Alpha King's Witch Princess

Chapter 2

Maddox's POV

I turn to my left and open my eyes to find Zelda already up. It really takes me some time to get used to the fact that we will be getting married very soon and this is how I am going to wake up every single morning.

I snoot closer to her and bury my face in the nape of her neck. She smells like cinnamon and sometimes, I get startled at my own house because of it. Even if someone makes cinnamon rolls, there were times I mistook that scent for Zelda's. There were times I would run to the kitchen and the omegas would panic and when I notice they were just making cinnamon rolls for me, I would smile and leave.

"Good morning" I whisper but she doesn't say it back.

I pull away and look at her again. She is awake but she is in deep thoughts. Her eyebrows are scrunched together and her blonde hair is falling on her face occasionally because of the wind through the open window. I tuck her hair behind her ear and she finally looks at me. Her hazel eyes are holding more than one emotion right now and the one that stands out the most is worry.

"What's wrong?" I ask her and she just shrugs.

"I don't know, I'm just afraid and worried and tense and shocked and so many more" she says as she snuggles closer to me finally, with her cheek pressed to my chest.

I just pull her even more closer and kiss the top of her head. Not just her, but anyone would feel the same if this happened to them.

From being treated differently by her mom not knowing why, to getting into an arranged marriage that too with another werewolf hunter family, coming to know about the truth that she's adopted or taken in or whatever the term you use.. and just when things were going our way after the war, now this. And this is by far the biggest surprise of her life.

"Do you think I am really their Princess?" Zelda asks me again as she lifts her head up to look at me.

"I don't know. The way everyone was sure is one sided. But did you notice nature trying to tell you about it?" I ask and she nods. The wind was violent when Zelda crossed the witch territory borders. Witches were alerted. They kneeled and it was so surreal.

"What kind of witches are they? I have read many books to know that even in witches' category they have types and tribes" she says and I just shrug, and shake my head.

"I don't know. I wasn't familiar. We would only meet for the ritual and mom never allowed me to see. She told me that I would understand when I got older and yesterday I got to know that the ritual was sacrificial" I tell her and she just nods.

"I have so many questions, Maddox. But I don't have an answer to any of them. Not at least one" Zelda says in a voice that screams helpless and hopeless. She is already closer to me but I just want her even closer. I kiss her head and just the next second, I feel Zelda's tears soaking my shirt.

I don't say anything as I lay on the bed with her in my arms. If she wants to let out, she is going to let out. Of course no one can be brave all the time. Even warriors or princesses will have their fair share of tears.

And crying doesn't mean a person is weak. It's just their own way of letting out their helplessness. Imagine a person letting go of their helplessness and the only thing that remains in them is courage. Imagine the power of that person. That's what I see when a warrior cries. When a leader cries.

Moreover, Zelda is in such a state. She doesn't know what's happening. She doesn't understand what is happening and why it is happening.

I just hold her as she cries it all out. Once she stopped shaking, I felt her calm breath. She has calmed down a little.

"You'll know, eventually" I whisper and she lifts her head up to look at me.

"How?" She asks and I smile before kissing her forehead this time.

"Because that's what you do. You were always curious to know. You were better at taking things than any other human I knew. Your sister freaked out at a few stages but you crushed them all. You have that power within you. Maybe it's the blood of a royal, after all" I tell her and she is now thinking again.

"You figure everything out. And you will" I whisper and she nods a few seconds of thinking later.

"But it's more complicated, Maddox. I don't even have any power. I know it. My body is as plain as an eggshell. You have a wolf inside you. Those witches have the power of nature and witchcraft in them. I have nothing" Zelda says.

"And that will be the first thing we are going to figure out. I talked to Edgar already and his witch Monica is coming to the pack and staying with us for a while. You can know whatever you want through her. Maybe practice a little too, so you'll at least know something" I say.

