The Alpha Prince's Witch Bride

Chapter 4

*THIRD PERSON'S POV*

As the witches and wizards' race proceeded prepared for their schedule for the Night of Prayers, the werewolves from their neighboring kingdom called Eatocastle are starting to gather on the lawn, located just in front of the Frostbane pack's guildhall, but it is also known as the mansion of the Royal family of the Eatocastle Kingdom, the Frostbane family. The werewolves who are waiting on the lawn are being lead by the high ranking werewolves leading and guiding each member to their designated places.

"Omegas! Hurry and line up over here!" a man with black line tattoos called out loud as he raised his right hand up in the air while his left hand is pointing at the ground in front of him, and soon after, a number of men and women began to walk towards the direction where the man pointed. And after waiting for three minutes, all of the men and women who approached the man with tattoos are lined up appropriately in front of him.

"Good! Now, listen up! Tonight is a very important occasion, so make sure all of you behave yourselves, am I clear!?" the man with the tattoos yelled again, filled with authority.

"Yes, Sir!" those who lined up in front of the man replied clearly but none of them dared to raise their head and looked at the man standing in front of them because of their fear that they might get punished for looking straight to someone who has a higher ranking than themselves, since it is a part of the pack's rule that Omegas are not allowed to have any eye contact with the Alpha, Beta, and Delta.

"Hey, Val! Come on! Don't be so hard on them, they are still a part of our pack, even though they are mere Omegas," another man with brown long hair that is tied up behind his back, approached with a playful smile on his lips.

"Shut up, Gestauve. This is what you call discipline, and they should obey the rules because I am a Delta," Val, the man with black tattoos on his arms, proudly replied to the brown-haired man named Gestauve.

"Woah, too much arrogance," Gestauve jokingly said to Val who simply glared at him.

"Hahaha, alright! Alright! Just relax man, tonight is a special night so we should all enjoy it as much as we can," Gestauve spoke to Val and placed his left hand over Val's shoulders. Then, Gestauve looked at the Omegas lined up in front of them, especially to the female werewolves, and Val noticed his friend checking the females, so he quickly hit Gestauve at his side using his right elbow.

"You should learn how to control your urges, m*ron," Val commented at Gestauve who simply laughed at his remarks.

"Hahaha! What? I don't understand what you're saying at all, Val, hahaha!" Gestauve replied as he tries to act innocent in front of Val but the man never even thought of him as an innocent fellow. While the two are having their own conversation while jokingly hitting each other, a woman suddenly approached the two of them.

"Are the Omegas ready?" the woman with straight long black hair asked the two men.

"Huh?" Gestauve asked in a bit of annoyance for interfering with his conversation with Val, but as soon as he saw the woman that approached them was, his face suddenly turned pale and he quickly stepped away from Val and bowed his head in the direction of the woman. Upon seeing Gestauve's reactions, Val quickly turned around and saw the woman as well so he hurriedly bowed his head at her.

"So, are the Omegas ready or not?" the woman asked once more as she placed both of her hands at the side of her waist.

"Yes, Lady Sam, the Omegas are ready to embark and join us for tonight's celebration," Val formally and respectfully answered Lady Sam's question.

"I see. Then, I will inform my brother as soon as he arrives," Lady Sam replied without looking at the two men bowing in front of her, instead, she's checking the Omegas if there are any of them who are not feeling well, but what Lady Sam spoke of caught the attention of Val and Gestauve.

"My Lady, if I may ask, is the Alpha still not here? Will he be able to join us tonight for the Night of Prayers?" Val asked so Lady Sam diverted her gaze from the Omegas to the man who asked her a question, and when Val's eyes met the lady's golden brown eyes, he immediately lowered his head and closed his eyes.

"The Alpha still has some other things to do before the scheduled time of the NIght of Prayers so it is only normal for us to wait for him...patiently," Lady Sam said to Val.

"Y-Yes, My Lady, apologies for my rudeness," Val uttered without lifting his head.

"My Love, is everything alright?" suddenly a man called out Lady Sam's attention so she looked in the direction where the voice came from, and she saw a handsome man wearing a plain white shirt with an unbuttoned black checkered long-sleeved polo, plain black khaki shorts, and a pair of outdoor slippers.

As Lady Sam saw the man's appearance, she could not stop herself from raising her right eyebrow at him.

"Why do you look like that Doctor Matt?" Lady Sam asked and the man simply gave her a smile, which made her blush a little.

