The Lonely prince's mate

The royal blood pack

Alex POV

I watched the greenery pass by as our black sedan sped down the road towards the royal blood pack. Low, irritated growls escaped my chest as the realisation of returning to the pack that had ostracized me as a child hung in my mind.

A calculating smirk made its way onto my lips as I thought of all the ways I could punish all the bullies who terrorized me all those years ago.

“You’re better than that.” A warm hand cupped my fisted hand and her soft voice pulled me from my reverie. “It is your duty to protect the pack now, not destroy it.” Nia interlocked our fingers and brought the back of my hand to her lips.

“It’s hard my love, the things they put me through were…”

“I know darling, but those were different times, you have to set an example now…Show the pack how they should behave.”

I huffed a frustrated sigh as I returned to staring out of the tinted window. The pack didn’t deserve my mate, not to mention our pups. My protective instinct had kicked in the moment I found out we were expecting, the memories of what the pack had inflicted on me flashed through my mind. The pack would truly suffer if any of my family suffered such treatment and that was a promise.

“I will make sure what happened when you were younger, will never happen again…To anyone within our pack.” My mate brought me out of my thoughts again, her ability of reading minds never letting me hide my thoughts from her.

“They were just so cruel…”

“The leadership of the pack has changed, along with the behaviour of its members. They all know I will not tolerate any bullying or unnecessary violence. What happened will never happen again, we will both see to that.” She laid her head upon my shoulder, nuzzling her nose into the side of my neck.

The pack had been informed that their alpha was returning to the pack, but none of them knew that she had found her true mate, Lycus wanted to see the faces on the pack members when they realised who their new leader was going to be, and in all honesty, so did I.

We pulled up outside of the all too familiar pack house, the surrounding gardens and outside were cleaner and neater, but everything looked the same as when I had left it.

A few pack members began to gather outside the front door of the house as they heard the car pull up into the driveway. I vaguely remembered some of their faces, but their names evaded me. I had tried to forget everything about nearly every single person that had anything to do with my childhood, they were just more sore memories I wanted to forget, but the goddess obviously had other plans.

Lycus was the first to exit the car, before appearing at the side of my door. I took in a long inhalation and opened my door, stepping out as I exhaled a shaky breath, memories flooding back as I smelt familiar scents of old packmates who had once been my tormentors.

I was enveloped with a sense of confusion as each of the pack members bowed respectfully to me, these wolves that had once treated me so poorly were now showing their necks to me in submission.

My unease soon turned to anger as I felt the eyes of an unmated she wolf raking over me, a seductive smile was aimed in my direction as she peered through her fluttering fake eyelashes. If her intention was to seduce me, her attempts would be in vain, my eyes were solely for my mate and no other female would compare to her.

A large angry growl, emerging from the back of the car sent the pack members to their knees, the lusty girl scowled in attempted disobedience, but visibly shook as she realised her mistake. I stepped closer, offering Nia an outstretched hand as one heeled foot met the pavement, followed by the other.

“You had better wipe those f*****g thoughts from your mind Angelica, before I erase them for you.”

I could hear Lycus’ snigger from beside me. I turned to Zelenia, wincing as her claws extended out of their nail beds and pierced my fist, staring at her I realised that it was no longer Nia, but Rayna standing in front of the pack.

My love calm yourself I sent through our private link.

She wants you. She has every intention of having you.

She will not have me, please my love. Calm yourself, think of the pups.

As soon as I mentioned our children, Nia had returned and Ray had calmed. The prickly feeling of her anger, that I could feel through our link was still there, but I could feel it beginning to recede to annoyance at the insolent she wolf.

“Everyone, carry on with what you were doing, formal introductions will be made tonight, at a party to welcome my mate.” Nia informed with authority, heads nodded in agreement before the pack got back to whatever tasks they had been undertaking.

I fidgeted with the cuff of my shirt as I waited for Nia to prepare, my nerves leaving me restless while I watched the time tick away, nearing towards the time I would be unveiled. The only person that had been informed about my true identity was beta Nick, he had always been a civil member of the pack, close to the former alpha, but a lot fairer and kinder to the pack members than the others within their inner circle.

I had to admit, although I was apprehensive about being in the room when Zelenia told her beta who her newly found mate was, I was glad I was there to see his face when he was told  of who I was. His eyes scanned my body in surprise, his mouth agape as if he were a waterless guppy gasping for air. Once he had gotten over the initial shock, he had welcomed me back into the pack with a hand shake, his eyes narrowing, taking in my features with a shake of his head and a small chuckle.

“Full of surprises, the both of you. Congratulations.” He managed through his disbelief.

