Mated To The Hybrid

Chapter 4

*NICHOLAS P.O.V*

“Does that mean, they’ve doubled their territory now?” Aunt Regina asks.

She paces around the room as we’ve all gathered in father’s office for a meeting. The news of William’s engagement to one of Alpha Harrington’s daughters came as a surprise to us all.

“I’m afraid so” Father says slowly. He inhales deeply before exhaling. These days, he isn’t too well with his health. Even for an Alpha King, his health is starting to affect his appearance.

“Now what?” My brother Winston asks. He massages his temples as his leg shakes

“Isn’t it obvious?” My other brother James says with a smirk, “Nick, here” He says patting me on the back, “Marries Tamara Davidson and thus an alliance is born”. He finishes in a sarcastic tone.

“It could work” My aunt Regina states firmly.

“Yes, then they’ll have to enter into an agreement with us” my mom agrees with her. She turns to my father who’s contemplating this idea.

“Well I won’t agree to it” I snap back. Since their first offer arrived last year, I’ve always declined Tamara’s hand in marriage. At twenty-one years of age, her attitude mimicked that of a toddler. The blonde girl was nothing but a vile narcissist who constantly hurt others to get her way. I’ve heard not one nice thing about her yet she believes she has the qualities to become a Queen. Delusional. My skin crawls as I think of her as a Queen and my mate.

“What’s the big deal?” James asks nonchalantly, “It’s just a marriage”.

“Then you marry her” I tell him. Winston stifles a laugh as James shoots him a dirty look.

“James is right, Nick” My aunt Regina intejects, “Through your marriage, we’ll enter into an alliance with not only Silver Crescent Moon but Harrington’s Midnight Stone Pack”

“And all of the other packs” James adds.

I groan as he says this, “They should automatically be in an alliance with us…AS THE ROYAL PACK” I angry snap back.

“Well they aren’t!” Father raises his voice. He turns to look directly at me, “We’ve lost the support of many packs over time! They’ve all chosen to support William and his pack! Perhaps that’s my fault but I need you fix this mess! Or-“

I angrily stand up as I interrupt his speech, “We will find another way to gain their support back!”

“NO!” Father growls. For the first time in a while, his eyes turn red.

Immediately everyone bows their head in respect to the king. Everyone except me. I resist the urge to bow even with his strong aura.

“I won’t-“

“YOU WILL” My father shouts as he hastily stands up. He uses his cane to walk over to me, “Or I won’t be handing over the king title to you”.

My mom gasps as he says this while Winston’s eyes grow bigger. The only ones unaffected by this are James and Aunt Regina. James smirks while Aunt Regina rolls her eyes.

“Father-“

“That’s all I will say” He states firmly. He walks back to where mother is and she helps him sit in his chair.

Maybe he’s right. Maybe I can’t win back the trust of the wolves. Too much damage has been done. Both my father and grandfather were neglectful in their duty, yet I have to bare the burden. Perhaps he’s right, this is the only way.

“Fine” I say giving up, “Tell William I’ll marry his sister”.

“Nick, are you sure?” Winston asks worriedly.

“You heard your brother” My father responds, “Now go write up an agreement and the alliance pact”. Winston nods as he hands a tablet to James before leaving.

James whistles as he looks intently at the tablet, “Hate to admit it but the girl is a real beauty”.

My mother walks over to James and he hands her the tablet. She nods in agreement as she takes the tablet from him.

“She’s a beautiful young lady” Mom adds.

“Why hadn’t we seen this girl?” James asks father.

“Ian Harrington never had her around. Even during social events, he never brought her along” Aunt Regina responds instead.

“Is she a weirdo?” James jokes, “Maybe he was embarrassed of her”.

“James, don’t be rude” Mother scolds him which makes him laugh more. She gives him back the tablet and he hands it to me. I grab the tablet and tap the screen.

Woah…they weren’t kidding. Her paparazzi pictures don’t do her justice. Her beauty is beyond anything I’ve ever seen. The girl is gorgeous. Her hazel hair falling to the side of her shoulders as her full red lips form a smile. Valentina Harrington.

“I’ll send a message to Silver Crescent Moon tomorrow morning. Telling them that you’ve agreed to marry Tamara” Aunt Regina says interrupting my thoughts. I nod as I watch her walk out of the room.

“When is this girl marrying William?” I ask while still looking at her photos.

“Friday. Our invitation arrived this morning.” James responds.

My heart sinks as I hear this. Such a beautiful person shouldn’t have to marry that rat. Surely her doom will begin with him.

“Are you going?” James asks suddenly.

“No” I state clearly as I hand the tablet back to him, “I have other things to do”.

“Like what?!” My father asks annoyed.

“I’m visiting the smaller packs on Friday”

My father growls as I say this, “You’re go-“

“No” I interrupt him while staring him straight in the eyes, “I’m already marrying that girl but I won’t be going to his wedding”. Before he can say anything else, I walk out of the room and head straight downstairs.

Feel like running all night? I ask my wolf Roman.

Always, he responds.

I meet up with the guards who are about to go on night patrol. Its about 50 or 60 men and women gathered together. They all give me puzzled looks as I walk up to them.

“Crown Prince, what are you doing here?” The head commander asks.

“I’m here to join the night patrol” I tell him firmly.

“Sir, I don’t think that’s necessary” He says dismissively, “We’ve got it covered”.

“The security of this pack will be my responsibility soon. I need to know how it’s being handled” I look at the guards and then back at the commander, “I know my father runs this pack differently but things will change once I’m the king”.

He nods respectfully and extends his hand to me, I give him a firm handshake and head off with them.

“Nick, what gives? The royal family hasn’t been on patrol since the time of your great-grandfather” Beta Julian whispers to me.

“Thing’s ought to change”

“Seeing is believing Nick” He says before shifting into his wolf.

