I yawn as I get ready for bed. I brush my teeth and head to bed. I pull back the covers and climb inside. Something that I find myself doing a lot often.
As I drift off into dream land, something burst through my door. I quickly turn around in bed and at the person. The bright hallway lights are blind, causing me to throw a hand up to my eyes. As my eyes adjust, I notice a man standing my door way.
“Who are you? What do you want?” I yell at the dark figure.
“Shh, Alyssa. It’s me baby!” my favorite voice says. He wants closer to me, and his wonderful scent fills the room.
“George?” I croak, I’m almost to tears. He steps closer to me, and I start to see him face. I smile and jump out of bed. I run over to him and hop into his arms. He wraps me in a tight hug.
“Are you really here? Wait! Don’t answer that! I love you so much.” I say. He chuckles.
“I love you too!” he whispers into my hair. Someone runs into the room. I pull back, and look over George shoulder. A man stands there.
“Your highness, we have to leave. Now.”
“Okay, thanks.” George says and the man leaves the room. George looks at me. “We have to leave.”
“Okay, but before we leave, I need to tell you something.”
“Can it wait. Babe, we have to leave now.”
“No! It can’t!”
He looks at me oddly. “Okay, but make it quick.” he says. I back away from him and look at him in the eye.
“George, I can’t just leav-“
“These monsters kidnapped you!”
“Yes, but-“
“NO! There’s no but. These monsters did a horrible thing to the princess! They aren’t going to get away with it.”
“But they are my family! They are my family.” I say. George just looks at me.
“What?” he breaths out.
“They are my real family. My parents. I was kidnapped when I was little, by my ‘parents’ that just died. They were never my real parents. That’s why they didn’t care about me. They kidnapped me, they aren’t my family, and Nick isn’-” I say and realize that everything that happened between me and Nick were a lie. We weren’t siblings. Did he know? Was it all an act? It…it can’t be.
“Nick…”
George wraps me in a big hug again. “Shh, it’s okay.” he says when i say. “It’s going to be okay. I’m here now.”
“George, my whole life is a lie. Everything that I thought I knew, was just one big lie. My ‘parents’ kept everything from me.”
“No, it’s not. You are not a lie. Our life together can never compare to any other.” he whispers sweetly into my ear.
“Are you even real?” I ask.
He chuckles deeply. “Of course I’m real! And I’m never letting you go. You’re mine forever.”
“What the hell are you doing with my daughter?” a voice threatens.
I pull out of George’s arms. “Dad?”
“Don’t sound so surprised. I’m not just going to let him dance right in here, and sweep away my daughter.”
“He’s my mate.” I tell him.
“I don’t give a S***! He is not leaving with you.”
“Well you don’t get a say in this.” I state sternly.
“Yes I do! I’m your father for god’s sake.”
“Tim. That’s enough. You have no right to keep your daughter from her mate, it’s against the pack law.” Daisy says, she has a hand on his arm. He visually starts to calm down.
“Call off your pack now.” George tells him. “Now.” Tim’s eyes glaze over, he’s mind linking his pack.
“Well,” Daisy claps her hands together. “Now that, that’s all over with. Would anyone care for a cup of coffee?”
As we all calm down and relax, all hell breaks loose. In a moment, 2 men take hold of my parents and slit their throats. Both of them drowning in a pool of their own blood. A blood curdling scream rips from my throat.
I fall to my knees, as tears start to cloud my vision. I don’t know how long it is until I’m being pulled to my feet.
“Come on, we’ve got to go.” George starts to pull me towards the door, over my dead parents.
“I can’t just leave them,” I struggle away from him. He catches me and holds me with ease.
“Forget about them, they never loved you Alyssa. They don’t even know you!” I push away from George.
“How…how can you say that George?” I say, and wipe away the tears running down my cheeks.
“You’re mine now, no one else’s. You are mine, and only mine.”