"I look handsome, don't you think so?" the man bragged as he stood a step away from the lady. Then, Doctor Matt wrapped his arms around the Lady's waist and secretly motioned his hand towards Val and Gestauve, signaling them to leave before Lady Sam could get back to them, and upon realizing the hand signal, Val and Gestauve silently bowed their heads at the two and left the area, while the Omegas remained in silence and tried their best to look away from Lady Sam and Doctor Matt standing in front of them.

"No, I don't think so," Lady Sam replied with a playful smirk on her lips.

"Ouch, that hurts. How can you say those words to your mate?" Doctor Matt acted as if he was hit by an arrow in his heart as he stood in front of the Lady.

"Hahahaha! Stop that, Matt! You're not a good actor you know," Lady Sam commented as she laughed at the man in front of her, which made Doctor Matt smile as well as he finally saw the sweet smile of his mate.

"Well, at least you are laughing now," Doctor Matt said while looking straight at the face of Lady Sam. Then, he raised his right hand and caressed Lady Sam's cheek, and little by little, he leaned forward and tried to kiss her, but before their lips could touch, both of them suddenly felt the presence of their Alpha approaching, so they both pulled away from their interrupted kiss, and faced the direction of the mansion's front door, and without waiting for much longer, a man with golden brown hair, a well-toned body that matches his tall height, wearing a white shirt with golden linings and embroidery, brown pants, and a pair of comfortable footwear stepped out of the mansion.

"We all greet the sun and fangs of this Kingdom. Our King and Alpha, Alpha Demino Ade Frostbane!" every werewolf in the area greeted the Alpha while bowing their heads at him. Then, the Alpha looked over at his people before nodding his head, a sign that he allows them to raise their heads, and when the Alpha was about to start saying something, everyone heard footsteps coming from the inside of the mansion, and most of the men and women gathered on the lawn already guessed to whom the footsteps are coming from.

I'm guessing that is the young Prince. Lady Sam thought to herself as she waited and looked at the door of the mansion. And after a while, her guess was confirmed as a young boy wearing a white long-sleeved shirt, brown pants, and a pair of black formal shoes walked out of the mansion's front door with a sleepy expression plastered on his face.

Ahh, he's sleepy. Well, I can't blame him though. For a pup like him, this is way past his bedtime already. Lady Sam thought to herself as she stared at the young Prince who stood beside his father, the Alpha King of their kingdom. Then, the Alpha cleared his throat in order to catch everyone's attention and focus again.

"Ehem! Since everyone who is required to attend tonight's occasion is here already, I will begin this ceremony with some words that might help all of you for tonight's event," Alpha Demino spoke out loud, and as he looked over at his own citizens, he can see their focus and attention only to him, which made him nod his head.

"As part of our tradition, at exactly eleven-thirty, all of us will transform into our wolf form, and run in the forest surrounding this mansion. This is a tradition that all of our ancestors had gone through when they were alive, and now it is our turn to perform this task as our way of greeting the Nature Dragon, Draco, the one dragon whom our ancestors pledge their oath to protect and serve," Alpha Demino said to his citizens.

"So, as a piece of advice, make sure you placed your clothes properly in places where you can easily see them and change into those clothings. We don't want anyone here screaming because they saw someone's d*ck, right?" the Alpha said jokingly as he took a glance at his sister, Lady Sam, who immediately looked away from him with flushing red cheeks and ears, while Doctor Matt tried his best to hold back his laughter as he recalled what happened to him and Lady Sam when it was their first time joining the pack's tradition before the Night of Prayers starts.

As the laughter died down, Alpha Demino resumed with his short speech, and before he could end his words, he told every member of their pack who is standing in front of him to place their changing clothes in the separate assigned places for men and women.

Well, at least now, brother made these arrangements so I'm pretty sure no one will get that same experience as I did before. That was so embarrassing! Lady Sam thought to herself as she placed her own change of clothes in the assigned box for her things, inside a big wooden hut where every werewolf in their wolf form can fit in. Then, she stepped out of the hut and walked her way back to where she stood before. And as she reached her previous position, she clung her left arm with Doctor Matt's arm and leaned her head at his shoulder.

"Are you ready?" Doctor Matt asked which made her smile and looked up at him without lifting her head from his shoulder.

"Yes, I am. How about you?" Lady Sam asked with a playful smile on her lips, and it was answered by her mate's smirk.

"Do you want to race?" Doctor Matt challenged.

"Oho? Are you sure you want to challenge me?" Lady Sam replied as she stood straight beside her mate.