From the stories I’ve heard, grandfather overturned a lot of the policies his father had enforced. One of them being the rogue pact. Any rogue who didn’t commit a major infraction was allowed to join a pack of their choosing. It allowed packs to grow in size and gave rogues a new home. That all changed when grandfather reversed this law. There was an uproar and a lot of pack revolted. Rogues even tried to attack the royal pack during this time. It wan an utter disaster as it all ended in tragedy. That’s why royals didn’t join the guards…they didn’t want to be attacked for what was their fault. Or I should say, our fault.

I shift into my wolf and begin what turns out to be an uneventful night.

Hours later—-7:30am

“Are you still visiting Alpha Harrington, today?” Winston says while we sit down for breakfast.

“I am” I tell him, “After breakfast”.

“Want me to come with you?” He asks while our maid Ruth pours our coffee.

I shake my head, “I sent their commander a message this morning. I just need you to stay and confirm my visits for this week”.

“Got it” He tells me and takes a sip of his coffee. After minutes of waiting, only our cousin Arielle walks in.

“Where’s your mom?” I ask her. Aunt Regina wasn’t one to come late to anything.

Arielle shrugs while taking a seat, “She just said she wasn’t coming”.

I look at Winston and he gives me a curious look. After last night’s events, I’m pretty sure they’re all celebrating my decision to marry Tamara Davidson. They’ve wanted this since the Davidson’s first talked of this.

“We should go ahead and eat then” I tell Winston and Arielle.

“Won’t James join us?” Arielle asks.

“No” Winston responds, “He’s meeting with the council and then Alpha William of the Silver Crescent Moon Pack”.

“Why?” Arielle asks with much curiosity.

“Well…” Winston clears his throat and looks over at me. I sigh heavily as our little cousin’s eyes land on me.

“I’ve decided to marry Tamara Davidson” I say emotionless. Arielle gasps as Winston continues eating.

“I-I thought-“

“I know Ellie” I use her nickname to calm her, “But now I’ve got a wedding to plan”. I try to sound as convincing as possible.

“Okay” She mumbles as she starts to poke her food with her fork.

“Arielle?”

“Hmm?” She says without looking up from her food.

“What do you know about Valentina Harrington?” I curiously ask.

If anyone were to know anything it would be her. She’s the first royal member to attend school with regular wolves. Clearly a decision that was recently approved.

“Brandon and Camila’s sister? Not much” She says casually, “She didn’t attend school like the rest of her siblings. She was homeschooled”.

“Why?” Winston suddenly asks with much curiosity.

Arielle shrugs, “I don’t know, no one knows”.

“What else should we know about her?” Winston asks, pressing for more information.

“I mean…she was dating her pack Beta’s son”.

I shift to the other side of my seat as she says this. Almost as if I were jealous. But that can’t be. I never even met the girl. I couldn’t explain why I felt this, just that I did.

“What was his name?” I ask her.

“Samuel Davila” She says casually, “He graduated last year”

“So she’s like 19? Right?” Winston asks while looking between the both of us.

“Yep”

I still don’t get why this girl would want to marry a guy like William. Was it for money? Power? Obviously it was an alliance marriage, but what else was going on? I needed to know more.

“What about her siblings?” I keep asking.

Suddenly Arielle’s eyes narrow as she looks between Winston and I, “Why the sudden interest?”.

“I’m meeting with her dad in an hour. I need to know all the information there is to know about her” I say honestly.

“Fine” Arielle says, “I mean she’s a pretty reserved person. No social media, no footprint on the internet until now”. She takes out her phone and pulls up another tabloid page. She hands the phone to me and I see more paparazzi photos of her. This time, she’s at a bridal shop with her sisters and mother.

“Wow, her sister is kind of cute. Don’t you think?” Winston says while looking over my shoulder to the phone.

“Who? Camila?” Arielle giggles.

“Ew, she’s like 17” Winston snaps back, “I meant her older sister Maisie”.

“I’m 17” Arielle says while rolling her eyes.

“Exactly” Winston laughs, “Little child” Winston laughs while Arielle punches him.

“Enough you two” I tell them while handing Arielle her phone back, “Don’t you have school?”

“Yes king” She says sarcastically. I glare at her which makes her look away. She knows how much I hate it when she calls me that.

“We still have to plan your 18th birthday celebration” I tell her in a lighter tone. Instantly, her eyes light up and she squeals.

“I’m inviting everyone from school!” She squeals again.

“Arielle-“

“You said I could have whatever I want! And I want to invite everyone!” She uses a whiny tone this time which make me cringe.

“Fine Ellie” I say giving in, “Give the list of names to Winston and we’ll plan the rest”.

She runs to give us both a hug and merrily skips away.

“That’s a lot of people” Winston reminds me while he gets up from his seat.

I nod as I hold my temples, “Confirm my visits for this week and then confirm the list of guest”.

“It’s official then, you’re not going to William’s wedding?” Winston asks.

“No, I want to meet with the smaller packs that day” I tell him firmly.

“Okay, I’ll confirm all of your visits” He finally says and walks out of the room.

It all works perfectly. William will be too busy getting married to notice what I’m doing. I’m sure that he’s been planning something…I just needed to know what he was planning. Starting with the smaller packs, I’ll gain their trust back and eventually win over all of the other pack as well.

I walk out of the mansion and meet the head commander by the entrance.

“Sir, are you sure you don’t want Beta Julian to go with you?” Commander Reagan asks.

“No, he’s my father’s beta not mine” I tell him as we walk to the vehicle, “I trust you for this commander”.

“Thank you, Crown Prince”.

We step into the car and make our way to Midnight Stone Pack. There’s a lot I needed to know about Alpha Harrington and this alliance with Silver Crescent Moon.