My Royal Wolf Blood

Violetta- Linked By Destiny

“Vampires?” vampires, did he say vampires?

“Are you bitten? Jake!” Jake’s head shakes from side to side, and he struggles to stand on his feet as we walk closer to the house, he leans himself against the wall, and Mason’s eyes still scan his body for open wounds.

“I am not bitten! I came here to tell you, one of the men asked for Alpha Adrian.” I hand Jake a glass of water, to see if he can get his breath back, his fingers tremble and his heart slowly goes back to its normal beats.

“Are you sure you are not bitten?” Adrian came around the corner to confirm that he was not, and once again It was a no. “Where is this vampire?” I have never heard so much hate in Adrian's voice before.

“Not far ahead, they are containing it,” Jake speaks as if it is a beast they have captured, but it is simply a vampire.

“Stay with him.” Adrian runs off so do Hunter and Mason, as they order me to stay. I ignored that order, like they said, I am royal. Jake tried to stop me, but he was too weak to notice.

I followed them slowly but as quickly as I could until I came to the point where they stopped. Hiding, I watch as the pack surrounds and covers the vampire I cannot see. Alpha Adrian moves closer towards the Vampire as Mason and Hunter follow. What are they doing? I move closer, trying to see the vampire.

“Have you killed it yet?” Adrian’s questions startle me. What is he talking about? Just killing the vampire, without even asking why It was here. Adrian became angry, he almost lost his temper at Sam, the young but strong one of the packs, Adrian mentors more than the others.

“Alpha, we wanted to wait” Mark’s wide blue eyes, claws free and fangs out whisper to him.

“Why?” The pack became quiet, and now I began to hear the cries of the female vampire. Hissing at anyone who got close to her. Mark came into view, pointed down at the girl, and whispered towards Adrian, this I do not understand, as we can all hear anyway. For what I heard caught me off guard, that this vampire wanted to talk to me, “It means nothing.” Adrian’s voice broke the silence, his claws ripped free, and his fangs brought shame to his betas. He walks closer towards the innocent girl. What should I do? I cannot just watch him murder her, I look towards Hunter, who I thought would do something, anything.

“Stop!” My stupid body exposed itself from out of the trees, everyone except the poor girl dropped to the ground onto one knee to bow. Adrian turns, and my eyes linger on the girl whose tears run red, her red blood hair full of dirt and her clothes ripped revealing her. Hunter and Mason wait before they take a knee, as I walk closer. Hunter couldn’t say anything now, they can treat me the same when we are not in company, but when everyone is here, I am their Princess. I have adapted a few things from reading in the library.

“Princess Violetta.” Adrian bows, his bow is not like it was before, it was forced, and this time I do not care. My eyes as disgraced as I hovered over the brothers and Adrian as he lifted his head back and eyes balanced with mine, “It is a vampire!” I held back the tears, I felt like I was overstepping, but I did not know how much power I had, I was willing to try to explore.

“She is a child. Looks as if she is the same age as me, maybe younger, you would murder her?” my eyes are deep and focused on the Alpha, Adrian looked confused, this side he has not seen from me yet. “What is your name?”

“Princess,” Adrian warns me this time.

“What is your name?” I repeat myself to the girl, her face lifts to mine, her dark ginger hair brightens to the sunlight as if it is on fire, her deep brown eyes shimmer to mine, and the blood tear slips down and stabs her cheek as well as her lips. Her eyes wander around, frightened as if they are all going to rip her apart, I come closer, bringing my warmth to her cold body, Hunter ready to stand.

“Scarlet, your Royal Highness” Her cries live in her voice, this is torment for me to watch.

“Princess.” Adrian has finally flipped my switch, I turn my eyes glowing, my fangs pieced free, alpha Adrian was no longer alpha, the fear in his eyes said it all, my being a child meant nothing, but being a royal must mean something otherwise he wouldn’t have let me talked to him like that, and I am sure he had found out what had happened when I was kidnapped. But something inside me turned, I no longer felt like that child, I felt powerful, even Scarlet felt it. My eyes trailed down to her innocence, “You knew me?”

“A lot of people have been talking about you, Princess.” she struggles to her feet, and as she does everyone stands, I had gotten this far, and I was no longer the girl I was, I panicked, I felt endangered by my kind, and immediately refused to let them stand, my eyes pierced through to the Alphas, and he ordered them to stand down once more.

“Why are you here?” Her arms tremble, and the necklace around her neck falls back into place and holds just between her breasts.

“My boy, erm, my friend has been poisoned, I am on my way to find the witch named Alekra. She is a long friend. The last time we saw her, she was in the mountains.” Her voice still shudders.

“You will not find her here.” Adrian finally speaks, his anger no longer portrays him, he comes forward, and as he does eyes look up from the ground, people know their place, so I let Adrian know him, I step to the side just a tad, to stop Adrian from walking any closer to Scarlet. “She left over two hundred years ago.” Scarlet’s tears seemed to come more, her strong body held her tightly upwards, otherwise she would have fallen.

