"Princess Lyla it's time to get up" said my hand maiden Anna.
I groaned but got up unwillingly and stretched in my large blue silk sheet victorian bed. I stepped out of bed and walked over to my gold leafed vanity and looked at myself very closely into the mirror. My long red hair was everywhere in a serious case of "bed-head" my piercing blue eyes looked red from the lack of sleep from me crying for you see today was my 21st birthday and today my father King Ryder ruler of the most largest wolf pack that has ever been thus far is forcing me to marriage with a vampire! and to make matters worse I have never met him before. my father says that this will be good for you kingdom's and will make our blood stronger with future heirs down the road. Today will be the first time I got to meet him. all I know is that he has been king by himself for over 100 years after his father was killed in a war against my pack way before I was born and that this union will bring peace.
I sigh as I let Anna dress me in my usual Victorian attire. today its a beautiful silver and powder blue dress. My other hand maiden Mary put my hair up and my silver circlet and I was done. I smiled at them thankfully and walked out of my room and walked down the corridors of the castle with Anna and Mary behind me, as I made my way to the thrown room were my father would be waiting for me before the vampire king arrived.
As I walked through the doors to the thrown room I saw my father sitting on his thrown looking old and worn from his old age.
I smiled up at him as I bowed in respect at his feet. "Good morning father how did you sleep?" I said as I got up and took my seat beside him.
"Not so well my dear child," he said looking at me and frowned, "I see that you haven't ether."
I looked away as a tall handsome man approached us. He had short blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. He was well toned in his white dress shirt and black pants. He got down on one knee in front of my father never looking into his eyes showing him respect.
"King Ryder," He said and stood not one looking at me but only at my father.
"King James welcome," he smiled at his manners twords him. "This my beautiful daughter Lyla," he said gesturing to me.
When James finally looked at me and our eyes met I couldn't help but want to through my self into his arms. A feeling that I have never felt before came over me and I smiled at him as he took my hand and kissed it. it sent fire up my arm and it took total and complete strength not to lunge at him.
"It is a pleasure to finally meet you Princess Lyla," he said in a sweet and gentle voice.
We were interested by my fathers adviser Johnathan waled in and leaned into my fathers ear and whispered something to him. my fathers expression changed and he got up.
"Please excuse me but I have matters to attend to," he smiled to us and left.
Some time had passed as we just started into each others eyes this James finally spoke.
"Would you like to walk around the court yard with me my lady," he said giving me his arm.
I smiled blushing a little and took it as we walked to my mothers garden. my late mother passed in child birth with me. I have been told that I look just like her.
As we made it to the Garden I sat in my favorite spot on a bunch under my favorite tree. My mothers tree that she planted when she was still pregnant with me.
"So princess I'm sorry about this arranged marriage but I hope that we can find some way to make it work." he said looking at me with something strange in his eyes.
"I understand that it is what's best for my kingdome and my duties is to my kingdome," I said simply looking at him. Being this close to him is driving me crazy what is wrong with me I say to myself. That look returned to his eyes and he grabbed my hand and started leaving gentle kisses on it. He then started to trail kisses up my arm till he got to my collarbone. He growled and lunged back creating distance from us.
"What's wrong," I said catching my breath. He looked to be fighting himself over something and I wanted desperately to help.
He said nothing at he just stood there with his eyes shut not moving. So I got up and walked over to him and took his face in my hands and softened his tense face. He opens his eyes immediately look into mine with sadness.
"I'm sorry I don't know what came over me," he said looking away from me. I lifted his chiseled chin and made him look at me.
"I feel it too," I said simply and just like that he kissed me with so much force that it almost knocked me off my feet. But before I knew it he pulled back and smiled at me stroking my cheek.
"were have you been all my life," James said looking into my eyes with love.
"Right here," I said as I smiled up at him.