His Rejected 'Queen'.

Still Exists...

"What if the true love you deny still exists and can find its way back to you despite your past and the pain you have caused?"

Daniel's pov

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Damn it!

I move a bit but the alarm is on the left bedside table and I can't reach it. Beside this she is in the middle so...

Beep! Beep! Beep!

I hate it!

"Daniel baby turn it off! I need to sleep!" Nicole murmurs sleepy and buries her head under the pillow.

I jump up from the bed in frustration completely naked and walk to the other side of the bed shaking from anger. One second ago I wanted to sleep more but now I want to break that stupid alarm or else I will kill her!

She can do only two things!

The one thing is open her f*****g legs under me and keep them like this for about 10 minutes. After this she gets tired and needs sleep for more than 12 hours in my room.

And number two is throwing the money I give her to make botox, make her hair and nails almost every day, buy clothes, sets of underwears, shoes, and jewelries.

Oh! I forgot one more thing!

Number three is nagging about me having other two 'women' to sleep with and getting jealous.

She has no brain at all and that's why I prefer her when I am not in mood to talk and just have a quick f**k to release my anger and stress. Well... Not that the other two I have are better. In fact Eva is the silliest woman I know and I can't even have a basic talk with her and Samantha is a bit better than Nicole but still not clever.

When I am in great mood I call Eva because even if she says something too stupid I don't get angry or annoyed but I enjoy it and when I need some talk and 'communication' with someone I call Samantha. Nicole is for when I am just bored and need something fast.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

The f**k!

I reach the bedside table, grab the alarm and throw it on the wall groaning. It breaks into pieces that scatter everywhere with noise and she jumps up screaming scared. I give her a quick, angry look and turn to get in the bathroom disgusted from her appearance.

She is plastic, dived blonde, fake blue eyes, eyelashes, nails, breast, lips... Even her butt is not natural.

"Baby what is it? Why are you so angry?" she asks me confused still sitting on the bed covered with the sheets.

Not that she can understand the reason even if she wants to...

"Get up, get 'dressed' and leave immediately!" I hiss and get ready to get in the bathroom.

"But baby, I..."

"Shut up and do as I say Nicole! I have work to do and no time for your complaints." I shout and bang the door behind me groaning.

Fuck Mondays, f**k work, f**k the responsibilities and these rogues' attacks!

I get immediately in the tub and turn on the hot water. I need to relax before I get to work again and also get rid of her cheep smell.

You will ask me why I sleep with her when I don't really like her.

Well, I don't know. I always liked women. I was sleeping with different woman every night until about one and half year ago. I admit I love women, I like having fun with them, I love getting their interest, I love s*x with no emotion because I do not need emotion, not that I have ever felt anything for anyone.

I stopped sleeping around so often probably because I got a bit bored and tired and then ended up with Samantha, Nicole and Eva because they are the women I know the most. They may be older than me but as long as I have just s*x with them I do not care.

I just have fun and then I tell them to leave me alone until I need them again.

Anyway...

I take the shower gel's bottle with strawberries' smell and put some amount on my palm. I always loved strawberries, since I was a child I was eating tones of them. I love everything related to them, any desert, food, juice, drink, perfume, everything.

There is only one 'thing' I didn't like and I haven't changed my mind at all.

Generally I don't regret anything in my life and especially the fact that I rejected her...

'Her' means my mate...

Sorry, ex-mate!

I bearably remember that I had a mate once! Hell even her name is difficult to remember. I can only say her first name which was Diana, the other is just a small detail I can't remember at all, not that I am trying to.

And before you blame me for rejecting her it wasn't my fault.

There is no way I could have accepted to live the rest of my life with a young, skinny, ugly, pathetic girl that I felt disgusted about from the first moment I saw her. I don't need a weak Beta next to me, I don't even need a woman.

"Daniel..." my first Beta and best friend Landon calls me through the link.

