The Wolf, The Fae and The Portal

Chapter 2 - Leave me alone

"Oh come on Princess Zia, let me at least touch you. Don't be such a shrew. We will be married in a few months' time."

Stopping, I turned and looked at him like he had five heads and I wanted to crush all of them in the palms of my hands. I couldn't believe what he just said to me.

"A shrew? Is that all you are worried about? Touching me?! You can forget about that one. It's not happening."

His face went from cute to pissed off pretty quickly as he stormed towards me, grabbing the top of my arm harshly and yanking me towards him.

"Look, I have tried being nice to you. You'll give me what I want or I will take it anyway."

At this point, he was mere inches from my face. I can feel his breath on me as I turn my face away from him.

"I'll scream. Don't make me use my magic on you." I said through gritted teeth, hating the feel of his hand even touching me.

"What's going on here?!"

I heard familiar voices say at the same time. Looking over, I saw my brothers Bjorn and Erik.Standing on the steps leading out of the castle and relief flooded my body. Both of them had their heads held high looking down at the scene before them. Giving me the evil eye before answering my brothers.

"Just getting to know my soon-to-be wife." Putting that extra emphasis on wife as if it meant something.

"Yeah, well it doesn't look like she wants you touching her ... so I think you better take your hands off of our sister."

Erik said as he walked closer to us. Erik and Bjorn are both very tall and well built for fae men, with our fathers' dark hair and our mothers' almost white eyes. Since they are identical, most people can't tell them apart, but Erik carries himself differently than Bjorn. Not to mention, Bjorn is more dangerous and less likely to talk to you before he hits you.

"We aren't asking" Bjorn said, with narrowed eyes.

Thorn looked them both up and down, sizing them up as he yanked me forcefully closer to him, causing me to yelp in surprise. I watched as Erik walked up putting his arm between us first, forcing his body between us. Moving me away, as Bjorn walked behind him and grabbed his hair, yanking him backwards, causing him to yelp out in surprise.

Gritting his teeth,

"You touch our sister like that again and I will end you personally. She is NOT your property." Bjorn said menacingly into his ear.

Moving me back further away, Erik looks me over, making sure I am ok.

"Check her arm Erik."

Nodding, Erik lifts my sleeve and shows Bjorn the bruises that are starting to mar my flesh.

"Boys I'm fine. Don't get in trouble because of me...please."

Both of them look at me I know they hate this as much as I do. We have always been very close and, honestly, I will miss them more than anyone.

"No, Zia, he has to learn now, because when they force you to marry him he thinks he will own you. He needs to learn now. We will hunt his ass down." turning to Thorn, Erik punched him in the stomach. "IF you EVER touch our sister in a way she doesn't like, we will know and we WILL come for you. We don't care where you are."

Bjorn lets go of him and pushes him forward, so he stumbles and falls. Both boys step beside me and escort me back into the castle, leaving him there alone.

"Thank you guys" I whispered to them as we walked back in.

"Think nothing of it, sis" they said at the same time, "We love you". Bjorn said "We will always come for you...even if it means war. We will not allow him or anyone else to mistreat you, Zia."

At this point, we were back in the castle and both of them were standing in front of me and I couldn't help the tears that fell down my cheeks. Pulling them both into a hug "I love you both so much. Thank you. Mother and Father won't listen to me when I try to tell them about how he is."

"Yea, we know, but don't worry you always have us." Erik wrapped his arms around my shoulders. "Let's get you to your wing so you are safe."

They walked me all the way back to my wing and made sure to post guards at the beginning of my area, telling them none but family was allowed beyond that point. They didn't give a f**k who it was. I'm so glad I have them. I practically skipped back to my room. I know I will have to deal with this. Later, odds are he ran back to my parents to complain and, since they don't want to piss off his daddy, I'm expecting them at my door soon unless the boys go there next.

About an hour later, as expected, there was a knock at my door.

"Come in." I called out from my balcony where I was sitting. My father opened the door and walked into my room.

"Now Zia what happened that your brothers got involved its causing a huge headache for me." He said as he walked towards me with a scowl on his face.

"Thorn couldn't keep his hands to himself and the boys came out as he grabbed me and yanked me towards him hard enough to make me cry out. As you can imagine, they weren't happy about seeing me man handled." I said in a calm voice.

Rubbing the bridge of his nose with his fingers, "Look Zia, we need this alliance. You shouldn't have let them do that."

I was so taken aback by the pure dismissal that I jerked my head towards him "Father?! You don't care how he treats your only daughter?" I said with disdain, standing up "Are you kidding me?! He can man handle me and threaten me with rape and that ... that's what?! OK?!" I said, raising my voice. "I would have you know I told them not to...but it seems they are the ONLY ones who care about me at all! I cant believe you!!" I said as I pushed passed him and into my room.

"Zia you know that's not how it is. He would never dare rape you. Your the princess, he wouldn't dare do something that stupid."

I couldn't even answer him. I felt my face get red and I felt like stomping my feet like a small child at the stupidity of this man. How can he not care about what happens to me? After thinking about that, I realized just how much this wounded me, it really hurt and I just couldn't stand to look at him anymore.

As tears started rolling down my face, I looked at him "I just...I can't do this anymore." and I ran out of the door. "Zia GET BACK HERE!" I didn't stop running until I entered the forest.

"Why can't they just leave me alone?" I cried, sitting at the base of an old willow tree. The pixies who had flown off when I came running in came back slowly, landing on my shoulders and playing with my hair. I could hear them tinkling to me but I was too upset to stop and listen to what they said. The sting of betrayal made my heart so heavy. I just wish I could run away. After calming down and listening to the pixies, I realized they wanted to show me something and so I stood up and followed them deeper into the forest.

The forest was getting so dense here that it was getting dark the further in we went to more beautiful it became. The willow wisps and the pixies flew around making twinkling light as they went. It was the most beautiful thing I think I have ever seen.

Looking around, I saw an area that was really lit up by the pixies. As I got closer I realized it wasn't the pixies ...what is this? Walking closer, I could hear a high-pitched-warble sound. As I tried to walk around it to see the other side, I got this really odd tingly feeling and then I panicked as I realized it was sucking me into it.

"Oh s**t help me guys!!" I yelled out. All the pixies in the area came to me but it was to no avail. I felt the world around me go dark as the high pitched sound consumed me. The last thing I heard was my brothers yell out my name and then nothing but darkness.