The Violet Princess

I hear my parents go down the hall and I tip toe out, closing and locking the door behind me. I run down the staircase to the bottom and go into the omega quarters. “Alex” Katy comes running over. “Finally managed to get out, come on, give me some jobs” I say, frustrated. Katy gives me a soft look as she gives me a spare maid's outfit and I quickly get changed, making sure I tuck my overly long hair and putting on a maid's hat. My hair is a feature that will get me noticed, not that people will know what I look like as I am always locked away. That's why meeting Katy and doing jobs has kept me sane. My name is Alexandra Harris, Princess of the Royal Violet Pack, my mother is Queen Heleena Harris and my father is King Carl Harris. I have never really had a relationship with my parents, they treat me like a caged animal. Betty Katy’s mum, would come in and help me with anything and would treat me like a daughter. Because of that, I would rather stay close to the omegas than my own family. My parents have no excuse as it is not because of pack commitments or their royal duties getting in the way as they have my brother Adrian and they love and parent him. Me and Adrian get on so well. He is two years younger than me and has just turned eighteen. He got his wolf on the same day as his birthday. My parents are so proud of him. Adrian has always hated what our parents do to me. He helps me by getting me out and showing me his training sessions. Our parents would go mad if they found out, but Adrian does this so that I can stick up for myself. Did I mention that I am human? I also have no scent, which is strange for a royal. I would like to say that is where my parents have their issues with me, but I can never remember them being around even when I was younger. I look in the mirror and I move my fringe in front of my right eye so that I can hide the royal violet streak that is in my Iris. My mother has them in both eyes as she has pure royal blood. My father has brown eyes, he was Beta ranked in our pack and he and my mother are true mates. I have no conversations with my father but I am just glad that I do have more of his eyes than my mother's. Adrian has streaks in both his eyes and when he goes into Wolf form, his Wolf River’s eyes are pure violet. The pack have seen me on special occasions, but other than that they never get close enough to see my features, they know me by the long hair that I plait and it still goes past my bottom. I am ready, my hair and my right eye is now hidden. I walked out and smiled at Katy. “What's first?” I said to Katy, smiling and happy to be out. “We are preparing a royal dinner for...?” she stops and looks around. Katy knows other omegas can not know who I am as they will go straight to the king and queen, they have loyalty to the pack. “The King and Queen”, Katy says, smiling. “Okay let's get started, can I peel potatoes?” I said enthusiastically. “Yes!” Katy says, delighted. I know she hates that job but I am just happy to be out of my room doing something, there is only so much reading I can do. Colin, one of the head omegas, comes in and I put my head down and crack on. “Katy, I need you and……?” he stops and I hear his clipboard papers moving. “Lexie!” Katy interrupted, smiling. Colin stops looking, he seems to be time constrained. “Ah yes, can you and Lexie push the food trolly into the hall, the waiters will place it on the table, and then can you bring the food trolly back in” he says as he starts walking out in a hurry. I jolted up “Ah”. I looked at Katy with worry. “I could try and find mum or Soph?” She says with a puzzled face. Colin runs back in “NOW! GIRLS!” We walked out to the trolley and started slowly pushing it to the door. I stop for a moment, making sure my fringe is covering my eye and push my hat on further down my face to try and cover it. “Think I will be alright. They haven't looked at me long enough to know who I am”, I whisper as I see Katy look at me with sympathy. We walk in quietly and I hear my father's voice talking. I take a quick glance and see my mother, father, Kelvin, who is my dad's Beta, and Adrian at a table with guests. I looked down as we got a little closer and we stopped near the table for the waiters to grab the plates. “You see it would be in your best interests for your Pack” I hear my dad say. I glanced up to see who my father was talking to and saw the most handsome man. I quickly looked back at the floor but my heart was beating so fast. “King Carl…It would, but what is in it for you?” The handsome man says. His voice is so powerful and confident that I want to hear more. I looked at him again, his face looked so smooth and his eyes were so dark but his lips looked so soft. I felt eyes looking at me and I saw Adrian giving a confused look my way. I quickly looked down again. “Everything OK Adrian?” I heard my mother say who has her back to me. “Erm.. yes I was wondering what was for the starter, that is all” he says quickly. I looked up slowly and saw all eyes were on Adrian and he continued his gaze at my mother. My father continues. “You have the strongest pack Danny, I want your alliance and some of your men”, My father says, now standing to show his power. Danny smirked, which made my whole body tingle. “An alliance with the royal pack is not something I would offer…King Carl'' Danny says, staring into my father's eyes. I can not help but watch. I have never seen anyone speak to my father like that. “United we will be unstoppable Danny…I offer you a Luna, so it is the least you can do”, My father says. I catch Adrian looking at me and I go cold, he looks worried as he plays with his hands. I can feel something is wrong. “How old is the princess?” Danny says. I started to shake. Did he just ask how old I was? I look at Katy, she also looks worried but also signals that we can leave, but part of me does not want to leave. I want to know what is going on. As we started walking out, I heard my father say to one of his guards to fetch me. I got out and into the kitchen. I looked at Katy with panic. “This is not right at all. What's going on?” “Lex, run upstairs now quickly, I'll try to distract Barry!” she says as she gives me a quick hug and runs out the door to catch up with the guard. I took off the maid's outfit and ran up the maid's stairs, trying not to get caught. This would be a quicker way than the way Barry goes but I wasted time with shock and getting changed. I just hope Katy has slowed him down. I get to the main corridor that other pack members are forbidden from and quickly unlock my door and jump on my bed with a book. No less than two minutes later, there was a tap on the door. “Alexandra, your father has summoned you. Can you come with me please?” he says with authority. Still catching my breath, I opened the door and started walking with him. We do not speak as that is against the king's rules and I just walk with him thinking about what I heard. I am so confused. Am I just part of a deal to bargain with? I don't have much of a life here anyway and Danny is so handsome. Maybe this would be something better for me? I am twenty with no wolf, and so many allergies that I take medication daily. I am hardly a catch, but I can't help that sad feeling creep up. Do my parents really not want me that much?