Kenzie: The Rejected Orphan

King Drake

Drake POV

The guts of this little thing. She wants me to reject her. My dragon won't allow it. He loves her already. Crap now she is just looking at him waiting for her rejection.

"I will not reject you, my dragon refuses. I will never be with you though. I advise you never to be with another, he would go on a killing frenzy. We will remain tied, but that is all. " Drake finally came up with what he thought was an appropriate response.

"As if, and just so you are aware, I already have another mate, he wants to accept me, so I think that is just what I will do. Accept him, so don't think we will ever be tied in any way. If I'm correct, our bond will be gone the moment we mark each other if I'm correct!" Kenzie still didn't know if she was going to accept Roberto, but she would use it as ammunition to this jerk.

"What do you mean you are mated to another, as in currently? If we feel the bond little half-breed, then that means you are supposed to have to. But being a half-breed, you will probably get a mate for each of your weak beasts!" Drake spat at her, irritated that she had someone else and his dragon was ready to make him shift and kill her second mate.

"Where is this mate you speak of, so valiant he allowed you to enter my kingdom, uninvited!" Drake thought he had the upper hand?

"King Drake, I must ask you to please quit speaking to my daughter in that way. She has done nothing wrong. I'm disappointed that you want to go against the goddess' will, but that is your choice. I would also appreciate it if the term half-breed wasn't used as I am standing here as well and my family has always been loyal to the crown. And finally, she was invited by you. In fact, the promise of assistance was granted when I called, and we are here for that now. And his other mate stands with his Beta, those being the other two men who accompanied us!" Nathaniel was enraged but talked calmly, you couldn't really defy the king.

Drake was now at a complete loss, and he was an i***t. He took in her tiny little appearance and deemed her weak. He saw Nathaniel standing there, and knew he was coming for help. Why didn't he realize sooner that it was his daughter? He had already made his mouth let the decisions be made, so he had to stick with them now. His daughter was to be extremely powerful. That was why the agency wanted her in the first place. He literally just told her how weak she was! He needed to figure out what to say. All of them were just looking at me. I'm the king and have to tell them what to do.

"I will have rooms made up for you, my second in command will show you the way, and then we will meet to see if we can end this contract." There he administered his orders. Now he could go back to his office and wallow in his decisions.

"If it's okay, I would really like to meet my grandparents and was kind of hoping we could stay with them. Is that okay, your heiress?" Kenzie questioned the king. She was respectful but not friendly.

"Fine, Nathaniel, you know the way to show her, then I will see the four of you in an hour's time. We will discuss all the specifics and come up with a plan." Drake wanted her in the castle so she could be close. He couldn't not let her meet her grandparents. He knew they had yet to meet.

He watched as Nathaniel guided Kenzie away from him and towards his parents' house. He had nothing else to do, so he went up to his office to wait for their arrival. He sat there getting lost in his thoughts and all those were to do with his decision-making skills. Finally, he looked up to check the time. It had been almost three hours. He remembered telling them they needed to report within the hour! Just when he was getting ready to link Nathaniel, his office door was slammed upon revealing just the person he wanted to see.

"What is the meaning of this, Nathaniel? You are late and this is not proper etiquette." Drake shouted in response to the slammed open door.

"She....they....gone...letter!" Nathan was trying to stutter something out and handing him a piece of paper

Looking at the piece of paper, Drake knew exactly what he was trying to say. His mate was gone. Someone had taken her. His mate had been kidnapped and it was all his fault.

Dearest daddy;

We have what we want, she is more important and powerful than you ever were. It was always about her. Tell her mates thanks for making taking her easy. Since neither sees her value, she should be happy and better off with me. She has trained for years and now, thanks to all your efforts, she will be mine. She will make the perfect weapon and breeding machine. Can you imagine how powerful our pups will be? I'm not of what she is, so it will be fun to see. Let her go. You will never find her. She now belongs to me. Don't worry, when our children grow we will allow them the slaughter of her mates' subordinates. Your family will be returned to you. I don't want them. They are of no use to me. Remember she belongs to me now, leave her alone. I finally have my perfectly groomed bride and will allow no one to take her away from me.

Adieu,

Guess who

She was kidnapped, his mate was kidnapped. He looked up to see Nathaniel was completely distraught, but didn't see the other men with him. Did they perhaps take her, it would make sense. She said that one of them was her mate, or other mate, however that worked.

"Where are the other two? It was probably them that took her. Look for them, and you will most likely find your precious daughter!" Drake figured that was the only explanation.

"They are both in the clinic, neither tried to take her, but both tried to defend her, and they put their lives on the line for her. They came out of nowhere, at least 50 of them. She was drugged and then we were beaten. Her mate, the alpha, was shot 3 times trying to get to her so they couldn't take her, and the Beta, well, he is in surgery right now getting his intestines put back in his body. How dare you accuse them and pass this off as if it were nothing. She is still your mate, they have her the agency. Help me! Help me like you said you would don't let them just have her. They have had her for 30 years now. I just want my family back!" Nathaniel was sobbing while he looked at him to explain all that had happened!

His mate was gone, taken, and he had no idea by whom. Nathaniel says the agency, but they are supposed to uphold our laws, not kidnap the king's mate. Even her being with the Alpha meant her kidnapping was a death sentence for whoever took her. They needed to get her back. His dragon was demanding he take action and find his bride.