My Mates Fight For My Heart

The dinner party

Blair's POV

So I go into my room and pick the most revealing dress I bought. It is a long blue dress with a slit, almost revealing my panties. I know vampires like things like that, and tonight, I want the Prince to see what he will never have. I am not planning on accepting him as my mate. Well, not tonight. I have not made up my mind about him or Lucas yet. I am not sure I want any of them to be my mates. I wouldn't say I liked how they treated me all the years. Now all of a sudden, am I good enough for them? Because I have become stronger and have a strong wolf. I wonder what will happen if I reject both of them. Will I get another mate, or will I live alone forever? I am a half-vampire, so I will live a long time like my father. I sigh.

I am not in the mood for this dinner, but I will attend it to piss off my mother. I know she is already angry at me for inviting my father into the packhouse, but I do not care anymore. There are only a few weeks of school left, and then I am gone. If I decide to take one of them as my mate, I guess I will be stuck here, but I am not planning on not going to university. If I choose one, he will have to wait until I finish university before I become his Luna or his Queen. I know their parents will hand them over the coven and the pack once they have a mate. I do not care about that, and no title impresses me. I want a mate that will make me happy. All of me! I walk down the stairs, and my father smiles as he sees my dress.

"Good choice. The Prince will not be able to resist you," He says.

"I do not care. I am only going to see what the royals live like. I don't even know if I like your Prince, father," I say.

"If you do not like him, you do not have to take him as a mate. The choice is always yours," My father says.

"I know. I will not choose until I am sure," I say.

"That is clever. Let's go. We can not make the King, Queen, and Prince of vampires wait," My father says. He is in high favor with the King as he is one of the King's best men. I know this as the King always calls him for advice, and he spends a lot of time at the royal palace. I guess that is why he did not have much time to spend with me, but he is my father, and if he wanted to spend time with me, he would have made time for me, and he never did. Maybe it is because he was mad at my mother. I do not know. All I know is that they both made me feel unwanted. I have switched off my phone, so my mother can not get a hold of me. They have not yet accepted me into their pack, and I never expected that she would. She is training my cousin to become the pack's Alpha after she dies, and I was never going to inherit the position, although I am her daughter.

We get into the limo again and drive to the big palace on the top of the mountain. I do not know how I will be received as I am a hybrid, not a vampire. My pack did not even want me until I got my wolf. They all saw me as a weakling and an embarrassment, even my mother, who is the Alpha. She never even protected me from the bullies, and I always had to stay home when we had a pack event. It is like she saw me as a mistake she would have to live with for the rest of her life. It always broke my heart as I felt I never fit in anywhere. Now I have two mates. One is a vampire, and the other a werewolf. It is funny how everyone wants me now.

The dinner party will start at seven, but my father and I are there at ten to seven. I know he hates to be late, and I wanted to take my time, but I decided not to, as he was nice to me today. We get out and are let inside. The palace is enormous, and I look around at all the vampires and other creatures that have been invited. I see Natasha is there, but she glares at me and walks away. I smile because I know she hates me, as most female creatures here do. I walk next to my father, a little unsure of myself, as I can feel the hostility towards me. I know nobody likes a hybrid, and if she is the mate of your Prince, you will not like her. They want to keep their bloodlines pure, I guess. I can not blame them.

The King and Queen come to greet us, and they look at me curiously. They smile and talk to my father but ignore me, and I guess I am not the choice for their son. I am sure they would like him to have a vampire as a mate. I see Oliver walking closer, and I can see him smiling at me. I can not smile back as I do not like him as a person. I remember all the times he hurt me and how he and his friends made me cry at my secret place after school.

"I am glad you are here, Blair," Oliver says.

"I came for my father's sake, not yours," I say.

"Oh, come on! You like me, and you know it," Oliver says. He is tall and handsome, and he looks good in a suit. I still do not know how I feel about him or Lorens.

