causing me to freeze in place. "The rogue..."

"Yes. You pulled an image from his mind didn't you?" He smiles at me, causing my heart to flutter.

"A blood rose." I admit while looking into his golden eyes.

"You can also predict the future" he smiles proudly at me. "I can?"

"Yes. After you saw those images, what did you dream?" He asks while keeping that gorgeous smile on his face.

"Your wolf in a field of roses surrounding a lake and different colorful butterflies fluttering around" I admit with a small smile.

"You saw my wolf for the first time in the place you dreamed" he states.

"Yeah but it wasn't like my dream, it was different." I looked at him.

"That's how it works, the major details stay the same, roses, wolf, lake. But others change" he smiles.

"Thats awesome!" I let out a small laugh causing Zaiden to freeze. "What?" I ask

"Nothing, sorry. I just haven't heard you laugh before." He shrugs his shoulders as he sits back.

"What do you know about my mom?" I ask, genuinely curious. I grew up not knowing if I had any parents, but now I know I do, I know my dad tortured me for years, hoping I'd be his perfect little weapon and now I have a mom.

"Her name is Savina Rubella Montego. She's married and has 4 kids, she's also the most powerful royals there is, besides you. Her royal bloodline is completely pure, meaning they've only ever mated with other werewolves. The other royals, my bloodline included, has had humans as mates. True blood Royals can only procreate with their mate due to the curse casted on us. But your mothers ancestors and her have never had a human as a mate, making them pure and much stronger." He explains. I get up and move over to the couch nearest to him and sit beside him, smiling. "Do you think I can meet her and my siblings? and alfreds kids. I wanna meet them."

"I don't know Kai, they could put you in danger." He looks torn as he looks at me, obviously wanting me to meet my family but he's scared. "What are you scared of?" I ask, tilting my head.

"If the council finds out about you they might want to kill you." He admits, hanging his head, while running a hand through his perfect brown hair, slightly disheveling it.

"But why?" I ask

"Supernaturals are scared of something being more powerful than we are, we don't like the unknown" he admits.

"Are you scared of me?" I ask.

"No, of course not."

"Does my mother know I'm alive? I ask.

"No," he states.

"Did she want me?" I gently place my hand on his cheek, causing sparks to erupt on our skin.

"Yes, your father made it seem like you were murdered when he kidnapped you." He admits, while placing his hand atop mine and leaning against it.

"I don't think she'd tell. I don't know why but I can feel it, I can feel that she'd protect my identity like I can feel that you'd protect me, wanna know how much I trust you?" I ask him.

"You trust me?" He asks as he looks into my eyes.

I take a deep breath and focus on my image, returning my eyes to their original color, I watch as a smile breaks across his face as he watches my eyes fade from gray and turn into purple.

"I trust myself, my spirit tells me I can trust you and I can trust my mother. But we can't trust Alfred. And just because I trust you doesn't mean I'm accepting the mate thing, but I won't deny it either. I'm not ready for anything yet, I need to heal and discover myself but I hope you can wait" I smile at him before removing my hand from his face. "How would I contact her?" I ask.

"I'll handle that." He smiles at me before standing up. "I have some business to attend to but you have free roam of pack lands but please take a guard with you at all times, for your own safety. If word gets out that you're my mate some other packs or rogues won't be happy about that. But you'll be safe here, okay?"

I nod. "Okay"

He smiles at me before leaving, softly closing the door behind him. I look around my room, it may be beautiful but it reminds me of old people. Old stuffy rich people, but I am thankful because this is the nicest place I've ever gotten to call mine. Whoever styled this room needs to update their taste though.

I really don't wanna sound ungrateful but I can't picture living in this room long-term. Maybe in the future I can have my own house, one with a rose garden, a small cabin by a lake, closer to nature.

But my mate is a king. Does that mean I'll have to be a queen?

Do I have it in me to be a queen? Can I protect Zaidens people? I couldn't even protect myself. How on earth can I protect a whole kingdom?

Do I even really have a choice here? Or am I just a better treated captive?

I walk over to the large window that has a lounge right beside it and take a seat, staring off into the village.

All these people will count on me if I become queen, all these men, women and children will look up to me for direction, for protection and for love.

Am I capable of love?