I sigh in annoyance and groan bored before I reply, I will say again that I hate Monday mornings.

"Yes? What is wrong?" I ask shortly.

"Your parents are here!"

"What?" I ask surprised jumping up.

Shit! Not again!

"They came back earlier from their trip. They didn't want to leave you alone with all the preparations. We will be waiting for you in the meeting's room."

"When did they come back?" I ask as I get sure that I have no shower gel on my body and turn off the water with quick moves.

"Yesterday night after midnight..."

"And you didn't tell me?" I roar feeling my anger rising.

"You were blocking me i***t! I tried, I couldn't come and knock your door." He shouts and I growl while using a towel to get myself dried.

"They know, don't they?" I ask him nervously.

"The whole palace knows. We could all listen to your screams. Do you think that your parents that have their bedroom three rooms away from yours wouldn't have listened to you?"

Not again damn it!

I hate my life so much sometimes!

"I am getting ready and come to find you!" I state in hurry after some seconds and close the link rushing outside my room and then straight in the dressing room.

Nicole is still trying to get dressed! God this woman is a moving delay in all the sectors.

I quickly open one of my drawers, take black boxers and put them on. Then, I choose a pair of black trousers and a white shirt and put them on as well as fast as I can. I button the shirt and fold the sleeves on my elbows. I turn and look myself in my big mirror before I leave and sigh thoughtfully.

My black, quite short hair is shining and is a bit messy but I like it. My big, quite dark green eyes are not shining that much, I look a bit tired but my skin is not pale, the bear of three days is my favorite one as always. Also my shirt makes obvious that I have six-packs and muscles everywhere on my main body, shoulder and hands and I am too tall with a board, hard chest.

I am pleased with my appearance even if I am not training that much the last year and I like getting out in clubs to drink and have fun (with women of course) and I don't sleep that much most of the nights. For my 26 years I am good, as the highest werewolf in the rank I have the privilege to be stronger, faster and have more resistance than everyone else in everything.

I get out of the room in hurry and find Nicole still trying to get dressed with the slowest rhythm there is and obviously annoyed and distant with me, like I care you know.

Come on! She didn't even have a bra last night. Just a string, no tights, a mini dark red dress with her big, plastic breasts almost completely revealed and black high heels.

What is so difficult for her? Okay, everything is difficult for her except from 'eating' my money like the other two.

"Brush your hair before you leave and throw some water on your face, do some makeup and be quiet as you get out of the palace." I say and walk to the door ready to leave the room.

"Daniel baby wait!" she yells but I am already getting out of the room to fall on my parents.

SHIT!

My eyes meet my father's serious gaze and I try to look away sighing disappointed but my gaze lands on my mother's full of hurt expression and I freeze.

Why me?

I clear my throat and bow in respect to them while forcing a nervous, weak smile.

They don't move or say a thing. They don't react at all. Their expressions say it all. My father is angry and my mother is heartbroken but they are both disappointed and ashamed.

My father's dark blue eyes are almost black and my mother's dark green are watery from the first tears. They both look older than their true ages when this happens.

My father's name is Jonathan Jackson and he is the previous King of the werewolves and 47 years old. He is as tall as I am, we have the same body and face's structure and the same hair's color but his is getting grey the last two years.

My mother from the other side is Victoria, a 45 years old woman with the same big eyes as mine, long blonde hair, full lips, quite pale and soft skin, about two heads shorter than my father and I, slim but with the right curves and very elegant and royal.

"I wasn't expecting you so early. Did you have a good trip?" I ask awkwardly trying to break the silent and enlighten the mood a bit.

"It is obvious we were unexpected..." My father replies coldly and I get ready to talk again but then Nicole's scent hits my nose and I close my eyes cursing from inside me.

She is always troubles!

"Oh, Victoria, Jonathan I am so happy to see you again! It has been a long time!" she says in her usual, high, annoying voice and wraps her left hand around my waist while raises her other free hand for a handshake with them.