"I do not know how I feel about you or Lorens. For years you bullied me, and now you want me," I say. I can see the King and Queen looking at me with renewed interest.

"I did not bring you up to be a bully, Oliver! Why would you bully anyone even if they are different from us?" The Queen asks. She looks at me again, and I think she can see that I do not want to be there. She looks at me and frowns. The King is also not looking to be happy with his son, but I do not care.

"I know, mother. I am sorry about that, and I want to make it up to Blair," Oliver says. It is evident that he is in love, and I can see his mother does not like it much. I know I do not belong here. I wish the night were over so I could get away from these creatures that do not see me as one of them. My vampire side feels strong, though. Suddenly, I feel like no one can intimidate me anymore. I smile at the Queen, and she and the King look at me again as I smile and walk forward.

"I am Blair Blake. Nice to meet you, King and Queen," I say. I usually would coward away in a corner somewhere, but I do not know where I got the courage or self-confidence to talk to them directly.

"Well, it is nice to meet you, Blair," The King says. He looks at me as if he is scared of me, and I wonder if it has something to do with my vampire side stepping forward and showing its strength. The Queen steps back from me. I know I am intimidating them, and I do not know how and why, but I like the feeling. It will teach them to look down on me.

"Nice to meet you, Blair. You and your father will sit at our table tonight," She says. I can see the servants hearing this and scrambling around to change the table placings. Oliver looks at me strangely, as if he does not know what to do with me now that I do not look like a scared little mouse anymore. As I walked through the hall, it was as if everyone wanted to get away from me. Something changed in me, and my vampire side was much stronger than usual.

"You are strong," My father whispers as he walks with me to the snack table.

"I do not know what happened, but my vampire side feels as strong as my wolf side," I say.

"You have a strong wolf?" He asks.

"Yes, her name is Shadow, and she is a powerful warrior wolf," I say.

"Hmm, your vampire side must probably become stronger to fit in with your wolf side. That is why you became so powerful so fast," My father says.

"Well, I feel powerful, but I still do not feel like I belong here," I whisper back.

"I know you don't, but give it a chance. It looks like everyone has changed their minds about you," My father whispers back.

"Well, maybe, but something inside me tells me it is not where I belong," I think, but I do not tell my father that. We sit down to eat, and Oliver sits next to me. I look at all the knives and forks, and I do not know how to use them as I have never been to a fancy dinner party like this. I can see Natasha looking at me, but she looks away when I look back at her. She is not sitting at the table, and I guess my father and I took her family's place as the King and Queen did not want me near their son, and something changed their minds. I think it is the new power inside me, and I wouldn't say I like it. The servants serve the dinner, and we each get a glass of blood. I do not mind drinking the blood as long as I know it is from a blood bank, not a human being used as food. The first course is soup, and somehow, I know what spoon to use. The rest of the dinner goes smoothly as I somehow know how to use every spoon, fork, and knife. I wonder if I maybe remember it from a website I looked at or how I knew all this. I pull up my shoulders. It does not matter to me anymore. I do not care how I know it, and I do not care how I become so powerful. I know I do not belong here and do not want to be here. I know I must give Oliver and the vampires a fair chance, but I still feel like I belong elsewhere. Maybe with the werewolves and Lorens, but I do not think so. I want to be on my own for a while, without my father and mother around and my two potential mates.

I want to go and live in a place where I can be alone and decide what I need to do. Maybe I need to live independently for a while to clear my head. I know I will have to be among the wolves and near Lorens to see how I feel about being among them, but I do not know if my mother will allow it as she thinks I am not good enough to be a wolf. I will see what happens when I get home. For now, I am enjoying my time with my father even though I do not like being with the other vampires, and I feel I do not belong. I try to talk to Oliver and get to know him a little better, but the more I talk to him, the more I think he is vain. I want to go home and spend the rest of the night talking to my father. It is as if my father can feel it, and we go home after the dinner party. We are one of the first to leave, although the King, Queen, and Oliver beg us to stay a little longer.