Chapter 61- Fate and Mate

I

When night falls, the Duke in his wolf form ran down the mountain and went near a hidden part of the seashore, looking for a boat or anything that could help him traverse the sea, going to the next island or country.

All he could see however was a small boat docked carelessly in between two big rocks. He shifted into his human form and checked the boat. He only needs to fix the boat’s outrigger or support, which has been broken, its paddle was still inside it. Knowing that the sea was calm and safe, the Duke sailed away using the small boat, after fixing its outrigger.

He kept on paddling until he reached almost the middle of the ocean. He has been on the sea for one and a half hours already and no big boats or ships were traversing along his way. Trying to keep calm and strong, he continued.

“All I need to do is to reach that country or island with those little lights I could see now,” Duke Simon thought and paddled fast again.

When the moon illumined down to him, the Duke looked up at it and prayed to the Moon Goddess to guide him and keep him safe all throughout his sailing. He even smiled with high hopes that he could be on the next island after an hour or so.

But the Moon Goddess would not protect either give favors to a wicked wolf. All of a sudden the sea became rough and the waves grew bigger and wild. The Duke of Sussex became frantic. His boat was too small to survive in this kind of wild wave. He stopped paddling, held tight on both sides of the boat, put the paddle down, and sat on it.

The Duke of Sussex closed his eyes as the waves swayed his little boat wildly. “Go waves, I surrendered with you, bring me to where you wanted to bring me,” he murmured as the waves splashed into his face and the boat has been thrown upside-down.

With another strong wave, the Duke’s small boat was like a paper that has been swept up and down until it has been crushed down into the depth of the ocean.

The Duke of Sussex hold on tight to the paddle and closed his eyes, still hoping that when he opened his eyes, he will be on the next island, lying on its sandy bars, still breathing.

II

The Lycan wedding of the Master Dragon and the First Princess of the Kingdom of Gold Valley finally happened, three days from the time that the Dragon Lord and the Master Dragon arrived in the Kingdom.

“This is a marriage of powerful alliance between werewolves and Dragons,” murmured by the King of the Silver Valley to his Queen beside him, who was invited to the wedding.

“Indeed. A good move again of King Andreios. Who would even think that the near-death incident of their First Princess Shelyca would be a way for her to find the young master dragon.” The Queen of the Silver Valley murmured back with awe on her face.

As the wedding ceremony ended, everyone around made applause when the Master Dragon, heir to the throne of the Dragon Land, and the First Princess of the Kingdom of Gold Valley, heir to the throne of the Lycans, sealed their second marriage with a passionate kiss.

“Hail to this marriage of the century! A marriage that created a strong alliance, friendship, and camaraderie between werewolves and dragons!” King Andreios, stated with full of happiness as he raised his wine glass, seeking a toast to everybody.

The Dragon Lord stood up, raised his wine glass too, and shouted, “To the strong bond between werewolves and dragons! Cheers!”

“Cheers!” and the sound of wine glasses touching each other overflowed the event hall of the Kingdom of Gold Valley.

Dareon and Princess Shelyca looked at each other and smiled.

“I love you, wife, so much,” Dareon whispered.

“I love you too, husband, so much… my love, my mate,” she whispered back and giggled.

Dareon’s eyes grew wide, “Mate? what do you mean?” His brows arched.

Princess Shelyca smiled and cupped his face with her hands. “You are my mate Dareon; me and my wolf, knew it at the onset that our eyes met after you rescued me,” she said and kissed him tenderly.

“You never mentioned it before,” he said after their kiss.

“Because I planned to tell you about it in due time.” She winked at him.

He growled, “You have a punishment from me tonight, wife!” his left hand crawled down in her seat and cupped her buttocks.

Princess Shelyca gave him a wide eye,” Stop,” she said softly and giggled as she felt his tickles underneath.

“Down payment.” He grinned and his hand went up to her back then, to her neck, gently caressing every part that it passed through.

“Dareon, stop,” she hissed unable to control herself from giggling again.

“Second payment.” He grinned again naughtily.

Unknown to them, their whisperings can be heard by everyone because werewolves and dragons have strong senses of hearing, which they momentarily forgot.

When laughter of all the guests, including the Dragon Lord, King Andreios, and Queen Lusica burst out, only then that Dareon and Princess Shelyca realized that they just made a cheesy scene. Princess Shelyca’s face grew red while Dareon laughed too, joining everyone in their merriment.

At the back of the Kingdom of Gold Valley; two werewolves were sneaking out after killing some of the guards that hindered them from escaping!