And she smiles at me. As soon as it was revealed that Zelda is the Princess of the witch kingdom and her mother was the one who survived and gave her away, that is when I decided that she is going to get all the help she needs.

Be it anything. I also decided on sending a message to the witch kingdom. For them to choose a representative and come meet the Princess. Not just that, but along with their representative and my dad.. we are going to recreate or paint a portrait of how Queen Jacqueline looked like.

If we are going to search a person, then we should as well know how the person looks. Going through what we already know is another issue. Just when I was thinking about it, another lead crosses my mind and I sit up.

"So you learned about the war through a book, right?" I ask Zelda and she nods as she sits up too.

"The Orenda" she says and storms up, walking to the book shelf.

Yes. She has her own bookshelf in the room. She filled it with all kinds of books ranging from fantasy to romcom. Now she is reading a book with the title Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

The title itself doesn't even make sense. I mean, seven husbands? Really?

"This one" she says and hands me the book.

My eyes scan for the author's name and the name is Melanie Perez.

"We need to know more about this Melanie Perez. She might be your mother but with a different name" I say and she nods, taking the book from me again.

I grab my phone and call Edgar real quick.

"I'm in the middle of something" he says as he pants and I hear Kelsie in the background.

"Kelsie? What the f**k. When did you- what did you- what the f**k" I scream momentarily forgetting the reason I called him in the first place.

"Shut up and don't scream. I can already hear you. We are downstairs and there's no one at home. Let us use the time, dumb f**k" he says and hangs the call making me scream.

Giving him access to my pack is probably the first thing I will be regretting right now. He is a trustworthy person so I ordered the border patrol and everyone to let him in through the gates without my permission.

I am really really starting to regret it now. I stand up and walk to the shower and Zelda follows. Even though I have seen her naked a few times, she still makes me hold my breath with her beauty. She is sexy even when she doesn't even try to be.

I place a hand on her shoulder and she turns around to look at me. I hit the shower on and the water started to drizzle on both of us. She is really breathtaking.

I push her against the wall and she squeals a little when the glass touches her back. I am on my knees as if I am begging her and she understands what I am trying to do. But I didn't know if this was the right time or not so I waited until she made the move or asked me to get up.

Instead, she places her hand over my head and pulls me closer to her. I knew what she was trying to tell me and I did exactly that. I made love to her till she was shaking with o****m and only then I stood up again. (Better steamy content in upcoming chapters. I know what you want ?)

We both shower together and get ready for the day before walking out. Kelsie and Edgar are on the couch laughing about something.

"Did you both..." I trail noticing that they were on the couch.

"What? Of course no..do you think this," Edgar points out to his private part,"is a free show?"

Kelsie playfully slaps him before standing up and walking to Zelda. Zelda and Kelsie then disappear into Kelsie's room. Zelda once told me that girl besties often share secrets with each other.

When I asked her if they share their intimate things with significant others, she just told me that I wouldn't be pleased with the answer. Alright. Now I don't want to think of it again.

I turn to Edgar and he is already looking at me with a raised eyebrow. I sat beside him and showed him the book of The Orenda that I brought down with me.

"Great. You want me to read a child's play now" he scoffs but takes the book nonetheless.

"This is the book that has the story about the war. But with the names changed and the identities hidden. The Werewolf Kingdom and Witch Kingdom are mentioned as Kingdom Bravos and Kingdom Eros. Zelda told me that the kingdom Eros in this has the power absorption," I say and Edgar takes a quick glance at the book.

"Makes sense that the Queen herself decided to try her luck as an author" he whispers. No one. I mean absolutely no one can pass Edgar's notice without getting themselves a snarky remark. Since he is also a Royal, he just doesn't care about giving respect to anyone else.

"The ability of power absorption. That's what the witches have too. They channel their powers was what Monica said" Edgar whispers, with his eyes still on the book.

Makes sense considering they were doing ritual along with another race. They will need an enormous amount of power, but the ritual can be done only by a few people. They must have channeled each other's power to make it stronger.