Just kill me now!

"It's is King Jonathan and Queen Victoria or Your Royal Highnesses for you! And do not try to touch us again!" My father growls angrily and instantly begins shaking from anger.

"And next time it happens to see us make sure from before you are dressed appropriately!" my mother adds through her teeth and passes by us like a storm with my father following close behind her.

"What did I do now?" Nicole yells with complain and tries to hug me but I push her away feeling my blood boiling from rage.

"You just exist! You don't have to do anything else! Get lost!" I growl through my teeth warningly and leave her alone walking behind my parents that are heading to the meeting's room at the next floor under us.

I don't like it when it's happening. I mean... I know they do not agree with me sleeping around with women. They were always reacting badly but things got worse when I found my mate and rejected her because about two days later they found it out and we had a very bad fight. From that moment we are too distant, they don't talk to me when they find me with the women I was sleeping the previous night and I allow them to join us in breakfast as my guests they leave from the table immediately.

They can't accept my choices and this is driving me crazy!

We reach the floor and walk quickly to the room in which we have our serious meetings. We get in to find my first Beta, Landon and second Beta, Jeremy with my Gamma, Elias already here waiting for us.

"My Queen! My King!" they all say in union, stand up and bow first to my parents and then to me with a meaningful look.

Landon is sitting at the right and Jeremy at the left side of the head of the big table where my place is while Elias is sitting next to Jeremy. My father take his place next to Landon and my mother joins his side and I walk and take my own place at the head of the big, long table.

"I am sorry I got late..." I murmur with guilt and try not to look at my parents but I guess my father have other plans...

"You mean you are sorry we found you again with one of your sluts because we came earlier than the expected with your mother?" he screams rising his voice.

Shit, s**t, s**t!

I f*****g knew it!

"I didn't raise you to reject your mate, the one who got born to be with you in order to sleep with cheap, ambitious, mercenary women!" he continues and I growl warningly for him to stop.

"I had enough of this s**t about her, okay? I am tired of you two mentioning her all the time!" I scream back and slam my fists on the table.

"You are tired?! How can you be okay with yourself and these women? How Daniel? Do you even feel a bit guilt about rejecting the poor girl?" it's my mother's turn to ask standing up and shaking from agitation.

"I am not like you two okay? I don't need a weak, ugly girl in my life! Did you see her? She was pathetic! She was a f*****g, useless Beta!" I roar and stand up as well with my eyes locked on my mother's.

"And I was an Omega! This didn't stop your father from accepting, loving and treating me like his equal like a mate should do!" she replies roaring.

"Even worse for him then!" I scream without thinking my words shaking even more and then...

The time stops!

They all freeze, my mother's eyes get filled with tears, my father's turn black, my friends stare at me in shock and I sigh breathless.

What did I just say to her?

I insulted my own mother, my Queen by title and by heart. I... I just called her a shame for my father.

How the hell did I do it?

My mother is my everything, my biggest weakness, the most precious thing my father and I have, she is the kindness, beauty, elegance and love itself.

"I... I..." I try to say that I am sorry but I can't.

I feel my heart breaking and my wolf, Devon that had days to make his appearance in my mind finally appears but growling and howling at me in anger.

"Asshole! Watch your mouth about the woman that gave birth and raised you!" he screams making me feel dizzy and I fall back on my chair gasping for air.

My father stands up while my mother sits on her sit crying in silence and gets ready to attack me but Landon places his hands on his chest and whispers to him something I can't even hear in my condition. My father takes some deep breaths with his eyes still black, his features tensed and the veins on his neck clearly obvious and just nods to Landon who pulls back relieved.

