The Alpha Prince and His Bride

Chapter 2-Married

The shocked gasp that I suddenly heard forced me to break away from Ariana.My wolf demanding that I do.

And that's when I saw her.

Hurdled in a corner ,clutching at her wedding dress tightly as though it were the only thing keeping her from running right now.

My bride.

Her beauty in person was nothing compared to the picture of her I had seen just yesterday,as much as I hated to admit it ,she was the most beautiful woman I had ever laid my eyes on, never had I seen someone look at me with such innocence and purity and it freaking undid me in a way impossible to explain.

But it was not her beauty or innocence that made my gut twist , it was the hurt and shock in her eyes, the protective instincts within me suddenly overpowered every other emotion raging through my body right now, the need to take away her pain was almost unbearable.

My wolf was raging inside of me,and it took all of my self control not to let him loose , I've never felt him fight to be free this much before , his behavior confused me.

"This is the hideous woman you're supposed to marry?" Ariana asked breaking the silence and bringing me back to reality.

Princess Lucy's gaze went over to Ariana and not a single word came out from her mouth. Her beautiful lips were parted however and it made me want to reach over and gently kiss it.

"Damn babe, I think your future wife is mute." Ariana continued with her insults.

Her gaze went back to me once more , the confusion there was suddenly replaced with fear. Was she scared of me? The thought of that made me sick to my stomach. Before anyone could say anything else she spun on her heels and ran off.

I paced once more , fighting to control my raging wolf who for some reason wanted to run after my bride, the strong unknown feelings caused me to hate the princess more than I already did.I didn't know a single thing about her and already she had my emotions all over the place.

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LUCY'S POV:

I ran and ran and ran.

Not for the reason you may think, I was accustomed to being treated the way that woman spoke to me, what scared me was the immediate reaction I had to the prince.Something within me was pulling me towards him and whether or not you chose to believe me, I could have sworn a voice within me said 'mate'.

I can't believe it, I was already going insane on my first day at this place.

Hearing voices , feeling an immediate pull to someone I didn't know , feeling jealousy ...what was going on with me?

My heart was racing and the stabbing pain of betrayal was eating at me raw ,seeing the prince with his arms wrapped around another woman was enough to make me puke.

I fell back against the wall, trying to keep myself together, come on Lucy, be strong , you don't even know the Prince , so what if he had his arms wrapped around someone who wasn't you...you shouldn't care.

I considered asking my family to cancel the wedding but knew that would most likely end up with a huge uproar ,with me collecting a slap to my face most likely from the queen.

Whether I liked it or not I was stuck in this situation with Prince Austin.

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My eyes scanned my surroundings nervously, I didn't know any of the people in the room besides my family.To the front of me King Jeremy and his wife stood with welcoming smiles, along with one other person whom I assumed had to be the Prince's sister.

And of course, none other than Prince Austin was right besides me but I dared not raise my eyes to look at him, not after my earlier reaction to him . His gaze was burning into my body however and against my better judgement my traitorous body responded desperately.

Traitor.

"There is no need for a full on introduction , let's just get the wedding over with."The queen announced .

Wow, so happy to get rid of me I see.

I saw King Jeremy give his wife a quick confused glance before responding."I mean, if that's what you wish then let's get the ceremony started."

The marriage officer motioned for Austin and I to stand facing each other and the rings were brought forward, the vows were quickly spoken between us , almost rushed.

"Please accept this ring as a token of our marriage and as a symbol of all that we share."

Austin reached for my hand and the moment we touched my body jerked alive , a small gasp escaping my mouth at the shock of the feelings stirring inside me.

What on earth was that?

My eyes snapped up to Austin and our gazes locked , he seemed to be at war with himself as he quickly placed the ring on my finger and let go of my hands as though they burnt him.

Thankfully the officer finished the vows without a mention of kissing the bride...I mean even if he did there would be none of that since Austin stormed off as soon as he declared us husband and wife.

My family of course found his actions to be hilarious since any embarrassment on my part were like diamonds served on a tray to them.

Austin's family on the other hand actually seemed upset at his behavior and tried to reassure me that everything was okay .I didn't know how to react to there hospitality since all I've ever known my entire life was hate from everyone around me.

"Well I guess this is it , goodbye Lucy."The king spoke up , the queen and my step sister repeating his words.

"Don't you want to stay a little longer until she gets more comfortable?"King Jeremy inquired.

"That won't be necessary."The queen cut in."We actually have more important matters to see about."

I felt my heart ache at their immediate dismissal of me, how could they just let me go so easily after years of having me by their side without so much as a proper goodbye.They truly were cold heartless beings.

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"So this is Austin's room and obviously where you will be staying."Princess Maya, Austin's sister pointed out to me . I dragged my gaze from the beautiful princess to evaluate my surroundings.

His room screamed masculinity ,not a pinch of a woman's taste , nevertheless it was a beautifully crafted room with paintings on the wall and an extraordinarily large bed to the middle .The huge stereo system next to the television caught my eyes since I was never allowed the luxary of having one of those in my last home.

Maya suddenly cleared her throat."Am , about Austin's behavior earlier on today ,please don't take it too personally, this whole marriage came as a shock to him,I believe he just needs a little time before he adjusts to married life.I hope you can give him that time ."She pleaded.

I brought my gaze back to her and gave her a small nod.

She suddenly cracked a huge smile."I've actually always wanted a sister, I'm happy I won't  be the only girl around here from now on.I know we will get along just fine and I do want you to know that you can always come to me if you need someone to talk to."

"Thank you for being so nice to me."I replied honestly.It felt nice to meet people who were nice to me for once,I just wish it were under different circumstances .

After a few hours of the princess giving me a tour of the entire palace she finally left me alone in the room so I could get settled in by myself, I fell back against the bed ,my senses suddenly on overdrive as I took in what was most definitely Austin's sexy masculine scent, it was all over the bed ,I turned and as if I had no control over my body whatsoever, took a sniff at the sheets,inhaling deeply.

And of course that is exactly when Austin chose to come storming into the room, he paused as soon as he caught me in the act ,his eyes zeroing on my hands tugging at the sheets,his eyes flashed with something I couldn't read before he slowly shut the door behind him.

His entire movement screamed menace as he walked over to the bed.

Oh no.

What was he going to do?