Chapter 18

The family were all together in one room, laughing and crying and just catching up on life. Victoria was loving every minute, she was getting to know her family, her grandkids, her son and daughter in law but especially her daughter. Her beautiful but grown up daughter. Victoria couldn't help but think of what she has missed those 35 years makes her feel guilty, a failure of a mother and her protector.

Nathaniel looked over to his mother, he could see how guilty she felt, in all honesty he felt it too. He was the older brother, the older wolf in their pack and yet she still went missing without a trace. They were still looking for those responsible for his sisters disappearance, someone must know something to this day, to keep a princess a secret for this long takes planning and precision. It was up to him to find out, he caught the eye of Elizabeths mate, and Nathaniel knew he was thinking the same. They both nodded, they both will look.

As this was happening Darley was talking to her grandmother, she wanted to know everything. Especially how she managed to get into her dreams.

"How did you do it?" Darley asked. Victoria looked at her and told her how.
"As Gold wolves, as the three Gold wolves left in this world, we have a special bond. When you concentrate enough on the power of the bond you can be in the persons head, you can talk to them. I only found out about it 2 years ago, and it takes a lot of practice to be able to communicate with another Gold wolf. I've been trying ever since to find your mother but something is different, I can't will enough power. Its like she has a barrier up against me, but when you were hurt during your fight and you wolf had somehow left your body, it took the barrier you must have had as well down and let me in. You were basically not concious, which means I could get in and talk to you. I had to make sure you were my grandaughter so I had to send someone to your house for a DNA test to check, and then here you guys are." Victoria had longed to be able to find her daughter this way, but it wasn't able to happen, whoever had taken her had access to magic to put a barrier up in her head against Victoria, otherwise she would have been found ealier.

"Why would people do this to me?" Stacey, well Elizabeth, said to her mother. She was completely shocked, why would someone go to all this effort to keep her from her family, she doesn't understand who could hate her mother this much that they took a child and subsequently killed her father. She rubbed her face, in all honesty she needed to go to bed. Jamie noticed this and told Victoria that Stacey needed some rest, to get her head around the fact that she isn't who she thought she was. They were led to an amazing room. It had a four poster bed with white bed sheets tucked into the mattress, the white and golden fireplace was lit with the fire roaring to heat up the very cold room. The golden curtains were ready to be drawn. There was a white chair in the corner, with books stacked next to it. The high ceiling above held a silver chandelier, but Stacey perferred the small bed lamps, just simple things. She walked to the window and sat on the window seat, and as she did so she looked out of the window. Then gasped, she has done this before, many many times. There was a knock and an older maid walked in with bedclothes for the couple, the woman looked familar so Stacey stopped her.

"Did I used to live in here?" Stacey asked.
"Yes, I was your nanny, we were very close. The day you were taken I felt like my own child had been taken, I stayed here all these years hoping you would come back." She had a tear in her eye.
"I hope we get to know each other once again." The maid smiled, curtsied and she walked out of the room.

"I will never get used to that." Stacey said to her husband. He laughed, and pulled her towards him.
"It'll be okay baby." He said.

Back in the main room, Nathaniel and Victoria were talking to Jake and Maddie, Max and Darley too decieded to go to their bedroom. They said goodbye to everybody and got escorted to their own little bit in the palace.

As they got into the room and were left along Max pushed D onto the bed and kissed her, his mouth was fused to hers as he gave her a punishing kiss, he was letting her know that she was his.

"You're mine." He growled as he kissed her neck. She pulled his face up.
"And you Mr Smyth, are mine. Got it!" She said to him, he nodded and kissed her again.
"Please, don't leave me." He begged, she grabbed his head and pulled him close.
"I will never leave you, but I may have to leave the town." He put his head up and growled. Then he got up altogether.
"Why?" He shouted.
"Because, she is right. Those peope will still be after my mum, we will be safer here." He growled again.
"So you would leave me, and the pack. What kind of mate are you?" He screamed. She saw red.
"One that has never had a family you jackass, one that wants to support her mother. One that wants to stay safe herself." She screamed back. he grabbed the small table besides the door and broke it.
"You will do as I say and head back to Triginty now." He shouted in his alpha voice, but that doesn't fly with the grandaughter with the most powerful wolf in the country.

Darley got off of the bed and walked towards him.

"I am staying here with my family, if you don't like it then you can fuck off. If you don't support my decision then I don't want to be you luna." She said in a very calm voice.

Max was gone, Dark took over.
"Fine, then we will go and you will be alone." She nodded.
"Fuck off Dark." He turned, slammed the door and left.

That was that, Max was gone and he wasn't coming back.