"I am not going to kill you this time but get something in your stupid, empty head! Next time you disrespect my mate, the woman that brought you in this world, gave you all the love, care and affection there is and stood by our side like a rock I am going to rip your cold heart into pieces! The fact that you can't feel any sign of love doesn't mean you can insult my mate or even yours! You like it or not these two women were destined from the Moon Goddess to be with us. I am just sorry for them because of the pain you caused them and you are never going to understand and feel their true value not only to us but to the whole kingdom as well!" he says with a blank expression and a voice filled with anger and pain and sits down wrapping his arms around my mother who is wiping her tears avoiding to look at me.

We sit in silence for some seconds. My wolf disappears again leaving me alone as I am almost all the time the last five years after I rejected our mate. He had warned me not to even think about it but first I blocked him and then rejected her.

I am lucky he still hasn't left me alone for good. He is just staying with me for the good of the kingdom because I need to be strong but he never talks to me or appears without a good reason. The only times he appears is when we have a problem with the kingdom and we have to deal with it together just like the last two months.

We have some serious attacks here, at the heart of the whole werewolf world and this is why I am holding this meeting.

I decided to put in use the specific war-safety plan and ask help from the current 200 fighters we have as well as the permanent army I have here all the time. This is the last thing I wanted to do and it hasn't happened for the last 20 years but I can't risk anyone's safety anymore. The attacks are more often and serious as the weeks are passing and only these 200 werewolves can help me after they get further special training and pass some tests.

"Um... Shall we begin?" Landon says smiling nervously breaking the silence and they all nod shortly.

"Daniel? Shall we?" he asks me wanting for my permission worried.

"Yes, of course! So, first of all! Do we have the replies from them? Did they all receive the letters I told you to send them?" I ask quickly.

"Yes, the last one called us yesterday night! The 200 of them are arriving here at Saturday at 10 in the morning as we have planned. The flights have being synchronized and the vans are ready to bring them."

"Great! Their rooms? The training fields and accommodations?" I continue.

"Almost ready! The fields are being cleaned and the accommodations' preparations are almost done. As for the rooms they are ready except from the rooms near yours and your parents' apartments for the best 20 fighters. We are painting their walls and also I asked to have a tag with every fighter's name!" he explains and I nod satisfied.

"Why do you want the best of them so close to you and in your apartments at the top floor man? I still don't get it!" Elias states confused and I roll my eyes.

"I want to give them a reward because according to the previous year's rankings they did an amazing job and there is a very big possibility for them to be in the top 5 fighters we are going to put responsible in lead of the smaller teams we will create." I reply giving him an angry look and he nods sighing.

"So, do you want to know these 20 fighters' names?" Jeremy asks me with interest.

"Do you have their files with information I asked you?" I ask and he nods smiling.

"Then yeah, of course! Let's meet them!"

He begins by the first one and continues. These names are quite familiar because their parents were also my father's best fighters so it is not a surprise for me. We listen to Jeremy reading us their names and we don't interrupt him.

We reach at the 11th name which belongs again to a man as always and still no reaction but things change when he reads the 12th name.

"Number 12: Iris Black, Beta of the White Crystal Pack of England."

My father jumps up surprised and I raise my eyebrows impressed.

A woman is in the first 20?

It is the first time that something like this is happening.

"A woman? And she is also a Beta?" I ask confused.

"Yes man! I know you are against putting women is the Alpha's, Beta's Gamma's and Delta's position but some of them deserve it and especially this one. The fact that she is the 12th in the rank means a lot, it's the proof you need to stop doubting women." Landon says smirking teasingly and I groan.

"I just think it is not their place to be so exposed to dangers and duties." I say in annoyance trying to defend myself.

"Jeremy... Her father's name is Gideon Black?" my father asks interrupting my talk with Landon and Jeremy nods.

"Yes, Jonathan. Do you know him?"

"Yes! Gideon was one of the best fighters we had 20 years ago, the last time we needed to put in action this special measure. We were quite good friends. He is a great man, strong, wise and clever. This explains why we have this young lady between the best." My father replies and I bite my lower lip thoughtfully.

"But if I remember correctly Gideon's daughter was found dead after a rogues' attack in which his mate got also killed..." my mom speaks up still quite hurt yet confused and my father nods.

