Still Michael POV
I woke up in the morning to the blaring sound of my alarm clock. It’s set to always wake me up by five in the morning so that I can go for our usual morning training.
It’s mandatory for every warrior in this land including the king. There’s a war coming and he wants everyone to be ready so we don’t get taken unawares.
Although the rogues and the white wolves have never attempted an attack on the Lycans because they know that we are more stronger than they are. They only attack smaller packs that are not very populated.
They plunder and rummage these weak packs, then they take anything that they need including some she-wolves that will force to bear their pups, when they are done, they torture all that oppose their cause and they kill anyone that stands in their way.
But we still have to be ready so we can defend our subjects whenever we discover a way to track down the rogues and uncover their attack technique. We haven’t been able to locate their base and we have no way of knowing where they plan to attack and when they will attack, that is why we have not been able to eliminate them all.
But dad has got a plan though. He’s working with a bunch of Alphas to mark out the location of the packs that have been attacked so we can use their location to pinpoint and locate the base of the rogues and white wolves.
I think that is why I had that weird dream last night. This crazy rogue issue is messing with everybody’s head. I can’t remember the last time I had a nightmare that felt so scary.
Gosh!!
It felt so fucking real. It’s even the cause of this severe headache that am having right now. Damn!! Am so sure that I’ll never forget about that dream for a very long time. It’s forever imprinted in my memory, that’s how scary it was.
I dreamt that mom had used the mate bonding spell on me. She had tried to trick me into mating with the daughter of one of the Alphas that dad is working with to locate the location of the rogues and White wolves.
The spell had worked on me but for some unknown reason, it had not worked on Falcon which is very strange because the mate bonding spell is quite strong do damn powerful.
Falcon didn’t fall under the spell and even when I tried to suppress him and put him at the back of my head, he still managed to break free and he killed the Alphas daughter.
Dad had knocked me out with his furious punches as he continued roaring at me in anger.
Damn!!
It was such a nightmare and am glad that I woke up from it. I don’t know what would have happened next, maybe Falcon would have ripped off Mom’s head for the trick she had tried to pull on us.
That would have been so disastrous!!
I laughed at my silly joke as I stood up to go put on my work out clothes so I can go down to the training grounds and spar with the guys.
As I moved to stand up from the bed, I perceived the pungent stench of blood. The smell is so strong that I wondered why am just perceiving it now.
I looked down at my body and to my greatest surprise, I was covered in blood. My whole body and the whole bed are covered in blood. I had slept in this pool of blood all night, that was why I could not detect the smell on time.
“What the hell is going on here?? Whose blood is this??”
Falcon has been unusually quiet this morning. I could feel his anger as he paced and roared furiously in my head. I don’t know why he’s pissed off this morning but, Am sure he can tell me how I managed to go to bed covered in blood. So I spoke to him through our mind link,
“Falcon, what happened here last night?? Where did all this blood come from and why the fuck are you pacing and roaring so angrily in my head??”
He didn’t say a word to me. He kept pacing angrily and his silence is pissing me off also so I yelled at him angrily,
“What the fuck is wrong with you Falcon, you had better tell me what happened right now or I swear am so gonna…..”
“You tried to mate with someone that’s not our mate, that’s what happened. I tried to warn you but you didn’t listen to me, you shut me down Mike, You put me away,” he yelled angrily as he shuts me up, cutting off my threats.
What the hell is he talking about??
Oh my God!!
It wasn’t a dream,
it wasn’t a dream.
Mom had tried to trick me into mating with the Alphas daughter and I had killed her.
“Yes prince Michael, it wasn’t a dream. She is not our mate, and there was no other way to break the spell except one of you dies, that’s why I killed her,” he explained sadly.
I felt his sadness also. He was not happy about what happened. He only killed her to free me from that spell. But that doesn’t explain why he broke free without my permission. He had practically suppressed me and taken control. That has never happened before.
“Thanks, Falcon. I can’t believe that mom would ever do such a thing to me. Why were you not affected by the spell and how did you break free Falcon?? I remembered vividly that the spell was working on me, I mean, I honestly thought that she was my mate. I had felt bonded to her but you didn’t feel it at all. Besides, I felt the power flowing within you when you broke free. What really happened out there Falc, I need to know everything.” I requested calmly.