"Why not? I'm pretty sure I will win this time," Doctor Matt said with a proud grin on his mouth.

"Nah, I doubt that. Not until I am here," Lady Sam answered with a smirk on her lips. Then, as they finish their conversation with a challenge to a race, everyone heard the voice of the Alpha once again so they all gathered in front of him and listened.

"Now, everyone looks read," Alpha Demino uttered and looked up in the sky, adn with a smile on his lips he looked at his son and spoke again.

"It's time," the Alpha said, and in a few seconds, he shape shifted into his wolf form. A huge wolf that is as tall as a height of a six foot tall human being, with long but smooth grey fur with some areas of his ears and snout, especially the lines of his ears, has black colors, are flowing freely, allowing the fresh air to brush his face. He also has a well furred, bottle brushed shaped tail that is tipped in black, his tail is straight as of now while he is running inside the forest in a calm state. Then, the other werewolves also transformed into their wolf forms, and the young Prince watched them all in awe as he saw each man and woman in front of him shapeshifts, and as he looked at his father, who is standing in four limbs near him, the Alpha turned around and spoke to his son through the werewolves' telepathy within their pack.

"Ride on my back, son," the Alpha spoke in the Prince's mind, and the young Prince quickly nodded his head at his father, who lowered his body and allowed the Young Prince to climb his way up to his back. And when everyone is ready for the tradition, the Alpha howled and began running into the forest, followed by his Beta, Delta, and other pack members, while the young Prince was holding on tightly to his father's fur to make sure that he will not fall off.

The group kept running inside the forest that surrounds the mansion for seven laps, and after that, the Alpha commanded his pack members to go back to the lawn, change back to their human forms, and quickly changed into their changing clothes inside the huts.

After changing into their human forms, the werewolves splashed their sweat away using the water inside the hut and changed into the changing clothes that they placed in there before they started the traditional run.

"Your Majesty, allow me to wash up His Highness," Lady Sam volunteered and Alpha Demino simply nodded his head at his sister before letting her take his son to the hut made for the royal family. After a while, when everyone has finished washing up and changing, they once again gathered in front of the mansion and waited for further announcements or commands from their Alpha.

"Now then, since all of us have changed into much better clothes, we will now proceed to the forest of Draco," Alpha Demino announced with full of authority and elegance.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" all of the pack members on the lawn replied while bowing their heads at their Alpha. Then, together with the royal guards from the Eatocastle, the Alpha King, together with his son, sister and her mate, and the other pack members, they all walked their way towards the Forest of Draco. Unlike the witches and wizards who do not like to use their own power to fly their way to the forest and with extreme laziness in walking long distance places, the werewolves walked their way into the forest. The reason is not that they do not have any carriages, but because they simply prefer walking or jogging their way to the forest where the Heart of Draco is hidden.

"Father, is it really important for me to join you tonight?" the young and innocent Prince asked while looking at his father and into the road again.

"Yes, Dustan, tonight is a very important occasion, not just for our family, but also for our people. Why? Don't you want to join us?" Alpha Demino asked his child with a smile on his lips.

"I want to...but I'm sleepy already," Prince Dustan honestly answered his father's question, which made the Alpha smile and messed the young Prince's hair.

"Haha, I see. Don't worry, I swear, once we finished the ceremony, you can go back to the mansion and have your sleep," the Alpha said and smiled at his son who just nodded his head at the Alpha.

From a few steps, Alpha Demino saw their assigned knights around the moonflower.

"Good work, gentlemen," the Alpha spoke to the knights, which clearly made those knights happy.

"W-We are honored to serve you, Your Majesty," one of the knights said as they all bowed their heads at the Alpha King. Then, the Alpha King continued walking to the center of the forest, with his son walking beside him.

"Shall we announce your arrival, Your Majesty?" one of the knights asked and Alpha Demino simply raised his head and signaled them to do whatever they want, and so, one of the knights transformed into his wolf form, and gave a loud howl, to which even their neighboring kingdom heard of it.

"I believe it is our turn now, Queen Wazanea," Alpha Demino greeted the Witch Queen, Queen Wazanea, together with his pack members.

"I prefer if you did not come at all," Queen Wazanea replied which made the other werewolves raise and furrowed their eyebrows.

"Calm down, everyone. It is just a mere provocation," the Alpha spoke through his mind and into his pack members.

"Don't worry, we will not stay for long. After all, my child is already sleepy," Alpha Demino said as he pointed at his son standing beside him, with a smile on his small lips.