12. Good Sign

**Narrator’s POV.**

Desiree walked through the dark forest, dodging trees and twigs, trying to remain as silent as she could be. She had a feeling that her father had decided to place guards outside the castle and for all she knew, they could be anywhere.

She did not let herself over think her father’s possible actions because she had much more on her plate- Harrison. Would he hate her for what she was about to do or would he also admit to her that he was also in love with her? Would he accept her as she was or would he want more?

She entered the clearing, not surprised to see that Harrison was already there, sitting on the boulder and waiting for her like he usually did. Once he noticed her, he stood up and strode towards her with a smile that showed his deep dimples etched on his cheeks, “Baby”, he greeted and pulled her into a hug. She hugged him back and inhaled his sweet scent that she had gotten to know so well for the last time.

“Hey”, she greeted with a sad smile after breaking away from the hug,

“What is wrong?”, he looked down at her with concern laced in his silver eyes, “Is anything the matter?”, he asked again,

“No, that’s not it”, she reached her hand behind his head and moved his face closer to hers while standing on her tiptoes, “I just really want to do this”, she placed her lips on his and without hesitation, he kissed her back, letting his large hands go underneath her firm ass and to the back of her knees. She jumped up and let her legs wrap around his waist, his hands went back to her ass to support her full weight, she was in fact heavier than she looked. Out of air, he broke out of the kiss and her lips immediately went down to his neck, kissing and sucking it as sensually as she could while he just moaned and grunted to her sinful ministry.

Her lips trailed off to his ear and she sucked mercilessly on his earlobe, enjoying the way his large cock had risen and was now poking her right on her sensitive region. Her panties were dripping wet by now but she knew she had a mission to accomplish before anything else. She left his earlobe and whispered into his ear, “I choose you”.

The words had never been spoken by a shewolf before, no matter the rank or hierarchy she portrayed, it was simply not allowed. “What?”, he moved his head away from her in confusion,

“I love you”, she leaned down to place her head on his chest, “But, my father wants me to be with someone else, that is why I am choosing you”,

“Your father wants you to be with someone else?”, his arms fell to his side and she slid off his body, “Since when?”, hurt was evident in his eyes, he felt cheated.

“Honestly, it could have been years but I had not idea. All that matters is that I love you and not him”, she placed her hand on his cheek as tears matted her eyes, “I want to be with you for the rest of my life, no matter what”, she let out a sad laugh and he pulled her in for a hug,

“I love you too”, he announced as he kissed her temple, “I am not letting you go, Desiree. I accept you”, his lips moved to hers and he placed a chased kiss on it. Happiness and butterflies fluttered through her, never in her life did she even stop to think that she would find love so easily, most especially from an unknown creature.

“Overtime, you would start to feel a deep connection to me but it would become stronger and unbreakable when I mark you”, she explained,

“I already feel connected to you”, he smiled at her, “But, I want you to mark me. I want our bond to be unbreakable, everlasting”, his eyes glistened brightly and even a fool could tell it was happiness that shone through them,

“Are you sure? No female has ever done this before, especially to another creature”, how could he accept so easily?

“Well, let us make history”, he pulled off his shirt to reveal his toned body, “I am ready when you are”,

“You could die”, she exclaimed. Fear rushed to her body just thinking about him dying and leaving her forever- she would never let that happen, if he died, she would die as well. After all, what was life without the one you loved?

“For you, I am willing to take the risk”, he was crazy. Since the first day she met him, she should have known he was a mad man- a mad man she had fallen deeply in love with. Only a crazy person would not fear the alpha king, only a crazy person would know that the outcome of something would be terrible but would still do it,

“You are crazy”,

“For you, I am anything”, she rolled her eyes at his cheesy pick up line but went over to him,

“This will hurt, a lot”, she warmed before kissing his neck gently, she sensed him nod and without further ado, her canines elongated and pierced through the soft skin of his neck.

The alpha king jumped up from his bed abruptly, startling his chosen who was laying next to him, fast asleep. She wiped her eyes with her hand and sat up, leaning her head against the head board, “Dwayne, what is it?”, she asked him,

“I don’t know, I feel uneasy”, truly, something in him felt like the world had been turned upside down,

“What?”, she stood up and went to him, “When did this start?”,

“Just now. Something is not right; I can feel it within me. This only ever happens when a solid law has been broken, I just cannot place my finger on it”, he scratched his head as he thought about what could have happened,

“Maybe you should get some sleep, deal with this tomorrow, it is past midnight”, she stood behind him and placed her hands on his shoulder, trying to relax his tensed up muscles.

“No, Daphne”, he moved away from her, “This has to be handled now. It must be really bad if it woke me up from my sleep”, he went towards the main door and Daphne followed behind,

“Where are you going?”, she asked,

“To check on the children”,

“Why?”,

“If what happened was enough to make me feel this uneasy, it means that the royal family is involved”, she let out a shocked gasp and her eyes widened, “You can go back to bed”, she was going nowhere. She knew she was the only one that could keep him sane in situation like these.

“No, if it involves my kids, I am coming with you”, he nodded and they both walked out of the room, heading straight for their son’s room. The alpha king pounded on the door furiously, waking DJ up without a doubt,

“It is open”, he murmured with his eyes still closed. The door was pulled open and his father walked in with his mother in tow.

“Get up”, the older man ordered and within a second, DJ shot up from his bed, sleep still laced into his eyes, “It isn’t him”, he sighed, knowing it could mean only one thing; Desiree was the culprit- as shocking as it wasn’t, the prodigal daughter had once again struck.

“That did what?”, the alpha king did not bother answering his son, to him, it would only be a waste of time. He left the room and practically raced up the stairs, leaving his mate to explain to their son. He stood in front of her door and took a deep breath before knocking on the door,

“Princess, are you in there?”, he called out, knowing fully well that she was not. Her scent was not as strong and he could not even sense any life in her room, she was no doubt the person that had broken a law that was possibly punishable by death. What was he going to do with her?

“Is she there?”, he contemplated lying, it would be the easiest thing to do; just tell them that she was sound asleep in her room but he just couldn’t. Doing that would mean he was running away from the truth like a coward and covering up a crime- it was an offence.

He shook his head no, “Call my second-in-command and his family”, he said to his mate, “Get me a dozen guards, I am going after my daughter”, this was said to his son who looked like a dear caught in headlights,

“I am coming with you”, Daphne said, clinging on to his muscular arm,

“No, you and Sarah would stay here”, he demanded before kissing her on her forehead, “I will be back soon my love”, with that, he left his mate, in search of his soon to be dead daughter.