When I woke up the next morning, I was hot. I was lying on my side and something heavy was draped over my waist. I lifted the sheets and realized an arm was over me! I turned to see Wyatt sleeping beside me and it all came rushing back. The party, finding Wyatt, the sex. Holy fuck! The sex! This is what I have been missing out on? As I moved my legs to stretch them, I could feel the soreness between them.
I rolled over and faced Wyatt. He is the most handsome man I have ever seen. I gently traced his eyes, down to his cheek and jaw bone. I trailed down to his neck and finally traced over my mark. Goosebumps followed my finger.
My mark was of a crown with a sword sticking through it. There were emeralds lined on the hilt of the sword. The crown was a traditional looking crown but this one had Emeralds and Rubies alternating around the middle of it. I stared at it for a minute. Zach said our marks are unique to each person, right? So, my mark should be of my family’s. I feel like this is more evidence I am the descendant of that family, but how is this possible? That mark is like that of a king. I crammed my neck to see Wyatt’s mark on my neck but I couldn’t see it.
“What’s wrong?” Wyatt asked sleepily.
“What do you mean?”
“Nina, I can see your feelings now, we are fully marked and you are feeling slightly panicked. So again, what is wrong?”
“I…” I didn’t know where to begin. I scooted up so I was sitting up leaning against the headboard and I pulled the sheets over me, tucking them under my arms. Wyatt also sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes and waited for me to spill. “I don’t know where to begin, I should have told you this before I let you mark me.”
“Is this what you have been keeping a secret?”
“Well, yes. It really isn’t a secret, since I don’t know much and I am honestly just finding out about things. I am not even 100% convinced about this.” Wyatt nodded and waited patiently for me to continue. “After what the rogues said about the prophesy, I decided to do some digging. I went to the library; you already knew that”, I added and Wyatt nodded in understanding. “And found a few books on them. One of them talked about why and how they are made and it started with a family and the Moon Goddess made a prophesy about the last of their blood line, taking over their fallen kingdom, becoming king and queen over their race. So far, I fit that description. Go look at your mark I left on your neck”, I said as I glanced down at it. Wyatt stood off the bed, grabbed a pair of shorts that was on the floor and made his way to the bathroom. I could feel the surprise feeling he felt when he saw it. I tried to block my emotions from him, and I was met with a angry growl.
Wyatt emerged from the bathroom and looked pissed. I knew he would be angry with me for not telling him. I kept the impassive look on my face and kept my heart steady.
“Don’t you dare hide your emotions from me!” Wyatt said firmly.
I was completely shocked, my mouth dropped open. “I… what? You’re not mad about what I just told you?”
Wyatt sighed and sat down beside me, “Nina, Zach told me everything already. I just wanted to see if you would let me in and let me help you. I didn’t know you would be my mate. I had a feeling since I was so drawn to you though. I wanted to help you before I knew for sure.”
I was instantly pissed, “Did you want me or my power? I am supposed to take over as a queen. Did you just want a piece of the power by helping me?”
“No! I would want you, regardless of any power you possess or will inherit. The Moon Goddess put us as mates because she knew I would be the one to help you, to guide you and protect you through this. Let me stand beside you!” I felt the sincerity and truth behind his words through his emotions. I feel everything so intensely now. It was like his emotions were mine. Just to feel his calmness and love through our bond relaxed me.
I sighed and leaned my head on the crook of his neck, calming myself. Taking deep breaths and the feel of his arms around me, supporting me was the most comforting feeling in the whole world. “I’m sorry, this is all so new to me and I am still trying to accept it all.”
“I get it, we will figure it out together”. Wyatt said and stood up “Come on, let's shower and my dad is expecting us in his office for a meeting. We need to tell him everything that is happening.” I sighed and looked around. My dress was in pieces and I didn’t have any clothes here. “Wear this”, Wyatt grabbed a pair of shorts and one of his t-shirts to me. “Go ahead and shower and get dressed in your room, I will have someone move all your stuff in here and we can share this room, if that’s okay?” I was speechless for a few seconds and then just nodded my head. It is almost strange to finally belong somewhere again. I got dressed and slipped out of his room while Wyatt was in the shower.
