I wandered into Blackbriar Castle behind the other girls ushered in by guards. We were all unmated females taken from our homes in an attempt to find Prince Ryker's mate. Rumors of him being on the brink of going feral were spreading quickly as recently he had ravaged some of his own packs in an attempt to find his brother and Princess Lucilla. Granted, he acted only at his father's command it was said he overly enjoyed it full of bloodlust, and he terrified his own warriors.
We were told that if we were found to not be his mate, we would be returned home unharmed. I guess we needed to pity whoever was the unlucky soul Prince Ryker's fated mate turned out to be.
When we first came in sight of the place, it looked haunting its dark form erecting from the mist of the snow-covered mountain
