My Warlock King Mate.

The three kingdoms.

The big night has arrived. Everything is ready and the ballroom is beautifully decorated. There are pink silk and red ribbons that beautifully adorn the 4 columns and railings of the circular staircase. 2 large jars of red roses and yellow lilies can be found at the edges of the stairs.

Waiters wear the formal attire. Glasses of champagne and aperitifs are ready to be served. Oliver gives the latest instructions with his father.

I'm almost ready. My blue eyes contrast with the formal dark blue dress and the silver heeled sandals. The hair is held in a ponytail with two tufts falling next to my forehead. My makeup is light and discreet. A knock on the door caught my attention. 

"Princess Valeria, your guests have come and are waiting for you in the ballroom." One of the maids said behind the door.

I kindly thanked her and stood in front of the mirror.

I looked at myself once more, gently straightened my dress and walked out of the room.

I reached the top of the stairs and took a deep breath. Oliver, who was waiting for me at the top of the stairs, leaned in front of me and offered me his hand gently.

Suddenly all eyes were on me. I can feel my cheeks blushing. I looked at them and let Alki's purebred royal aura overwhelm me.

This was the moment when everyone bowed to my presence. We went down the stairs and headed towards the center of the room.

There were over 600 eyes looking at me. I took a deep breath. 

"Thank you all for being here tonight. I know my father, the king, and my mother the queen were excellent. I'll try to be worthy of them. I will take care of the good of all three kingdoms. Please enjoy the dance, the food and the evening. Thank you." I said in an official voice.

Everyone smiled and raised their glasses with their champagne at the toast in my honor. I walked to the back of the room to find my aunt.

Someone grabbed my hand abruptly as I passed through the crowd. I came back to see who he was. He was a tall, tough man. His eyes were cold and his skin pale.

"You wouldn't want to do that." I challenged him, calmly and sarcastically. He left my hand and lowered his eyes from my gaze.

"Forgive my spontaneity, my Queen. I wanted to meet you from the moment my daughter told me she found you." I was looking at him without taking my eyes off him for a moment.

"Who's your daughter?" I answered coldly.

"Charlie Wallis, my queen!" I should have known it was going to be Charlie! Thought.

"Of course, you were the head of my mother's family. Mr. Wallis." It's something we know in advance.

Suddenly my gut tells me there's something wrong here. Alki in my head is very worried and angry. I feel something dark around the castle. The earth beneath my feet trembles. Something's going to happen.

Black shadowy wild dogs, they showed up, and smashed large windows rushing into the room. Ugly shadowy creatures followed behind them. Very quickly the dance became a battlefield. They destroyed everything in their way.

The wizards held back the monsters with sparks coming out of their fingers. Hundreds of bones were heard breaking. The Pack prepared for battle and rushed into it. The vampires attacked the creatures at incredible speed.

I noticed Oliver struggling to get towards me. I heard a loud scream. I looked back, it was Amelie.

Alki screams and growls loudly in my head.

"We have to do this together." I told her to combine her powers with my magic. My eyes turned silver and beautiful purple wavy flames appeared on my fingers. The power of the earth beneath my feet is terrible. Other loud screams were heard. 

"Enough!" my Alpha voice echoed and made everything around us tremble. Purple flames exploded from my hands and pierced the ugly creatures and dogs making the ashes in the air.

My gaze seems empty and I can feel the pain of all those who have been injured. I ordered everyone to transform themselves into their human form and help those who were injured.

The gap in my eyes is still there. I felt the energy of my aunt's presence in the hands of a man. My speed made me stand by her in a casting of her eyelids. I touched his shoulder and felt warm. He turned his lovely calm, mysterious gaze on me.

Alki immediately muttered. "Mate!"

I still feel something dark.

Observe the entire room with the same blank look. Someone's trying to talk to me, but I don't understand what he's saying.

Thousands of thoughts run through my clouded mind. A bad aura is bad. There are two blurry shadows on the castle's protective wall.

My speed was deafening. I found myself close to the shadows.

It was Charlie with her father. He held her by the throat with his fangs ready to nail her. In a blow to my fingers, purple sparks like lasso wrapped around his neck and I pulled him towards me. His eyes are empty, cold and dark. 

"What do you think you're doing to my castle and my people?" Alki with her voice, full of rage and domination.

Vampires are approaching me. I sense their wild presence behind me. A man with beautiful purple wavy sparks on his fingers pulled them away from me.

"Mate" Alki muttered again.

He smiled at me and with an upward push of his hands, lifted them into the air and threw them to the ground with force. Charlie got off the ground and touched my shoulder.

"Hope, please don't kill him." My empty gaze turned to her and softened for a while.

"Take them to the dungeons. I'm not Hope for you. I'm Princess Valeria. Are we clear?" My angry wolf clearly told her.

We're back at the castle. The forces are still combined. My gaze is empty and emotionless. Alki's mad. 

"Today, someone tried to finish what started 13 years ago. There's a traitor between us. He will face my wrath and the one who helps him."

That caught everyone's attention.

"Tomorrow I would like all the leaders of my kingdoms to organize a meeting." Everyone was in front of me. No one dared speak. Their eyes were on me.

The air smells scary and blood. In a nod of me, they continued to heal those who had been injured.

I felt his stubborn look on my face and his presence approaching me.

"Mate" Alki whispered. His warmth surrounded me. After that, everything was blurry and everything went dark.