"You are right but you don't know the rest of the story Victoria. It got proved that Iris was alive and the body they had found was not hers. They were tricked and Gideon found her alive again in USA about five years ago. He took her with him, adopted her because they had to follow a special process and now she is the Beta of her pack and from the reports I have here she is doing an excellent job. She is her pack's best fighter, the main trainer, she has excellent abilities, the other packs that know her personally respect her truly and her Alpha trusts her blindly." Jeremy explains and I see admiration in everyone's eyes.

To be honest... Even I think I admire her. She seems a strong, wise and capable Beta. If she is really all these then she will help me a lot.

"Good. Shall we continue?" Elias asks impatiently and I sign for Jeremy to move on the next name.

"Number 13: Hunter Millington, warrior of the Shadow's Forest Pack of USA." He says and pauses sighing.

"Next!" I say shortly.

"Number 14: Aiden Rollins, Beta of the Black Arrow Pack of USA." He says and pauses again stiffening nervously.

"Is he..." my father asks breathless with a panicked expression and Jeremy nods timidly with a nervous, almost nonexistent smile.

My wolf appears immediately once more howling like crazy and I close my eyes annoyed.

What is wrong now?

"Give me his file now!" my mother cries and stands up leaning to take the file Jeremy is already handing her with shaking hands.

She sits again and opens the file trembling and sweating in agony. My father also moves closer to her and begins reading it in hurry. The more seconds that pass the more they turn pale and my mother's eyes get filled with tears. My father turns and looks at me in shock and I raise my eyebrows confused. I give a quick searching look at Jeremy, Elias and then Landon and instantly I know that something is wrong.

Did I have to know this name from somewhere?

"What is it?" I ask worried.

"How could you know and never tell us? How could you never care? She was your mate!" my mother screams jumping up like wild animal ready to attack me and I blink my eyes speechless.

"Excuse me?" I whisper getting even more confused.

"Your mate died, you felt the pain and told us nothing? You didn't even think to go and leave some flowers on her grave?" she screams and breaks into sobbing falling on her knees.

"What are you talking about?" I shout in desperation.

"You don't even remember her name, right?" my father yells kneeling next to my mother who is sobbing without taking any breath.

"I know her name, it's Diana." I shout getting angry.

"Rollins, Aiden's younger sister!" Landon says and sits up feeling my patience disappearing.

"And what is this supposed to mean?"

"Diana is dead Daniel!" he screams breathless in rage and I push my chair pack surprised.

No, she can't be. I never felt it, she can't have died, she is alive.

I may have rejected her but if she had died I would have felt it. It is something certain, I can't be wrong.

"You knew she was dead and you never told us. You left us have hopes. We were dreaming that you would change your mind one day and go to find her. We hoped..." my father murmurs with tears blurring her vision and pulls my mother is his arms.

"My poor, sweet girl! Oh Goddess! Why her?" she begins mourning and I lost my mind.

She is not dead damn it!

"I felt no pain. She is alive, stop crying!" I shout running my hands through my hair in frustration.

"Stop it Daniel! At least now admit that it is your fault and you are heartless! You never cared and she is dead because of you!" Landon roars and I growl threateningly.

"I am not lying asshole! What is my fault, huh?"

"She runaway from her pack after she and her parents arrived there from the trip they had done to us. They were trying to find her for hours and she was found dead in a forest two hours away from her pack's territory. She got killed from rogues! You did this to her, she was heartbroken!" he explains fuming and I get ready to attack him for his bullshits but Elias and Jeremy grab me from behind and hold me tightly.

"Mate is alive! I want mate!" my wolf roars trying to take full control over me but I quickly block him and get free from Elias and Jeremy's hold.

"I am telling you she is alive. She must have planned it, I felt no pain! I am saying the truth!" I say again in desperation feeling my head ready to explode and my heart breaking.