I was just about in my room when I heard someone walking towards me. “Well, well, if it isn’t the Alpha stealing slut.” Samantha said as she came around the corner.
Oh, are we doing this now? “You need to learn your place!” I spat out. I was done with her shit. I felt her rage and hate towards me project from her. It tasted like salt on my tongue. I soon saw that she was flanked by two other girls I have never seen before. Both were tall, slender, very toned, warriors for sure. One had blonde hair and the other had black hair. They all three looked like models. “You three have one chance to leave before we have an issue on our hands.”
They laughed as they circled me. Okay, let’s do this then. The blonde bimbo went for a straight on attack that I easily missed and punched her square in the jaw causing her to fly backwards and smack her head on the wall. She slid down the wall, leaving a line of blood behind her. I didn’t have a chance to check on her before I felt the next girl coming up behind me. As she put her arm around my neck, I grabbed it, leaned forward, causing her to fly over me and land on her back. She was on her feet in an instant. She aimed low and I brought up my knee and I felt her nose break as it made an impact and she also fell back unconscious. “Are you next Samantha?”
“YOU BITCH! I officially challenge you for the position of Luna and for mating rights with Wyatt!” I felt the challenge swim over me and sink in to my bones.
“Accepted” as I saw Samantha shiver too. I knew she felt the same way. Samantha gave one last look at her gang in disappointment and disappeared around the wall. I went into my room and stripped off Wyatt’s clothes and got into the shower.
“NINA!” I heard someone yell as I just turned off my shower.
“What?” I grabbed a towel and ran out of my bathroom. “What is wrong?”
“Are you okay? What happened?” Wyatt said, looking between the girls that were still unconscious on the ground and myself.
“Oh, they thought they could gang up on me. Three against one, very classy” I said as I rolled my eyes and walked to my closet. I raised my voice a little louder, “Samantha challenged me to my position of Luna and mating rights to you” I said dismissively.
“WHAT?” Wyatt yelled and let out a deep growl “Why didn’t you mind-link me? I would have handled it!”
“Wyatt, I do not need you to fight my battles. I will put her in her place soon enough. Have you forgotten that you couldn’t even make me submit?” Continuing on to my room, I decided to take a fast shower. I knew the challenge would happen later at lunch, so I just put on shorts, a sports bra and a tank top. It was supposed to be a hot day today. I emerged from my closet and was toweling and drying my hair.
“You are mine to protect!” Wyatt said stubbornly.
“You will need to learn that I am not a porcelain doll. I will not break that easily”. I rolled my eyes and walked to the bathroom and brushed out my hair. Wyatt came up into the door frame, looking pissed as hell. His hands were grabbing the top of the frame and I could see chips of wood falling as he was squeezing so hard. “Yes, I am yours but I need you to stand beside me and let me handle what I need to handle. I need you to support me when it comes to these matters. Do you really think this is the first challenge I have been in? I have put men and women in their places more than once. It will be fun!”
I let my self-confidence flow through him and I watched him visibly relax. “If you lose, I will kill myself before I ever mate with her.” He said stubbornly.
“You think I will lose?” I said, turning around facing him and putting my hands on my hips.
“No, princess, you do not know how to lose.” Wyatt said as he leaned forward and put his face an inch from mine. “You look good enough to eat.”
I felt the lust run through me and I saw his sweat pants budge out. “If we do that, we will be late for the meeting with your dad.” I whispered in his ear as I used my finger to trace over his mark.
I just then realized I hadn’t seen my mark! I jumped back and ran to the mirror. I pulled my strap to the side and looked at it. It was very similar but I had a crown for a queen, many more emeralds and rubies than his. My crown was shorter but more elegant.
Wyatt was smiling as he came up behind me and put his arms around my waist and rested his head on my shoulder, “Beautiful”
“I love it! Let’s get this meeting over with. I got ass to kick later!” I said smiling.
Wyatt snickered at me, grabbed my hand and led me to his dad’s office.