Why did it have to be you

4 years Later: Addison

The ride home was long and quite boring. The streets filled with life and yet I am stuck in this car. I hope that when I get home I can rest because I am just so tired from the long trip home. The car than stops at a red light and I see a family having dinner at a cute restaurant on a corner. The dad and mom are laughing and sharing a milkshake while their 2 kids are laughing and making gagging faces at them. I giggle lightly as I see the kids. When I look closely I see that the mother has the mark of a werewolf while the father does not. That means the mother is not human while her darling husband is but he is her mate so they are happily together. It looks as though the 2 kids both bear the mark of the beast as well. It's a mark that is only visible to its bearers and werewolf royalty like me. I am Addison Ray Night first born daughter of King Morpheus Night and next in line for the throne. The light changes to green and the car is off again driving to the center of the city to the large castle that looms over the tallest buildings in all the city. Its white stone walls have stood for centuries thanks to our many architects and construction workers who have helped to keep the palace in perfect condition and even updating plumbing and appliances throughout the years. Though some wings are closed off due to the lack of residents in the castle to want to worry about those wings upkeep. I remember being young and always running through those closed off wings knowing I could get in trouble but that was what was so much fun about it. Writing my name in the dust that accumulated throughout the years on all of the old painting and furniture. Growing up I had a younger sister who was always the more loved out of the two of us and when I asked my parents why they always told me it was because I was next in line for the throne so I never needed as much love as she did since I would one day have the love of my people to hold on to. It never made me feel any better to hear those words. I've been gone for four years at an academy that my parents sent me to and though my sister was just a year behind me I knew not to expect her arrival at the school for my parents hardly ever let her out of their sight. I sit watching the sights fly by my window and think back to the boy in the meadow. I've always wondered how his life has turned out with him being a human and having hopefully read my letter that in not so many words explained I was a werewolf. I never felt a connection with anyone like I did with him but I doubt he even remembers me any more or would recognize me. The last time we saw each other I had raven black hair that fell to my shoulders and pale skin but while away I decided it was time for this princess to go through a few needed changes. I bleached and dyed my hair to be rainbow colors and got a slight tan so that I was no longer a human glow stick but rather looked a bit golden. I wonder if he made any changes to where I might be unable to recognize him. I hope not because he has always been a face in the dreams that haunt me. My phone then begins to ring in my pocket, it's my younger sister Hailey. I answer the call and am immediately hit with a high pitched vise squealing into my hyper sensitive ears. "ADDY! I'm so excited your coming home! When you arrive you must tell me everything about your trip and I don't want to miss a single detail so don't leave anything out." I had to hold the phone at arms length just forthe sound to be bearable as she basically screamed her lungs out nearly damaging my ear drums. "I'll tell you everything so long as you promise never to call me again even in an emergency." I agreed. "Fine I promise but you have to hurry because mother and father wish to take me to dinner in a few minutes." My heart broke then at her words. Not once did they visit me out of the four years I was gone and now that I am coming home they decide to go to dinner without me. "Oh... okay Hailey. I suppose I will see you when you guys come home." I fight the rage I feel in my heart as I remember the words my parents always told me. "You are to be queen one day and when that day comes your people will give you all the love you will ever need or want."  I clenched my hand around my phone and had to stop myself from breaking it though I cracked my screen. "Dammit!" I mumbled as I heard the resounding crack from my phone. "What happened?" My sister asked in a very insincere voice as she ran well knows her words got to me. "Nothing sis i gotta go." I hung up then without another word. "Driver i need to stop at the nearest iPhone store. I've broken another phone." The driver then takes a left at the next light and continues straight over a small bridge to the local phone store where he stops. The driver then climbs out of the car and opens my door to allow me to get out. Once outside the vehicle I feel the suns warmth on my skin and the breeze in my hair as I stand before the door while the driver opens one for me to walk in the store. Once inside I find a new phone with a high quality camera for photos and life proof case to prevent me from being able to break it so easily. Once I acquired the phone I transferred my memory card over that I made sure to store all my information, contacts, and photos on. I then leave the store and decide to get a cup of coffee. The driver follows from a short distance acting as my guard as I head to a small local coffee shop like you might see in the movies. The shop is small and has a cozy feel to it with the delicious smell of fresh brewed coffee and sweet pastries. The girl behind the counter is a werewolf. She bows her head in respect as she can sense the power of my wolf even in wolf form. As the heir my wolf is strong and her aura is felt by all those who are around me. When I walk in a room even the greatest of alphas are to bow their heads in respect. He short dirty blond hair bounces as her head shoots back up and her soft honey colored eyes never meet mine as she politely asks for my order.  I get myself an iced caramel macchiato and an order of their chocolate covered cake balls. After i recieve my order i take a small sip of my coffee and find that it needs more sugar so I walk over to the side where the shop keeps extra sugar packets and remove my lid. At this time i get a text from my sister. It is a picture of her pouting at her camera with a big plate of steak and potatoes in front of her with the words saying "I wish you were here." I glare at my phone and think better of throwing it across the room and instead toss it into my bag. I turn back to my coffee and add the needed sugar and place a tip in the cashiers tip jar. After this i feel a little better about my life and myself. Not a lot of people would know but since my parents sent me away they gave me a nice sum of money to keep me happy and occupied which I have just mostly given away whenever I seem fit. Mostly to the few homeless humans or the lonely omegas. Other times I leave large sums as tips for the hard workers of our city. After leaving the tip I walk out with my purchases and get back into the car with my guard. He is a warrior in my families royal guard. He is nice enough. Always neat and trim in his late forties with graying hair around his temples and strands of gray in his dark beard. His deep brown eyes never betraying his emotions.