I don't know what to think or believe. I mean...

What if I am so coldhearted and felt really nothing?

What if I am too strong as the King and I didn't suffer at all?

Between Diana and me she was the weak one and when I rejected her I felt no pain so...

Can it be? Is she really dead?

I... I rejected her, yes! But... I didn't want her to die, I never wanted it for anyone and most importantly for her.

I didn't want her, I felt nothing for her but she was destined to be a part of me and I want her safe and sound.

Did I cause this? She runaway because I rejected her?

Was she is so much pain and desperation?

What am I saying?

She was... Her face that day I rejected her had the most painful expression I have ever seen. She was so pale, the tears were running like rivers from her eyes, she was shaking and sweating. I could feel her weak, fast, sharp heartbeats.

I killed her!?

But...

Devon would have known...He says she is alive so she can't be dead, she is alive somewhere, right?

He can't be lying or... He can have gotten crazy from her loss.

"The rightful Queen is gone... Admit it and stop lying even now five years later. First you didn't tell us she was your mate and we had to find out three days later by accident and now this... You already knew she was dead and you didn't tell us..." my father murmurs and kisses my mother's forehead that looks extremely pale close to have a panic attack.

"Aunt Victoria try to breathe please. You are pale! Take some deep breaths!" Landon says worried turning to her and my father with Elias joining his side and Jeremy staying frozen observing me.

"At least you... Believe me, I can't lie about it. She was my mate, I am not such an asshole." I whisper desperately.

I just need someone to believe me, I am not lying, I...

Damn it! He looks so serious as well... He is one year younger than me and I feel him like my brother. He knows me, he can't believe I knew it. He may have different opinion about the way I treated Diana and the way I like to live with the women but he knows I am not such a jerk. We have lived everything together, he must understand me!

"Please Jeremy! You know me!" I almost beg him and he gets ready to say something but my mother 'wakes up', stands up like a flash and begins screaming again.

"I raised a lying monster! This is the example we gave you, huh? Do you even have any guilt about her end? Do you? She was an angel, she had to stand by your side and help you rule, you had just to love her and you didn't even felt any sign of sympathy for her! I didn't raise a son, I raised a monster! I had enough of you Daniel! Stay away from me! I don't want to talk to you again!"

I take some steps back with my eyes locked on hers.

They are black, her wolf has taken control, she is shaking, sweating more than before, I can hear her heartbeat, it's like her heart is about to get out of her chest. She looks more like a lioness than my mother.

She loved Diana from the first moment when I hadn't even find out that she was my mate as I hadn't seen her. She was talking to me about her those two days asking me to meet her. When she overheard by mistake that Diana was my mate and I had rejected her I swear I felt her dying from the pain and shame for me.

My father agrees with her. He also liked Diana, he says she had a special grace that is rare nowadays.

They both get angry and hurt when I sleep with other women which means almost every night. That's why I didn't want them to know about Nicole today. When they are here I try to be discreet but last night I wasn't because I didn't know they were back.

And now this...

Shit!

"Mom, I..." I begin but stop feeling my voice disappearing.

I can't talk, I don't know what to say. If she is really dead then...

"I am not your mother! Don't call me again like this! You are not my son from the moment you rejected your mate and led her to death!" she roars and some seconds later collapses on the floor losing her consciousness.

"Victoria!"

"Mom!" I cry out and try to reach her but Elias blocks my way with my father holding her in his arms calling her name panicked, Landon shaking outraged and Jeremy lost in his thoughts with a terrified expression and his eyes locked on my mom.

"Call Robert now!" my father screams and stands up with my mother in his arms leaving the room like a flash with Landon right behind him.

"No!" I whisper breathless and fall on my knees with tears I hadn't realized before running from my eyes.

"I am going to get Robert!" Elias states in hurry leaving the room and Jeremy alone with me.

"I hope you are happy now Daniel... You killed us all. First Dianna, then us and now the whole Kingdom. The Queen is lost, our heart is dead."

