My Warlock King Mate.

The Castle.

I was so nervous this morning and woke up before the alarm go off. I went down to the kitchen for breakfast and coffee. Charlie's black car parked outside. I saw it through the kitchen window. She got out of the car and her minions followed her.

They were knocking on my door and I went to open it. They walked in, greeted me and bowed in front of me. I'll never get used to that! I said hello to them and told them to get up.

"Your Highness, are you ready to go?"   Charlie asked.

"What do you mean, go where?" I responded with confusion.

''At your castle, I'll take you there. Alexa and Maya will be with us for your protection. Your Highness!" She said formally and smiled as we sat on the kitchen counter.

"I'm not going anywhere with you. I'm waiting for Amelie and Oliver."

I answered in an official voice. Another knock on the door caught our attention. Maya tried to open it before I came down from the kitchen counter.

Amelie and Oliver looked at me suspiciously and bowed their heads.

"What are they doing here, Hope?" Oliver asked me as soon as he lifted his head.

"They came to lead me to the castle. That's what they said..."

"There's no way that's going to happen!" Amelie interrupted me before I finished my answer. I looked at her and she lowered her eyes from my gaze. 

"As I was saying, they told me this and I said I wouldn't go anywhere without you two." My official and cold voice brought chills to everyone. Oliver laughed at their surprised reaction.

I asked Oliver to help me with my things, put them in the car.

"We'll all go together. Charlie and her warriors, you and Oliver are my guards. Someone who doesn't agree with my order?" I looked at them and they answered with a nod, not in response.

"Let's go then!"

We all got into Charlie's Rover and he started driving. When we got to where the Castle was supposed to be, we got out of the car. I was looking around and I didn't see anything. There are tall trees and beautiful green grass. Everywhere I looked.

They walked forward and disappeared in front of me. What the hell is that?

"Take a few steps." Alki exclaimed in my head.

I took a few steps and saw the beautiful, out of the century, Castle. There were stone walls, with a large wooden door and countless windows around it. 

The two front towers had two flags on each side, one red with the black canine symbol in the middle and the other was green, with the black wolf paw symbol, plus one on each side light blue with the yellow crown symbol in the middle. It was very beautiful.

Small houses around it, stony too, with wooden doors and windows. Amelie and Oliver walked in front of me, Charlie and the two girls behind me. Oliver ordered a servant to open the door.

We walked in. In the hallway there were statues and paintings around us on the walls with wooden frames. It was very bright inside. The sunlight was dancing inside the building. It was literally a spell to make it dance through space in different forms. We continued to walk to the lady's room.

The turning stairs in the middle of the hall were spectacular. They were driving to the first floor. The red carpets on the stairs were very clean, they looked new. And the railings in white gold, great.

"Wow" I said whispered but loud enough to turn around and look at me. I blushed and lowered my gaze on the red, circular carpet beneath me.

Oliver told the servants to take our things to our rooms. And order one of them to prepare the royal bedroom. 

"We'll all stay here with you until you settle down and be comfortable," Oliver said with a smile and told me to follow him. The others helped the servants with things and find comfortable rooms for themselves.

I followed Oliver upstairs. We were walking down the hall. There are very beautiful paintings with the royal family around us, one caught my attention. It was the king, the queen taking care of a baby in her arms. The memories flooded me.

It was me at a younger age, running to the castle. Mom and Dad were running to get me and laughing out loud. I remembered that I fell and cried out loud before Mom and Dad came to lift me up in their arms and comfort me to stop crying.

Oliver touched my shoulder and took me out of my happy family thoughts. I looked at him with a little smile on my face.

"Are you all right, princess?" he asked calmly and warmly.

"Yes!" I replied with a smile and took a quick look at the painting again before following it.

Open a large, wooden door with a white gold handle. The oversized bed in the middle of the room is amazing. A white closet to the right of the bed might be the biggest I've ever seen. There is a complete body mirror with white wooden frame. The windows and the small balcony behind the bed are lovely and the view magnificent.

"This is your room, princess!" He mentioned with a broad smile on his face. 

An older man brought my things to my room. I kindly thanked him and smiled at him.

"Is it really you, Princess Valeria?"

"Yes. Please tell everyone to come to the lady's room. I'd like to speak to all of you in a little while." I said in an official and polite voice. He smiled, bowed and left the room.