“Do you know where she went?” Adrian didn’t answer, he looked away as if he refused to answer, I have had enough! I didn’t know how loyal he would be, even to someone he hadn’t even met before, he would let her boyfriend die. I turned to him, “Alpha?” I did not need to repeat the question, but even to me, he did not answer. I cannot believe I am doing this but for some reason, I have lost my mind, “Scarlet, have you bitten anyone here?”

“No, Your Royal Highness.”

“Do you know what happens when a Vampire bites a werewolf, or when a werewolf bites a vampire?” I move closer towards the pack.

“Yes, we die.” They all spoke in rhythm.

“Then why have you not bitten anyone here?” To my command, everyone stood, all the pack members, stood straight and tall without a problem. “Why didn’t you bite any of these werewolves that attacked you?”

“Because I am not a murderer. I was killed and changed unwillingly; I do not put that agony upon others.” I turn to Adrian, who I am sure wants a serious talk with me, he stands as still as possible. Speechless. And I learnt one more thing, maybe this will make him angry. “I Princess Violetta Adelana Orlena Asaad, daughter of King Alaric Elijah Jaylen Asaad place Scarlet,” I turn toward Scarlet as she whispers her last name, bringing a smile to my face, “I place Scarlet Eva under my Royal protection, do you understand?” Everyone was shocked, whispering. Confused. “Am I to be understood!”

“Yes, Your Royal Highness,” the pack spoke together. ‘I do apologize Alpha, but I have seen too much blood already. Therefore, you shouldn’t have shown me the Library Alpha, where I wouldn’t have learned the power I have. Are you mad?’

‘No Princess, I am concerned.’ His eyes stayed on mine.

‘Why?’

‘The war between vampires and werewolves is real. Princess, please do not meddle with something much older than you.’ He sincerely sounded troubled. Yes, his words did come to mind, but what could I do, let him kill her?

‘I know what happened to your late wife, Adrian. And I am sorry for that.’ A tear escaped, something I tried to keep back, “I no longer want to see blood unless it is necessary while I am here,” my fangs and claws extract themselves back, my eyes remain spiced green, and I no longer need to hold up my defence. “You no longer need to kill unless it is for defence, do you understand? If you need to protect the pack, if another creature has shown violence, then you can kill, but we are not murderers. We kill to survive, not because we want to.”

“Yes, your Royal Highness.”

“Good, then, shall we?” …

“How can I repay you?” Elizbeth’s high smile changes the whole atmosphere, Adrian holds back with Mark and the brothers. Watching her carefully.

“A favour.”

“Anything.” Her reply appears so mature, but she looks so young.

“When I call for you will you come?” Behind me became quiet, it was very quiet to begin with, scarlet’s eyes left mine and went behind me.

“Of course, you saved my life.” She didn’t hesitate.

“Your boyfriend? What happened?”

“He will be okay, just a little ill.”

“He is a vampire?” I have so many questions.

“Yeah, the last time I checked.” Her laugh wasn’t reassuring.

“What’s his name?”

“Sethadien” She spoke with power.

“Sounds like a strong name.”

“He is a strong being.” She shines.

“Why did you want to talk to me?” I spoke.

“Word says in history that a ‘royal with wolf blood’ will change the war between species, I needed to see it for myself. And hope you can help me and my family. I've come from another realm that was lost at least a hundred years ago. I want to go back but I cannot.”

“Oh, I don’t think I’ll be much help, I don't know any of the other realms, to be honest, I didn't know they existed,” I whisper. “How long have you been a vampire?”

“Longer than I can admit.” She laughs to herself.

“How did you become like...”

“Undead, bloodthirsty vampire?”

“Something like that,” I whisper.

“It was the early eighteen hundred; I was walking home to my non-blood family. The moon was at its highest, a very dangerous time. Especially rumours of demons murdering the young, murdering women during the night”. But then she stops. “The rumours were true. I got attacked, my last breath. Sethadien found me, cared for me, and brought me back, as close as he could to life. So, I owe him my everything.` She stops again. Looking behind me, she sighs, “You do realize, they will never change. The war between our species has been going on for thousands of years since the originals. Do you believe you can change that?”

“I will not change it myself; a prophecy has been written. I’ve read up on it. And I am not alone.” …

“Father, are you okay with Violetta, the way she is?” Hunter spoke.

“What do you mean?” Adrian appears strangely happy for someone like me talking to him, like that, in front of his pack, and because of all his history with Vampires, I am surprised he didn’t scold me.

“What happened back there? The vampire got away.” Hunter questions.

“It’s what I expected from her.” From me? “She’s our future Queen, and already she is showing signs of peace. I may have been looking at it all wrong my boy.” He sighs. “Your mother’s death was so long ago, and I am tired.”