"Jeremy, I felt no pain." I say again feeling my strength leaving me.

I turn to face him and my blood freezes. He has a blank, crazy expression I have never seen before.

What have I done to deserve all these?

Have I lost them?

"No one believes you anymore Daniel. You tried to hide that you were mates some years ago and now we are finding out about her death... Last night when I, Landon and Elias read Aiden's file we were ready to come and kill you... We were trying to be patient with great amends. I hope now you are happy because we are not!" he says with clear hatred and disgust and storms out of the room leaving me completely alone.

"Devon? I need you! I have to know!" I call him in desperation unblocking him.

Some torturing seconds pass before he appears in my mind right in front of me growling with his teeth out and his eyes full of hatred. His black, shining fur makes his appearance seems like a deadly beast's, if he could kill me he would have surely done it.

"Of course I would have killed you but I can do something worse. I will ignore you like you have been doing to me, mate and your family and friends all these years. Enjoy the loneliness with your w****s kid! You are alone from now!" he says and before I manage to tell him a word he disappears and blocks me for good devastated and broken.

I am not lying...

~some hours later, Daniel's office~

I am sitting in my office for hours. I don't think, I don't feel, I just drink.

Vodka! This is my best friend right now.

Some hours ago Robert, our personal doctor came to check on me and inform me about my mother's condition. She is alright now, he made her an injection to calm down and from that moment she has been sleeping. She had a panic attack and she got too overwhelmed too suddenly.

My father is with her not leaving her side for even a second and my Betas and Gamma are working. I have seen no one else, only Robert who is like a second father for me and loves me very much. I know him for my whole life, he was the doctor that helped my mother give birth to me, he is a member of our family, we love him and he loves us truly.

He also asked me not to drink so early with empty stomach but I ignored him. The last thing I need right now is advices and instructions.

I am really alone...

The more I think about everything that happened some hours ago the angrier I become.

Diana is still chasing me trying to ruin my life. I have lost everyone because of her, my wolf, family, friends, my happiness, my joy, everything.

She can't be dead!

I mean, I think I can feel that she is still alive, I was her true mate, right? But again what if I am wrong? I never accepted our bond and I may make a mistake...

Was I so wrong for rejecting her?

I didn't like her! How could I spend the rest of my whole life with her?

I would be miserable with her by my side.

And moreover if she was so weak and stupid and tried to runaway it is not my f*****g fault!

I sigh and drink one last, big sip of my drink and slam the glass on my desk but fortunately it doesn't break and I get ready to fill it again but the knock on the door stops me.

"Yeah?" I say in hurry.

The door opens and Landon gets in with a serious, hard look. He bows typically and I sign for him to speak. Under normal circumstances we begin teasing each other but right now we are both mad to each other and I don't have any mood to reconcile with him.

"Queen Caroline of the witches is here." He states and I curse under my breath.

Damn!

I had a meeting with her, I was expecting her but I had totally forgotten about it. She also has some problems because our palaces are quite close and we have been cooperating for years. She is about 60 years old and my parents' best friends, she is like a grandma for me, she also knew my grandparents. We have a very close relationship, she is very kind and sweet woman that shows understanding.

"Let her come in immediately." I say in hurry and get up fixing my shirt while Landon bows again and gets out.

Fuck my i***t mind! What was I thinking?

The door opens again and Caroline walks in smiling worried. She already knows what happened. I know her very well and she also has the gift to see some prophetical vision about the feature and some recent incidents of the near past.

I give her a melancholic smile and she closes the door behind her.

I walk from behind my office and open my arms to hug her. I observe her getting closer to me and can't hide my tensed emotions. I leave some tears fall from my eyes and take some breathes to prevent myself from sobbing for the first time in my whole life.

"Oh Daniel! Come here!" she whispers in sympathy and pulls me in her arms like I am a small boy.