” Phoenix helped out. She could have stopped the spell from having an effect on you but she is so weak. She was only able to protect me from the spell. I don’t know what is wrong with her but she is very weak. We have to look for her mikky, she’s all alone and she needs us.” He said in a pleading tone, making me feel his sadness.
“Who is this Phoenix and why did she help us??”
“She’s my mate. Our mate,” he responded.
“What the hell are you talking about?? You found our mate?? When I mean where is she??”
“I don’t know where she is Mike. I only felt her wolf on her eighteenth birthday. After that day, I lost my connection to her but I felt her again when she used some of her powers to shield me from the spell last nite.”
As I listened to him, I felt a sharp pain in my heart that serves as evidence that Falcon is telling the truth.
My mate is somewhere out there and she needs me. She needs me just as much as I need her.
“Phoenix”
That’s the name of her wolf. She’s waiting out there for me and I have to find her. I have to go out there and search for my mate. I don’t know where she is but am damn sure that I won’t find her around here.
Falcon said that he couldn’t connect with her because she was weak. Who knows if it’s the spell that was placed on this Palace that is keeping her away from me. What if it’s been their plans all along to keep her away from me and force a wolf of their choice on me.
No!!
I have to go search for her. Am leaving this hell hole to go in search of my mate. I don’t fucking care about the throne. I need my mate and she needs me also, that’s all that matters.
“Falcon, I need you to try and connect to Phoenix right now, get any clue that we can use to know her location. We are going to search for our mate.” I instructed him as I stood up to go have my bath.
Just as I got into the bathroom, I receive an order from dad through our mind link,
“Come to the throne room immediately,”
he ordered furiously.
I didn’t respond immediately. I still have to face them sooner or later, and right now, I think I prefer it sooner. It’s high time I get this over with. I don’t care if he disowns me, all I want right now is to leave this place and go search for my mate.
I ran a quick shower and got dressed in plain jeans and a t-shirt, then I headed straight to the throne room which is also Dad’s office.
When I arrived at the throne room, the guard that is standing outside the door pushed open the door and I stepped in immediately.
The throne room has a throne in the middle for dad and some seats are placed to his left and right. The seats are for the people he’s having meetings with.
As I got into the room, I spotted mom sitting in a seat beside dad while four other people that I’ve never seen before sat opposite her on the other side of the throne.
Oh, wait a minute, I know one of them. He’s the Alpha, I mean the father of the she-wolf that mom tried to trick me into mating with. I think she introduced him as Alpha Robert Whyte. There are three more people seated next to him. Two guys and a pretty young girl who I don’t find attractive at all.
I walked forward and sat on the only empty seat I saw which is right next to mom. I glared angrily at her and she looked away remorsefully.
I could tell that she now regrets her actions but I don’t really care about her right now. My mind is made up and nothing is going to change that.
“I don’t even want to talk about what happened yesterday. I know that it’s not totally your fault but right now, I don’t really care Mike. Mistakes were made but right now, you have to live with the consequences.
Alpha Robert and I have had a long talk about this matter. It’s quite unfortunate that his daughter lost her life because of you Michael.
But right now, we’ve made a decision and you have no choice in the matter. Michael, you have to understand that this decision does not only affect you, it affects every lycan and werewolf also. I’ll advise you to make the right decision Michael.
This young lady seated beside Alpha Robert is his second daughter Clara. The Alpha wants you to mate with her as compensation. We’ve already accepted his offer.” Dad explained sternly with his eyes fixed on me.
I had kept silent all this while because I just realized that my family don’t really care about me. It’s always been about the throne. They never really cared about me and it hurts so damn much.
I looked up at them with a sad smile on my face. They were all looking expectantly at me and I wish I can just slap those stupid looks off their faces.
I don’t even grace their request with an answer, I simply removed the ring from the middle finger on my right hand. That’s the symbol of power given to me as the prince and it’s a very important part of my life.
I stood up and placed the ring on my seat as I turned to leave the throne room. When I got close to the door, I turned to dad and said,
“Am going to find my mate, just like you found yours, MY KING… The crown and scepter are in my room, MY KING… I’ll send it down as soon as I get up.
Sorry about the death of your daughter Alpha Robert, It is not my fault that she decided to use a spell on me instead of waiting for her mate to come to find her.
Am not mating with your other daughter, whatever her name is so you can kill me now if you want to.
I have a mate and shes out there waiting for me. Am going to find my mate and there’s nothing you can do about it.”