Once we are moving again I think back on my life. Most people in this world don't even know me since my parents decided to send me away for so long. After a bit of time I notice my driver is taking us down a strange route but by this time I am feeling very tired and weak. But not tired enough to keep me from noticing that Gerard is text on his phone while driving. "Wh-What is so im-important you would risk my l-life Gerard?" I ask the driver as he tries to discreetly hide his phone while still texting. We approach the next light and I begin to get a terrible feeling in my gut and that is when the truck t-boned our car and I blacked out. 

When I next awoke it was strange. I noticed there was no monitor to check my heart rate and a certain cold stillness to the air around me. When I lift my head I notice I'm not even on a normal hospital bed but rather a metal operating table. There are also multiple doors on the wall that clearly pull out the freezer drawers for the bodies as I am obviously in the morgue. I slowly take notice that I have a tag tied to my left big toe and as I lift my foot to read it I see that I am marked as Jane doe having been a D.O.A or dead on arrival. "This can't  be right." I said to obviously no one but myself. I then slowly sit up and notice the new scars that littered my once creamy skin. A large scar was spread across my upper chest and another along my hip and I think back to the accident. I remember having been in the back passenger seat farthest from the driver which was exactly where the truck hit us. If I had been wearing my seat belt I could have been killed though apparently by the medical standards of this hospital I was dead. I suddenly heard voices coming down the hall towards the door to the morgue. "They said the girl would be in here. Her body will seem dead but that's only thanks to the paralytic that was put into her drink when she wasn't looking." I panicked and decided to just lie back down on the table and pretend to still be unconscious. "What does she look like Jake?" Asked another voice. " The driver sent us a photo off the phone she just replaced." The first voice laughed as he said this. "Such a brat that when she gets a slight crack in her screen she has to replace the whole thing right away. How pathetic." I could feel the rage inside me burning as I heard those words. "Well she sure looks like queen material." The second voice said with his voice laced with sarcasm. The doors then open and in walk the two men. I try to make my breathing seem weak as I keep my eyes closed. I hear them as they walk closer to where I lay. "Well at least she's pretty right?" I had to refrain from shuddering as guy number 2 spoke. "Yeah I'll say. Makes this all the more easier seeing its obvious she has had a pretty easy life." That voice made music in my ears even as his words made my blood boil. "Come on man before any of ththe werewolves start smelling vampires on their turf." I could almost feel the color drain from my face at his words. At that I feel my body being lifted by the men, one holding my feet and the other from under my arms. "Do you feel that?" Guy number 1 asks guy number 2. "Feel what man? I don't feel anything." He feels the tingles. The same tingle that only happen when you are physically touching your mate. I have found him. My mate. Or well.... I guess hes found me. They then carry me to a back door in the hospital and load me into a large car presumably a van. They both climb in, one in the back with me and the other is driving the van. As the car moves I begin to feel a pressure on my thigh, one that disgusts me to my core. That means I'm stuck in the back of this van with the man who is not my mate but rather seems to be a malicious pervert hell bent on having his way with an unconscious woman. As his hand slowly begins to rise towards my woman part my eyes shoot open and I extend my claws and scratch the man in the face forcing him to release my leg as he clutches his cheek. Suddenly the car lurches to a halt and I feel a hard connection to my face before I blackout once more.

 A drop on my nose wakes me as I sit up quickly. I find myself cuffed by the ankle to a small cot in a damp dark room. "Well I see you are now awake. How are you feeling?" My eyes shoot to the farthest corner of the room to see a handsome man step out from the shadow. "Who are you and why did you kidnap me?" I asked the man. His sky blue eyes called to me as the sound of his voice had my heart singing. "My name is Jacolby York and I was asked by your parents to get you out of the way so that your sister could take the throne and in turn they will allow me to keep all of my human slaves even if they are someone elses." My mind reeled as I realized this was no ordinary vampire but rather the sole heir to the throne of the City of Darkness. "So you had to kidnap the future queen of the people who have won each war just to keep a few lousy human slaves?" My brain couldn't wrap itself around what my family could have been thinking to have done this to me. "Just relax Addison. No one here wishes to harm you but we do have orders to ill you if you try to escape. So just try to get used to your new digs because this is going to be your life from now on." With this he walked out the only door in the room and with a resounding click I knew I was stuck here.