"I f****d up everything Caroline. All because of her... They all hate me." I murmur.

"Shh.... It is okay now. I saw your parents, I went to their room first. Your mom is calmer now. Let's have a sit, we can talk." She says and pulls back, takes my hand and leads me to one of my big, black couches from leather.

We sit next to each other and I sigh again.

Caroline is charming as always and very classy even if she is 60 years old. Her hair is grey the last year and reaches her shoulders, she has big, bright blue eyes, pink lips, a very pale skin but it is her natural color, she is slim, much shorter than me and most of the time she is wearing elegant dressing with heels.

She is a great, smart woman. I admire her!

"They think I am lying Caroline but I am saying the truth!" I begin after some seconds without any reaction from both of us and lock my eyes on hers.

She raises her hand and caresses my cheek smiling warmly.

"I know honey and I am sure they also know it deep inside their heart but they are too hurt and disappointed. Give them time Daniel, you know their opinion about the way you chose to live."

"Nothing is going to change Caroline. No matter how much time we are all going to give everything is going to be the same. I am not going to change my mind, they won't as well and... Diana is gone. Even if I could regret rejecting her they said she is dead .And even if she is alive despite what they say she has disappeared. There is no way to find her and bring her here." I say and bury my face in my hands.

Do I think the possibility of me wanting her back one day or I am getting crazy?

What is wrong with me? She is destroying my life damn it!

No, I hate her still!

"Sweetheart, everything happens for a reason and sometimes we can get second chances from nowhere when we think that everything is over. You can still find true love and decide to change for her."

I take my hands off my face and look at her confused.

"I am sorry Caroline but I never asked love. I don't care about it, I don't even need it! All I want is my family's love and support!"

"Then why did you just mention your mate Daniel?" she asks me smirking.

"It was just a mistake. I meant that if I ever get so tired of my parents' scolding and decide to accept her back I don't think I will be able to find her. They told me she is dead because of me."

"Give me your hand... I may be able to see something..." she says softly and without waiting for my response she takes my left hand in her palms.

"No! Last time you told me you saw darkness... I don't think I can deal with something like this again right now..." I say nervously and try to pull back my hand but she gives me a warning look and I finally sigh nodding defeated.

Anyway...

I already know... Every time she tells me the same thing, she sees only darkness in my heart because I denied true love which was supposed to be Diana, my ex mate...

"Now, let's see..." she whispers smiling and closes her eyes.

I close mine as well and take some deep breaths

God!

It is the first time I am so nervous about what she is going to see even if I am sure about her vision. It is just... This time I feel like I hope for something better for a reason I don't know and can't understand at all. I am happy with the way I live, the only thing I would like to change is my family's nagging.

I manage to relax a bit when I feel a soft, discreet energy running through my veins and smile with my eyes still closed.

This is weird... It is the first time I feel like this.

If I remember correctly Caroline had once told me when she first tried to see my future that this is supposed to be a good sign.

I have never felt it before so... Is this supposed to be positive?

"Open your eyes Daniel. We are over..."

I open my eyes immediately and see her smiling with some tears blurring her vision.

Fuck!

"Is it... Good? I felt a pleasant energy." I murmur in agony.

She doesn't reply. She just cups my face in her hands and pulls me closer to kiss my forehead.

"What did you see?" I ask her impatiently and feel my heartbeat becoming faster.

"Oh honey..." she says and caresses my cheeks crying slightly.

"What is it?" I ask again breathless.

"I told you there is still hope..."

"I don't get it Caroline. Explain!"

She smiles again and takes her hands from my face. Then, she takes my right hand in hers and places it on my chest right above my heart that is now ready to explode.

"Do you feel it?" she asks me softly.

"Feel what? I am just impatient about what you saw!" I say in agitation.

"True love is not dead Daniel... She is still somewhere out there and I think... She will be here soon."

Hello everyone!!!

And yeah! Chapter three is on with Daniel's pov this time!

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