“Father?”

“No, I know we need to not let it go. But not all vampires killed your mother, I know who commanded the murder of your mother, and I have been taking my anger out on every vampire I see. I think it’s time to change.” His words are full of sadness. But he is right, everything needs to change. “Violetta.” And still, they talk about me above all things that need to be sorted. “Violetta, you may enter.” I quickly remove my ear from the door, do I enter? I cannot, I panic, and I tiptoe away, but the door opens before I can escape, Hunters stand there surprised that I would show up.

“I’ve made dinner” I grin, a horrible, awkward grin that placed a smile on Adrian’s face. They sat down at the table, with Jake Joshua and Mason, the Korean traditional food laid out across the table. “Korean food?” Hunter's expression doesn’t look that impressive. But I ignore his comment and carry on placing food on the table.

“I had another vision, and for some reason, I fancy Korean food.” I grin towards Hunter; it may have been a spiteful grin, and he would have no idea what I mean, but Tae has been on my mind lately. ‘Can you at least enjoy one meal with me, for once?’

“What was your vision about?” Josh fills his bowl of rice with meat and for the first time, he asks a decent question.

“Josh, you know we cannot know, even if we wanted to.” Adrian cuts his question off which I didn’t mind, the thought and images of Tae run through my mind, and I pause halfway while serving food. “Princess.” I cleared my throat and pushed Tae to the back of my mind, taking a seat at the table, and trying to stop myself from blushing. The dining table was silent, it still is…

“Princess, what’s on your mind?” Adrian gulped down his food and placed his chopstick onto the thin cloth.

“I was reading about the royal family, and I came across the family tree.”

“Yes.” He chokes. Taking a sip of his water.

“A baby with no name,” as soon as I mentioned this baby, his eyes darkened, and everyone but I gulped down their food and locked eyes with each other, I’m guessing I was the only one that does not know. “I want to know if I have a brother?”

“You did.” He responded.

“Did?”

“That baby died at birth.” Adrian stood from the table, “Please excuse me, I had a long day.” I nod my head for him to be excused which is another thing I have learned through the library, everyone else avoided my gaze though, it seems it’s something no one wants to talk about.

“Joshua.” Mason grabs him from the table.

“But I haven’t even finished yet,” He moans just like a child, Mason wraps his arm around him, tip-toeing as he does.

“Hunter?” This I may think is the time I’ve got the guts to talk to him.

“Another time?” and he cuts me off and leaves me too. Jake mumbles and tries to stand.

“Sit!” he grunts. “Tell me!” I ordered.

“How are you feeling Violet? Do you remember…”

“Don’t change the subject.” His eyebrows squinted as if I was supposed to know what he was talking about and opened his mouth to talk. He moved from the table and grabbed the plates as he did, bringing them to the kitchen and I followed along like a lost puppy.

“Not long before the King abandoned his Kingdom he came here. His first love was married to another man, someone dangerous, but he loved her anyway. A King cannot be allowed to be with another, that was not Royal. But before you know it, she became pregnant. Everyone knew it was not her husband. Everyone knew it was the Kings, but no one spoke up. Close to the birth, the pain that she had was unbearable, and the King kept his secret about his love for her.” he paused. “The baby came out still, breathless. Dead.” No. “the King’s lover was being poisoned during the birth, every morning with her tonic. Eventually, Ten years later the poison she drank shut down her organs and she died too.”

“Who would do such a thing?” I gasp.

“Rumors say it was the husband. Rumors don't usually take action when one knows the death penalty is at play.” My father must be all alone. I knew that I wouldn’t be the only child he had. But I didn’t want to believe it. A brother who shares the same thoughts and emotions that I felt growing up, would have made me feel less alone. Now my father is additionally alone…

It’s been hours now since I brought up the King’s late lover and their baby. I feel awful about bringing it up. I felt trapped in that house, so I went for a run, and I ended up at the waterfall where I and Luka shared our first kiss. The kiss that has ruined this spot.

I strip my shoes and socks off walking towards the water. Smiling, inhaling the amazing sensation of fresh water, the fish that swim at the bottom of the crystal lake. Hearing thousands of drops hit the service of the pool. I walked over towards the waterfall and inhumanly made my way to the top.

Here in my underwear, my long curls drop down my bare back, I close my eyes and push my hair out of my face. Feeling the warm breeze calm me from below upwards, feeling the small drops of cold water fall and splash me gently.

As I was about to jump suddenly, something startled me. In the distance, I hear a branch break. The stream must have interfered with my hearing as I cannot understand where the sound is coming from. I turn, slipping on the rocks underneath me, I hit my head, cutting my skin and damaging my balance forcing me to fall. As soon as I collided with the water, a deep wound stabbing my head left blood to expand to the top of the service as I floated down, and I lost consciousness.