 Standing, frozen in front of the open door, I contemplated just fleeing the pack, saving myself from the humiliation I was undoubtedly going to suffer. I had done it before and it was easy, only this time I had no other option, I had to stay for my mate and our growing pups.

Slowly, I took a step towards the door, Nia not letting go of my hand. The slow caress of her other hand on mine comforting me slightly, but not enough to rid me of the feeling of dread that enveloped my entire being.

“My darling, all will be fine. It’s been years since you were here last.” She spoke reassuringly. “You are a strong man. A man worthy to lead this pack. A man I am proud to call alpha.” Her words skimmed past my consciousness, taking in just a few of the words she tried to comfort me with.

Bright white fairy lights hung loosely, the strands flowing from tree to tree to light the mass of land that the pack house sat on. I looked around at the splendour, I had never attended such a party, of course Zachary had thrown them, but a pathetic runt like me was unwelcome at the events.

It was only after a few moments that I realised the chatter of the pack had hushed and I was met by expectant eyes, waiting for I don’t know what.

“Come, you need a drink my love.” I was pulled from my thoughts with a tug to my hand as Nia pulled me towards the bar in the nearest corner of the large garden. “Carry on with your celebrations, I will introduce my mate all in good time.” Nia announced to the party.

I looked at my mate with curiosity as she placed three shot glasses in front of me, each with a clear liquid inside and began to sip on a glass of orange juice herself.

“What?” She asked innocently. “You need a drink…Or three to calm your nerves.”

I gave her a small, sheepish grin as I picked up the first glass and gulped down the strong spirit, vodka I think. I followed the first with another and then a third, until I was searching for more.

“I don’t think three will be enough, baby.” I pulled her closer to me, her closeness to me awakening my want of her. “Goddess, not now.” I growled more to myself, but my mate heard me anyway.

“You know, I really do love the Satyr in you, but he does choose the wrong times to make himself known.” Zelenia giggled to herself, placing down her half drained glass and dragging me away from the bar.

“Nia, I need more than just that if I am going to survive tonight.” I looked at her, confused as she dragged me further into the garden. “Where are we going?”

I trailed behind her as she guided me through the forest, the trees becoming denser the further we walked.

We must have walked at least a couple of miles into the forest before she stopped at a clearing. The masses of bluebells was what I recognised first, shortly followed by the sound of the stream that ran beside the glade and finally the large boulder that I was perched upon when I made the decision to leave the pack. She had brought me to my clearing.

“Excuse me?” She cleared her throat, sounding amused at my thoughts. “I think you’ll find this is my clearing!”

I wrapped my hands around her waist and took a step towards her until our chests were touching, causing my already hard d**k to become uncomfortably rigid.

“Fine, a compromise? Our clearing.” I smiled down at her, her light blue eyes sparkling up into mine. “Why did you bring me here anyway?”

“Well…” She began, starting to unfasten my belt and trousers. “I couldn’t introduce you to the pack while you had a raging hard on, now could I?”

I raised my brows as she tugged down my trousers and boxers until they fell to my feet. My eyes travelled down her body as her hands disappeared under the skirt of her flowy dress, reappearing as she guided her own underwear down her legs and kicking them aside when they met the ground.

I followed her down as she sat, spread out on the grass, her finger summoning me to join her as she lay on her back. Positioning myself between her parted legs, I ran my hand up her thigh until I reached her already wet entrance.

“You’re already ready for me?” I smirked, gazing down at her.

“We were made for each other, I will always be ready when you need me.” She said breathy as my fingers found her sensitive area, starting to make slow, teasing circles with my thumb, switching between light and firmer strokes until I pulled away my hand when I sensed she was on the edge of climaxing.

I drove myself into her core, loud grunts forcing their way out of my throat as I thrusted harder and faster with every movement, her moans and calls becoming louder as she met mine with thrusts of her own. She had trembled her way through three orgasms before I found my release, I watched as she lay on her back, panting lazily.

“You are the most beautiful creature I have even laid my eyes on, you know that?” I complimented casually, earning me a sweet smile. “Even when we first met, I believed you to be too young, but I still thought you were beautiful.”

I thought back to the days when I was just a kind stranger and she was the daughter of an abusive drunk. It was true, no matter how old I thought she was, on my part there was still an attraction there. I remember thinking that if she were healthy and if Jeff would allow her to bathe, she would have the boys flocking to her. I always wondered why he had not treated her like a proper daughter and I had finally found out why.

She was not his daughter, unbeknownst to her she was his prisoner. And unbeknownst to me, we belonged to each other. Jeff’s cruelty had stopped her and Rayna from becoming one and subsequently from us feeling the full mate pull. All of the troubles we had both suffered since we had been separated may not have happened if we had just known that we were fated to be together.

Jeff had taken the best part of a year away from us and I knew, he would pay for it.