"But the author's name is different," he says.

"Oh wow, Einstein" I say with a smirk and he rolls his eyes.

"We need to know who she is. If she wrote everything this perfectly, there is a high chance that she could be Queen Jacqueline but under a different name. She was trying to run away, after all. So why would she want to use her name?" I ask and Edgar nods.

"If she decided on living a life with a different name and new circumstances.. then why give away her own baby to someone she is not sure if they are good or not" Edgar asks back and that is a totally valid question.

If she wanted to restart her life far away, then she can as well take her kid along with her. But why give her away?

"We have many questions and no answers" he sighs closing the book, making me smile.

"Now that's creepy. Why?" He asks.

"Zelda said the same and it reminded me of her" I say and Edgar slams that book on my face but my werewolf reflex was quick enough to catch it.

"Correct it to Wolf's reflex. It was me okay?" Ajax fights for credit and I just tell him that he is just a part of me and not entirely me. So I get the whole credit.

"Where do we start?"

"How is her sister doing?"

We both ask each other at the same time. Edgar just asked about Zelda's sister Ophelia. If you know them, then they are eternal haters. They hate each other with every cell in their body.

The day I revealed that I want to marry Zelda.. Edgar just told me one simple sentence and it was .. "You chose the right sister"

"She is doing well. She is often spending time with Jordan and his sister. Zelda is still not talking to her, but they'll get there eventually. They might not share the same blood but they love each other for sure" I say and he just nods.

Zelda still feels betrayed by her sister. Even though she doesn't say it out loud, she feels none of this would have happened if it's not for Ophelia. She led the war between hunters and werewolves. The war where Zelda and Ophelia both lost their parents. Well, biological parents to Ophelia but to Zelda... Ok actually Zelda cared just for her dad Steve. Her mom was a b***h and even I know that.

"Alright. To your question on where do we start .. I think-"

Just as we are talking, my beta Lucia walks in and bows before me.

"This is permission related, Alpha," she says and then shakes her head subtly and says,"king"

People obviously need some time to get used to it. They called me Alpha until now so to start calling me as King would take time.

"If it is permission related issue, you could have just mindlinked me Lucia. Why bother coming here all the way" I ask her in confusion because we usually take care of such things in mindlink instead of in person.

"But the people are witches" she says and I stand up, along with Edgar.

Maybe Kelsie heard this through her wolf hearing, the door opens and Kelsie walks out along with Zelda. Lucia tells Zelda that the witches are here as well.

Zelda just stands beside me to hear whatever Lucia has to say.

"They said that they are here to meet their Princess," she says and Zelda holds my hand a little tighter.

But I look at her because the ultimate decision is hers to take. She looks back at me with no answer and then, Lucia, Edgar and Kelsie walk out knowing we need some privacy at the moment.

"Do you think it's a good idea?" She asked me as soon as everyone walked out.

"Nothing is about a good idea or not anymore," I say and she nods.

"I want to meet them. Know what it is about. Maybe we can also talk to them about the representative thing you told me about" she says and I nod.

But before walking out, I just hold her face with both my hands and she looks at me.

"Whatever it is, remember that you have me" I say and she smiles before pecking me on my lips.

"But we need to make it fast before anyone knows. Oh well, actually maybe we can do it on no man's land," I say and Zelda nods.

We both walk through the pack village to see it's all empty. We still move forward anyway and what I did not see coming.. is that the pack members already came to know of their arrival.

And the entire pack is standing before the gates, glaring at Witches. They all notice my presence and fall on their knees.

"One word and we shall end them, King" a man speaks and I look at the witches who have their eyes on Zelda.

"Princess" they say as they bow down to her and that is when I see shock in everyone's face here.

They are looking at Zelda in shock. I can tolerate upto shock but I don't think I'll be okay if they treat her as a rival.